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Hi all i just wondered is it posible to have for example a 1/24 body & have a 3D printed version made in 1/32 scale?

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Back when I was a kid we used to play the game - 'Never have I ever......' . No clue why this transformed into slot cars - but it did - weird mind mine I tell you!!

Never have I ever in my 60 odd years of racing and collecting slot cars, have I had before  the race tuned Porsche 550 by Scalextric!!!

Picked this up in a local second had site along with other cars - all of which I had back in the day, Price was very right, so....here it is


           

The group I bought it in:

   

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Hi just need to ask  scalextric rs200 wheels what are the sizes; rim dimtr, width etc. Basicly are they same size as scaleauto rs200 wheels? Chears

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The climax of our 2024 WHO GT Championship is a full day Saturday, featuring a new non-championship GT pairs format in the morning and the Suzuka 1000 in the afternoon.

We've brought in the new format 12 months earlier than planned, so we can have some fun and mull over options for next year...

   

There will be some loaner cars (ex GT club car rotation) if you don't have a GT car to race.

The format for the 4-hour afternoon team endurance is pretty much the same as the Wednesday evenings, except that every team must share out the number of stints equally between all the drivers...

   

These are the teams, although there may be some last minute car and personnel changes. John and Alex will be in charge of Écurie Escargot...

   

Of course, we are racing on Mike's sublime Suzuka layout - one of the highlights of the WHO digital calendar...

   


Doors open at 10am for practice, the pairs race will start at 10.30, hopefully giving us time for a short break and a second practice session before the GT championship action begins around midday. Entry is £6 adults / £4 under-16s for the full day of racing. We ask that racers aged 13 and under bring a responsible adult with them.

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Hi can someone explain about ballanced motors & thier benefits. Are they much better than a non ballanced motor?

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Can someone tell me, please, the difference between SCX's RK-41 motors and the RK-42 version?  My go-to site for motor specs (Slot Car News) doesn't list the RK-42.  For clarity, the RK-41 is fitted in the MGA, and the RK-42 is in various cars - including the Audi A5 DTM and Mercedes AMG C-coupe DTM.

I suspect the -42 is a higher-revving motor, but I'd like to get an idea of how much faster.

Thanks in advance

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A few weeks ago Gregory Petrolati (greenman52) posted on fb a photo of an Abarth 1000 fitted with one of my aw motor pods for FK130 motor. 

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It was a reminder as i remebered that i had a Reprotec Abarth without chassis so i opened the drawer ,i rather opened Pandoras box, as there was the Abarth which i built designing a solid aw
chassis plus rims


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but i also discovered in that same drwaer a few forgoten projects with i pushed a few steps further fitting them with aw chassis
2 Fiat 850 coupe missing chassis
The red one was my entry to the Gary Skip's Unsung heros proxy ,ages ago,and i had managed to lose the chassis after the car returned. 
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This is the status of the Fiat 850 coupe,the chassis of the red one accepts FC130 motors endbel drive

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In that same drawer there was a Hornby Volkswagen static kit turned into slot car,now fitted with 3dp chassis 
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Next up in that drawer was a Scalextric classic Mini 
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As i started designing the chassis for it, my mind crossed the idea of designing an adjustable wheelbase instead.And so i did:
it consists of 3 parts ,front middle end rear joined together by square KS tube 3/32(Ref : KS8150 at Pendles) ,no screws are needed but a little filing is.
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You can slice the middle part to shorten or add a middle part to lengthen or if you have access to a printer, using your slicer you can scale the middle part accross the x axis to the desired length.
The files will be uploaded on cults in a couple of days.
The only problem is you might be driven to extremities: 
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You have been warned

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Wonder if there are more folk here thinking about the design of the Revoslot and BRM chassis.

I have a few of the new (big) BRM chassis GT90 and Legend (Porsche and Ferrari) cars.

I wonder the purpose of the chassis plates and the movement. I have read different ideas - the body screws tight and let the float come from the chassis, loosen the body screws and put tape on the chassis to quieten it down and reduce movement

So what type of track were these cars designed for - plastic track which was bumpy and if so does that mean that taping the chassis would be better for wood tracks?

Wonder what people's thoughts are?

DM

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Should you measure the internal diameter, or to the edge of the rim? 

Some inserts go IN the wheel, others seem to sit ON and cover the rim.  

Particularly thinking Slot.it and NSR. 

Will inserts from one brand fit the other or is it best to stick with the same brand of wheel and insert?

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I may have asked this question before, but I can't remember where and I can't remember the answer.

My latest repaint project is a test-car re-livery on an SCX Toyota Corolla WRC.  It's now been in my isopropyl alcohol bath for 36 hours and much of the tampo still won't shift.   Tappingfoot  The problem areas are where the tampo is applied to the bare white plastic - where it was applied over paint the tampo came off with the paint, no problem,

Any suggestions, other than "mechanical" means (T-Cut, or similar) how I can get the tampo off the plastic without it being noticeable after painting?

Thanks in advance,

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