Mocked the HRS2 chassis up and dropped the body on to see how it looks.
It looks high
Changed the front axle holder to the narrower one supplied with the chassis.
Fronts now sit inside the arches and will fit even better with skinny tyres.
Rears don't sit inside the arches but I'm unwill8ng to narrow the track.
Track width less than 58mm makes a slotcar a real challenge to set up.
View up against the NSR Porsche rally car.
Surprisingl, the scaley is not higher, despite looking so.
The plan is to build the sides of the body down with black plasticard to meet the chassis.
Alan W
(This post was last modified: 13th-May-21, 11:45 AM by Nonfractal.)
Nice plug on the World Wide Chat! It prompted me to order my Amato chassis (the OP used a JMay chassis), so three different examples. Think I am going to go narrow at the rear though...I just cannot go high and wide. Will work on achieving 'fast narrow' though!
Are we going to need to cut up the interior to fit the inline motors? Any tips welcome.
I love puttering with gears
(This post was last modified: 13th-May-21, 07:25 PM by BAracer.)
(13th-May-21, 06:12 PM)classicchrisk Wrote: I have a number of modified Scalextric TR7's. I started off building one with the Amato chassis, with no modifications. The handling wasn't where I wanted it to be, so having had some big benefits with a lowered Ninco Sierra, with HRS chassis, looked at lowering the TR7.
I wanted to leave the exterior of the body unchanged, so narrowed the rear track, trimmed the sills, on the chassis and shortened the body posts. Initially, there was not sufficient space to fit 10mm wide rear tyres, so I shaved a couple of mm across the chassis adjacent to the rear axle and slimmed down the body thickness on the inside of the wheel arches. Success!!
Having done one car, I planned on building another for slot rallies as the TR7 V8 was a model which fitted into the pre 80's class. I contacted Angelo, to buy a couple more chassis to modify to the lowered specification. Angelo suggested it would be better for him to print them to my dimensions, so I sent him the details of my changes and the new, low profile chassis, arrived within a few days. Also, during discussions, Angelo organised a vac formed lightweight rally interior to complement the range of lightweight interiors and glazing which complement the chassis kits.
More ideas came to mind, regarding motor configurations. I have fitted anglewinder HRS chassis to other cars, namely: Scalextric 6R4 (early model) and Scalextric Porsche 911 C125 (Currently running in the Brighton to John O Groats Proxy Road Race). I wanted to do an anglewinder version of the low TR7. I didn't mind opening up the arches and fitting extensions, after all, some of the full size rally cars had these. Angelo obliged by modifying the 3D print file and printing a chassis read to accept the anglewinder motor mount.
Please forgive me, as this is the first time I have posted on the site, so the photographs may end up in strange orders or strange places. Enjoy!
I think I've found d the specific car I want to model
The Hamilton MotorSport rally TR7.
I love the gun metal grey
Another rod for my own back.
How to fabricate the rear wing?
How to create that custom livery?
this project has been on hold for over a week due to work commitments
this is where i am at at the moment
the stance is getting there ( i think )
cant decide on the track ... in or under the arches ... might trim the inner a little to get a better look
my own 3DP chassis ( still needs tweaking a bit ) will print a final design with the side skirts when i am satisfied
also printed my own separate rear bumper section , which saves butchering the old chassis to be able return it to original later if it doesn't work out this simply clips securely into the original slots in the body
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this simply clips securely into the original slots in the body