Thats wrong Bill, They all have to come here, we had guys paying a lot for shipping last auction so it didn't work as well.. So we scraped it for this auction.


Dave

Urrmmm...."Bill"?.....hehehe....that's Bob, Coach. Bee-Ohhh-Bee. Got it now? :) And yup, all the extra shipping sucks.

Urrmmm...."Bill"?.....hehehe....that's Bob, Coach. Bee-Ohhh-Bee. Got it now? :) And yup, all the extra shipping sucks.
Its 5 O'clock in the morning what ya want from me....lol....



BTW Good morning! I go sleep sleep now


dave

LMAO!

When you Hospital Auxillary hens get it worked out; some one call or PM me.

signed, BillyBob

LMAO!

When you Hospital Auxillary hens get it worked out; some one call or PM me.

signed, BillyBob
what ya want me to call ya?


lol...


Dave

what ya want me to call ya?


lol...


Dave

Billy Bob! I answer to other things too.

...looks better in real life.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: .... 2 thumbs Ed.... Nuther

Thats wrong Bill, They all have to come here, we had guys paying a lot for shipping last auction so it didn't work as well.. So we scraped it for this auction.


Dave

O.K. Susan,

Har........Everyone mail your cars to Susan...I mean Dave! :devil:

Ed,

That is a great Pool Car man! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/ebaylot_2_027.jpg

Bob...zilla

O.K. Susan,

Har........Everyone mail your cars to Susan...I mean Dave! :devil:

Ed,

That is a great Pool Car man! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/ebaylot_2_027.jpg

Bob...zilla

Ack Susan was my first wife, don't send her anything.. She got enough first time around the $%@#%^&@%$&


Dave :wave:

Scallops......oh yeah baby...more to come later! There is a reason the #3 ball is forward. ;)

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/apool1.jpg

Bob...zilla

Jebus Bob yer on a tear :cool: You've made some huge progress.

Heated up the iron last nite and worked out the last of the its and bitties for the chassis. Gotta be in the right frame of mind and zone out.

Also took an impression of the under nose to see how much free space was left after lowering the body...not much! :freak:..

So off to plan B :thumbsup:

Plan B

After the brass fest here's what I got so far. Dummied everything up to get a look see.

Ya gotta pretend the the front hubs have been narrowed and the radius rods are pushed all theway into the body at their rear mounts.

Early track testing proved squirrely. Wheelie bars were in order to keep her settled down.

:dude: I'll throw up a couple progress shots of my two cars tonight. Oops, just remembered I have a late hockey game tonight. Maybe tomorrow. I decided to do a hybrid McLaren M8B and a Porsche 962. Both bodies are from my resin "FastBodies" stable and will sit on a Tyco Pan chassis. Both will be detailed out in the usual Fastlap way. Unfortunately, neither are painted, only the modeling is going on now at this point. Hope to have them "in color" by next weekend and decaled the following week. Just in time for the end of January..... :freak:

see ya' tonight :wave:

Bill, that is one VERY cool car!

fastlap,

Can't wait to see pics of the McLaren & Porsche cars progress.

Bill,

I love that car (Woooooah!!) but, what the heck is keeping those Pickup shoe springs in place? Every picture shows springs....Boing...boing....driving me nuts just looking at them hanging on for dear life.

You are an Alien in a "2008-MM-Space Spring Freeze Module" (SSFM) aren't you? I knew it, I just knew it...

Bob...zilla

The way I finger it, if crazy glue will hold some idiot in a hardhat to a steel "I" beam, must be good enough to hold a 'lil spring. :thumbsup:

OK, here are the two cars so far. The 962 chassis is ready, the back rear wing plates in place. The biggest thing I did since the holidays, was to fabricate a rear trans/difuser plate to fill in the rear of the bodywork. This was tid-bits along with a upside down mounted Tyco indy car trans. I think it fills out the rear area ok. I made a mold, so I can replicate this piece on any 956/962 I want to do in the future. All I have to do is decide on a paint scheme to go with either #1 or #10.

