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    • #17158
      Avatar photoDB

        Not sure what forum sub group to post in but this seemed most appropriate.  This car started out as a circa 1990s model.  A friend of mine then painted and decaled it several years ago, I fitted a PCS plastic chassis, Pendle wheels but was never happy with it until a Ken’s KRZ chassis arrived.

        Finished (almost) car below.

        One the moderator approves I will show the chassis build.

      • #17188
        Avatar photoKen

          Hi Dave,

          That is a beautiful looking car! The paint is stunning! Even from 2-inches away!

          Being a painted body makes it scratch-legal. Your Escort counts as fully scratch built. There was nothing that ready to run on it.

          Builders make complete cars for friends, etc… They also count as scratch built.

          You still need to be somewhat of a scratch-builder to put together an aluminum chassis. Truing tires, cutting axles, epoxied motors, etc…

          It’s your car. Feel free to post any part you wish.

          Very nice build Dave! :good:

        • #17189
          Avatar photoDB

            Thanks for your comments Ken.

            I will post the pictures in a separate post.  The parts used in the chassis build were:

            Pendles SRC  1/32 bushings

            Slot-it wood guide (CH10)

            BWMSO50 motor

            Pinion 10, Slot-it crown 23,

            Pendles 14 inch wheels with minilite inserts

            Spacers

             

            The front and rear axles/wheels were centered by adding spacers outside of the chassis.  Checked motor/gear mesh was good then expoyed the motor to the chassis.  The spacers on the rear axle were then switched to inside the chassis.  There was still a slight movement so I cheated and added a stopper to eliminate movement by the crown gear. Probably need 0.015 spacers.

            The axles and wheels were on the previous plastic chassis and I retained them (main reason why I built the Escort first).

            Guide was inserted and plastic spacer was added before screw to hold snugly in place.

            Weight was added at the front using 0.064 brass and weighs about 5 grams.  Hole was drilled in the weight to allow clearance for the front body post.  In hindsight that much weight is probably not necessary.

            To install the guide posts I measured the vertical distance to the bottom of the  car body for each post.  A little extra clearance would automatically be provided by the expoy and the head of the screw insert.  I found that cosmetic wedges do a great job of allowing you to level and support the body.  They are sponge like and allow for easy adjustments.  I have tried popsicle sticks but have trouble with them.  The wedges are cheap to buy or raid the wife’s or GF’s makeup drawer.

            Attached the body posts to the chassis and tested body for fit. Body post height was v.good but ended up adding  a washer to the rear post assembly for a bit more clearance plus moved the rear wheels in just a touch (maybe a mm).  The rear flares give less clearance in the body than you might think.

            The interior is the original interior and weighs about 5 grams.

            Total weight of the car is 82 grams.  Runs smoothly but not fast.  If it was going to be raced, then I would eliminate the front weight and use a card interior which would reduce the weight by 10 grams.

            Overall, very happy with it.  Ken’s chassis build makes things easier but you do need the right parts – thanks Ken.

             

            As Bugs said “That’s all folks”

             

          • #17191
            Avatar photoDB

              Ken, let me know if my pictures loaded or if the file is too large.  Thanks

            • #17193
              Avatar photoKen

                Hi Dave,

                Thanks a million for your post! It’s a fantastic build explanation. :good:

                You can upload 8 images of up to 0.2 MB each. I’m old school, so this is what I need to do to post photos.

                I usually start by make a file by car year/name in “Windows pictures”.

                Then DL from a memory stick to that file.

                Open the pic and press “paint”. Then press “resize” to something like 40% and save as another name like “Escort 40 A”. Then “escort 40 B”. Etc…

                At first I used to save the original photo as full size in case I needed to make another size. Once I figured out that 40% was the magic number for the way I took pictures, I just resized everything down to 40% from then on.

                Please let me know if this helps?

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                        • #17204
                          Avatar photoKen

                            Looks great, Dave! :good:

                            Nice wide stance. Looks like it will corner very well.

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