[Model Murdering]

Hi Bill,

Very precise building! Details I can appreciate!

Looking forward to seeing the paint. 

I am finally starting to locate these old hotrod bodies you keep chopping/cutting/modifying. Nobody told me the internet was this big! Lots of stuff to look at. 


Precise is such a scary word. The modern, politically correct term, is less woefully inaccurate. jk. With each passing year I'm a little shakier and a bit more blind. The points work quite well for me. In combination with a 50/100ths rule and a small square, I can cobble along simply with very little math or conversions. Perhaps not for everyone, but it streamlines the plotting and marking of the all important working points of a slot car. Ultimately it takes the question of "Is that the spot, or not?" out of my mind.

Yessir. The never ending conveyor of slotcar bits regurgitates the jettison and flotsam of the ages. Patience being the operative requirement. I eventually learned to pick my spots, and limit the intake of other trash, I dont need; simply to get the things I want? Does that even make sense?

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I've been known to build other models too. This one is finally getting close.

The Mega Z +



Speaking of stuff ya dont need. I acquired this MG+ with clipped front axle eyelets, to dissect AFX's mysterious (at the time) mini can.





The Captain Crunch Decoder Ring "snap in" motor arrangement looked like something I could pervert, so I figured to save the remains. Not because I'm frugal, but because I like working with good bones, which the MG+ has. Since their introduction, I've always seen them as having great customs potential. Notably, the MG+ is nylatron, so I welded in some T-jet front frame rails to stiffen up the front belly pan.



The N30 neo mini can snaps right in after some trim.



A bit tight back at the shoe hangers. Fugly, but not a whole lot worse than the early 3 D prints ... giggle. With no axle bits, the upgrade to IFS was a no brainer.




A roof section from and AFX Grand Am combines as the forward vertical standoff and lateral stop. A perfect fit. (There's that word)



Mounts from an AFX 510 Spider had the required bodily thickness to span the gap. Absent is a pic of a rear deck from an Aurora Vibe XK 140 used for the rear standoff.



Totally nuts on my little spare room track. Just a hair high up front yet, the front shoe hangers are hitting the spoiler. Im thinking a deep metallic red/maroon, with a gold stripe, or white maybe...?

Thanks for riding along!

Bill