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clausheupel
10-05-2005, 11:56 AM
Hi folks,

after more than 4 years of concentrating on T-Jet bodies I decided to do a resin body for magnet racing again. I had too much fun (but not much success...) racing in the X-2 class at our annual race weekend in August! :-)

Hereīs a first shot of my first resin narrow X-2 Trans Am Mustang Cobra that just slipped out of the mold last night:

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/ch_mustang-cobra_21.jpg

Still missing the windshield (ran out of mold making silicone yesterday), but Iīll hopefully be able to pull my usual PVC "glass inlays" next week when I have the mold done! ;-)

Non-magnet lovers please calm down! ;-) As the wheelbase is the same Iīll definitely cast 2 more inside "male" mold halves: One for mounting A/FX (and Tomy) chassis and of course one with screwposts! Iīm quite sure this body will be great for a LWB Fray-style T-Jet too!

Hereīs a preview of my mold master riding on an A/FX chassis:

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/ch_mustang-cobra_08.jpg

O.K. - back to Corel Draw: Iīm working on the first decal sheet All Sport #11)...

Greetings from Germany,

Claus

www.c-jet500.de.vu

AfxToo
10-05-2005, 01:15 PM
Okay Claus, now you've done it. A blindsided assault on my weakest spot. I love magnet cars, especially Tycos, and I love TransAm. You got the wheel placement and ride height perfect. Whatever it took to inspire you to do cars in this genre ... keep doing it!

So how do I get my hands on a couple of these beauties?

roadrner
10-05-2005, 01:39 PM
You're doing an AFX version too, great, let me know how to get a pair of these when they're available. Color not an issue since they'll visit the spray booth sooner or later. Great looking! :thumbsup: rr

vaBcHRog
10-05-2005, 02:27 PM
Hi Claus,

Looks great as usual.

That one is setting in my casting box for next years Mustang Madness Proxy race. I plan on shrinking it. John Peddy makes a version of this car for I believe the Life Like cars. Check Pattos he has some great decals for this car. There is a good looking Mountain Dew set.

Roger Corrie

car guy
10-05-2005, 02:38 PM
As always, most excellent job...well done.

satellite1
10-05-2005, 04:08 PM
Looks perfect :thumbsup:

P.S. I send the windshield for the police with some additional bodys plus some of my "most wanted parts" end of this week.

clausheupel
10-06-2005, 04:36 AM
Hi Afxtoo,

Iīm pleased to finally have hit a weak spot of you (wasnīt easy...)! :hat:

How to get your hands on a kit? Please letīs talk about this off the list!

I have a couple more magnet car bodies in my projects drawer... :-)

Greetings from Germany,

Claus

www.c-jet500.de.vu

Okay Claus, now you've done it. A blindsided assault on my weakest spot. I love magnet cars, especially Tycos, and I love TransAm. You got the wheel placement and ride height perfect. Whatever it took to inspire you to do cars in this genre ... keep doing it!

So how do I get my hands on a couple of these beauties?

clausheupel
10-06-2005, 04:38 AM
Hi rr,

Iīll post it here when I have the AFX "interior" done. Thanks for the :thumbsup: !

Claus

You're doing an AFX version too, great, let me know how to get a pair of these when they're available. Color not an issue since they'll visit the spray booth sooner or later. Great looking! :thumbsup: rr

clausheupel
10-06-2005, 04:46 AM
Hi Rog,

thanks for the flowers!

Sorry, I didnīt know that you already had he same car in the queue! You know that I always try to avoid that kind of overlap...!

And I didnīt know of John Peddy doing this body too! Does he have a website???

Rog, could you please give me a hint where on Pattoīs site I can find the T/A Mustang decals??? I was searching for more than 1 hour now but couldnīt find them...! :-| I already have 2 sets of Microscale peelīnīstick decals (Mountain Dew + All Sport) that I wanted to use as a base for my own water slides, but if Pattoīs already have them available I wonīt mind. Creating decals (not only copying or scaling down) is a real pain in the you-know-where...!

Best regs,

Claus

www.c-jet500.de.vu


Hi Claus,

Looks great as usual.

That one is setting in my casting box for next years Mustang Madness Proxy race. I plan on shrinking it. John Peddy makes a version of this car for I believe the Life Like cars. Check Pattos he has some great decals for this car. There is a good looking Mountain Dew set.

Roger Corrie

vaBcHRog
10-06-2005, 12:43 PM
Hi Claus,

I don't see it there anymore I dropped Bruce an email to find out. It was under Ford Mustang GTP

Roger Corrie

Slott V
10-06-2005, 04:14 PM
Here's the car- I spotted this at Road America a couple of years ago:

http://www.planetofspeed.com/BRIC2003/P1010239.jpg

clausheupel
10-07-2005, 09:47 AM
Hi folks,

I have the "glass" mold ready and was casting some kits last night.

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/ch_mustang-cobra_kit_02.jpg

The time between casting and demolding wasnīt wasted either:

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/ch_mustang-cobra_24.jpg

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/ch_mustang-cobra_34.jpg

Yes, I know - there never was a ŧRed BullŦ livery, but somehow I need to get rid of those decals, too! :-)))

Tonight I have to dig through my boxes to find some Jagermeister decals...

Have a great weekend all!

Greetings from Germany,

Claus

www.c-jet500.de.vu

Starfighterace
10-07-2005, 09:51 AM
Microsport Decals. They are $5 per sheet available from Scale Auto. The have both the All Sport and Mt. Dew along with markings for another car from the same series.

http://www.scaleauto.com/decals/images/ms108.gif

These are Peel and Stick and sized for the Tomy/AFX/Tyco cars

clausheupel
10-07-2005, 11:50 AM
Microsport Decals. They are $5 per sheet available from Scale Auto. The have both the All Sport and Mt. Dew along with markings for another car from the same series.

http://www.scaleauto.com/decals/images/ms108.gif

These are Peel and Stick and sized for the Tomy/AFX/Tyco cars

Hi Mark,

thanks a lot for the link! I already have 2/3rd of this decal sheet at home (although I did neither know that it was made by Microsport nor that itīs still available at scaleauto.com)!

Letīs see if they accept overseas orders...!? :confused:

Have a nice weekend,

Claus

www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars

(my usual link obviously doesnīt work at the moment :-|)

Montoya1
10-23-2005, 02:59 AM
Claus,

Love it! As a long time magnet racer I always despair that so few bodies are done in resin, good on you for giving it a try.
I'd like to order some stuff from you and discuss future projects. Could you email me? dw@bglawns.com

cheers - dw

clausheupel
10-24-2005, 07:13 AM
Claus,

Love it! As a long time magnet racer I always despair that so few bodies are done in resin, good on you for giving it a try.
I'd like to order some stuff from you and discuss future projects. Could you email me? dw@bglawns.com

cheers - dw

Hi Deane,

thanks for your nice comment! I dropped you an eMail this morning...

BTW: I finished another T/A Mustang last week:

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/ch_mustang-cobra_62.JPG

http://www.aus-dem-rahmen-gefallen.de/slotcars/ch_mustang-cobra_64.JPG

This thing is FAST!!! :thumbsup:

Greetings across the Channel! :-)

Claus

www.c-jet500.de.vu