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#83

Hot Chip

JohnW has a problem...a 3d printer Corvair body, but struggling with the chassis he's trying. It's from a Pioneer Camaro but the wheelbase doesn't quite match the body, what can he do? Lots of tips that could solve many a body/chassis interface issue. JohnK has no problem with the next stage of the Porsche 935 casting process. Time to start thinking 'inside out' in preparation for the mold making stage, so filling voids, avoiding air bubble traps, he's done it many times before and it shows.

Neil and Dewann showed off some beautiful new purchases, Chuck showed off his 'ugly' project. He is currently toying with trying to find a suitably scaled head to fit on the rest of the body that is driving the car...and it seems he needs to go for a either a 1:32 driver with a big head, or a 1:24 driver with a small head!

Dennis touched on the current best selling cars that are flying out of the Electric Dreams doors...Revoslots. Not too much needs doing to them to get a fast runner, but he gave us his Tip of the Week following a eureka moment he had whilst daydreaming on his Hudy tyre truer; and it's not one you will find in the text books, but you need good ear/nose/finger coordination. Lots more discussion followed on tyre truing techniques, always useful and a necessary skill for all serious racers. 

Garth kicked of Club Corner with pictures of the racing pairs he runs on his track, and just dropped into the chat that real motors for him start at 39k...Greg wanted to see a video of those babies in full flight, but I am not sure Garth would be able to pan his camera fast enough. Mike was wondering about the benefits of suspension for racing on his plastic track. Lots of opinions and lots of tips for setting them up. One of them was to double up on your digital chips if you run 39k motors with magnets still on-board. Not sure if Dewann is at the stage where he needs suspension on is car. He attended his first race meeting at Farr-Out and duly started at the bottom, but is yet to work his way up. But he had his eureka moment whilst pounding round at the back when a similar spec car lapped his...it's not just about the car, it's about the driver as well. There's a learning curve, and who knows how steep it will be.

Big Den made a basic mistake in his recent race outing. Lent his 'spare' car to another driver, and was promptly beaten by it. But he did get on the podium in a later race, which highlighted an interesting observation regarding track voltages. Two recent meetings were run with different voltages, and each motor responded differently to the 2v difference between tracks. So some handled the resulting slower revs with no loss of characteristic, whilst other motors seems to get bogged down and became sluggish. Dennis knows the tracks of Southern California well. Fastest times are when the sun's over the veranda and its about 80F, slowest times are early morning, last evening, and straight after a pleasant lunch. Greg was recently finding his fastest times at the start of his race meetings, with grip deteriorating as the laps progressed. Lots of chat about tyre treatments and tyre cleaning methods, but no clear answers to why it might have occured. 

Jim Rose had been to a real race car event at Laguna Seca, where there were full size versions of all our favourite slots cars in all the photos he showed. Lots of stunning and rare beasts, search out the video on YT. Brumos RSR made his first appearance on a chat. Whilst he is well known for entering little cars in Proxy races, his son is getting on the the world of full size single seater race cars and is doing equally as well. Wayne also did really well at the recent DiSCA 3hr digital race at Derby in the UK. The cars he prepared and showed off how to us can in second and fourth. Not that I'm bitter, but I finished lower down the order in a position Dewann would be familiar with. John U, often on these chats, was the worthy winner and a demon racer!

Greg then invited the names of other YT channels related to world of slot cars that others might find interesting. Lots of names were offered and listed out for future reference, as there is enough knowledge out there to be shared around. Check out the list.

But finally, the star of the Chat was Big Den, with the best 'thingy' scratch painted body shell EVER. It has to be seem to be believed, and then you will have look again to fully understand what you were looking at!