You're getting too good with the gun...it's time to start with the graphics. Oh yeh, you know you can! Nice work as always! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Bob, you know what? I like the blue one better.. what was tyco thinking never doing a blue one.. its just smooth and mean looking nice work...

Coach it is funner to run also...actualy they compliment each other...but, blue is better now because, you are the Coach and that is that. :)

Hey coach why don't you ask Bruce? I guess they just kept on selling the red ones and didn't need to change them? Wait till you see the VW Bugs I have planned also...the ones with the Big Engine up front with the chute in the rear end...OUCH! Still have 4 of those sitting in my "to paint" case with Tyco Short wheel base chassis already under them waiting to get Phsssssssssssssht

I will be needing to find a bunch of Tyco Pro Long wheelbase chassis to put under the Trick Trucks now. Have about 8 pairs of white rear boots and a few black ones made by Hellonwheels. She did a perfect job reproducing them and would like to get more if that is possible now?

Grunge,

Can't wait to see your Dawgs!

Russ,

Drooling is good for the glands. Sounds like your gonna need a mop & a bucket soon because, Twenty First Century Phssstttoid Man is feeling the steam coming on....Choo, Choo full steam ahead...

yankee part of these Trick Trucks are getting the Retro new age color change and the other part are getting Bob...zilla-ized Big Time! Can you say Bat-Trick-Truck.....Pow, Sock & Biff

Thanks everyone for the compliments on my latest Retro paint job. I like to bounce around and do different kinds of builds. Rust Rods are fun and want to get back to a few of those someday also...someday...someday...aaaaaaah someday...when will you get here "SOMEDAY"?

Bob...go build something now...zilla

Very cool Trick Truck Bob...is that a test shot truck...zilla!!! I likes that blue/silver trick paint job :thumbsup::thumbsup: RM

Would agree with Coach, like the blue one. The silver really makes it pop. :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

NICE BOB! I love the idea!

Why not a rainbow series of trick trucks Bob?

bob - those are sweet a$$ trick trucks!!! :thumbsup:

I really loved the blue/gray color!! wow..

Wes

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/Modifieds/rrp1.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/Modifieds/rrp2.jpg

Bruce kit painted with Tamia orange, decals from RRR, clear coated, ALCAD painted engine... also clear coated with Krylon (misted several trimes) NOS HP-2 chassis

Now that looks good!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: RM

VJ you have some nice stuff.WHEN you come to Parsippany show this Sunday May 17 bring some along.You will be there,tired of all the excuses.You can even meet Bob.
Tom Stumpf

I posted these on the other "bad dawg" thread... but I thought I'd move them here

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/b4.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/customs/BSBODIESFLOWERBUGTOP.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/Little%20red%20wagons/T-LRW4.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/Little%20red%20wagons/T-LRWTOP.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/Modifieds/rrp1.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m157/videojimmy/Modifieds/rrp2.jpg

Bruce kit painted with Tamia orange, decals from RRR, clear coated, ALCAD painted engine... also clear coated with Krylon (misted several trimes) NOS HP-2 chassis

This is one smoooooth paint job! Great work & great car...

That's sweet VJ!! Now I understand what all the commotion was about getting these repopped!!! I likes!!! :thumbsup:

Great pieces, Jimmy! :thumbsup:

The Roughriders are on my list, too, hey!

thanks guys... I'm lovin' these Rough Riders... I ordered a few more, this time I was smart and asked to have them made in orange... duh!

I'm going to do up the Gremiln next...with the masking for the white roof and top of the doors... it will be a bit more of a challenge.

One thing though... the front bumpers on these are a bit delicate, so be carfeul with them. I ran a thin bead of Aron Alpha on the underside of the posts to give the posts a little more backbone. Completely unnoticeable when you see it, and it feels much stronger. When Bruce starts selling the spare parts for them, it might be wise to buy a few extra front bumpers.

Every car I run somehow finds the wall at some point. BAM!
hehehehe

Nice clone, VJ. And I was thinking the same thing about those bumpers being a bit fragile. Those HP-2s run REAL well with the rear traction mags removed and a little nose weight. Maybe we can get Bruce to make the engine blocks and bumpers for those in diecast, making for a more bashable car AND paving the way for a modified that can slide around the track properly...

