Hi Guys!

Back to building now that the Big chores are done! (The TM says "You've been a good boy this summer so now you get slot-cave time.") Heh!

Today I completed a very nice casting by Bob...I cast it in PINK (har!) just for you...zilla!
Thank you for the beautiful body, Bob!

This Porsche 550 Spyder started out 90% fiddled with by Bob. It fit the Tjet chassis quite well but I wanted a more road-huggy look.
Minimal body hawging and post trimming allowed me to completely hide the chassis at the rockers.

I completely "Nutherized" a NOS chassis (by the book) and added a stock set of Ansen wheels with stock afx doughnuts. This chassis, in the true tjd241 ('Nuther Dave) form, will coast for days! (thanks for the book, 'Nuther Dave!)

Body details include painted vents, lights and interior with a resin driver. The windscreen is a piece of HW package lexan.

I sprayed the whole works with a clear coat and THEN noticed that the can said "Matte-Finish"! D'oh! The body has a nice look but the windscreen instantly hazed. After the clear dried, I painted a bit of Future onto the windscreen and that did seem to help a bit. It looks just like the windshield on my 1:1 truck now. Sorts clean. LOL!

Thanks for looking!
(yes, I know that my camera takes bad pics and no, there is no way of adjusting the settings.) :rolleyes:

Looks cool Joe. Wish my camera had that "make everything look good" setting. :):rolleyes::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Joez,

That is a cool Porsche as you realy put some time into it man. I need to get that Caddy you sent me painted pink and start thrashing it around Las Zillas Raceway soon.

You are welcome my good friend. Let the wind always stay to your back and your tires never flat spot. :thumbsup::thumbsup: Lookin' good in Pink with the tire tuck and chassis hidden!!:woohoo:

Bob...You are welcome...zilla

...snip*
(yes, I know that my camera takes bad pics and no, there is no way of adjusting the settings.) :rolleyes:

Toss some more coal in the boiler...MORE STEAM.

Great car Joe!

Nice to see tree hugger garage get off the ground.

So thats what my spyder is gonna look like?....only green...uh Bob?

Good to see ya back at it. What's next?? nd

WooHoo for slot-cave time!!! Way to go Joez!!! Glad to see you building, even if it is pink, lol. Nice stance, good looking wheels...RM

P.S. READ THE LABELS

Nice looking body. Still thinking about the color choice. :devil:

:thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Joez,

Have not forgotten about the Caddy you sent and it will get the Pink Phssssssssssssssh treatment someday. Thanks man I love it!

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Bob...I like Pink Cadillacs...zilla

Joez - nice looking spyder!! nice color!!!

Bob - pink cadilliac!!! always like that car - You gonna put elvis there?

Wes

Bob...your' list looks like it's getting longer to me...zilla, Can you give me the length measurments on the Caddy??? I don't think it will fit in the shop??? I wanted to know before I bought one. But I do likes it!!! RM

Love that body... anyone have one for sale?

Hey guys!

Thank you for all the kind words...and thank you for all the things that were left unsaid about my cheap camera. LOL!

Bob, I hope you are going to rob that DC caddy of its chrome bumps when ya swipe the glass! I can hardly wait to see how she goes! :thumbsup:

LTjet, I cast the caddy a couple of years ago. I am not sure if the mold will even produce a decent casting anymore. Let me look into it and I will get back to you, yeah? :)

Thanks again, guys!

I have a fowdyfow fowd pick'mup (for tjet) it the works now. I will post progress shots in the near future! :thumbsup:

Hi guys!

Here is the next custom to come along.

2 years ago, I slosh cast this HW truck to check the mold and never got around to completing the master or pouring an innner mould. I had completely forgotten about it until a week ago when I found it while cleaning up and organizing all of my slot crap.

A bit thick in some areas, I cleaned out a bit with the dremel and added posts and divorced axle hanger. It snugs right down on the chassis as it should. Glass is still undecided. When I get that bit sorted out, it will be time for primer and paint. I will keep you updated with pics.


Down on the other end of my bench: Lil' Coffin

One of my favorite bits about slot car modeling is scratch-building! Here is also a sneak peek of a project that I am guessing will take MANY hours. I will keep you updated on it also. I am very excited about this one. I am using .040 abs sheet and Bill Hall goop for the majority and the odd bit, here and there as they pop up. You can see that I have had to scale it up a bit because the DC as a resin cast would not lend itself to anything but one of VJs wild custom chassis. (I just aint that* brave) A Standard Tjet chassis was a MUST! heh!

Thanks for looking!:wave:

That is one trick truck bud.

Wow, nice truck man.

