Another interesting way to build slot cars

[Larry LS]

This guy does some very nice 1/32nd scale cars and chassis. Not sure what type bord he is using to cut the chassis out of. But copper plated circuit board would work very well and you could solder to the copper plating. I have used that stuff many times to make chassis.

Any way nice designs and workmanship.

http://www.mtr32.com/tech.php

[thedetailer]

This guy's doing a real nice job of engineering first rate slot cars and taking Vac Bodies to a new level. He and I are of the same mind on the subject of vac forms. When I was building models as a kid, I ached to see the body parts done in vac so they were more like sheet metal, and also so you could get that killer gloss off a regular paintbrush. I was always a total geek about scale!


I can't tell if he's painting on the inside or out... but the stuff looks killer in the pics.

This guys got bodies, wheels, tires, chassis kits, turn-keys, and it's really a bar raiser!

Has anyone ordered anything from him yet? I I know I'm going to place an order as soon as some other projects here settle out...

[edober]

I did order a few cars. He lives in Bratislava.I sent money in a registered envelope . Never had problems. Craftmanship is excellent, bodies are painted from the inside. They are quite delicate as the details are extremely good.
Drive accordingly











The red Mazda is on a TSRF chassis.
Just ordered the Aston Martin and it will take 2 months before he can deliver!
Best
Edo

[thedetailer]

Waterslide?
Sticky?
Pad Print?
Inside?
Outside?

They do look sweet! What were the prices for cars and bodies after the conversion?

He's got some really artful chassis designs. Reminds us where the term "Industrial Arts" comes from. Our great grannies used to sit in factories and hand paint the toxic glow stuff on watch faces!

Does he limit the flex on the chassis outriggers? I found this pic and it looks like they just hang free to spring up or down...

Are those blocks to pin the body made of foam core board or wood?

And last but not least... I looks like the windows are a separate insert in a lot of his pics. Is that the case?

Track in your shots looks cool! Your place? Nice photography too. DO you have more pics of your track posted?

[thedetailer]

According to http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi
1 EUR = 1.19587 USD

That makes those prices very in reach. I was thinking of GBP (Brit Pounds) which were close to double the dollar last time I bought something over there;
Which are now:
1 GBP = 1.75017 USD but still not as good as what he's charging. I'm excited!

[schackel]

Hi,

The blocks for pinning are simply cut from pencil erasers - the famous Czech brand Koh - I - Noor. Soft but durable.
The PC board chassis are nickel - plated on both sides. That gives a bit more heat dissipation, more strength to the soldering joints and reduces the corrosion.
Miroslav also sells plates of ca. 8 x 4 ", nickel plated of course as well.
I have been trying the inline chasssis with an SCX Ferrari 333 body which I carved out to ca. 19 gms.
After I had soldered small pieces of 1 mm piano wire on the rear end of the pans as downstops it worked much better. Maybe with the lighter PET bodies it´s not necessary. But I´d prefer being on the safe side there, too.

Roland

[thedetailer]

Does He use an insert for the windows? Some of the pictures on his site suggest he cuts the windows out and fits an insert... I kinda like that idea. It can come in handy if you mess up masking & painting your own windows on a body, you can cut them out and just back it up with the roof section from another body. Or you can just paint away without masking, cut, and insert!