Here is the McLaren I have been working on for some years. This endeavor finally got me motivated to finish it off. Mostly what I did was accurize the front fenders and nose area. I have got my driver modeled, with a helmet where you will be able to see the face through the visor. Did the injector stacks last night along with the rear wing. I haven't decided if the rear wing will stay or not. Here are photos from the sectioning "hack job" I did, to the resin cast I can do now. Both cars sit on a Tyco Pan chassis. This one has LifeLike four spoke wheels for the vintage look. Still have to do rollbars, mirrors, etc. I know how I am going to paint and decal this one, just have to decide on which # to put on it.

NOTE: Progress photos are from Right to Left

:wave:

fastlap,

Way cool and thanks for posting these pictures up here. Those are examples of some hard work and skill. This should get the rest of us motivated and off are azzes. Let's gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo guys!

Would love to see any pics of build ups from some others also! I will be posting some more pics of my dirt racer here soon.

Wes.....................has the #13 ball

tjd241..................has the #11 ball

fastlap.................has the #10 ball (doing up 2 bodies)

Alfaslot1...............has the #9 ball

Bill Hall.................has the # 8 ball

CJ53 ...................has the # 7 ball

sethndaddy...........has the #6 ball

coach61...............has the #5 ball

Joez.....................has the #4 ball

bobhch.................has the #3 ball

Alfaslot1...............has the #2 ball (doing up 2 bodies)

fastlap..................has the #1 ball

Boss9...................has the Que ball



Bob...zilla

Very nice Fastlap. Great eye for correct stance! They look very slick indeed.

Bob, other than we three, Looks like everyone else is holding their cards close to the vest.

After my last mock up, things were lookin' a little blah. My driver sat like a Kentucky derby jockey and the Hotrod nose was as dull and lifeless as they have ever been. Nuthin' bugs me more than an unblocked "middle of the build" body with lumpy panels and crooked bodylines...couldnt wait to start sanding !

From a chunk of Indy car cockpit I kidnapped the driver. Then beheaded the be-goggled Sir Stirling Moss in lieu of AFX "Joe helmet head". A corresponding relief cut was made in the HR cockpit to accept the new mini module. The lower seat position and with the Indy backrest seems to have done the trick.

Some time ago Joez and Nuther were prodding for opening up the grillslats on the deuce. I avoided it as long as I could, not having the right file for the job. Still dont, so I winged it with the hobby blade and nibblets of sandpaper. As expected they are a little wobbly under Macro but not so's you could tell under normal viewing. I'll get after it somemore down the road.

Kitbashed a fuel tank complete with strapage and filler neck from two AFX semi aircleaners that were siamesed together. From the school of "better not throw that away....might need it someday". LOL!

Knocked the body around with 320 and reglazed it. Next evening I got into 600 and then sprayed a thin mix of white goop (made from a t-jet Galaxie) to tie the patchwork quilt together. Gonna be cutting the deadline close! Got a back up car going too, should I fall short.

She's gotta sit and cure for awhile now as she has the wiggles. To much solvent will do that! The seam detail will get cleaned up prior to 1200 and we'll get going on the first coats of color. :wave:

looks good bill!!! :thumbsup:

Wes

:rolleyes: Actually Bill... I meant you should open them horizintally. Is it too late for you to change them now?.... That would look REALLY cool though wouldn't it? ( just saying )..... oh, but it looks okay this way too.......nuther

No sweat! I'll just turn the axles 90 degrees! LOL

Bill,

Nice grill man and I'm not in the hood talkin' bout yer teeth either. :D

Project 37 Ford Dirt Racer:

Next step will be to clear coat this thing after the headers get Gooped in good. Oh boy this is starting to look like a Dirt Track race car (well more like on the first night of racing before it gets all banged up).

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/aballz4.jpghttp://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/aballz3.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/aballz2.jpghttp://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/aballz1.jpg

Got lucky with all the vintage sponsors being red and white also.

Bob...zilla

Very nice indeed. Simple primary colors that capture the look of the day. There are enough photos being posted and that are out in cyberspace for all to take a crack at recreating a bueaty such as this one.

I take my hat off to you sir!
Ray

Hey, I just might change my name to "Corky". That is sweet Bob!