RC

There was an old Nissan commercial (about the time of the GIJoe 300 Z commercial) where the guy that was suposed to be Mr. K of 240 Z fame said "dogs love trucks". I must be a dog cause I love trucks too.

http://www.nissancommercials.com/nissan-vids/frontier-chair.ram

http://www.nissancommercials.com/nissan-vids/300zx-toys.mov

http://www.nissancommercials.com/nissan-vids/1996-dreamgarage.mov

For more Nissan cool commercials, the general site is:

http://www.nissancommercials.com/nissan.htm

Joes- That pink spyder is awesome. Nice detail. It looks like you got some of that Matte finish clear coat on the lens. Just dip it in a little future and you'll be set.
Love your scratch builds. I don't remeber seeing that one hot rod finished?

Jim

Glad yer back off hiatus and back in the mix Joe. 'Bout darn time.

Wundering what ever happened to the truck...buried in the strata of yer work area...who'd a thunk it? snicker

Find any other trinkets or buried treasure?

Lt, I have a spare resin caddy body that I got from a friend that i doubt that I will ever get to doing something with it. email me
raypunzel@buckeye-express.com

Cool looking stuff Joe. :thumbsup::thumbsup: Glad you finally got some time to play little cars.

Lt, I have a spare resin caddy body that I got from a friend that i doubt that I will ever get to doing something with it. email me
raypunzel@buckeye-express.com

If LT is no longer interested.....do you sell it to me ?.

Hi guys!

Here is the next custom to come along.

2 years ago, I slosh cast this HW truck to check the mold and never got around to completing the master or pouring an innner mould. I had completely forgotten about it until a week ago when I found it while cleaning up and organizing all of my slot crap.

A bit thick in some areas, I cleaned out a bit with the dremel and added posts and divorced axle hanger. It snugs right down on the chassis as it should. Glass is still undecided. When I get that bit sorted out, it will be time for primer and paint. I will keep you updated with pics.


Down on the other end of my bench: Lil' Coffin

One of my favorite bits about slot car modeling is scratch-building! Here is also a sneak peek of a project that I am guessing will take MANY hours. I will keep you updated on it also. I am very excited about this one. I am using .040 abs sheet and Bill Hall goop for the majority and the odd bit, here and there as they pop up. You can see that I have had to scale it up a bit because the DC as a resin cast would not lend itself to anything but one of VJs wild custom chassis. (I just aint that* brave) A Standard Tjet chassis was a MUST! heh!

Thanks for looking!:wave:

Waitin on those new pics....cuz I have no life...hahahahahaha. ;)

Waitin on those new pics....cuz I have no life...hahahahahaha. ;)

Yah Me too! Nice truck joez can't wait to see it finished. The Lil Coffin though is my absolute fav custom rod of all time so really waitin on that one ! See qoute above please:thumbsup:

Thanks guys...
...but bummer....

Busy for a good part of the day and the TM's "just one last thing" turned into about 20.:rolleyes:

I shot the truck and desided that I was not happy with the details. ( moldings, door seams ect) so I started filing and sanding to make it right. I ran a rat tailed file THROUGH the seam at the bottom of the door where it meets the running board.:mad: Patched it up and now it sits because the TM has desided that I have had enough slot cave time. Go figure.


Earlier in the day, I spent a goodly amount of time today trying to sort out how to wire Mullet Raceway too. A phone call to Randy (hilltop) set me straight. I decided to add reverse capabilities to my track and Professor motor site had just what I needed! I printed off a pic of the schematic and drew up my wiring as Randy sugjested. I then went shopping for supplies....and never got there.:rolleyes: Man, it never ends. Please pick up this & that....Now we have company and they must be entertained.

http://www.professormotor.com/trackwiring.shtml

I hope to have something to show you guys tomorrow!:wave:

No worries Joez I used to have a Tm too. Thanks for the wiring link though

When it rains....

Hi guys.

I am absolutely bummed.

The truck is headed back into the body box. It can sit there until I don't get irritated at the sight of it.
I painted and sanded, filed and filled 3 times. The paint I used was Kyrlon enamel. I had painted it silver as a base-coat for the red that I really wanted to brighten. In painting it silver, the coats went on beautifuly, but showed every tiny flaw that I found unexceptable. after working it over the 3 times, the silver went on smooth and showed no flaws to the body. After it had dried, I shot the red...and should have left it silver. For some freaky reason, the red decided to "orange-peel" and looks like hell. This bright red truck now looks like it has a bad rash all over it. This project has ceased to be fun so it won't be finished for a while.

On to other back yard news.

