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Post by Tom Dolan on May 16, 2024 10:45:44 GMT -7
Does anyone need a Slot.it DTM car? Let me know and I'll order some so you can get them at Colpar. Tom Anyone?? |
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Post by amiatanut on May 16, 2024 15:25:49 GMT -7
Not me, I still have the 2 from back when we ran them in RMSCC.
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Post by amiatanut on May 16, 2024 15:29:45 GMT -7
Not me, I still have the 2 from back when we ran them in RMSCC.
I’m anxious to see the rules for the Ninco classic motors allowed…. NC-1 14k motors are hard to get and I believe they were the original Ninco classic motor. I hope we stick with a max 14k motor, the H&R Jack rabbit 14k would be great.
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Post by chris on May 16, 2024 15:45:44 GMT -7
Maybe some of the others have NC1 or NC8 motors to lend out. The Jack rabit wont fit in my 550 Spyder so I'd like the class to be equal with the Ninco motors.
Last time we ran the short wheelbase cars I ran my car with the NC1 against the others running the jack rabbit and the NC1 could not compete.
Chris
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Post by amiatanut on May 16, 2024 16:53:43 GMT -7
Chris, what motor is in that Porsche? There are adaptors available to use the short can I believe.
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Post by chris on May 16, 2024 17:14:14 GMT -7
Hi Marc, it's the NC8,the motor bracket is a different size so the S can won't fit. I think Daryl put the Jack Rabbit in his 550 like mine but I think he had to do some cutting and modifying and then glue the motor in.
I don't want to do that.
Chris
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Post by chris on May 16, 2024 17:37:48 GMT -7
My 550 has the short can motor and it doesn't have the long can with removable pod like the porsche 356 has.
Chris
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Post by David Asbury on May 17, 2024 10:29:25 GMT -7
Chris, We are meeting next week to discuss the easiest and best way to solve the "motor issue" with Ninco classics. Motor up or motor down, we plan to have a fair solution soon.
David
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Post by chris on May 18, 2024 14:07:00 GMT -7
Chris, We are meeting next week to discuss the easiest and best way to solve the "motor issue" with Ninco classics. Motor up or motor down, we plan to have a fair solution soon. David Please disregard, Tom showed me that the Jack rabbit fits in the Porsche 550 just fine. Chris |
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Post by David C. on May 20, 2024 9:05:48 GMT -7
So.... What constitutes (defines) a "Muscle Car"? And I assume(?) It doesn't need a "racing livery" with numbers or sponsor decals? And I would like to build a "scratch build" brass chassis. Can someone define "In vintage style"? Is there a "modern style" of scratch built brass chassis? Every time I try to enter my scratch built "hybrid" (brass chassis with Slot.it motor pod) with another club, it is excluded for different reasons every time that class of car is proposed. Just let me know now if I can scratch build a brass chassis (not a hybrid with plastic motor pod) for this "muscle car" class now so that when I spend all the time and energy on a chassis build it will not be rejected at the last minute for some rule that someone will come up with at the last minute such as.... Oh, You can't mount the body on the chassis that way! Or... No, you didn't use brass, piano wire, brass wire or axle bushings that are sold now! You have to use brass that was sold back in the 60's. Or... No you or whoever didn't build that back in the 60"s because you don't have a picture of it or documentation of it. Just let me know now if a brass chassis I build will be acceptable....
