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thingie
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Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:11 pmby pfuetze
when i first saw the thingies in the bigger scale, i thought - why not build a 1/43rd one - i simply loved the look from another world. did the body some time ago, master made from modelling clay, then vac-formed.
Now it got a chassis and runs quite nice :)
cheers,
Peter
Re: thingie
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Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:22 pmby vonsirius
real cool!
Re: thingie
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Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:37 pmby LloydL
Aaaaaaaaaaaagh!!!!!!!! :D :D :D
Regards, Lloyd
Re: thingie
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Tue Apr 09, 2013 4:30 pmby ourwayband
That I Like!!!!
Rusty
Re: thingie
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Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:35 pmby Tsooko
Oh... Oh!!!!
Now you went and done it!!! Thingies in 1/43 scale!!! Pretty soon there will be a thingie Proxy.
That's it for you Peter. We are going to revoke your membership. :naughty:
Cheers Ted
Re: thingie
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Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:50 pmby racer6583
Thingies oh no not here please not here :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Good job on the thingie looks like a great runner.
Re: thingie
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Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:35 amby Broman62
Re: thingie
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Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:08 amby pfuetze
Thanks!
Tom, i will go and take a pic of the chassis a little later!
Re: thingie
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Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:52 amby Cjent
FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And kinda cool. 8-)
Re: thingie
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Sun Apr 14, 2013 3:04 pmby pfuetze
Re: thingie
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Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:01 amby Cjent
That is a great looking chassis.
Roland, I think you just wrote the "Thingie" Proxy rules!
Re: thingie
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Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:47 amby LloydL
Lol Roland! I also prefer make mainly scale model cars for my tracks.
But thingies are not model cars, they are art on wheels and might be fun as a separate series. In the bigger scales the chassis are often things of beauty!
The only thing that I would ask is that only stock/standard motors are allowed, as special and handbuilt motors would certainly price me out of having a go.
Regards, Lloyd
Re: thingie
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Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:56 pmby Tsooko
Oh my!
George Jetson personal conveyance contraptions whizzing about a 1/43 track trying to out-do and out-look one another.
Could be fun but awfully time consuming.
I ordered a magnet zapper and slugs 7 months ago, along with a hand winder for armature rewinding and they are still not in. I have sourced hot motors from China but only got 3 out of the five sent to north America and it will take thousands $ to get more as they must have a min order of 1000 units.
Getting and building hot motors for such cars is not going to be an easy task!
Then to build a body you need to have a vacuum-forming machine, some kind of clay or wood or something to carve out a bubble/blob shape that will fit on a purpose built chassis.
Lots of challenges.
But I still like yours Peter!
Cheers Ted