The lil coffin is coming along nicely. The front end has been built up in preperation for carving to shape and the roof and sail panels have been gooped into place.. I have built up the insides of the panels at the corners in preperation of the extreme carving that would otherwise cause them to simply fall apart. By using blue goop, I get a go-no go of sorts that will help me as I file the curves into the corners that all come together. Due to the thickness of the built up material, I have to let this project set a few days while it flashes off and becomes ridged.

Another treasure found!

A while back, before Dash released his 55s in all their cool trim and chassis styles, I started a secret project called AFZ55. I kept it secret in hopes of blowing you guys away with something very unique but simple. When Dan released his 55s, I did not continue with my project for a couple of reasons.

#1, The project would have simply been lost in the heraldry and fanfair of Dans cool bods and,
#2 The hard part of the project, the real work done by our own Bill Hall wouldn't have gotten the accolades that it deserved.

I started with an orange AFX 55 that had broken mounts but was otherwise in nice shape. I reshaped the opening in the hood and backed it with some flat stock.
The flat stock now had two purposes. The first was a place to perch a nice chromy bug catcher, giving the illusion of coming through the hood, and the second was a place to mount a screw post. Once the body was sitting on a Tjet chassis nicely, I sent it off to Bill Hall for a coating of my favorite color green plastic! (Bill did this when spraying his goop was still in its infancy) This body now shines and is the most beautiful 55 body that I have ever seen. In setting the pickup aside, It is time to detail and assemble the AFZ(Bill Hall)55! (If I screw this one up, I will just die!)

Enjoy the sneak peeks and watch for updates! :thumbsup:

Joez the 55 looks great !
The Lil Coffin looks like it is coming along fine too. I'll buy a bunch of those off of you if you decide to sell any !
As for the truck I realize we can't see it in the pics but it does look good. If you are setting it aside for awhile do you think you can sand it down to smooth it then clear it . OR will you have to reshoot it?:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Sorry to hear about the truck. Maybe you should just name it "Orange Peel Express" or something. The 55s look great. And it looks like you put a few more nails in the "Lil Coffin" :thumbsup::thumbsup: Great stuff joe.

Joez,

I knowez youez having funez with the LIL Coffin man! Sweeeeet ride so far.

Bill did another Alien assisted (humanly impossible) job on the Green 55 with a Joez engineering idea backing it up.

Yep ditch the truck and come back to it when it decides to get a better attitude towards the paint. To paint another day isn't all that bad as it leaves something to look forwards to....Yeah! Phssssssssssssssssssssh

Those red 55s light up under a black light don't they...:woohoo:

Bob...Maybee Jack could help paint that truck next time...zilla

Schucks Joe, use the Bobzilla solution.

Toss the bastage in the pinesol jar and move on. It'll be there when ya feel like taking another stab at it. Paint compatabilities or the lack of them....hehe....is why pinesol was invented!

Glad to see ya found the 55. It's probably cured out now....snicker.

Ya know Joe , when I first seen this thread the name reminded me of the movie.." Super Star".
But in further inspection as I keep reading I now see it is turning out some wild cars..
Can't wait to see the coffin in slot attire..:thumbsup:
Keep up the awsome work and you and Bill can slow down at anytime now..LOL:freak:

Toss the bastage in the pinesol jar and move on.

... we call that the boo-boo jar around here. dm

Here it is, guys....

The Chev has been detailed and completed!
The chrome bug-catcher (alla HW oilcan car), glass and bumps have been installed. All the tiny lights have been painted and the side spears have been foiled.
The rear bump got the foil treatment also because it was missing most of the chrome plating. :rolleyes:

The Chassis is a NOS Tjet w/ RRR chrome wheels and tyres that came from 'Nuther Dave. (not sure of the brand. PVT, maybe?)
Before swapping out the RRR tyres, it bobbled all over at any kind of speed like a clown car. I had never seen tyres so out of round! Thanks to 'Nuther Dave, it now rolls fairly smooth! For the puttering around that I do on my track, I find this compromise quite acceptable.:thumbsup:

Thanks for looking, guys and many thanks to Bill Hall and 'Nuther Dave.
Because of these two friends, the one-time Orange AFX 55 Chevy is now the coolest Green PLASTIC Slammed 55 Chevy in the neighborhood!:woohoo:

Ya killin' me. Either toss some coal in the boiler of that box Brownie or send me that car so I can take a better picture of it. LOL! :p

Very sharp Joe! Always nice to clean some space off the bench and put another winner in the jeebus case. :woohoo:

Jeebus that green one fer sure. :thumbsup: nd

BTW: Dear Santa (or Joe's TM)... Joe has been very good this year. We... the good friends of JoeZ hereby respectfully request that he receive (for Christmas or sooner) a digital camera with a macro setting. It will allow him to take wonderful photos of family, friends, camping trips, pets, and sometimes slot cars. :rolleyes: G.F.O.J.Z.

