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GTM - Mercedes W196
Hi team,Here is my last attempt.The kit comes from George Turner. According to the excellent work done by George, this kit is probably the easiest one that I've done until now.Rear wheels are little...
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Lego 8 wheeled Breakdown Truck
Progress so far on the 8 wheeled Lego Breakdown Truck. The body has been glued together an hollowed out. I decided to make a proper truck chassis so it is made out of I beam brass and will have a...
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kitbash lotus 49b gp to Indy lotus 34
I removed the exhaust system. removed the injectors, drilled holes where the spark plugs were, and inserted the injectors on top of the cams. Finally painted the top rear section, wheels, and front a...
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Alpine A310 LM77
Hello Guys!Last achievement .... Alpine A310 LM77. Sratch based MMKThe wipthank you for your attention
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Strombecker Maserati 250 revived
I was quite pleased with this; I was given a Strombecker shell with a missing stone-guard, no windscreen, no driver's head and no exhaust. It's slightly overscale, maybe 1/30, but it's the earlier,...
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Body mounting posts
Having come back from the recent slot festival and shown my son some of the slot car "Disney Car" conversions, he has asked me to get one of his cars converted!I spent last two days doing some research...
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Copersucar FD03
I have never built so many cars in such a short space of time before!!!! This latest one is a version of the 1975 Copersucar FD03 as driven by Art Merzario. The shell is a creation of Simon (DNQ), the...
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Hesketh 308
So following on from the successful conversion of the Fly FW08 body with the prototype Policar Universal Chassis I thought that I'd see if it was also useful for the slightly more adventurous builder...
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Triumph TR3A Coupe des Alpes 1958
Scratched this up, using a 1/32 Lindberg kit, hand-built roof, MRRC Cobra chassis with front-mounted engine, MRRC steering unit, and part Cartrix wheels and tyres...More pics and a full build log in my...
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McLaren M16 1975 Indycar
Hi, gents,here is my next formula car in 24nd scale, built for the CLASSIC FORMULA DAYS. It is oriented to the McLaren M16-Indycar in Norton-Sponsor-outfit, driven by Ron Sneva in 1975, like you can...
View ArticleeBay finds for scratchbuilding (eBay madness in a good way)
Here goes!How about grazy glue. Here you can buy cyanoacrylate glue with silly prices. 5 big bottles for 3 euros.FalseNailGlueGrazy glue can be harmful for clear parts. Better use UV-glue for your...
View Articlethread cutting - brass tubing
Anyone know where I can get a decent HSS Die to cut a thread on brass tubing?the brass tubing used to "tube" front axles on a 1/32 car.I think that would be 3mm OD, correct me if I'm wrong.Would that...
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Gordini T24 S
Hello Sirs,Here again, to teach the attack by me in this Gordini. A little history ..Gordini history has always been linked to competition, initially with the Simca brand, with which he won in its...
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Porsche 550 Spyder
Just finished my Porsche 550 Spyder it was built to CSCRA rules for retro racing. It has a brass and piano wire chassis with a rattle pan and it ha Slot.it gears and guide and an MRRC 30K motor. The...
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Is it possible to soften springs?
I have some springs that are a perfect fit for a guide stem and I have a load of screw-fixed guides with extra long stems that are perfect candidates to make into sprung guides for my rally cars.The...
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The complete grid
Gentlemen - I present to you the complete grid of 20 cars:And much better and vissible - here out in the free:Bruce McLaren Motor Racing#1 McLaren M9A Denny Hulme#2 McLaren M9A Bruce...
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Shadow DN1
I have always liked the F1 cars from the early 1970's, I was little disappointed with the Scalextric version of the Shadow DN1 that appeared all those years ago. A good shape but lacking something and...
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2nd go at BIY (Build/Bodge It Yourself)
Well it took a while but the weather has improved and finally had chance to get started on a few new projects, a resin sierra cossie, 2 airfix wrc cars being married with msc montecarlo chassis. here...
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Lotus 25, Jim Clark's Championship Winning 1963 R-4
A work in progress, my personal Holy Grail of F-1 cars.Mel Ault's, Pre-Wing creation, at long last, the one and only, pretty close to looking like the real thing, let me introduce to you:JIM CLARK'S...
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