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upset.gif posted on 11-12-2006 at 22:42 Reply With Quote
The rebuild of the F550



As some of you might know, Dutch Age Racing, had a plan for the LMS finals to race, a Russian Age Racing Aston Martin DBR9.
http://www.slotracinglemans.com/images/profiles/aston_dbr9-rar01.jpg
Wow what a nice car. I started out fine, got the silicone mold from mr T, spend a night laminating and a few more to clean it up and mount it on a chassis......Next up, paint, decals, lights.......But with just one week to go before the race.....I ran out of time.
http://www.slotracinglemans.com/images/pict2006/dart05.jpg
So I start up plan B. This year our team was dedicated to the F550 of the Russian Age Racing. See some of my previous topics.
Plan B meant to use model 2 (the first was used in Uden) which happened to be really fast at Spa in the hands of Gert Klinge.
http://www.slotracinglemans.com/images/pict2006/dart09.jpg
I could not race or visit the first race of model 2 at Alsdorf, because of my wife's birthday party.
How could she plan this as she did!
During that race Tamar called me round midnight: "I thought you would like to hear that your car is running tremendously fast and leading the race at the moment". "Wel thank you, I am happy (not)" was my reply.
So after skipping plan A, plan B should not be any problem. Ok maybe she wasn't as fresh as before but nothing serious... just a little paint and a minor hard ware check, and my baby should be and run fine.
http://www.slotracinglemans.com/images/pict2006/dart08.jpg
At tuesday (before Friday) I unscrewed the body from the chasis to have a look inside. Just a tiny whole could be seen between the side of the body and L-profile attached to the body holder.
Well, if the body will come of, better let it happen right now (time enough to fix it) and not in te race.
So I took a small knife, stuck it in the whole, and ....... :upset: the knife got through the body. Well not nice, but repairable.
At the other side of the body, also a tiny whole, the complete skirt suddenly broke of!!
http://www.slotracinglemans.com/images/pict2006/dart03.jpg
Panic, what to? "Call mr. T immediate" ran through my brain. Mr. T as always, was available for some good advise. "No problem" he said: "get the mould, put in the carbon and resin at the place of the wholes in your body".
The next day (wednesday) I had two new parts, let's call them skirts.

Now the skirts had to be attached to the damaged body. "No problem" said mr. T again: "put the body in the mould with the new skirts and put in a small carpet of carbon with some resin". Just like that. OK, seems to be easy.
http://www.slotracinglemans.com/images/pict2006/dart06.jpg
But you have to take some parts of the car to get it in the mould. Just the interior, the windows, the spoiler and the lights. Than you have to reshape the new skirts to get them fit in etc.
Thursday I had a body with new skirts and could finish the car more or less (in time).
http://www.slotracinglemans.com/images/pict2006/dart03.jpg

The rest as they say is history......



Next project is a Mercedes Benz DTM 2000 with complete interior.

Henri
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posted on 13-12-2006 at 20:40 Reply With Quote
F550



Henri it was a pleasure to drive the F550 ,and al the credit is going to you as the builder of that fast stallion.

Greetz Gert




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posted on 15-12-2006 at 09:57 Reply With Quote


Nice story Henri, and it looks good..
Gert, how's things with you? Why are you building your last slotcar? are you also "retiring" in the near future like our good friend Mr T?

Anyone, any idea when one of these Aston's or Maserati's might be up for sale?? (If you all look out your Window, with a SERIOUSLY big pair of Binoculars), you'll see me down here in Cape Town, Standing on the Mountain, waving at you all...
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Greetz

Big Al




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biggrin.gif posted on 15-12-2006 at 18:02 Reply With Quote
Building is in my blood



Hi there Big guy

I'm stil building slotcars and have the weard feeling that it's going to take forever to get the last one finished.:laugh::laugh:
I had dinner with my good friend Mr T last night and have been talking about a new project to be build.So theres your awnser to the question.:D:D:D.

Ohh Btw I do need new glasses , cant see you on that mountain:laugh::laugh:

Greetz Gert




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