I've been asked to start a thread on this after mentioning it in another thread.
Anticipating wet weather over Easter I purchased a 1:32 Matchbox MGTC plastic kit off a EBay, I also purchased an FF motor for £1.86 from the same source, it was the slowest revving FF motor I could find at 8,000 rpm. The plan was to make the MGTC into a slot car using as much of the plastic kit as possible, the intention was not to build a car suitable for racing but a model capable of propelling itself around a slot car track.
It isn't finished yet, as I'm looking for suitable driver and co-driver figures at a price I want to pay (about £3 including postage for the pair) but it is running, it uses the FF motor glued into the original plastic kit chassis with a bit of plastic card for support and rigidity, nylon bearings from 70s Scalextric cars glued to the chassis to mount the axles, axles some short ones I had in the box, Scalextrix pinion and crown and the wheels and tyres are the original ones from the kit glued onto the axles. The guide is mounted using a part left over from a Slot It HRS chassis (they come with two axle/guide mounts) glued to the underneath of the chassis.
The rest of the kit has been glued to this little lot, which isn't good for maintenance but I'm not really fussed, the interior has been converted to half tray type with plastic card.
It certainly isn't pretty underneath and it runs much like an Autoart slot car, but it achieves what I wanted to do.
Photos to follow when I get round to buying a new smart phone (along with ones of the Slot It Mclaren M8D converted to Carrera D132)
Regards
Julian
Anticipating wet weather over Easter I purchased a 1:32 Matchbox MGTC plastic kit off a EBay, I also purchased an FF motor for £1.86 from the same source, it was the slowest revving FF motor I could find at 8,000 rpm. The plan was to make the MGTC into a slot car using as much of the plastic kit as possible, the intention was not to build a car suitable for racing but a model capable of propelling itself around a slot car track.
It isn't finished yet, as I'm looking for suitable driver and co-driver figures at a price I want to pay (about £3 including postage for the pair) but it is running, it uses the FF motor glued into the original plastic kit chassis with a bit of plastic card for support and rigidity, nylon bearings from 70s Scalextric cars glued to the chassis to mount the axles, axles some short ones I had in the box, Scalextrix pinion and crown and the wheels and tyres are the original ones from the kit glued onto the axles. The guide is mounted using a part left over from a Slot It HRS chassis (they come with two axle/guide mounts) glued to the underneath of the chassis.
The rest of the kit has been glued to this little lot, which isn't good for maintenance but I'm not really fussed, the interior has been converted to half tray type with plastic card.
It certainly isn't pretty underneath and it runs much like an Autoart slot car, but it achieves what I wanted to do.
Photos to follow when I get round to buying a new smart phone (along with ones of the Slot It Mclaren M8D converted to Carrera D132)
Regards
Julian