Bill, yours is way cool also. Love the brass detail. Can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with.

Now....Fastlap...get your butt in gear and get yours done. :freak:

:thumbsup: guys!!

Gar :wave:

Ray and Gary,

Thanks for the complements on my build. Definitely going to do up more like this in the future....different but, like this style.

http://www.danbury-racearena.com/RestoredDanburyCars.htm

ND gave me this link to find pictures of these rounded beauties...more curves than some of my old girlfriends from waaaaaaaaaaay back. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah good memories all around....har :)

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/astart1.jpg

This Willys I won from the last Auction (donated by ND) is amazingly simular to the #77 car on the link above. I love this Willys racer. How cool would it be to take a real 1/1 car like this around a dirt oval....VERY! :cool:

Bob...zilla

Try this one now...

http://www.vintagemodifieds.com/PHOTO_GALLERY.htm

... on it's face just a page of driver names, but click a name and get pics of all the cars these drivers tore up the tracks with during their careers. good stuff!... This specific link is the photo gallery for the site, but if you click the top of the page and you go to the home page. There are a lot of these local track links and some have some great modeling fodder. nd

N.D.

Ooooooooooooooh boy! Looks like it's gonna be another dirt racer for me soon! Thanks for this Link ND. Might even try to do up a "Driven a Lot" version. A couple of old beaters sitting on the side of "Bob...zillas" Auto Body would look Kool.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/afuture2.jpg

All this needs now is a good clear coat to seal it all up and the flag in hand...checkered flag baby! :woohoo:

Bob...zilla

OK, went out and bought my first double-action air brush on Friday. Had to try this sucker out this weekend, or my subjects would have been "hand painted" instead of sprayed. This brush is a blast and works like my old 1:1 binks gun did on the real cars.

I decided on the "bling" paint colors for these two. They will both be tributes to real race cars and their liveries. The only difference will be the change of numbers to the Pool Ball numbers. Both are not tacky anymore, but will let them sit until tues. before applying the decals, then the "wash", then the clearcoat. I may brush the clearcoat so I can keep the realistic look of the weathered cars, rather than them being a shiney jewel. I will decide that on the fly as I get to that stage.

Enjoy...this is a blast modeling for fun for a change.... :woohoo:

Those look great Gar!

Thanx for taking the extra effort to do the play by play. It always adds something special to the build. I always enjoy watching the journey.

Along those lines, I started a backup car. Time is ticking away and I may be cutting it close on cure times for the "Altered Steight".

The bod for the backup car was pilfered some time back from my grandson Jimmy! It's one of the lighter alloy versions. Sits on a de-handled AFX standard chassis and uses it's stock dummy motor and grill. Front axle is brass tube with hairpins yet to be fabbed. The axle has been hanging around in the brass pile from an ill fated "swandive to the street" of another project. Hairpins are gonna be tight around the headers.

Guts are AFX with lapped gears. Goes great and holds the track nicely at speed. I was pleasantly surprised for a pancaked diecast conversion she's got some snort.

That's really cool! I enjoy the progress photos too. I appreciate the effort other's make getting to their final product. Like I said, it's fun modeling for the fun of it for a change. I almost wish I could keep them both.... :cool:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

That's really cool! I enjoy the progress photos too. I appreciate the effort other's make getting to their final product. Like I said, it's fun modeling for the fun of it for a change. I almost wish I could keep them both.... :cool:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nice looking slot cars here man.

We'll have fun, fun, fun...till HOHT Auction takes my T-Bird awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay...we 'll have fun, fun, fun till HOHT takes my T-Bird away....wait I could just buy a Vette, a Hot Rod or a McLaren....yeah baby! :)

I have said this before but, why not again....my favorite cars are the custom ones I have gotten from fellow HT members. I know that some others feel the same about some of the cars I have Coughed up in the past also.

I know one person who would be happy to just be able to bid on a nice sized pile of plastic scrap. Good scrap mind you..not that picked over stuff. LOL Plastic scrap today...Goop tomorrow.

Bob...Coughin' it Up...zilla

here's mine. a rescued MM Mustang. nuther

here ya go, pic, a Dash VW custom painted a nice metallic green. looks better in real life.

