These are a couple 1/43rd short trackers I am working on. I will be decaling them over the next couple of days.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/11-11-06CoupeShortTrack01a.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/11-11-06CoupeShortTrack02a.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/11-11-06CoupeShortTrack03a.jpg

I'll be getting to some HO stuff soon.

The coupe started as a little toy model that they used to sell at the local race tracks. It had a plastic chassis and plastic wheels. The stocker is a standard run of the mill Artin car that comes with the figure 8 tracks. I got the drivers from Hot Laps Racing and the aluminum wheels on the rear of the stocker from Liberty FLHRC from the Home Racing World board.

Hey Mic.. they look great man!! :thumbsup:

Wes

OK, so hee are some before and after shots of the coupe, starting with the chassis. The before chassis and body are not the same chassis or body, but they are identical to what I started with.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-13-06RichieEvansCoupe01.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-13-06RichieEvansCoupe02.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-13-06RichieEvansCoupe03.jpg

The motor is a robot motor I bought from Goldmine Electric for $1.25. This motor is a lower prifile than the Artin motors so it lowers the center of gravity and makes the cars handle better. It is much faster, has better brakes and can handle more voltage than Artin motors. It also gives me room to add drivers to my cars. I was building this car for a race and that's why I added the super strong magnets.When I race it it will have a standard Artin magnet. I may even try just adding weight to it instead of a magnet.

OK now the body. I decaled the car, but I still have to add nerfbars and bumpers.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-13-06RichieEvansCoupe04.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-13-06RichieEvansCoupe05.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-13-06RichieEvansCoupe07.jpg

Those look like they would be fun to race. Let us see them as you make more progress on them.

Hey scratch, You do 1/32nd right? Think you can do something with one of those bodies?

Pretty impressive work scaling down that coupe. I never would have guessed that is what you started with.
Looking forward to seeing your HO work!
Jim

cool stuff!

Yea, you do very nice work. I would like to see what you'd do with one of the coupes I used.

Here are some before and after shots of the stocker now. Same deal as with the coupe.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-15-06FASStocker01-1.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-15-06FASStocker02-1.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-15-06FASStocker03-1.jpg

And now a few more angles on the stocker.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-15-06FASStocker06a.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-15-06FASStocker04-1.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-15-06FASStocker08.jpg

And two more.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-15-06FASStocker09.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/micyou03/2006%2011%20Slots/A_11-15-06FASStocker10.jpg

What is the part number of the motors you swapped in?
They look like they can be useful ..
Especially at that price...
Thanks..
Scott

What is the part number of the motors you swapped in?
They look like they can be useful ..
Especially at that price...
Thanks..
Scott

G9330

Here's a link.

http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G9330

G9330

Here's a link.

http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G9330

I saw those.
But they are only rated to 6 volts...
But if they work..
They work..
Thanks again..
Scott

We run them regularly at 16 volts with no problems. One guy has an oval track with 24 foot straights. He occasionally burns one out, but on my track with the 11 foot straights 16 volts is no problem at all.