There are about four colors out now. it has been out for afew years & it's plastic.

looks nice, If I find one at Toys R US, I may have to make one up

This week's model....


http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/h1a.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/h2.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/h4.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/hchass.jpg

Jimmy,

Been kinda busy lately and just saw this...Wooooooooooooooooooooooooah this is another one of your Trick builds....Love it!

Bob...WOW that is Cool...zilla

VJ's Dragster is just plain COOL

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/redvette1-1.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/redvette1a.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/redvettechassis2.jpg


Jada body... direct drive chassis... rides like a dream and really coasts through the turns nicely

VJ, that vette is purely awesome. It's pretty rare for one person to have such an active imagination and the practical skill to put it to use. That Da Vinchi guy comes to mind... But, I don't recall him making any slot car goodness. Ya can't exactly race paintings of wierd women or big marble statues! :drunk: :hat: :freak: :dude:

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/modelmurdering/DAFAE54-2790-4FAE-8FE6-7F57536E598F.jpg

Another cool conversion Jim! Probably gotta wear a cup and a chest protector to run cars at yer pad. :freak:

Hope ya dont mind if I toss this old timer in. Finally found this pic of one of my few diecast conversions. I did a three window too but I think Jimmy (my granyun) stole it back...LOL!

So many 'lil cars ....so little time! :cry:

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/modelmurdering/FF44EA8-37F6-4055-ADE0-AACEE955BB53.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/modelmurdering/3AF834A-94FC-4C53-B864-72B7DC11E698.jpg

freakin' AWESOME BILL!

Any chance I can see the underside of the work of art?

Yet another sweet double shafted box motor conversion hits the pages of HT!! :thumbsup: Have you found an affordable supplier for those box motors yet? If you do, please let us know!! You got the gears turning in my head...

And Bill, that 5 window coupe is wild!! I'd like to get a peek at her underthings too!!! :devil:

Nice job guys!!!

Joe

Hey slotcarman... nope... still cost me aout 20 bucks per motor. I only have a few left, so I'l have to choose my projects very carfully

freakin' AWESOME BILL!

Any chance I can see the underside of the work of art?

My bad guyz! Here ya go.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/modelmurdering/DBA859C-0221-4254-A268-629064222DB1.jpg

Another dumb luck car with most of the credit belonging to HW. This one is not near as pretty underneath...LOL!

Mounting of the three modules; body, motor, grill could not be combined in any fashion other than three honkin screws....snicker. Just the way the spacing worked out. The rear uses gearplate standoffs like a Super ll to keep the body properly oriented. Unfortunately I did neglect to include any duct tape or a drywall screw in this design :freak:......so I lost some points.:p

thanks Bill, that is a top notch conversion

Hey slotcarman... nope... still cost me aout 20 bucks per motor. I only have a few left, so I'l have to choose my projects very carfully

Jimmy,

Hope you find a cheaper motor source soon! Win the Lottery or something would yah for Cripes sake. :)

It would be great if you could just make a quick realease Motor Mount but, bet with as tight as things look here that isn't very feasable...oooh dang!

Bob...Hello China...ring...ring...ring...dang they are not answering...zilla

I have been looking for double shaft box motors ever since I saw these cars, and they are impossible to find. So I'm going to throw a stupid question out here and see if this is even slightly possible. The regular box motor is available from slotcar central 3 for like $8.00. Is it possible to chill the motor(freeze it), then heat up just the arm (to expand it) and either center or remove and replace the shaft??? I would think someone still makes motors like these, but I'll be danged if I can find one!!! I'll be in the corner ready to put my dunce cap back on if need be!! :hat:


nuther Joe

There one was a guy by the name of Ed B (aka Ho Race Pro) (from slide guide fame) who built the car called the Rattler... Custom brass pan type chassis with a direct drive can motor on the back. http://horacepro.com/rattler.htmlAnd from what I understand Ed pulled the can apart and carefully pressed the motor shaft through the arm stack until he got it where he wanted it...
Not for the faint of heart...

to take the dunce cap back off!! Just looking at the reported $20.00 per double shaft vs. about 2.75 for a single. I'm not sure if sliding a single shaft would produce long enough double shafts to get a proper grip inside the wheels. But for the single shaft price, it might be worth a try... Just trying to help!!:hat:

I tried to push a shift through an HP-7 and a Tomy motor... lost them both in the operation. The only source I've found was to buy the Ideal TCR chassis that come with their Go Cart bodies... which are different from the other chassis they use on their TCR's. Indeed, espensive... but after buying a Rattler, I had to try to make a few customs of my own. I'd like to put in a Little Red Wagon body and see if I could make wheelie chassis.

I was thinking.. is their a train arm that might work? Some of them have long shafts on both ends. Perhaps there's one that be swapped out with a Tomy or Tyco.

Yes there is VJ! Dogged if I can remember the Loco manufacturer, but Athern comes to mind...where a long shaft came out both ends and each bogie was driven off a belt from the extended arm shaft.

That's all I got...Grey matter is old and full of brain farts.

