[Kevan]

Last week was Slot Rally and two of the guys drove MSC Metro 6R4's.

I bought a red & yellow one years ago and removed the bodyshell with the intention of making a 'proper' chassis for it.
...it's been gathering dust for years

I was most impressed how well the two went last week so finally decided to take another look at the original bolt together chassis.
It's nowt special but I thought why not just put it together and set it up.

The axle blocks are only screwed on so raised the rear blocks with 1mm NSR axle spacers.

Guide is a Slotingplus Sport in a brass tube.

Standard motor and gears.
The crown gear has axle spacers between it and the axle block to keep a good gearmesh.

A chunk of lead glued to the sides of the chassis, level with the bottom of the chassis.

The first pic is putting it back together.  The screws holding the front section of the chassis onto the main section are loose by about a third of a turn with a dab of superglue on the top in the nut to stop it loosening.

I drilled the rear axle blocks through with a 1.8mm drill for longer M2 screws.

   

The second pic is now ready to run.

   

I might get some wheel inserts printed for it to finish the job

   

The upshot is 'it's a flier!!!' I can't believe how well it goes, who needs a fancy adjustable motor pod