My 'Cuda arrived today and I couldn't leave it be so onto the bench and out with the screw driver and into it. The front and rear of the chassis was in the wrong place so I had to move them; they belonged on the body. The diameter of the tyres was too much to my eye so NSR 5208 went on the rear and the front hubs centre ridge was turned down to 3mm wide and Scalex Mustang front tyres were stretched around them and trued down to 20mm.
before

and after



Also, the interior has about 1mm taken out of the depth of it so Dan Gurney sits a wee bit higher and to ensure the chassis and interior didn't foul each other when I shaved about 2mm off the front body posts and a smidgeon off the rear body post. The air dam/splitter has been glued directly to the body and the sides of the chassis and inside bottom edge of the body have been shaved to allow for body float and there is plenty of that now.


American muscle on Wednesday evening so I'm keen to find out how it goes. Here's hoping it's a couple of hours well spent.
before
and after
Also, the interior has about 1mm taken out of the depth of it so Dan Gurney sits a wee bit higher and to ensure the chassis and interior didn't foul each other when I shaved about 2mm off the front body posts and a smidgeon off the rear body post. The air dam/splitter has been glued directly to the body and the sides of the chassis and inside bottom edge of the body have been shaved to allow for body float and there is plenty of that now.
American muscle on Wednesday evening so I'm keen to find out how it goes. Here's hoping it's a couple of hours well spent.
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