When George Turner moved from his workshop at Shoebury he had a clearout and sold off surplus bits including this painted Allard J2 body which was from his original Allard display model. There was no chassis so I decided to use a Penelope Pitlane chassis but didn't realise just how many problems that full interior would cause.
I have been working on this on and off for at least 6 weeks and after carving so much out of the underside that parts of the interior are almost wafer thin and making and fitting at least five sets of body posts it is pretty much finished. The easier alternative would have been to use a slimline Pitlane chassis but I am not a fan of slimline motors.
I still need to make a screen, find the missing knock off and touch up the interior where I took out the passenger but I don't think there is anything left that can do badly wrong now.
It still sits a little bit high but there is nothing left to cut away and at least it allows for a bit of body rock to help the handling. I am just pleased to have finished one of the most frustrating builds that I have ever started.
Time to have a rummage in the projects drawers an find another victim.
Both of mine are a bit low.
I really must get one of George Turner's cars one of these days. It'll be great to see how one of the masters does it. Everything I've seen of his has looked terrific.
Nice result Autoavia...the struggles were worth it.
Many builders get the ride height wrong and your car looks good to me.
I wonder what experiences you have had with the FF slimline motors for you to form a poor opinion of them. I can say an adjustable controller and adjustable power supply can make a difference. For me they have been a real boon for narrow and shallow bodied cars.
I have a Carsteen controller so no problem with adjustment but I just find FF Slimlines a bit gutless so you don't get the acceleration out of corners with a heavyish car and the Allard is fairly heavy. They also seem to lack brakes and our club track and the Scalex track used for CSCRA events at Rockingham both need a car with good brakes. Rockingham runs all events on 13.8 volts and if you turn the power down too much on the controller you get left behind on the straights.
Apart from Policar the SRP motors are the only slimlines easily available here and although they are quite cheap to buy I find there is little consistency in power output and revs so if I buy a 25000 rpm motor it may well rev to much more or much less than 25000 rpm.
I did put a Policar slimline in a Porsche 804 with a Pitlane chassis. I had to move the motor back because the Policar only has a very short shaft. I had already managed to snap off the motor mount by accident so I glued the motor in. It went very well but unfortunately it went over the barrier first time out at Netley Classic and reduced itself to a kit when it hit the floor so I didn't get to race it for long. It is being rebuilt with a 3D chassis with a Policar pod.
I don't doubt some other people are quite happy with FF motors but I have never found them to be very good.
Gordon
I did have a 1/24 vacform Allard with a 26D in it which I bought from Ebay USA but I couldn't get the hang of the Rockingham Raceway track at my first Double Trouble and by then end of practice on Saturday it was beyond repair so Alan Shawe kindly lent me a much more forgiving car for the race.
(This post was last modified: 13th-Aug-20, 10:46 AM by autoavia.)
I did have a 1/24 vacform Allard with a 26D in it which I bought from Ebay USA but I couldn't get the hang of the Rockingham Raceway track at my first Double Trouble and by then end of practice on Saturday it was beyond repair so Alan Shawe kindly lent me a much more forgiving car for the race.
The 26D is my favourite motor. One of these days I really must get to Rockingham. We are thinking of moving north to near the ports so a trip to the UK becomes much easier.
The 24th Allard has a big old banger Pittman motor and the 32nd an Atlas. Both handle well which is necessary when they don't go that fast down the straight
I love the 26D as well. Recently got a couple of brand new FT270 for a good price as well but haven't built cars for them yet.
I think part of the problem with my Allard was that I hadn't driven on a big fast track for a long time and I asked too much of a car that I hadn't had time to set up properly. Still got most of the body so might repair it one day.
(This post was last modified: 13th-Aug-20, 10:43 AM by autoavia.)
(13th-Aug-20, 10:42 AM)autoavia Wrote: I love the 26D as well. Recently got a couple of brand new FT270 for a good price as well but haven't built cars for them yet.
I think part of the problem with my Allard was that I hadn't driven on a big fast track for a long time and I asked too much of a car that I hadn't had time to set up properly. Still got most of the body so might repair it one day.
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