Official V.N.F.R. build thread. Competitors arriving!

[btaylor]

Looks great Dave! are you leaving the body alone or repainting?. I am still in the gather mode,waiting on an order from SCC to complete my parts list. Then its hot brass time!
Bob

[SRQSloter]

Shotgun look at you gettin forked. I like it. :banana-dance: Used bushings in the rear too. Don't forget the guide holder. :lol:

:handgestures-thumbup:

[HomeRacingWorld]

That is a nice forkin' chassis. Sigh...self banning in progress.

[SRQSloter]

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Sooo... It's Very Nice Fizzbitch Revitalization? Voluntary Nasal Frostbite Rationalization? Vulcanized Nocturnal Ferret Ratatouille?

[HomeRacingWorld]

Ratatouille

I like that cartoon, don't make fun if it :)

I will be going with the Ford Torino by Carrera. Shotgun picked it.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Ratatouille was the first foreign dish I ever cooked, well, not counting French Toast...

But what does VNFR stand for? What did I miss? I have no idea which way is up these days.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

I read all the way through it. Some is familiar, but things have been a little nuts around here lately.

I think I can scratch up something... but I think I used up all my MT/5's.

[HomeRacingWorld]

I have yours here. Will mail it out ASAP.

[TuscoTodd]

Slot Car Corner order in for some dum-dums and parts! (15x8 steelies, M/T-5, etc)
Planning on going with a Fairlane body with fantasy livery for mine and can hardly wait to get started on it! :D

[waaytoomuchintothis]

I can't host until I fix the track. Its very nearly a rebuild. The moisture that got to it when it was stored by the previous owner swelled the MDF which narrowed the slot a lot. Also the paint I used has less traction every day, and worst of all, the tape I used was 12 or 14 years old and is coming up all over. The small area of one lane where I used fresher tape is stuck so well, I will have to scrape it up. So, I'm taking the whole thing down, re-setting it, re-routing it to get the slot the proper size, and painting it with the blacktop formula I used on the old track, and finally, retaping with brand new tape.

I am still tentatively on the schedule to host the IROC in October, but I don't know if I'll make it. It takes much longer to restore than to just build a track. But this was our best track, and we all had years of good fun with it, and I want to do it right. Set up the way it is, it was a blast until the paint and tape problems started.

[Florida_Slotter]

[waaytoomuchintothis]

I've been thinking about this one a lot. And, now that Harry has generously decided to provide me a motor, I'm think a lot more. I think I'll do a side-or-angle winder with a brass&fiberglass pan that gives me lots of room for getting the balance just right. I think I'll do an independent front wheel arrangement, too, and a resin body for light weight. I'll make it extra tough, too, now that Jeremy has thrown his hat in for the race. Just like him to throw in a diving helmet...

You know, he secretly wants to be the Nerf King, to rank equal with Jenny, the Nerf Queen. What he doesn't know is that she is holding a new rank in reserve... Nerf Empress, the Ultimate Nerfer!

[Florida_Slotter]

[TsgtRet]

Well hopefully I'll be able to post some pics tomorrow....right now the second coat of Future is drying. This is a real mongrel as I had no money to spend on it at all (I did buy PG tires and a set of Carrera wheels), I also don't have the facilities to solder a brass chassis :roll: Hobby Slot chassis, MT 5 motor, Carrera wheels, Artin front axle, Fly rear axle and guide out of the parts box, as was the hacked up 63 Galaxie body. I made the decals, but even those are left overs from other projects. Interior tray is a piece of scrap plexiglass. I'm going to bed now!