Ed,

Bumping this up with the rest of the pics....they are starting to come in now.....sweet Pool Gods from Brooklyn.

Hey, Hey Boo Boo...look at that Pool Ball themed slot car over there...

But, Yogi...what about the Park Ranger?

Hey little buddy never fear....I will just swoop down and snatch it up and he will never even know we were here....hey, hey. :)

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/ebaylot_2_027.jpg

Welcome to Yellowstone baby! We are all only a picnic basket away from a baloney sandwich now...Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thanks to everyone who made up a car for the Auction! :cool: Now we just need to get rid of them soon......bye, bye little slot cars....Whaaaaaaaaaaaah :cry: Parting is such sorrow.

Bob...zilla

Bob,

I went back over the thread, and saw the comments on page #2, but didn't see anything related to the question I'm going to ask.

How do you get the pool ball decals to sit down. They seem alittle un-plyable to sit on curves, indentations, contours, etc.? Do I use decal setting solution, or what is your suggestion?

Let me tell what I tried so it makes sense why I'm asking. I put down a reular white meatball decal (waterslide) and will try to lay the pool ball over the top of it. I was playing around and it didn't want to stick to the meatball decal too well. I did not treat, seal, or do anything to the meatball decal before trying to lay the PB decal over the top of it. Also, not to many flat sufaces on these two bodies, so any advice on getting these to conform to the undulations? Any suggestions?

The Porsche is starting to look good though. It's getting the #1 to go with it's yellow paint.

Gar

Bob,

I went back over the thread, and saw the comments on page #2, but didn't see anything related to the question I'm going to ask.

How do you get the pool ball decals to sit down. They seem alittle un-plyable to sit on curves, indentations, contours, etc.? Do I use decal setting solution, or what is your suggestion?

Let me tell what I tried so it makes sense why I'm asking. I put down a regular white meatball decal (waterslide) and will try to lay the pool ball over the top of it. I was playing around and it didn't want to stick to the meatball decal too well. I did not treat, seal, or do anything to the meatball decal before trying to lay the PB decal over the top of it. Also, not to many flat surfaces on these two bodies, so any advice on getting these to conform to the undulations? Any suggestions?

The Porsche is starting to look good though. It's getting the #1 to go with it's yellow paint.

Gar

Gary,

I think that you may have to do what Nuther Dave did with his Mustang. These seem to like a flat surface to lay on. He used regular Numbers on the sides with uneven surfaces and put the Pool Ball on the hood that was flat.

Sorry about this...maybe some one else has an idea that will work. I put mine on a flat surface and used Future to seal them. If worst comes to worst ditch the Pool Balls and just put your cars in the other Auction if that will make them look better. I wouldn't want anyone (including myself) to Compromise the looks of their custom cars for just the sake of trying to make some thing work.

Amy's decals were originally for finger nail use so, they may not bend or curve as much as we would like them to....oh dang. I have not messed around with decal set as of yet....Anyone?

Bob...zilla

O.K. My Pool Ball #3 car is done. This car idea just came to me as soon as the pool ball deal came into my head. I drew up a picture of it at work one day and just went with it. This car has been lots of fun to build right from day one untill right now.

The "Winner" of this car will also receive 9 extra checkered flag cut outs for replacements as these flags are printed on white Avery sticker paper.

Got the idea for the flag just last Wed. (not yesterday) as I was leaving chat. Then came right back into chat and told Bill and Chris about having a hand sticking out the window with a checkered flag...Bam my brain just works like that.

The flag holder is a small piece of plastistruc that is gooped onto the hand. Looks like a styrofoam cup when flag is not in it...well looks like a styrofoam cup when the flag is in it too. LOL

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/athree1.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/athree2.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/athree3.jpg

There is a driver and a roll cage inside but, very is very hard to make out. Should have taken pictures of it before gooping the interior into place last Saturday...oh dang.