Just catching up on my viewing, Some VERY COOL BUILDS in this thread from: Gunger -rod, lambo, to Sltman -org LRW w/surf bd, plus VJ -gremlin, LRW & others then Bob - Blue Trick Truck. ALL the builds looking GREAT, guys. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ...RL

VJ dems some nice builds :thumbsup::thumbsup:

My black material works great for windows and parts, but my main material I use for the bodies is a better material in the way of strength and durability . My question is what would you rather have a black material or a stronger material that is white that you can primed and painted gloss black and then use like Alclad II Chrome paint. This was a suggestion from the Huttster and a good one . What's your feedback on this I'd like to know for future production

Would it add to the cost of the car for the stronger stuff?

no cost increase at all

Just checking.... did my little parcel show up yet Bruce??

Slot heads, my thought was it would be better to go with the stonger material. Bumpers tend to be the first part to take a hit in a wreck so making them as strong as possible would be a good thing. Bruce cab cast them in either white (stonger material) or black (not as strong material). I figure that we'll either paint them chrome or cover them in BMF. Given that we aren't going to use them in the raw, as cast color, it makes sense to me to go with the strong stuff.

Just my Hutty point of view.

Just checking.... did my little parcel show up yet Bruce??

the van? yes

Bruce, I didnt realize the black resin didnt have the strength of the others stuff. Guess it takes more pigment in it to get it pure black? But then, you DO offer grey as a color and that would work for those parts too...

Would opt for the stronger resin. I have plenty of paint. ;) rr

Bruce, I didnt realize the black resin didnt have the strength of the others stuff. Guess it takes more pigment in it to get it pure black? But then, you DO offer grey as a color and that would work for those parts too...

The normal polyurethane I use for the bodies has outstanding properties and strength when use naturally ( in white ) .the minute you add anything to it to color or fill you start to breakdown strength and life. See most materials have a saturation limit .Most are 5% so when you have a resin like I use that cures white you have to play the curve as they say when mixing colors .I always have to explain to someone who wants a speciual color it's not like mixing paint you have too many varibles . Without going too deep with an explanation when you want to get a good black material and you have a white base material no matter how much black pigment you use it still comes out gray so I use another material that is made black and it's great for windows ,but those little bumpers it may not be the best if you are going to run the cars and hit things . So , I maybe switching over and making the bumpers in the white material in the future .

Bruce,
Are you planning on doing the Dodge Magnum for an AFX style chassis?
Thanks, Dave

How about Bobby Alison's car?

Bruce,
Are you planning on doing the Dodge Magnum for an AFX style chassis?
Thanks, Dave



I am open to doing anything that will sell and is a need in the hobby. IS that the wagon style dodge that has a hemi in it . Any diecast or models out there to use?

How about Bobby Alison's car?

what chassis and same question any diecast or other models out there to use?

I am open to doing anything that will sell and is a need in the hobby. IS that the wagon style dodge that has a hemi in it . Any diecast or models out there to use?

not the wagon type.. its the old dodge magnum 1975 afx body..

Wes

not the wagon type.. its the old dodge magnum 1975 afx body..

Wes


Bruce,
Yeah, this one that ran in NASCAR back in the day. If you do, I'll take a half dozen off your hands. They can be plain white versions too! :) Dave

what chassis and same question any diecast or other models out there to use?

You know, the same coke car that Tyco made back in the 70's.

You know, the same coke car that Tyco made back in the 70's.


Especially if you could make it fit the AFX chassis as well. :devil: Dave

How about Bobby Alison's car?

VJ, Bruce already makes the Bobby Allison Coca Cola Chevelle from page 52 of Dan Esposito's The Complete Color Guide to Tyco H.O. Slot Cars (2nd Edition). Like the original, it is configured for a long Tyco Pro chassis or a Curve Hugger chassis. The front and rear track on the HP7 or 440 series chassis is too wide for the body w/o some modification. THe car is making an appearance on Tool Time today. Al looks on as Tim tries to sweet talk the Binford Tools ladies. :thumbsup:

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu323/SlotCarHutt/Chevelle.jpg

The Hutt owes debts of gratitude to Bad Dawg Bruce for the body and Hilltop Randy for the inside scoop on obtaining the figures. :thumbsup:

Note that the body is a little scuffed up as I am going to paint it and that's how I roll (or sand in this case).

Russ the Hutt :drunk::hat::freak::dude::tongue:

wow, I didn't know that... I haven't seem them...

