ARTIN 1/32 CARS
Hi, Here is my entry for the Artin contest: 1/32 Lamborghini Countach.
I've always wanted to build a Countach and this contest was the perfect occasion for me!
I've used an Artin Mercedes CLK (silver and blue) chassis, removed the body and emptied it
I've bought a snaptite (Monogram) 1/32 model 1058 which is a red Lamborghini Countach with no decals.
Ordered some decals form Brazil and made some at home and from there, I started the work
- painted the red countach to an electric blue.
- applied some metallic orange and black paint to give it a racing look.
- applied the home made (number, lines, etc) and the official Lamborghini decals.
- painted the wheels to match them with the body.
- Had to dremel like hell the chassis which was too wide!
- drilled new holes for the front axle which was too long!
But that was not the end... Since I've put so much time and effort into this car,
I also wanted it to be a super racer:
- changed the stock motor for an SCW1 23,000 RPM motor.
- made the chassis as light as possible by removing any excess plastic (Dremel again!)
- removed the light system to make it even lighter.
- changed the 9 teeth pinion for an 12 teeth pinion (less acceleration but more top speed..
and since we run on 120' and more Artin tracks with a 50' straight,
that gives me about 1/3 seconds faster per lap!)
- kept the CLK tires and wheels (I like those tires when trued perfectly)
- lowered the chassis to the minimum to have a very low CG.
So after numerous hours of hard work, this Lamborghini Countach came to life!
It is not only very good looking, but also runs faster than any other car I have.
It even beats a slot.it Audi R8C high hand! Viva Artin!
Oh, and I almost forget, I named it: Blue Thunder... I name all my cars! ;)
Pierre Bergeron Jr
Brossard, Quebec, Canada
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Here are a couple of pics of an old artin " man porsche" that I've re painted.
I stripped off the stickers and sanded the body, then primered and painted it with
model master paints, applied the decals and clear caoted it. Iused bare metal foil
on the grill and to dress up the wheels also added silicone tires.
Inside I used brass inserts in the bushings to eliminate rear axle play,used styrene
tubing under the front axle to controll the up/down movement,
and added weight behind the guide flag.
It's smooth, quiet, and fun to drive.
Richard Morrissette
East Hartford, Ct.
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Here is my entry for your contest. I converted an Artin Porshe to a '55 Chevy.
I used a Monogram Snap Tight model for the conversion. I kept the interior
from the Porsche. The wheel wells were hollowed out to provide clearance
for the Artin tires. The end result is a vintage dirt track racer.
Jeff Buyer
Pacific Palisades, CA
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Thanks for organizing this contest.
This car started life as the white number 25 Artin Mobil 1 Porsche, the
one with the swirly feather thing. I donated the chassis to my son for
his creation for this contest, and thought I could find a use for the
body. I would have liked to re-do it in it's original livery, but
realized I didn't have the resources to improve upon what Artin had done
in the first place, and I have two more of these already. I scanned the
web for a livery I liked, and the Marlboro Porsche 911GT1 caught my
eye. Looking at the pictures, I found it do-able, at least once I could
get the paint just right. After weeks of practicing with other bodies,
I found the correct (in my opinion) colour and taping/painting
technique. In the meantime I poured over pictures of the original, and
searched the web for the graphics I needed. I was able to find most,
but some I had to guess, and re-produce to the best of my ability, some
I left out altogether. I couldn't find water slide decal paper locally,
but while hunting for it I stumbled upon clear mailing labels at one of
our local computer stores. Once the graphics were printed, cut, and
stuck to the body even I was surprised how good they looked. A coat of
Future floor wax topped it off perfectly. I cut away the side windows
from the Artin 'glass'. Before re-inserting the running and tail lights
I painted the channels silver, hoping it would make it look more real.
I used the Artin interior tray after painting the driver's helmet red.
Now on to the chassis. I used a side winder motor pod and running gears
from a cheap battery operated car. I used my adaptation of the famous
popsicle stick chassis, and incorporated an easy fit guide socket from a
trashed Scalextric car. The wheels and front tires came from a dollar
store toy go-kart, the back tires are Fly standard tires. I installed
an Ozrace 18000rpm motor I had from a previous (incomplete) project. I
experimented a bit to find the best place for a tweaker magnet. I can
keep up with my Fly Viper pretty handily with this car, and it looks
great doing it.
Thanks Again!
Steve Lahn
Belleville ON
Canada
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Here is my entry for your contest. It is a 1/32 Arii Nissan Skyline mounted
on an Artin Mercedes chassis and interior. No cutting was done to chassis or body.
The rear axle was replaced by a Proslot nissan gtp axle and tires.
The magnet was moved and and replaced by a Proslot bar magnet, placed
in front of tne motor. Some drilling was neeeded for the magnet to have access
to the track. The interior was painted and clear coated. The body has the original
waterslide decals and was clear coated. The motor and light were left stock.
They worked fine and had no need to replace them. The car is raced regularly
and does show some wear, such as the missing head light. This car races extremely well.
Vic Berretta
Wurtsboro, NY
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Hi Frank
Please find attached my entry for the slot car contest. The car depicts the
ex Shelby Team Trans Am Mustang raced in Australia by Aussie legend
Bob Jane during 1969 and 1970. The model is based on an old 1:32 Revell 68
Mustang fastback kit which was heavily modified to achieve the end result.
The wheel arches were reduced in size and fender flares added.
