First Brass Chassis Updated new pics 7/10

[urbanwarrior]

Well after buying the honeycomb ceramic plate about a year ago, I finally decided to take the plunge. I'm doing a brass chassis for a resin Maserati A6 GCS from Cagee13. I will be relying heavily on Retroracer44's tutorial from above. I'll post pics of my progress, any helpful input is strongly encouraged and appreciated.
Here's a starting pic....
John

[strangebrew]

NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HomeRacingWorld]

Seems like you have a good handle on things to me.

[Gameover]

Yes another brass chassis guy! Love it!

[btaylor]

You will be hooked after the first one! Great start so far. keep us posted!

Bob

[Audi1]

Another reason to give it a try...................................

Allan

[TuscoTodd]

Looks like a great start! Looking forward to the updates as you go! :D

[urbanwarrior]

Ok, here is my first update. I think I have all the parts in place. I need to go get some new drill bits tomorrow and drill the motor bracket and guide post hole.
Let me know what you think.....
John

[TuscoTodd]

Nice!

[dreinecke]

Excellent looking start! Looks pro to me!

[Florida_Slotter]

Urban,

To be honest you really do not need a motor plate. I've soldered motors in place for many years with excellent results.

But, you can purchase predrilled motor brackets at many online sites. My favorite site can be found by doing a Google of PCH Parts Express. I hope this helps.

[Retro Racer 44]

Welcome to the honeycomb club. Looks good. Just one thing, you want the axle rods to go through the tubing to make sure they keep it straight. If the axle tubes are resting on the frame rails, you don't need the wood strips.

I will keep tabs on this build, looks like you have it nailed, pun intended.

Keith

[RazorJon]

looking good John
I use an old motor cap to transfer the hole pattern in the motor bracket

[urbanwarrior]

Thanks to everyone for the input and well wishes. I used some drill bits I had and was able to drill the holes I needed with what I had on hand.

Marty...for my first attempt I wanted to use a motor bracket so I can change out the motor if I want or if it would go bad without having to break out the soldering iron.

Jon...I actually made a paper template for the motor holes and it worked out pretty good.

Keith....thanks for the excellent tutorial. I will be doing more of these.

Ok so here are some more pics. I removed the wood blocks and used the long axles to stabilize things. The soldering went pretty well. I need to clean it up a little and cut out the rear axle. I will continue to post more as I go along and get the body mounted.

Thanks again for the input, keep it coming.

John

[urbanwarrior]

Thanks for the tips Jeremy.

Now....how do we attach these chassis' to the bodies? I see several ways it can be done but what are the generally preferred methods?

John