Reader's Gallery 9a |
Graham Windle:
Popsicle Sticks and Electrical Trunking!
I don't normally allow non-metal slot car chassis on this website, but when Graham Windle wrote
to say he had made chassis of wood, popsicle sticks and even electrical trunking, I just had to see
them!
Now you can see them, too. Thanks again, Graham!
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Graham wrote:
"Yes, wooden chassis! I built these popsicle stick-type cars
and we are currently holding an event at Pendle for them."
"The original creator of popsicle stick slot cars is Al Penrose, and
I saw the idea at Al's website. Of course,
slot car racers have been scratchbuilding chassis and bodies
from balsa wood and obechi for a long time. But Al's popsicle stick
cars are a great idea and an easy method for building
a good handling wooden slot car chassis."
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"Here's another, an inline. As a matter of interest, the popsicle car is
just as quick 'round Pendle as a similar-powered Proslot Porsche gt3,
but is a lot easier to drive!"
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"Here's a chassis made from electrical trunking. I think you'll like this one!"
[That's electrical conduit, for the Americans - TJA]
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"Here's a photo of a plastic scratch build. I vac-formed the chassis
from a mould I made. The body is a vac-form clone of a Strombecker J Ford.
The chassis is moulded from 60 thou. plasticard, and the body from 30 thou."
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