Cougar and Challenger redo's
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Cougar and Challenger redo's
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:48 pmRe: Cougar and Challenger redo's
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:49 pmThose look great! The Dodge is sweet looking!
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:51 pmYou work fast. Need to test drive them? I know a place.
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Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:47 pmNice work!!! Those look great! How do they run???
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Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:14 amWow, what a difference. I was going to leave my Challenger alone but having second thoughts after seeing those.
Gotta get stuck into a certain special Camaro first.
Gotta get stuck into a certain special Camaro first.
Re: Cougar and Challenger redo's
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 6:46 amThanks for the kind words guys. I'm not sure how they will run as I have no track, so I just go on instinct and past experiences. I never had to modify interiors before like I did on these. Usually there is some room but these are very tight so I sanded the bottom of the cougar until I could almost see through it. The Challenger was a little more extensive. I cut the bottom off completely about 1/4" and glued the seats which were sanded flat and the locating pins removed to the chassis. :)
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Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:11 amNice job on the mods...that Challenger is about as low as you can go!
-Jon
-Jon
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Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 8:42 amNice! :text-coolphotos: I had a thought this morning about how you never hear of people lowering Scaley's early Camaro and Mustang releases yet these two new releases require lowering. Makes me wonder what Scalextric was thinking when they designed these cars. It's like suddenly they went all Carrera on us. :violin: Nice cars though. I am glad that we have them in the market place. :text-thankyouyellow:
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Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:10 amThose look awesome!!! :)
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Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 9:30 amRe: Cougar and Challenger redo's
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:06 amThose look great Ken! Which wheels did you end up using on them?
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Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:50 amI want to know what wheels those are, too.
And Mike, we ran those Mustangs and Camaros for years, including Enduros, and I don't think anyone ever brought one that wasn't lowered for scale effect, which greatly improves the handling, but the rules precluded the belly-dragging unrealistic lowering that some people do to slot cars. What we found was that people began to specialize in either Camaro or Mustang, because the techniques differ somewhat. The biggest problem we had was that some guys didn't reinforce the bumper attachments with hot glue, and they fell off a lot.
And Mike, we ran those Mustangs and Camaros for years, including Enduros, and I don't think anyone ever brought one that wasn't lowered for scale effect, which greatly improves the handling, but the rules precluded the belly-dragging unrealistic lowering that some people do to slot cars. What we found was that people began to specialize in either Camaro or Mustang, because the techniques differ somewhat. The biggest problem we had was that some guys didn't reinforce the bumper attachments with hot glue, and they fell off a lot.
Re: Cougar and Challenger redo's
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:18 pmI'm a wheel nut. I admit it. For the Cougar I used Sloting Plus America's, 17X10mm rears, and 17X8.5mm fronts. For the Challenger I used CB Designs black anodized stock car wheels 15X10mm rears, and 15X8mm fronts. Along with the Super Tires Yellow Dogs that fit those rims, and Slot It. Zero Grip fronts. :)