Porsche Cayman

[BARC 1]

I recently cast myself a Cayman. I added my credit card chassis design, and am happy to report this is a good runner.

Car is still waiting on glass, but I will try and get that in tomorrow

[LloydL]

Great job BARC 1, looks great!

Regards, Lloyd.

[ourwayband]

Looks Great.

Rusty

[pfuetze]

great looking Porsche, Dan!
any info on the wheels? they look great!
got a picture of the chassis?

[MikeySlotCars]

Great work & I love the wheels :text-bravo:

Mikey

[TuscoTodd]

That is a SHARP looking machine!

[Audi1]

That's a really nice looking Cayman. Is it 1/43 or 1/32 scale?

Alln

[dc6287]

I was wondering about those wheels as well, very nice!

[BARC 1]

The Car is a 1/43 scale casting I did. It sits on a scratch built chassis I make out of old credit cards.

Wheels are available online through an Italian supplier that caters to 1/43 scale builders. They are machined aluminum with eteched inserts for less then $15 including a good quality rubber tyre.

I would like people to consider 1/43 a modelers scale and help get it moved past the Kids GO stigma it has.

Detailed nice looking cars that perform well can be built and they would look great on 1/32 scale set ups.



Here is the credit card chassis I built using lego as an axle housing. It has 2mm flanged bearings and is low to the ground. All the parts I scavenged of off ebay, and I bet I got enough parts to build 30 cars for less then $100.( not including the wheels)



As this car is running on rubber tires I added a magnet midship. The magnet force is marginal and the car still kicks its tail out and will deslot if you drive it too fast. I used to race old Cox 1/24 scale cars and the driving style is similar to those. With urethane tires you could go no mag with this chassis.

[OldDogMotorsports]

wow fantastic rims and inserts,great chassis also...has that rim supplier got an address??? great work!

[BARC 1]

[OldDogMotorsports]

Just made an order with him! Thanks

[pfuetze]

Carsten from CarGo Customs (www.slotcarparts.de) in Germany did cast special PU-tires for me, made from 3D printed masters as well as from old rubber tires.
So it should be possible to get some nice, sticky tires for those awesome rims :)

[Cjent]

I love Cayman's. Really great work!