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Suddenly it's all going wrong
#1

Not really asking for advice, just having a moan...

I've been lucky, no breakdowns to speak of in my slotting world for quite some time, then 2 weeks ago, during our Sports class at the club my NSR Mosler stopped at turn 1, slipping gear I thought, on closer inspection the motor pod had snapped allowing the back axle to move away from the motor, no problem I thought, got out a spare car, my NSR Corvette which was good enough to win the evenings racing.
Back home I checked out the Mosler, I've got another sidewinder pod. I'll just swap them, WRONG, the new one was an EVO and didn't fit, quick order to Pendle and a few days later an old style pod was in my hands except that it is 5mm shorter than the original, I'm now waiting for a reply to my email asking if they can measure and tell me which pod I need.

In the meantime we had an open day at the club and during the course of the day I got out my Corvette for a demonstration run, it reached turn one and de-slotted at slow speed, picked it up to have a look and the guide plate had snapped, again no crashes, and this was it's first lap since winning sports for me, I'm now about to graft a JS guide tab onto the NSR chassis, why is slotting so difficult?

**NB** The Corvette is the same car that completed the Brighton to John O Groats proxy

Bernie, racing since 1969 Wavegreen
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There's not enough room to fit a 'normal' guide/ guide plate so it looks like I've got to buy the most stupid thing that NSR have ever made, one of their plastic drop arms (which I then screw up tight so it doesn't drop) Angry

Bernie, racing since 1969 Wavegreen
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#3

There were some tips on repairing broken guide plates on last week's worldwide slit car chat.

Let's go...OFF ROAD!
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#4

I think slot cars can smell fear, nearly every catastrophic failure I've ever had has been snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, if a wheel comes off or a gear gets stripped it will definitely be on a club night when I'm doing well, never when I'm pootling around at the back anyway.
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Latest news

Hopefully getting a motor mount for the Mosler from John May who will also supply some guide plates which I'm sure I can adapt to fit, and while I'm about it I'm having a couple more NSR pods which I'll use for scratchbuilding and some body mounting posts.
John always comes up trumps

Bernie, racing since 1969 Wavegreen
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