Hi,
Seems, have a habit to taking one-buck Dollar Tree SpeedRacer sorts of fair, and making some modifications. The SR was not a tough choice, am easy prey for car bodies with "fat pontoon" fenders, and otherwise smooth quarters. No, not found of runway models ... curvy swimsuit types, well . . .
Anyhow, while looking it over in the blister pack, had pretty good idea of what wanted to do, so . . .
Seems, have a habit to taking one-buck Dollar Tree SpeedRacer sorts of fair, and making some modifications. The SR was not a tough choice, am easy prey for car bodies with "fat pontoon" fenders, and otherwise smooth quarters. No, not found of runway models ... curvy swimsuit types, well . . .
Anyhow, while looking it over in the blister pack, had pretty good idea of what wanted to do, so . . .
Basically did the following:
* Glued body halves into one, did smoothing as needed,
* Cut down fins,
* Cut off front points, for headlights, grille opening,
* Glued body halves into one, did smoothing as needed,
* Cut down fins,
* Cut off front points, for headlights, grille opening,
* Cut down back pointy ends, for taillights, added gas cap,
* Filled in various gaps, indentations, model had a bunch of this stuff, etc.,
* Cut down windscreen,
* Left rear wheel opening as is, rounded out front pair of wheel wells.
* Wheels fit inside of the body, FWTIW,
Made use of stash of late 50's Cox Ferrari magnesium wheels. Car is supposed to represent late 50's SCCA type of racer. Before, you jump on your keyboard, yep, sponsors were all but ... well, almost, like none. Not uncommon in those days for numerals to be tape, since driver often drove to and from the track. Some removed bumpers, others did not. Also, forgive the wheels, just thought they'd look nice.
This is a fantasy ride, so give me a little leeway ... appreciate that . . .
* Car is A/B with tinted slightly darker than original bottle Walmart plasti-coat signal red, over white primer, then Future coated,
* Use brass chassis where motor is "hard" mount, with "slight" floating front wheel axle, trailing edge flag,
* Uses MJ124A narrow motor, quite surprised, excellent performance from this little high rever,
* Cox 29T crown, brass 8-T pinion,
* Since using old Cox wheels from stash, is 1/8th axles,
* K&D rears, cheapie DT fronts,
* Everson stripes,
* Roundels, numerals are Testor's,
* Driver is highly modified, forget origin, period half helmet, even wears a real cloth scarf : )
* Interior from SpeedRacer, just modified some as well,
* Cockpit space is well ... small, still has dash, "instruments," and the like.
* Filled in various gaps, indentations, model had a bunch of this stuff, etc.,
* Cut down windscreen,
* Left rear wheel opening as is, rounded out front pair of wheel wells.
* Wheels fit inside of the body, FWTIW,
Made use of stash of late 50's Cox Ferrari magnesium wheels. Car is supposed to represent late 50's SCCA type of racer. Before, you jump on your keyboard, yep, sponsors were all but ... well, almost, like none. Not uncommon in those days for numerals to be tape, since driver often drove to and from the track. Some removed bumpers, others did not. Also, forgive the wheels, just thought they'd look nice.
This is a fantasy ride, so give me a little leeway ... appreciate that . . .
* Car is A/B with tinted slightly darker than original bottle Walmart plasti-coat signal red, over white primer, then Future coated,
* Use brass chassis where motor is "hard" mount, with "slight" floating front wheel axle, trailing edge flag,
* Uses MJ124A narrow motor, quite surprised, excellent performance from this little high rever,
* Cox 29T crown, brass 8-T pinion,
* Since using old Cox wheels from stash, is 1/8th axles,
* K&D rears, cheapie DT fronts,
* Everson stripes,
* Roundels, numerals are Testor's,
* Driver is highly modified, forget origin, period half helmet, even wears a real cloth scarf : )
* Interior from SpeedRacer, just modified some as well,
* Cockpit space is well ... small, still has dash, "instruments," and the like.
* Grooves in rears is deliberate, just use another means when truing them.
Think that is about it . . .
Think that is about it . . .
Actually is a competitive, fun little runner, as long as running against similar little rides. Wheelbase, for example,
is almost exactly the same, versus RSK 427 that I made up. Nice controlled slides when desired. Very predictable entering, exiting corners, no
magnets . . .
Often quite a of fun to race something a little slower ... fast, than a fast Mach III ride ... slow. You may well relate to that . . .
Often quite a of fun to race something a little slower ... fast, than a fast Mach III ride ... slow. You may well relate to that . . .
Anyhow, thank you for stopping by, always appreciated ... hope you found your visit worth your while
. . .
Cheers,
Jas
