First brass chassis

[dreinecke]

Watching all of you do this for years has fascinated me. I can sweat copper pipe like a pro, so why does the small stuff intimidate me?

Anyway, when Harry visited me last month he schooled me but we only got as far as the rear motor mount.

I did the front half as well as the rear "bushings" tonight. The best I can say is that it rolls and all four tires are flat on the ground!

I'll do some cleanup and then the mounts and guide tongue in a night or two. Fun stuff!

[Gameover]

Another one jumps on the brass bandwagon! Great looking chassis doc!

[HomeRacingWorld]

Yes sir, things are heating up around here :)

Great job Doc!

[btaylor]

Looks great so far David! and it sure looks good under that Corvair!
nice work.

Bob

[Audi1]

Looks really good! Still love your Corvair body; there's one of those in my future, for sure! :text-bravo:

.......I've ordered some brass sheet and piano wire....................maybe there's a vaccine for this recent "brass infection"................... :lol:

Allan

[FootScoot]

Nice job Doc! You know those chassis' are like potato chips? Ya just can't have one. The coolest thing is the more you build the more things you add to them. The Corvair looks great by the way. :)

[TuscoTodd]

That is a nice clean looking build and looks 1000x nicer than my first attempt!
Kudos sir!

[mattb]

I feel your pain Dave. I can solder OK, just can't get that neat, clean look the good guys get. One of the guys here does simple brass tube chassis that look like art. After I add body mounts all the artistic look is gone!

[chappy]

Well done Doc.
Much better than anything I have built.
It looks like it will do the Corvair proud.
Bob

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Yep. Now you're addicted. You're right about sweating pipes. Getting the solder to flow is the biggest thing to learn and you've got that down or the pipes would leak like crazy. You may find that a torch, even a tiny one, doesn't get you the small spot weld that always seems to come up, and if you decide to get an iron, I can help you research. I've been through quite a few before I got this one I like so much.

[Retro Racer 44]

Great work David. I find it hard to believe after all your resin bodies that you haven't made a brass chassis. If you want to go high horsepower, just add a pan on each side to tame the beast.

Matt don't let the look of it stop you. I have been making brass chassis since the 60s, minus a 44 year hiatus in the middle, and I never worry about a little extra solder on it. Solder adds weight and makes it more planted. What you don't know perhaps, is that those pristine polished chassis you see posted, have had more time polishing than it took to build them. I've heard of guys who even put them in a rock tumbler to make them look like that.

Also, for all of you contemplating your first brass chassis, they get better as you make more of them.

That said, we will need to be aware of David in future proxies, eh?

Cheers,

Keith

[dge467]

Looking good!

[VTECFOUR]

You've entered another creative facet of slot cars that'll help keep your interest in slot cars going. I know chassis building did that for me.

I watched Retro Racer, a fellow Vancouver club racer, for awhile, learned and then made the leap. I seem to appreciate these "home builds" more than my rtr cars.

Well done.

Dan

[strangebrew]

Looks GREAT.....and here I am gluing plastic ones together right now. :doh: :doh: :doh:

[waaytoomuchintothis]

I should have mentioned that, Kieth. You are absolutely right. I use a tiny wire brush, then an overnight stay in a corncob and Brasso tumbler. I de-grease the chassis with lacquer thinner and prime it, then paint it flat black to make it disappear. Except for modifieds, where I want the frame to show.