chase-cars update - it takes too long!

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The wheelbase is adjustable from Cadillac Limo to CJ-7 Jeep so this was no problem. I don't think there were many places to mount it to the bodyshell, but nothing that can't be overcome :lol:

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Getting these last cars developed has taken more time than I thought, but tonight I tried them on the track. And they're huge fun! The kids and I played with them for ages, if they're still tired in the morning because they were late going to bed, that's my fault ;)

First off, the Jeep.


I was worried that the short wheelbase, narrow track and grippy tires would make this a real handful through the curves, but actually it was quite easy to slide it around.

I glued in a brass rollover bar around the screen because the resin wouldn't be strong enough, especially the way my 6 year old daughter drives...


Next was the Mustang Mach 1, this one drifts and leans as easily as any car, you can push it to the limit quite quickly. Lift off the power just before the curve, and wind it back on through the corner, once the tail is sliding just a touch more power will hold it in a looooong slide right the way out of the corner and down the straight :lol:




And finally the Firebird Esprit. This is the main one for me; I remember watching The Rockford Files with my dad when I was a kid, I watch it now with my own children and the series still holds up. When I created my website, the look and feel was inspired from this TV show and I've used the same font they used for the titles on my own graphics.

Jim couldn't step outside the door of his Malibu trailer without being chased by some bad guys in a black limo




Now all I need to do is make the box artwork, write the assembly instruction page and start casting some more. Hope you like them.

[Ember]

They're great Gareth. Huge smiles even from the photos.

[dreinecke]

Gareth - you've been insanely busy! Great stuff, but that Caddy cracks me up everytime I see it...not that it looks ridiculous...just that at one time someone would have actually purchased such a massive, ugly barge!

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[dreinecke]

Gareth - that looks great!

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[bkrownd]

Matador sighting!!! Sweet! :D Which year is it? How long before you start selling them?

I wonder if someone will modify one to make a 2-door for the NASCAR replica?

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The Mustang, Firebird and Jeep are now ready, I cast the first of each this afternoon. PM me if you just can't live without some 1970s action on your track.

I'm glad you got the Adam12 reference for the Matador, it was a very well known police car through the early '70s on TV, probably until Hollywood started using the '77 Dodge Monaco. I'm not sure how much work is needed to convert one to a 2-door racer, I need to sort through the existing projects before I move that onto resin!

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