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Resin Casting Small Parts

Wed, 2012-05-16 17:29 — chapracer65

497 Link.jpgMaking resin castings of small parts is probably much easier than you might think, especially if the part has a flat side. Parts with a flat side, like many wheel inserts, can be duplicated with a one-piece mold. The RTV mold compound I most commonly use is Polytek Platsil 71-20 Silicone RTV Rubber.

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BRM Q1 Race #5 Results

Tue, 2012-05-15 19:02 — porsche917

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Round 5 of the El Piloto race was held on Saturday, May 11th.  There were seven racers in attendance but only six raced as Ary chose to chronicle the event with his new camera for his upcoming feature film “El Piloto – The Series”.  The six racers had a great time as the cars were in great shape and the room tempature was perfect.  This looked like the perfect day for some racing.  

Mille Miglia Round 3 Results

Mon, 2012-05-14 11:32 — chapracer65

Round 3 of the 2012 running of the Mille Miglia saw only 4 cars make the start. Ferrari fielded two cars, the Touring-bodied 166MM of Gentleman Jim Johnson and the Abarth Spyder of Russell Mill. Lancia was well represented by the immaculately prepared D24 of Count Ary Barbosa while the British fans cheered on the Jaguar XK120 piloted by Roy “Salvadori” Martz.

At the start of the race, the Count’s brakes failed on the Lancia, which resulted in much time lost on pit road. Once the problem was fixed, Ary roared back into the fray, but the 166MM of Jim Johnson had built up a sizeable lead. Russell’s Abarth Spyder was still hampered by a less than perfect setup and was running laps off the pace of the other cars.

2012 Slot.It Challenge - 70's Prototypes: Round #3 Results

Mon, 2012-05-14 11:26 — Autorama

May 05, 2012

It is starting to get HOT! Literally.

Summer only starts June 20 but we had an early sampling of what is coming on the third round of the Slot.it 70's Prototypes Series,  the club's monitor showed 47% relative humidity and temperatures hovering the low 90s.

We had a small but well balanced field in this round, 3 Alfa Romeos and 3 Ferraris.  Ary, Brett and Jim raced for tem Alfa; Kevin, Roy and Russell were on team Ferrari. Shawn did not race but was present helping as a corner marshal (thumbs up!).

Race highlights

Heat #1: Jim completed the most laps, 68. Russell, competing for the first time in this series, finished 64 laps. Brett completed  58 laps.

El Piloto Round 4

Fri, 2012-05-04 06:09 — Bellator

458 BRM_Megane.jpgRound 4 of the El Piloto race was held on Saturday, April 28.  The El Piloto race features equally prepared 1/24 scale Renault Megane cars from BRM. This series is modeled after the IROC series in that individual are not allowed to tune the cars to their taste, and the drivers rotate through each lane, but the cars do not. This effectively levels the playing field in terms of car tuning and focuses on the racer’s ability to adjust to the performance nuances between cars and lanes.

Mille Miglia Round 2: Heading down the coast...

Sat, 2012-04-28 06:49 — Bellator

455 Ferrari 250 GTThe second round of the Mille Miglia series, run on April 21, 2012, welcomed two new participants to the field; Marty’s bright yellow Ferrari 250 GT and Russell’s very unique resin body Ferrari 166 MM/53 Abarth Spyder.

2012 Slot.It Challenge - 70's Prototypes: Round #2 Results

Wed, 2012-04-25 22:05 — voyconroy

The second race of the series continued last Saturday with the arrival of new competition from Marty who always brings a fast, well tuned car to the races.  For his 1970`s Prototype he brought a Ferrari 312PB and was ready for action.   

2012 Slot.It Challenge - 70's Prototypes: Round #1 Results

Fri, 2012-04-13 10:41 — voyconroy

April 7th, 2012 held the first race of the second quarter featuring the 1970`s Prototypes: 3 Ferraris 312PB and two Alfa Romeos 33/3. It was going to be an exciting race and we all knew Kevin was the man to beat. He had been consistently turning in the low 3 second best laps for the past month in practice laps. Ary, who is always competitive, was running the Alfa as was Brian. Both came looking to win this series with their carefully tuned models. 

Mille Miglia Opening Race

Mon, 2012-04-09 06:53 — Bellator

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Thrills, spills, and race repairs were the order of the day for the opening race of the Austin Slot Car Club's Mille Miglia Series. In true early post-WWII road rally racing fashion, the cars were not only a challenge to drive effectively but they were also a challenge to keep running for some drivers!  

As the laps counted down many drivers saw spectacular crashes down the back straight, as well as subtle deslots in the Esses and turns 7 and 8. Marshalls had to be on their toes to reslot the cars in a timely fashion, especially early in the race, as drivers got used to driving under race conditions.

2012 BRM Series: Round #6 Results

Sat, 2012-03-17 22:30 — porsche917

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Here are the results for the final round of the BRM series.  Story to follow.  It was a great final race and a fantastic series.  Thanks to all who participated.

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