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Trying to build something different, a mix of all the cool stuff I see on here!
I'd say it's about 60% done, needs front/rear bumpers,body mounts and some bracing but initial laps are promising, it's faster than my Camaro and I think will be much better with a body and some weight.

That looks like a pretty nice project. Can you tell us about the spring in the chassis?

Its kinda a modified drop tongue, the spring pushes on the tongue to keep a even pressure on the guide. The first one I built in 1/24 ran so well I thought I would try it.
It seems with varying tracks/conditions you could adjust your guide quite often to get the optimum height, this sorta takes care of some of that.
It probably won't be competitive or take a huge hit but it was and is just plain fun to try to build.

Btw: it's a pen spring, tried Lego springs, hardware store, etc and this one works the best.

Cool so far :dance:

Oh yes, interesting indeed. I think you need a visit prior to the race.

Hey look at you
Looks like a runner to me

And no shortage of water, so wet sanding should be a breeze.

Frydaddy, next time you want to try different tension springs, find a friend with some old guitar strings. Wind them individually around something round, such as a phillips screwdriver shaft or a spike & make yourself a supply. Strings about .014-.015 diameter can be used to make motor brush springs, should you need any of them.

Yep, The water is a rising fast! It's already got the whole area traffic backed up, glad I'm at home and in the Slotcave making good use of the free time.

Got a little further along, got the body mounts done, rear bumper and some misc stuff. Might not do a front bumper, don't think it'll really help in a big one :(

Harry, would be great to come down before the showdown, I've mentioned it to Brew and Razor, we'll see what we can come up with.

Thanks Bill, I just so happen to have some guitar strings! I will try a couple tonight, as always great ideas on this site!

I just glue small blocks of foam rubber to the arm using different lengths & densities.........

Thanks Brew, I'll try that on the next one!

Well work and life has been extremely busy lately and haven't had much time to work on the cars or the track but have got a little further on the ASA car.
Got to run some laps with Strangebrew with it and I'm pretty happy so far, even though my oldest ran a faster time with it than I did!
I'm super excited to meet everyone next week at Harry's, I have a lot to do to get the hot rods finished!
The car Harry gave me is my first resin car, first full interior( without pillaging a plastic car totally) and my 2nd brass chassis. The interiors are way harder than I thought, the work everyone here does is envious!

Looking good to me.

I hate the interiors myself......
I've tried lots of different methods too.