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dslattery
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Car body site

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Hello. I was just wondering if anyone had tried the bodies found on this site:
http://www.bettaandclassic.com/Index1.htm
Nor Cal Mike
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A lot of those bodies are usable IF you can find one to fit both the width and length of the chassis. The chassis is too wide to fit most 1/32 and too short to fit most saloons. As an illustration, I just got a 1/24 Maserati Tipo 61 body in the mail from Pattos Place today. The Tipo 61 is a smallish classic roadster from the early 1960's. The stock magsteer chassis just fits under the body widthwise. With some lengthening, this chassis will fit that 1/24 body but would not if it were 1/32. You also have to watch cars whose nose sections swoop down too low. The front axle beams will fowl many cars with low nose sections.
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When you searching for a new bodie for your Magsteer (like that Word) you have to take in that the steering frontwheels often need more space round the wheel than a normal wheel.
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Yesterday, old times! Come a packet from PendleSlotRacing.
Se howe it can be!
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This have to be cut for the frontwheel.
This have to be cut for the frontwheel.
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Just to be shure that it will be more cars ;-)<br /><br />But its fun to play with MagSteering Cars MSC
Just to be shure that it will be more cars ;-)

But its fun to play with MagSteering Cars MSC
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This can be nice, need to bend a bit of the lower body.
This can be nice, need to bend a bit of the lower body.
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Lasp, I think you will have a problem with the high weight on those bodies, but lets here what you find out.
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Tanks for the thinking Keld.
I Will try, the original body is less then 10 gram, one off the other is 16 gram, and the heavest is 23 gram , but I can cut som interior.
The car itself is under 50 gr no batteri.

But I Will take advice and concentrate on track building and running cars before I do some more experiment.
But its all so fun, hard to stop thinking!

But I realy have make up My mind! It Will be MS. MagSteer.
Takening all nowledge first from WesR, then improvment, if possibly ;-)
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23 gr. for a 1/32 hardbody :rolf


this homemade Audi R8 lms in scale 1/24 build i carbon, incl. windows and this interior with driver, seatbelt etc. is only 16 gr. painted and 2 layer of clear coat (the helmet/head is resin, very heavy) :klap


OK for fun racing back home anything can do, but if you want a tight competition it is important that all cars have the same weight.
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