Lotus 11

[vtecfour]

The 60 Corvette build is in limbo while waiting for a chassis part so onto a by chance project. A fellow club member has been collecting the old Merit models and he kindly offered the Lotus 11 kit as the master for a resin slosh cast.

Put together the two-piece body with a clamshell lower part and was able to get a mold with an adequate amount of sill and valence curvatures intact.









Copies have come out between 17 - 19 grams. Not too heavy.

Got all the chassis materials and components in hand so moving forward.

Dan

[War Eagle River]

Wow, that’s going to look real nice!

[SpeedyNH]

very, very cool! i had a ride in a Lotus 19 back in the day (or a 23, can't remember which) for a while on track, but i've never even seen one of those. one can see the evolution.

("... then add lightness." -C. Chapman)

[glasshorsevh]

Very nice! Wrong scale for me, but very nice!

Val

[vtecfour]

Putting together one o my adjust-o-wheel base chassis. Not very sophisticated but seems to work.

Parts assembled, cut and shaped.

Main rails - 3/32" brass square tube
Guide tongue and cross members - .064" brass sheet
Front axle supports - 3/32" brass square tube
Front axle tube - 1/8" brass round tube
Guide tube - 5/32" brass tube
Guide tongue slides - 1/16" piano wire
Rear rims/tires - CB Design 15 x 10 insert/home made urethanes
Front rims/tires - Slot I 15 x 8 plastic/Ninco rubber
FF050 motor pod - 3D designed and printed
Motor - Scalextric Sport FF050 25K
Pinion/crown gears - Slot It 9t/Slot It 27t
Axle oilites - Parma 3/32" x 3/16"
Guide - Sloting Plus Universal, 7mm deep



Trying to keep it lightweight so will see how it runs without side pans at first.

Dan

[vtecfour]

Chassis's rolling.





Mocked the body on.







Final stance won't be as low but close.

Weighs in at 70 grams right now so would like to keep it under 75 after paint and driver figure. Fingers crossed that it handles well and has good speed on the big Tanex Raceway, GVSCC's club track.

Dan

[vtecfour]

Body's mounted with single posts, front and rear.



Body stance is good.





@ glasshorsevh - it's a small 1/24 body so about the same dimensions as a Scalextric Mercury Cougar.



Giving it a run on the big club track this Sunday and then will make a decision on adding weight with side pans.

Dan

[chrisguyw]

Hi Dan, Looking good...............while mounting the body low is great for handling,......the real 11's had a touch more ground clearance

I would not be surprised if, after testing, you swap the 9T pinion for an 8T.

Cheers
Chris Walker

[vtecfour]

Prepping the body with Tamiya fine white primer and filling some of the voids with putty.









Most progress was assembling, painting and positioning the driver figure , a Fujimi torso with an Immense Miniatures Graham Hill head. I've always been impressed with builds that have driver figure detail. A real nice crowning touch for me.



Looking at a a final finish of dark blue metallic with red wheel inserts and head rest.

Dan

[vtecfour]

Trimmed driver figure firmly secured to motor with JB Weld quick cure epoxy and wheel inserts painted red and mounted.







Body's got last primer coat on. Screwed down to the chassis for the final look before final finish.









Going to work out.

Dan

[vtecfour]

Sprayed Tamiya TS-15 Blue followed by TS-51 Racing Blue.







Finish is actually much darker than the flashed pics.

That's lots of blue so some red, aluminum and white details should mute it a bit.

Working out well.

Dan

[vtecfour]

Final paint detail and decals on after a few coats of Tamiya semi-gloss clear.







Final weight's 78 grams, pretty light for a 1/24 car.

Gonna try some Pacer canopy glue instead of white glue to secure the wind screen and we're done.

Pleased with the performance and modelling results.



Dan

[Blindcurve]

That's very well done!

[vtecfour]

When something works you might as well keep going.

This Lotus 11 is my favorite of my 1/24 scratch builds so build no. 3 is happening.

Going with a sidewinder FF050 slimline motor-powered hybrid chassis as no. 1 was converted so from inline with good results.

Same components including,

main rails and front axle uprights - .062" piano wire
guide tongue plate - .062" x 3/4" brass strip
guide tongue - .062" x 1/2" brass strip
guide shaft tube - 5/32" brass tube bored out with 9/64" drill bit to fit Sloting Plus Universal RSK, 7mm deep guide
motor pod support cross members - .062" x 1/4"
motor pod - 3DRon resin printed for FF050 slimline motor with Parma 3/32" x 3/16" axle oilites
front axle tube - 1/8" brass tube
side pans - .032" x 1/2" brass strip
side pans flex hinges - .032" piano wire



Powered and rolling with,

motor - Scalextric Sport 25K green FF050 slim can
gears - Slot It 11t pinion 6.5mm with 1.5mm sleeve\ Slot It 34t spur 19mm
wheels - Cartrix wire wheels with urethane copies of Carrera 57 Chevrolet



Assembly went well and chassis runs smooth and planted.






Mock mounted the resin body and discovered an error.



Placed the guide too far forward so the body's front valance is going to need opening. Don't really want to do this as it might cut into the signature nose cooling opening.

Mistakes do happen.

Dan

[Vintage 1/24]

That shell is perfectly suited for a high-performance scratch build chassis.

The body hides the wheels and tires very well - you could run a custom plumber/pan chassis with low profile steamrollers out back and o-rings up front, and none of it would really be noticeable.

But yeah, it is basically a 1/32 build in 1/24 clothes.

In any case it makes for a great looking and driving slot car.