The fastback section was removed and replaced with a notchback
roof fabricated from plastic card and milliputt. A new trunk made
from plastic card was also added. The side vents were removed
with a dremel. Wheels are MRRC and detailed to simulate American Racing
mags. Interior uses the original model dash and a combination of SCX
interior parts and classic resin driver head. Decals are from pattosplace
in Au. The easiest part of the conversion was installation of the
complete Artin chassis which only required a very minor alteration to the
wheelbase. Width and length are unaltered - very much a case of plug and play.
Thank you very much for putting on the contest and thank you
Artin for making the mechanical conversion such an easy one.
Regards
Bruce Thomas
Tasmania
Australia
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Greetings
Here is my entry for the 2003-2004 1/32 scale Artin contest. My goal was to demonstrate how nicely an Artin car can be detailed to compare favorably with other popular brands of slot cars. This car began life as a modest (some say homely) multi-colored Porsche GT-2. I disassembled it, puttied the holes around the flairs, primered and then shot several coats of Model Master Classic White. I painted flat black trim around the windows and vents. The driver accepts detail quite nicely. One of my favorite liveries is Martini Racing. Martini colors were not actually raced on a real GT-2 but the body is close enough to a 935 from which these decals were copied that they work nicely. Patto’s Place supplied the decals. A clear coat protects the final finish. An ugly duckling was becoming a swan. While the original black wheels could be painted gold and silver to look very nice, I couldn’t resist the final touch of adding BWA wheels, BWA inserts with a gold BBS pattern – a classic Porsche feature. TSRF silicone tires provide optimal traction. The wheels required switching to 3/32 axles, bushings and a different crown gear. In all, not a lot of work to smartly transform the appearance of this car.
Marcus Seitz
Winston-Salem, NC
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The Artin 1/32 scale Porsche was stripped of all stickers and the factory paint was removed using easy off brand oven cleaner (original with Lye) and a soft bristle tooth brush.
Once cleaned, I primed the body with Automotive Gray primer and then followed with several light coats of Dupli-Color Radiant Red.
All Sponsor and Number stickers came from Auto-Graphics 1/24 Slot Car Decals and left over stickers from other projects.
The driver was detailed using water based latex paint sold in arts & crafts departments, including Wal-Mart.
So far the only "speed secret" is the addition of a round magnet, set in place with "Shoo-Goo II" silicone glue, just behind the front axle.
The addition of an SCW $5.00 motor and maybe a slightly magnet for more rear downforce will be in the works next after I track test it.
This isn't the wildest creation, but I like it because it looks clean.
Thanks to Artin Slot Cars for putting on this contest - Good Luck!
Mad Dog-
Mike Cox
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Here is my entry for the Artin 1/32 car contest:
The body is a 1985 Firebird Trans Am model kit by AMT (ex-MPC) mounted on a
stock Artin 1/32 chassis with added slip-on silicones. The chassis was mounted
using plastic tubing and brass inserts. Holes were drilled through the chassis
to attach it using brass screws then to the screw posts into the body. The car
looks great and is more accurate than the Scalextric Firebird that they had out.
Ken Marx - Pottsville, PA
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Hy Frank,
I am Walter from Germany and here is my entry for your contest.
A Ford SaleenS7 special designed for my son Yannick in the livery of his favorite
soccer team "Alemannia Aachen" (black-yellow).
The decals of "Alemannia Aachen" are self-made and the car was varnished twice and clear coated.
Regards
Walter Rother
Stolberg - Germany
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Hy,
like my dad I also want to send in my entry for the Artin contest.
I am Marcel from Germany.
My car is a DTM Abt-Audi TT from 2002. The body is from a
Revell "Easy Kit", that is ready decaled.
I took the chassis from a Artin Rook Wilkinson Porsche GT1.
The chassis was a little bit "dremeled" and conected with the body
using sponge rubber. The original magnet was replaced by a new
neodym-magnet. The car runs very well and is one of the fastest on our
hometrack.
Regards
Marcel Rother
Stolberg / Germany
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I call this one "Stage Fright" the Ghost Town Express. I used a toy 32nd
scale stagecoach for the body which has been painted flat black and
weathered with shades of gray. I added a toy mummy figure as a driver
which has been modified. Rear tires are 24th scale Parma silicons and
the fronts are toy motorcycle tires. The inside lights up and shows
through blue plastic gel paper in the windows and holes in the underside
of the body let white light through to softly lightup the underneath of
the car when the power is on. Chrome pieces are from old Pinewood racer
models. The chassis, motor and gears are all stock Artin. Small neo
magnets were glued to the underside for better cornering. It looks bulky
and undrivable but actually keeps decent pace with stock Artin cars due
to the added magnets and wide silicon tires. You can check out a few
more pics and a more detailed description of this project on a little
webpage I set up.
http://greenleader.fateback.com/slot/
Michael Knighting
Tri-Cities, Washington
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Hello I am 15 years old and I would like to enter your contest,
Here is my entry for the contest. The body is from a Scalextric Mitsubishi Evo kit and the finished car is based on the "2 Fast 2 Furious" car driven by "Brian." I started by sanding down the original rear spoiler mounts on the body and filled the holes for the rear spoiler with milli put. Milli put was also used to fill in holes in the roof for a roof scoop. The front air dam has extra pieces of card underneath and in between the brake ducts to achieve the D.A.M.D. bodykit (as seen on the actual 2F2F Evo). The intercooler is a radiator from a 1/32 scale nascar model. The rear spoiler is off a 1/32 scale Ford Mondeo. Much of the interior had to be cut to size because of where the engined is positioned on the chassis. The chassis is a standard Artin chassis and I have used the short wheel base setting. The wheels are from the original kit and were hand painted as was the interior, spoiler and intercooler. The body was painted in Lime Pearl. The stickers are spare decals I had lying around and were added to achieve the layered effect.
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