Just a minor suggestion. I built several cars like this for my grandchildren, my favorite being an AC Cobra. Like yours, mine turned out beautiful, but couldn't compete speed wise.
Although it took a lot of time, I carefully hollowed out the body from the bottom, leaving the outer look and dimensions exactly as before. The biggest challenge was getting the walls as thin as possible without poking a hole through the body.
1. I then put compensating weight as far to the rear as possible.
2. I was able to find a way to stop using the old axle holes, drilled the rears with a 3 degree cant, and put a bent nail on the DFW.
3. I prepared both the axles and 2.0 G wheels per DD4H's video.
4. I covered the bottom with a piece of EkonoKote.
The car was finally able to turn 2.999 on the PWDRL track. That is not good enough to win anything in an SS class, and won't qualify in SR because it is a convertible. But it would take the FTD honors at most BSA events.
After this experience, if I were ever to do this again, I would do it as follows:
1. Fashion the major portion of the body out of thin 1/16" balsa (on top of a thin normal PW block)
2. I would make the top and fenders out of balsa of the proper thickness.
IPACA9 said:
Thought I'd share my two boys cars for this year. This was my first year making fenders and a full body. It was a learning lesson. I didn't even think about the sides hitting on the track due to them being a little narrower than the wheels on the inside. They weren't the slowest but they could have been so much faster.