Bruce,
Are you planning on doing the Dodge Magnum for an AFX style chassis?
Thanks, Dave

I am open to doing anything that will sell and is a need in the hobby. IS that the wagon style dodge that has a hemi in it . Any diecast or models out there to use?

Road Runner Dave and Bad Dawg Bruce,

The body in question is the #1959 Magnatraction Dodge Magnum shown on page 112 of Bob Beer's The Complete Color Guide to Aurora H.O. Slot Cars (AKA the Beer's Aurora Bible). As you can see from Bob's book, the body was also released on Magna-Sonic, Speed Steer and Super G-Plus chassis. AFXCrazy shows a white/blue/red/orange version in post 296 of the thread below.

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=240040&page=20

Hutt's love statistics about slot cars and race cars. :drunk::hat::freak::dude::tongue:

wow, I didn't know that... I haven't seem them...

VJ,

I got it in the batc that ended on April 19. Bruce lists it as "SLOT CAR RESIN REPRODUCTION, TYCO CHEVELLE STOCKER". Again, the original was made for a long Tyco Pro Chassis. I see two easy ways to get the body on a wide pan 440 X2 chassis. To use a stock wheel setup, you would need to open the wheel wells in an upward direction. Some fine sandpaper wrapped around a small X-Acto handle would do the trick but your would kinda ruin the line of the car. The better way would be to go to an narrower front end (link an O-ring independent style) and put on some narrow rears like those used on the BSRT G3R or Wizzard P3/Storm. The body wants to set in a seriously tubbed fashion. IMHO, tuck in the wheels and it'll look better than opening up the wheel wells.

I may have the needed wheel sets in my random piles of parts. If so, I'll let Tim show off the car after he gave it MORE POWER!

Hutt in a search pattern :drunk::hat::freak::dude::tongue:

thnanks for the info... I'm just looking to make a clone of the tycopro version... which costs an arm and a leg, if you can even find an original

thnanks for the info... I'm just looking to make a clone of the tycopro version... which costs an arm and a leg, if you can even find an original


Okay, I will have an auction this Sunday or Monday and there will be some( chevelles ) in there or as you all know you can order direct. Tomorrow since I am all caughtup and guys by the way thanks for your patience while I dealt with other distractions in life . Anyway ,I'm loading the website up with pictures and text . So that will be some work .I also have to offer the t-jet school bus I mentioned in another post . I will try to get a picture of that and post it here. I will be filling orders and ebay ( it's time is limited ) next month ( June ) and in July I will try to have some new items for release ( I have 50 in the holding pen ) . The Huttster gave me a bunch of great masters including another version of the Porsche 911 for t-jet just like the rsr except no wing . Fill me in on that version again Hutt. Anyway , I'm going to be busy this summer and loving it. The store is almost done and the track is almost done . Question for those who know : what is the height of the track crossing over another . How much clearance do I need? Enough for now

Did someone say Erser ..hold the tail?

Here's some pics of my RSR clone Bruce. I could never afford the real thing. For more pics check out some of the porsche geek "Gruppe B" sites from Cali.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/modelmurdering/froggy2.jpg

Mine's a little lower in the butt. A normally "set" 911 will have approx 1" of forward pitch. The RSR had a rectangular oil cooler cutout located dead center in the frontspoiler. This car has been backdated using the stock metal 911 S spoiler with modified tips to accomodate the front flares. Closest relative would be the 911 ST spoiler. The early RS and RSR kept the marker lights high and the bumpers low. Later bumper mandates changed the overall look drastically so much depends on which example you choose to model.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/modelmurdering/6AE6D56-C49B-40AE-AFB3-E17F7114BDAF.jpg

Obviously the later style paddle mirrors are modern creature comfort and should be deleted for an RSR. Note that the oil cooler lines run outboard below the rocker on the passenger side. Unlike the RSR the RS oilcooler is behind the headlamp bucket and horn grill and became stock for street car production in later years.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/modelmurdering/FCB6A63-A310-4D60-905B-C029C8611021.jpg

This rear bumper deviates radically from the original so it's not a good reference. The RSR used a one piece fiberglass affair with molded in bumperettes. Little known to most non Porschephiles is the fact that they all ran wheel spacers and extented wheel studs. The Aurora AFX version looked like a batting helmet as the length to width ratio was fudged. The Tyco version was much improved in this area, however the bug eyed sprite ralley lights degraded any improvements IMHO.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/modelmurdering/FACB89F-088F-4AF5-9836-83B7498E19CF.jpg

Yup! No spoiler. I had all three styles of the era mocked up and hated them all. The duck tail was too vertical for my liking, the later Carrera tea tray might have flown and would have been the least of the evils...but compromise is not why one builds a car from scratch! The intercooled turbo spoiler was overly bulbous and sat like a Groucho Marx novelty Nose and Glasses set. Ugh! I went way off the menu in an era when people were hanging every darn para-sail contraption on their 911's. How much time does one actually spend above a buck fiddy?

