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The Silken Purse Project
The Silken Purse ProjectBuilding a Silk Purse out of a Sow's EarYou may want to get yourself a coffee for this - it's a full build story with 28 photos.Pantyffynnon Slot Car Club has run a Le...
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Fittipaldi FD04
Hi,Here are a couple of photos of my latest build. It has been one of my slowest builds (birthdays, Christmas etc. delaying work) and I have lost (I mean deleted!) the few photos I took during the...
View ArticleSuperGlue Gel Removal
I am working on a Lexan body and I got a smear of Lepages SuperGlue Gel on the outside. Not much and in an inconspicuous place but I'm wondering what is the best way to remove it? Maybe I should just...
View Articlehow can I ciontact ZAGATO
Hi does any one have a current e mail or telephone number for Mr graham paulton AKA zagato .I need to contact him and the pms on slotforum seem frozen and he is not answering my Face book messages .Are...
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Lotus 40
Here is a scratch built Lotus 40 I just finished up. Jim Clark in Blues is the driver. Gift card chassis in a sidewinder arrangement gives me room for the interior of this low slung racer. Everything...
View Articlelightweight filler for resin
I was chatting with a neighbour earlier who unbeknown to me is into r/c aircraft and has been making all sorts of bits and bobs (including a vac form rig...mmm..handy) but he showed me a resin cast...
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Ferrari Bardhal Experimental
So after a lay off of more than 45 years I have finally attempted a scratch build once again. My local club has a class for Indy cars between 1950-1964 built on a standard Penelope Pitlane SM1m chassis...
View Articlepcs32 chassis
been trying to find the length of wheelbase that a pcs32 chassis will cover up to 100mm with the longer front section , the standard one will do to 92mm but cant find the spec for the other. does any...
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Porsche RS 60
This is a tiny car. Built on an extended HO frame with 1/43 scale turned aluminum rims with resin inserts, I was able to get this little guy to sit low like it should. I had to add a 40 ohm resistor...
View ArticleSpeed Controller
Here is a simple "how to" for making a transistorised speed controller. No doubt the electronic experts and wiz kids out there can think of a number of other ways of doing this. The circuit is the...
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Allard J2
hello friend Coming back slowly on my workbench with pleasure here is my little 1/32 Allard J2This kit was made by the well known Charles Lawrence from Seattle The chassis is ( as recommended ) issue...
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Lotus 30 Build
Sad to say I started this build back in April of 2012. Too many projects got in the way along with life and the dying of my passion for slots. This was my very first brass chassis, and I'm thankful to...
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Motor and rear axle bracket?
Anybody who knows about suppliers for short can, long can and slim can brackets?Tired of trying to do them my self... Carver
View ArticleWings, mirrors etc
Hi all, It is probably out there somewhere but can anyone suggest methods/techniques/materials that you would use to create things like wings, spoilers, mirrors, the small fragile bits of detail that...
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Tutto Ferrari
Inspired by 'Peter's ongoing builds' thread, I decided to do something similar with my Ferrari projects and thus combine them in one continuous thread. Most of my projects exist only in my head for now...
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Porsche 906
Using the Gift card chassis with the small N class of motor has allowed room inside cars that was not previously available. Now that I have found a good performing set up with the chassis I am start to...
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chassis help
HiI recently switched my model making from 28mm role playing to 1/32 slot car building - new to the hobby and new to the forum so I'm hoping that "scratch building" is also the right place for kit...
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My first Home Builds
Had a real blast in the last couple of months trying my hand at building my own slot carsHere are the fruits of my labour...It all started with a Fly 365 Daytona my kids had managed to take most of the...
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Ongoing builds
At last the weather is changing so for me spraying season has started what's everyone building https://flic.kr/p/DZ3ABQ][/url]Ongoing builds by matra2011, on Flickr
View Articleclear resin
now ive been bitten by the casting bug I worked my way around to thinking whether clear resin would be suitable for reproducing old glazing units? I can see how custom light units etc could be produced...
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