The only problems with train motors are, the rpm will be lower..more torque less speed, and they're bigger unless you start looking in N scale. I'll keep looking though...
The older athearns were belt (rubberband) driven..
Joe

I can't begin to tell you how smoothly this cars runs... it's glides around the track like it's on air... Marchon chassis work best for these type of conversions... the motors have enough power to make the car scream... and they don't get too hot either

Jada Body... Marchon chassis, RRR rims

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/coupefront.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/coupe2.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/coupechass.jpg

Awesome lookin conversion!!! And if she runs half as good as she looks you got a keeper!!! I'm eyeballing my diecast box and it's getting awful tempting to try cutting something up!!!

NutherJoe

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah a nice old flame job Hot Rod!

Jimmy,

Do you ever share some of these pics with the diecast people on Hobby Talk? Bet they would enjoy seeing this thread. :)

Have you ever considered doing any 60s or 70s Matchbox diecast cars. There are some neat old school possibilities.

I have purchased a few that may get cast up some day like the Matchbox BP Exlploration 6 wheel truck. Take out the rear floor and put the tarp on and it could work....different is fun! With the engines that you have been using latley a mid axle power plant would probably work ....now you have me thinking but, not going to mess with this one anytime soon. If you like this idea go for it Jimmy!

Hey I was just dreaming.....

Bob...zilla

These are my favorite diecast conversions. T-jet chassis.
Thanks Tom Stumpf

have the Munster car.. LOVE the Boothill Express!

Which Munsters's Coach diecast do you use???, as well as the Dragula diecast??? Thanks...RM

I used the JL version... And I havwe a JL version of the Dragula... but it looks too narrow for a simeline. There's another brand, isn;t there?

I just love the paint job on this hot wheels VW. So I had to convert it. I started on it a few weeks ago, but was waiting for the St. Louis show so I could get a dash VW at a decent price. Since the lights and the bumpers were part of the diecast chassis. I filled the head light holes with clear beads and used the bumpers from the Dash VW, The rear post was drilled right into the diecast body and a front post of styrene was added.
hojoe

I just love the paint job on this hot wheels VW. So I had to convert it. I started on it a few weeks ago, but was waiting for the St. Louis show so I could get a dash VW at a decent price. Since the lights and the bumpers were part of the diecast chassis. I filled the head light holes with clear beads and used the bumpers from the Dash VW, The rear post was drilled right into the diecast body and a front post of styrene was added.
hojoe

Looks great, just needs some bling in the wheel dept and your good to go!

Looks cool Hojoe!

Gonna have to check my diecast box for that bug.

Nice conversion! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

HoJoe,

Nice conversion bug there man! Thanks for posting up pics as Bugs Rule..oh Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :woohoo:

Bob...Keep on Buggin' on HoJoe...zilla

sweet Bug!

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/BOCOUPETOP.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/BOCOUPECHASS.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/DIECOMBO1.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/DIETRUCK.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/DIETRUCKBOTTOM.jpg


JADA's.... with motors! I made the chassis for the coupe out of plastruct

I'm wondering when yer gonna just squeeze out a hole tube of 'poxy and whittle the biscuit into a chassis after it cures? Cut out the middle man...LOL... Chassis by VJ !

Great choices per normal Jim! You've got a knack for the exotic.

Tell us what you think of the road race re-pop indy syle tire? Are they supple and grippy enough to use on the rear of ....say.....a vintage build and not be like the "Ice Capades", or are they just the SOS boot rubber junk like the AW JLTO rears ?

They look pretty skookum from here.

that is a bad@ss looking truck, you should have made resin cast of that

BTW got any extra of those guild flags you wanna get rid of?? Id love to have a few to fix some of my old tycos with

Bill .. the road race truck tire is ok... it would be much better if it were silicone.
I think Phil just wanted to be as close to the orignal as he could get.. and that's cool by me.
I only use them on shelf queens or on the front ends of cars I run

expoxy, expoxy putty and JB Weld.... what else do you need?


Goodwrench... I don't have any extra flags, in fact, I'm going to look into getting more.
I get them from Riggen.com

Likin' the car, :thumbsup: but loving the truck!!! Sweeeet isn't enough! Something like this is going to get added to my to do list for next year!! I like that!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Mine will need to be quite a bit grungier, and rustier, but the concept rocks!! I gotta have a zombie freak drivin' it, and maybe his zombie chick GF in the pass seat....I can almost hear the muffler rattling and the leaky manifold donut!!

UtherJoe

Man, those are looking cool VJ :thumbsup::thumbsup: I likes em both, I don't know which one I vote the best. The hauler has a great, green/black color combo but I like the 37 pu body also. That does it, I'm not voting!!! It's a tie for me...RM

Great looking DCs VJ! Top shelf parts fitting! :thumbsup:

VJ,

You sure do know how to build some Show Winners! Those are both Top Notch custom built slots man!

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/BOCOUPETOP.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/BOCOUPECHASS.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/DIECOMBO1.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/DIETRUCK.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/DIETRUCKBOTTOM.jpg

Bob...UtherJoe I can see the rust now...zilla