Monogram Lola T70 brass rebuild. Now with video!

[chappyman66]

Love it.
Bet it goes like stink with that Typhoon in there. Nice inspiration......I need to do this too...

[btaylor]

Great Job Dave, I have not done a sidewinder from scratch yet. Looks a bit challenging!
cant wait to hear how it goes for you.

Bob

[HomeRacingWorld]

Just have to pop in here and say great job. This is exactly what these cars deserve.

[Audi1]

NIce job on that chassis! I keep forgetting how nice those old Monogram bodies really are. Harry's Ferrari 275P got me thinking about them.

The car looks great. Nice work with the SW brass chassis and thanks for showing the details on the two brass motor attachment plates. I'd say I see about 9.9 IL brass chassis for every 1.0 SW brass chassis. Still not sure why............... :think:

Allan

[scatman]

How did you mount the chassis to body?

[SLOTTING SINCE 1963]

Nice one Dave. I think the you have got the ball rolling for sidewinder scratch building. Not that I need anymore projects.
Richard

[ccobra]

Just a little about what I have discovered with sidewinders using CAD. I keep the motor to rear axle distance at 0.445 when using the 18mm spur gear and the 6.5mm Pinion gear. And then the hole for the motor is 0.015 higher than the axle. Then I use the small 3/32 x 3/16 PM bushings since when I used the 1/8 brass tubing, the tubing would contact the motor. Maybe it is the plastic chassis but the gears mesh super smooth and it is really quite.
But really you have a super nice build going there. I can't wait to see how you mount the body onto the chassis.

[TuscoTodd]

Dave -
Two thumbs up!!!
Looks like to be a nice smooth runner! :D

If you are looking for another, slightly smaller version to do - there is always the McLaren M6B that Electric Dreams has on close out right now as well!
http://www.electricdreams.com/Shop/mono ... 10667.html
:D

[Retro Racer 44]

[dreinecke]

Keith - that looks great!

Dave - I'll take 5 of those by the end of the week!

[HomeRacingWorld]

Simply outstanding.

[chappyman66]

Yup, goes like stink!

Excellent job, and very good to see the sidewinder build. Some of these cars just call for that. Good on you Dave for showing how it's done.
Frankly I think it looks fine and clearly runs well.

[chappy]

Yes sir I agree, great little project to make a real nice runner. Good job Dave, but you cant tempt me
I have enough projects already , well maybe not enough, but I have lots lol
Bob