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Post by chris on May 20, 2024 14:57:46 GMT -7
Chris, We are meeting next week to discuss the easiest and best way to solve the "motor issue" with Ninco classics. Motor up or motor down, we plan to have a fair solution soon. David Please disregard, Tom showed me that the Jack rabbit fits in the Porsche 550 just fine. Chris Never mind the Jack Rabbit don't fit in the 550 after all. Chris |
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Post by grenade101 on May 21, 2024 5:37:00 GMT -7
So.... What constitutes (defines) a "Muscle Car"? And I assume(?) It doesn't need a "racing livery" with numbers or sponsor decals? And I would like to build a "scratch build" brass chassis. Can someone define "In vintage style"? Is there a "modern style" of scratch built brass chassis? Every time I try to enter my scratch built "hybrid" (brass chassis with Slot.it motor pod) with another club, it is excluded for different reasons every time that class of car is proposed. Just let me know now if I can scratch build a brass chassis (not a hybrid with plastic motor pod) for this "muscle car" class now so that when I spend all the time and energy on a chassis build it will not be rejected at the last minute for some rule that someone will come up with at the last minute such as.... Oh, You can't mount the body on the chassis that way! Or... No, you didn't use brass, piano wire, brass wire or axle bushings that are sold now! You have to use brass that was sold back in the 60's. Or... No you or whoever didn't build that back in the 60"s because you don't have a picture of it or documentation of it. Just let me know now if a brass chassis I build will be acceptable.... David, I am interested in doing this as well. The race committee looks to be meeting this week to start talking about the rules and cars for the classes. |
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Post by Jim Weickum on May 21, 2024 7:50:55 GMT -7
In the Vintage class, you must use Vintage or reproduction parts. Motors, axles, wheels, guides are all required to fit that guidance, without being used on the commercial tracks. So, no 1/24th commercial guides. Axles would normally have been threaded 1/8th inch with wheels to fit. Crown gears are 48 pitch, which most of us use Cox or now Parma gears. Vintage style would be what may have been used before 1969. The motors of that time period may have had brass motor mounting plates that allowed brass tubing to go through to form a chassis. I remember doing that with a car I built in the 60's for a GP body. Look at what Steve has built for brass chassis cars. I have some ball bearing from the 60's that I have used in a car, but the modern ball bearings would not be allowed. Bodies would be a hard body or model from the period of time, 1969 or older, since Eldon did make a 69 Camaro. Revell has produced some nice slotcars from that time frame also.
Jim W
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Post by David C. on May 21, 2024 13:21:18 GMT -7
In the Vintage class, you must use Vintage or reproduction parts. Motors, axles, wheels, guides are all required to fit that guidance, without being used on the commercial tracks. So, no 1/24th commercial guides. Axles would normally have been threaded 1/8th inch with wheels to fit. Crown gears are 48 pitch, which most of us use Cox or now Parma gears. Vintage style would be what may have been used before 1969. The motors of that time period may have had brass motor mounting plates that allowed brass tubing to go through to form a chassis. I remember doing that with a car I built in the 60's for a GP body. Look at what Steve has built for brass chassis cars. I have some ball bearing from the 60's that I have used in a car, but the modern ball bearings would not be allowed. Bodies would be a hard body or model from the period of time, 1969 or older, since Eldon did make a 69 Camaro. Revell has produced some nice slotcars from that time frame also. Jim W Thank you, Jim, for clarifying. I had planned on using "vintage or reproduction" parts. motors (16D type?), 1/8th" threaded axle, bronze axle bushings, wheels and guide with no commercial guide(?) and crown gear with 48 pitch. Body will be of a "hard body" type (not Lexan/clear body). I would use brass plate, brass tubing, piano wire and brass wire, solder and flux commercially available on the market today (is that OK? Or do I have to use materials that were only acquired from the 60's?) Do I have to use a soldering iron from the 60's or can I use a soldering iron commercially available after that? If this planned build does not fit your criteria or the committee, please let me know. Or if you or anyone on the committee decides to change/add/delete these parameters (move the goal posts) between now and next racing season, please let me know. |
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Post by grenade101 on May 26, 2024 12:43:29 GMT -7
David, I was pushing the competition committee to get the rules done by the 1st of June and think we are close to publishing these. On TV Muscle Car, the only item that I don't think would be an allowed would be a current production 16D motor as they are considerably faster than the vintage motors. That was also what I was told last year on the open wheel class.
Mark W
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