I even cut off the drivers left arm and then drilled out his new arm hole and then gooped a partialy striped plastistruc wire to the body. I also did the same with the glove. Small holes and all went together well and bonded strongly to last. This isn't some flim flam throw it together job. :wave:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/adoopty1.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/adoopty2.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/adoopty3.jpg

Bob...zilla

Bob, this is simply AWESOME! :thumbsup:

Bob,

I'd have to agree with joez! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Dave

Wow Bob! She's the Belle of the Ball. :thumbsup:

Your engineering crew did it up proud, considering the drawing submited by the design team. :freak:

Thats one baaaaad asssssssss build my friend. Since you've come on board the bar just keeps getting higher. Your enthusiasim and dedication to the hobby is something to behold. You really s--k! :p

Now hurry up and put a decal on that styro cup, maybe a nice 'lil "Coca Cola"
or at least a "Got Milk"....it's really bothering me! ;)

Well, I was able to get a lot of decal work done over the last couple nights. Just a few more to go before the clearcoat goes on. I am starting a thread to ask some Future wax questions.

Now, let me get this straight. At first we were going to place photos of the cars here then directly ship to the auction winners. Then it has changed, to where we are sending the cars to Coach. Is this true? And, did Coach post his address somewhere? I'm asking this here instead of going through all these posts. Lazy I guess.

bob, awesome looking car man!! i really like the flag part. :thumbsup:

Wes

:woohoo: Everyone mail your Pool Ball cars to Coach and post pics here...I will send all the pics to Coach via through you posting your picture here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was a good question......fastlap...things changed...but, this is it now! My bad...har. For Coaches anything goes Auction send him those pics and mail that car to him......ta dah.....I think I've got it now. :)

Thanks everyone for the props on my car....wait till you see Alfaslot1s cars...man they just came in the mail today. He wants me to take the photos for him and then post them here. I am still star struck as Greg is one heck of a slot car builder. You all just have to wait just a little bit longer.......First Fletcher wants me to turn his 1/32 metal pull back white Herbie car we picked up last night into a Herbie the love bug. Got lucky as they only put, one white one in a box...he found it...new box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :woohoo:

Everyone else...just post your pictures here and then mail cars to Coach!!!!!

Coach you should be getting some packages pretty soon man!

Bob...zilla

Gotta go eat some Gizzards with the family...here is a pic to keep you ocupied till I get back and post the others....way cool Alfaslot!

Greg just wanted me to take these pics for him...yeah I am good. LOL

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg14.jpg

Bob...zilla

I am gonna be sooooo broke, yeah?!:rolleyes:

Here are the pics I promised...Go Rat Fink....go! Greg these are so Far Out!

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg10.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg6.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg5.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg7.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg4.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg13.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg12.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg11.jpg

Go ahead and wipe up that drool now.....oooooooooh............aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Two more and that is it...but, wait Greg also gave a red Ferrari SWB to donate for the anything goes Auction....ooooooooooooooh...........aaaaaaaaaaaaa ah

Well now I need to pack these up and ship them to Coach. Bye, bye NON-CLONE-ABLE sweet, bad arse little slot cars...bye, bye.

Cars made by Alfaslot1 (Greg) #2 & #9 Pool Ball cars

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg9.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/bobhch/agreg8.jpg

Time is almost up...tick, tick.....tick....

fastlap,

Way cool and thanks for posting these pictures up here. Those are examples of some hard work and skill. This should get the rest of us motivated and off are azzes. Let's gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo guys!

Would love to see any pics of build ups from some others also! I will be posting some more pics of my dirt racer here soon.

Wes.....................has the #13 ball

tjd241..................has the #15 ball

fastlap.................has the #10 ball (doing up 2 bodies)

Alfaslot1...............has the #9 ball

Bill Hall.................has the # 8 ball

CJ53 ...................has the # 7 ball

sethndaddy...........has the #6 ball

coach61...............has the #5 ball

Joez.....................has the #4 ball

bobhch.................has the #3 ball

Alfaslot1...............has the #2 ball (doing up 2 bodies)

fastlap..................has the #1 ball

Boss9...................has the Que ball



Bob...zilla

Thanks much Bob,your pictures look better than i could have hoped,thanks for the help.
regards, greg

Here is my #13 (55 chevy). I am guilty on this - didnt have time to do a nice custom car. Its just a decal job.

Wes