Pics of your models, please!
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dr_gn said:
1984 Joest Porsche 956 - souvenier from the Porsche Museum.
1:43 HPI racing model; it's not bad at all:
I wanted a Minichamps Rothmans 956, but couldn't believe they were £60-odd these days (at least in Stuttgart!).
Nice. I have the Tamiya 1/24 version of that car, yet to be built, naturally..1:43 HPI racing model; it's not bad at all:
I wanted a Minichamps Rothmans 956, but couldn't believe they were £60-odd these days (at least in Stuttgart!).
AMD87, those are superb! Particularly loving that Impreza.
Stew2000 said:
Thank you very much. Sadly, the only kits are of this one in 1:35..
You may not get it all in one place. You can get the cab and chassis here:http://matadormodels.co.uk/yairfield3%2076th/lists... Look at AA 76-02 Ambulance.
For a flat bed you can try here,
http://shop.cooper-craft.co.uk/product_info.php?cP...
You might need to kit bash a bit but at least you have the cab which is the most complex part.
Let us know how you get on.
ETA These are 1/76 but I the difference is negligible.
Edited by Neonblau on Sunday 7th July 16:04
I've just had another look - you can buy the chassis cab without the ambulance body here:
http://matadormodels.co.uk/yairfield4%20conversion...
It's number AAC-08 Ford WOT1 Cab and Chassis
http://matadormodels.co.uk/yairfield4%20conversion...
It's number AAC-08 Ford WOT1 Cab and Chassis
Neonblau said:
I've just had another look - you can buy the chassis cab without the ambulance body here:
http://matadormodels.co.uk/yairfield4%20conversion...
It's number AAC-08 Ford WOT1 Cab and Chassis
That's very useful. Thank you.http://matadormodels.co.uk/yairfield4%20conversion...
It's number AAC-08 Ford WOT1 Cab and Chassis
Dug this little beasty out of a box over the weekend, been hiding in there for a good 20yrs, about when I started messing about with real cars in fact...
Hotshot II with Boomerang front suspension (and maybe rear too, can't recall):
Found the transmitter and a charger, even found the home made 5min super-cook-the-nicads charger too... alas no actual nicad batteries however, save that for another day.
Found something else a little more unusual too... more to follow
Hotshot II with Boomerang front suspension (and maybe rear too, can't recall):
Found the transmitter and a charger, even found the home made 5min super-cook-the-nicads charger too... alas no actual nicad batteries however, save that for another day.
Found something else a little more unusual too... more to follow
...now for the more unusual one I dug out of the same spare room, still covered in dust:
10th scale Top Fuel lexan body was the starting point, made pretty much from scratch, waaay back in 1993 for my GCSE Design & Tech... I even designed some of it before actually making it, which is pretty good going for me!
Purchased parts were the body/wing, battery cells, servo and radio gear and the mind bogglingly expensive electronic speed control; and of course the mighty motor, from memory, it's a Parma 8 turn, single - took the teeth off most things I tried it in, regardless of what the gears were made from.
Chassis is duralumin plate, held together with brass screws and I think I managed to weld (aluminium wire, MIG welder, argon gas) the forward part to the baseplate. Wheels are nylon and some random heavy prototyping polymer from the old man's work at the time.
Gears are from a car park ticket machine, rear tyres are for a Mardave Marauder I think, very grippy anyway, fronts are O-rings... and the creative looking front beam and steering has the geometry sorted out with reference to the Bosch Blue Book from what I remember - contact point of the tyre hits the ground (or would do if it didn't have wild caster angle) in line with the kingpins - all of which means, above 30mph, the servo won't turn the thing due to it dragging itself straight - and yes, I made sure it went properly straight too.
On the road, well, you need a very long, and very very smooth surface, and a car to chase it in... Marina van (despite an 1.8 conversion) wouldn't keep up, Vauxhall Senator was more than capable however. Piloting it from the passenger seat of a car, on an empty road at 0600 in the summer would have taken some explaining, luckily no incidents
Top speed was over 60mph and the batteries lasted for <2min, so enough for a quick run. Acceleration was swift, but no cigar, and that front beam was a bit soft, and really should have been solid rather than brass tube.
I have the radio gear, and a charger which cooks the batteries in about 10min... unfortunately I don't have the time to get it running, just yet(!)
I do recall at full chat it howled like a good supercharger whines... that'll be those straight cut gears, and the other-world sound that motor made, got very very hot too.
Not the fastest by any means I'm sure, but what a load of fun I had building and testing it
10th scale Top Fuel lexan body was the starting point, made pretty much from scratch, waaay back in 1993 for my GCSE Design & Tech... I even designed some of it before actually making it, which is pretty good going for me!
Purchased parts were the body/wing, battery cells, servo and radio gear and the mind bogglingly expensive electronic speed control; and of course the mighty motor, from memory, it's a Parma 8 turn, single - took the teeth off most things I tried it in, regardless of what the gears were made from.
Chassis is duralumin plate, held together with brass screws and I think I managed to weld (aluminium wire, MIG welder, argon gas) the forward part to the baseplate. Wheels are nylon and some random heavy prototyping polymer from the old man's work at the time.
Gears are from a car park ticket machine, rear tyres are for a Mardave Marauder I think, very grippy anyway, fronts are O-rings... and the creative looking front beam and steering has the geometry sorted out with reference to the Bosch Blue Book from what I remember - contact point of the tyre hits the ground (or would do if it didn't have wild caster angle) in line with the kingpins - all of which means, above 30mph, the servo won't turn the thing due to it dragging itself straight - and yes, I made sure it went properly straight too.
On the road, well, you need a very long, and very very smooth surface, and a car to chase it in... Marina van (despite an 1.8 conversion) wouldn't keep up, Vauxhall Senator was more than capable however. Piloting it from the passenger seat of a car, on an empty road at 0600 in the summer would have taken some explaining, luckily no incidents
Top speed was over 60mph and the batteries lasted for <2min, so enough for a quick run. Acceleration was swift, but no cigar, and that front beam was a bit soft, and really should have been solid rather than brass tube.
I have the radio gear, and a charger which cooks the batteries in about 10min... unfortunately I don't have the time to get it running, just yet(!)
I do recall at full chat it howled like a good supercharger whines... that'll be those straight cut gears, and the other-world sound that motor made, got very very hot too.
Not the fastest by any means I'm sure, but what a load of fun I had building and testing it
A few pics of a small part of my collection!
'American Chopper' 1:10 Black Widow & Comanche bikes;
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Franklin Mint 1:24 Beetle;
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Franklin Mint 1:24 Bigfoot;
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Danbury Mint 1:12 1964 Mustang;
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
'American Chopper' 1:10 Black Widow & Comanche bikes;
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Franklin Mint 1:24 Beetle;
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Franklin Mint 1:24 Bigfoot;
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Danbury Mint 1:12 1964 Mustang;
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Untitled by crazywheels_00, on Flickr
Edited by Chris Jay on Monday 5th August 15:03
Edited by Chris Jay on Tuesday 6th August 14:48
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