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/modelmurdering/froggy6.jpg

Important in the final shot is that NO rockers were used. Weight saving of course, but asthetically pleasing in that further accentuated the huge curvy flairs and narrow waste. IMHO this is THE most important styling perspective of this paticular model and frequently over looked or avoided due to slotcar chassis constraints.

To get it right I finger it would have to be a t-jet posted mount body with long axles, using the truck or forward WB hole, and the correct Fuchs from Vincent with a non lo-profile tire to emulate the gumbos of the day. They had a huge footprint.

Just some rambling brain fartage, I could go on for days...LOL.

ohh nice porsche!! :thumbsup:

Wes

911 Porsche Good News/Bad News:

Bill, the good news is that there will be a T-Jet sized Porsche 911 coming from the House of Bad Dawg. The bad news for you is it is more like a 1969 or so model without any flair in the rear. So, it won't look like your awesome machine. I have placed a link to Concept Carz showing a 1969 911 T Rally below.

http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/140627,9916/1969-Porsche-911T_photo.aspx

Think of the car that Vic Elford used to win the 1968 Monte Carlo Rally and you pretty much have the body Bruce has. It's midway down the page of Vic Elford photos at the link below.

http://www.carlosghys.be/html/biography_elford.html

However, once Bruce has the stock 911 in production to complement the 1973 Carrera RSR that is already in production, I'll bet somebody could perform some surgery on two bodies and come out with a flaired tail 911 with no spoiler. That may be so easy a 10 thumbed Hutt could do it...

Just for fun, here is a link to the 1973 24 Hours of Daytona results at Racing Sports Cars. Scroll down to #59, the winning Brumos RSR. This is the body that Bruce currently offers. The #6 Penske RSR pushed the Brumos car for a long time before it suffered terminal engine issues. There were three of the 3 litre prototypes (a pair of Gulf Mirages and a lone Matra) entered but the banking did them in.

http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Daytona-1973-02-04.html

Note that this page is very photo-intensive so it is slow to scroll through.

Hutt

Oh now I gotcha! Silly me. :freak:

It's gonna be a slab sided early version weel wace cah molded from a pre-existing unit.:thumbsup:

Better get on the red phone and alert Lord Montoilette' and the Livery Nazis so they can pre-order. ;)

Note to self: "Erder more Ersers"

Ive said it many times Bill, but thats one nice Porsche. And Im right there on your way of thinking when it comes to 86'ing any unnecessary tacked on doo-dads. A body that was sculpted right the first time doesnt need any of that and should stand alone on its own. The right color paint and the right rims are usually whats needed to do just that.

Bill,
That's one BA looking Porsche! Love the stance, nice and lowwwwwwwwwwww. :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

:devil:ohh nice porsche!! :thumbsup:

Wes

Yes it is Wes and Bill said he is going to take us all for a ride in it!! :D

Bob...faster, faster, faster...zilla :wave: :) :devil: (yellow means step on it)

Finally got me a non-suck digi camera, so here are some redux pics of my mini cooper and lambo miura dawgs. And Bruce, if you want to use these on your site as examples of finished product, by all means go for it!

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/grungerockjeeper/slot%20stuff/DSC00012.jpg


http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/grungerockjeeper/slot%20stuff/DSC00011.jpg

And 2 more dawgs I just assembled while killing time before going over to my buddy's place:

23-window VW bus on AW chassis:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/grungerockjeeper/slot%20stuff/DSC00023.jpg

AC cobra on 1st gen curvehugger chassis with lifelike wheels. Im REALLY loving this model masters sunrise red pearl. It really DOES look this good in person, my camera brought out the blue flakes perfect!

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j71/grungerockjeeper/slot%20stuff/DSC00020.jpg