Rookie Race - Official Thread
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CrzyTrkrWife's entry, if we can get it apart and redo the busted front axle...
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My entry ended up rubbing the wall the whole way down, and weighs over 59 g.
I call in "The NOS X-Press"
- Now, that's a lot of NOS! — 72_Chevy_C10
- go ctd go ! — model40fan
- Love the off-center stripe, as it should be — redlinederby
- did you J B Rivet the axles down ? — model40fan
- canya see all the "luggage" in the back seat?? hmmm... looks like lead sinkers. — CrzyTrkrDude
- I felt I needed to encase the lead somehow, so, I painted it. — CrzyTrkrDude
- there's a lead ball inside each of the four corners behind each turn signal too. lol — CrzyTrkrDude
- and a half a ball on each floor board under the foldaway dash. Man that car WAS light! — CrzyTrkrDude
ctd, how did you set up for the pink stripes ?
What's the "NOS bottle" in reality, some sort of big weight? Definitely gives it that Mad Max vibe while also being useful.
M40Fan,
I roughed up the orig. White w/ blue stripes Chevelle ( 'cause the citrus based paint stripper I bought is useless). Followed by 2 coats of walmarts 99 cent gloss black spray paint. Followed by some carefully laid out green Frog tape. Rubbed the line edges down real good and into the body lines( like the hood seam) , then, wrapped the rest around the sides of the car completely encaseing the rest, inside and out. 2 coats of my Wife's Favorite Pink ( Lowes, I forget the brand but it was near $6 for the can). Slowly pealed the tape off. Sticks great, had no issues with peeling the black off. And zero touch-up was needed. Followed by 2 coats of clear coat.
That Frog tape was surprisingly effective. I'll never use the blue stuff again.
It did use jb Kwik, but the area between the wheels was so narrow, I might not have used enough, or maybe the chrome on the plastic came free. I'm afraid to pop it apart for fear of all sorts of damage. It kinda looks cool dropped so slow, and my wife LOVES IT, So it'll probably join her Chevy collection unrepaired.
Thanks for asking, I'm honored.
- ( did you notice I drilled out the headlights and filled them with Elmer's glue for effect?) — CrzyTrkrDude
- neet ! — model40fan
To RLD,
The bottle is actually a small glass medicine vial, sanitized and painted with a q-tip on the inside with some inexpensive acrylic blue. Took a few coats, since it is so smooth inside, and that is were I inserted the lead fishing weights ( lol).
The "hose" is a section of floral floral wire wrapped around a pencil, painted blue and jammed into the rubber plug. Lol
The truck itself is a combo of the metal bodied "Boo Berry" and the metal base of the red plastic body truck. Jb'd the axles without removing them since they fit the race specs, but apparently not straight enough since it rubs the wall the whole way down.
And again, used the Frog tape to cover the original high gloss white on the BooBerry truck. Exacto knifed the corner and sprayed the body with 2 coats of testors acrylic blue and 2 coats of clear.
I need to learn to slow down, and take pics during the process. I get impatient. lol
Again, Thanks for asking. I am honored.
CTD, you mentioned using j b weld on the axle.... a "J B Rivet" is a hole drilled under the axle through the base, it is countersunk on the opposite side of the base that the axle is secured to... this countersink forms a rivet head, keeping the axle and j b weld secured to the base... there are some how to's on this in the older comments...
Also mattel washes the mold release off the body castings for paint... but because they don't paint the plastic they don't wash it... the mold release can keep the JB quick from sticking...
My two Rookie entries are nearly ready, I've just got to glue the bodies on and get them in the post.
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- sharp ! — model40fan
- Looking good, Keith! — 72_Chevy_C10
- Nice! I like the yellow! — CrzyTrkrDude
- Love the casting on the right, great pick to go with the black roof — redlinederby
- What is the casting on the right? The color and angle are throwing me off. — CrzyTrkrDude
- Looks to me like the '70 Chevelle SS — KandORacing
- It's a 70 Chevy Chevelle SS. — Keef921
- I see that now. looks MUCH better in Yellow!! NICE!! — CrzyTrkrDude
My rookie cars in progress pic http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah212/richard83jr/IMG_20150303_140534_zpsgj1akvmc.jpg
- Thats a bad case of the Nasties you got going there ... — model40fan
- Oh yeah! I have that engine (in the '55) on my desk, to be molded! — 72_Chevy_C10
- Being hauled by a C10 Chevy....awesome! — 72_Chevy_C10
- Love em! — KandORacing
- hmmmmmmmm, don't look at all UNDERFUNDED!!!! NICE STUFF YA GOT THERE!!!! — CrzyTrkrDude
- thanks guys appreciate the kind words lets hope they perform as good as they look — underFUNded-racing
- Those look awesome, truck is bonus — redlinederby
- as a senior member here all i have to say is... THOSE are... ROOKIE cars ? — model40fan
- What chassis did you use under the Bel Air? Looks great! — KandORacing
The sloppy gremlins pushed matt's "Sidney Shaker" out of the bahn,
lined it up with the other racer from "down unda"...
. . . . . GO MATT GO !
- NIIIIICE!! LOVE the color on the Chevy!! — CrzyTrkrDude
- (BTW, the open roof Bone Shaker is now avail in the mystery car baggies in a REAL NICE yellow w/a metal base) — CrzyTrkrDude
- Awesome Smitty — 72_Chevy_C10
No sooner than I posted the Aussie pix I got a toot on the horn from the mailman ;
THE BRITISH ARE COMING, THE BRITISH ARE CO...nevermind they're at the front door ;
Backside ;
Very, very well packed, so well the guys could have tossed it out the window flying over Foster rd. and it would have been fine ;
Here they come... nice work Keef !
- Glad they arrived safely. — Keef921
- They look geat! He's doing the old Team Half Fast paint job that Econo Carl used to use, it looks like — KandORacing
- nice looking cars keef. uh oh carl was fast and you proved to be in pony wars. this might be dangerous. — K_Harvest
- Don't worry to much kharvest, I had help with the Pony War cars. These are my first self modded cars and will probably be a lot slower. — Keef921
- YEH, MAYBE...but they are YOUR cars! — model40fan
Hey Guys!
I just wanted to bump this to the top, to remind you that we are closing in on 3 weeks out from the start of the Rookie Race! If you are planning on racing and haven't started your build, you might want to get going. If you have your cars ready, you can send them to me any time...don't wait til the last minute!
I have it on good authority that our international competitors cars are already in the country!
I'm excited to see all the cars!
Chris
Hey Guys,
I mentioned this in the 'New Ideas' thread, but I thought I'd post it here as well. I'm running this race the same weekend as the 'Middleweight Challenge' race...so, I think it will be cool to take the top cars in this race (the top 4 at least...maybe the top 8), and run them with the Middleweight Challenge cars...so you can see how you do!
I'm not sure if these cars and the Middleweight cars are going to be 'traveling' together or not...if they do, then the other hosts can also do this!
I'm really happy to see such a good turnout for this race...I hope you are all working on your cars!
Let's see some pics of the builds!
Thanks Guys!
Chris