It appears to be a beautiful green 55, I too hope to see it better. Please Santa!!! You take any pics Bill??? So how many coats of green goop does it take to cover the orange, if I may ask??? I likes the low look, it needs to be on "Living the Low Life" on the Speed Channel... RM

joez- awesome job! i like the look of chevy riding LLLOOOWWW.. arrgghh :)

Wes

It appears to be a beautiful green 55, I too hope to see it better. Please Santa!!! You take any pics Bill??? So how many coats of green goop does it take to cover the orange, if I may ask??? I likes the low look, it needs to be on "Living the Low Life" on the Speed Channel... RM

Yes I have a few pics somewhere Randy...I've got 2000 to sort through since the hard drive crash. Sadly none are with chassis.

Good question Randy. I would have preferred to go green over lime. Turned out quite a bit darker than normal...more of a "hunter green" which was a pleasant surprise for Joe and myself. Goop has a transparent quality so one never knows what a color will do over a particular base until you've pulled the trigger and it's cured. If memory serves, a light sealer coat was shot and left to flash for and hour. Then two fat coats with a 15 minute flash in between. So basically I drowned it and played the shrink factor.

Goop is very hard to run unless you have overthinned. I run the needle WFO at all times when spraying. Ya basically hammer the stuff on with the maximum amount of solids that will atomize. More like plastering than painting. ;)

Sweet looking 55

Dear Santa,
I want Joes green 55 for Xmas. I've been almost very good:rolleyes:

Sweet looking 55

Dear Santa,
I want Joes green 55 for Xmas. I've been almost very good:rolleyes:

win,

You will probably ALMOST get it...har That is smooth looking and Low...yeah! nice job guys.

Give it to me and I will send you some ZOTZ in trade.

Bob...they are mmmmm, mmmmmmmm good Joez...zilla

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Found one Joe!

If ya look close in the scoop fill one can see the difference between what "Vibe Green" looks like over the original orange body and the white sheet stock Joe used to back fill the scoop hole.

Sweet mr B !

Color me "green" with envy, Bill. You got da skilz! :freak: :dude:

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Found another one Joe! We're going backwards...sorry ;)

Here's a very early picture of the AFZ 55. Joe already had his posts sized up and fitted when it arrived at my door. Note how he properly gusseted them. A must for any of the thin bodied AFX cars if posts are to be mounted.

If memory serves this shot was taken after fixing the drivers A-pillar and some rear window molding work on the same side. Shown here with a FAT float of goop around the posts for some extra beef.

Very cool to see these build-up pics, Bill! Thank you!
The posts did come out nice and beefy, too. That extra goop was a great idea!
I didn't remember the body needing repair, Bill. I certainly don't remember you mentioning it to me. dang! Thank you for that, too! :thumbsup:

I shared the note to the TM about a new camera. heh! Apparently I have been taking pictures wrong and the TM says she will show me how to do it properly! WOOT!

Wc Joe!

Too bad about yer memory. Probably got a splinter in yer brain from huggin' trees.

BTW...are you ever gonna send my car back? :p

Wc Joe!

Too bad about yer memory. Probably got a splinter in yer brain from huggin' trees.

BTW...are you ever gonna send my car back? :p

Yes, my memory is poor, Bill, Sorry.
Though it isn't a wood sliver in my brain, nor a crayon in my nose. (alla Homer) It's just that painfully funny things happen to a guy when he is hit by lightning.

Urrmm...I have one of your cars?:confused: What car would that be? I'll get it back in the mail to you straight away. :thumbsup:

I shared the note to the TM about a new camera. heh! Apparently I have been taking pictures wrong and the TM says she will show me how to do it properly! WOOT!

;) Very cool... Always makes me feel good when our TM's offer support and encouragement. Very lucky bunch we are yeah? nd

;) Very cool... Always makes me feel good when our TM's offer support and encouragement. Very lucky bunch we are yeah? nd


N.D.

My TM doesn't offer any encouragement...Lucky!

Yeah just not lucky enough to win the Lottery...dang :cry:

Bob...1, 2, 3, 4, 5 PB - 6...zilla

I musta been a bit :drunk: when I saw this thread the first time!! But better late than never.. Nice job on the spider, sorry bout the pickm'up, wonder if it's still bathing in the pine sol, might want to take it out before it wrinkles! The coffin looks like it's shaping up..you got a winner on your hands!! The slammed 55 is awesome!!! Nice tag team effort by you and Professor. Goop!!! That's how Aurora should have made them..Nice and low!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Another top notch shop!!!

JoeD