Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby Audi1 » Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:12 pm

Even though it's a long ways off, the Ford-Ferrari Wars cars have my full attention. Nothing to show for it yet; just a little thinking. So, here's what I'm thinking:

1. 1967 Ferrari 330 P/4

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2. 1966 Ford GT-40

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The GT-40 will be mostly tuning, since the Slot.It car is pretty competitive right out of the box. The P/4 will need a lot more work; probably an HRS2 chassis underneath the body with the rockers / front end / back end migrated off the chassis and onto the body. Lay out...........well I'm thinking Scaleauto SC-0020 motors in SW configuration, 12:34 or taller gearing, might be good in both. Don't want to give one marque too much of a head start on the other...............

Let's see what you're thinking about.......

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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby Pappy » Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:27 pm

Hi Allan,

I'm actually trying to fit my Slot It GT 40 sidewinder chassis under a Fly Ferrari 512 body. I think it will work. I'm also thinking about building a brass and piano wire chassis for the Slot It GT 40 body.
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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby Florida_Slotter » Wed Sep 09, 2015 4:35 pm

Pappy,

You might want to check out CG Slotcars. They make a 3D printed chassis that fits a Fly 512. It holds a Slot.It Motor pod. Sounds like an easier route.

I am currently putting one of their chassis into a Fly Porsche 917 Spyder.
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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby Pappy » Thu Sep 10, 2015 4:35 am

Hi Marty,

I like building something different than anyone else just to see if I can get it to handle, that to me is the fun of it. I could just put the Slot It GT40 body back on the chassis and build the brass and piano wire chassis for the Fly Ferrari body, but that wouldn't be as much fun.

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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby Audi1 » Thu Sep 10, 2015 5:19 am

Tend to agree with the "money faxer"! :lol:

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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby TuscoTodd » Thu Sep 10, 2015 5:23 am

I don't have a picture of it handy yet - but I started with one a used Scaley C3315 car with a cracked chassis -

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The lower nose and rockers have been sliced from the damaged chassis and are currently being fitted to the body in prep for sending the whole thing to the alcohol bath to strip the paint this weekend. :D
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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby Audi1 » Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:13 pm

That's a sharp looling GT-40! Good luck with your build.

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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby TuscoTodd » Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:57 pm

Thanks Allan!
Here is a pic of the GT-40 after a little slicing...

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And the starting point for the Cobra... :)

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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby chappy » Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:49 pm

Looks like you've found your starting spot Todd.
2 very nice looking cars.
Allan that 330 is nice too. All Gt 40s are nice I think.
I have a feeling we will see some nice cars in this series.
I will post when I have more than the body to show.
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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby Audi1 » Fri Sep 11, 2015 3:45 pm

Good luck with those rockers and front/rear piece. When I do a cut & paste, I screw the original chassis back to the body, then use tape to hold the side pieces where I want them after having applied some thin CA glue to the joints. I also put pieces of paper; roughly the same width as the saw blade that I used to cut the plastic pieces off the chassis. between the chassis and the plastic pieces, so that I can come as close to duplicating the original position of the pieces as I can. Then I unscrew the chassis and use epoxy with 1.0mm plastic strips to reinforce the areas where the plastic piece have been glued to the body.

So far..........so good............

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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby chappyman66 » Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:22 pm

Ok, so I have to admit to not having done this a lot.........but this all sounds like a LOT of work to me. Why don't you just glue the whole thing together solid, and then cut the base out with the Dremel? That's how I did it. The running gear and all comes out. You naturally have the right alignment. Granted, I am not a concours detail modeler so I am probably missing something.....
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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby Audi1 » Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:12 pm

I think that would work just fine; I hadn't thought of doing it that way.

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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby TuscoTodd » Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:26 pm

Allan / chappyman66 - appreciate the tips!
Thankfully, the Scalextric GT-40's the body is tabbed into the rockers and the front has a lip that the bottom fits into, so for this one, keeping things aligned and square won't be a problem - but I will definitely have to look at trying the pre-attachment/glue method in the future tackling something like a D-type Jag or Merc 300 SLR where the rockers aren't tabbed/pinned/etc to the upper half.
Thanks again for the idea!
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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby Almafan 55 » Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:21 pm

Todd, where did you get the Cobra model?
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Re: Ford-Ferrari Wars - the Cars and the Builds

Postby TuscoTodd » Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:11 pm

I picked it up off of eBay...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Revell-1-32 ... 5b126eb809
Happy hunting! :D
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