Simple Body Mounting Tips
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1/ Injected plastic bodies.
Injected bodies can be found on electric model racing cars or as model kits designed for display purposes.
Once a body has been selected,
it is important to fit it properly on the
1/ Install an E-clip on the front axle, then slip a front wheel with mounted tire from the right side of the chassis. Push a wheel on the gear side of the rear axle and install a tire. Slip on plastic chassis. Select the optimum chassis wheelbase by matching the 9 possible assembly combinations to the body wheel wells. Make note of your setup and completely assemble the chassis according to the printed instructions supplied with your kit, or the detailed online instructions.
2/ Fit the body on assembled chassis. Any interference must then be removed from the body or the driver's compartment fitted to the body. A Dremel Moto-Tool with a 3/16" diameter ball grinder is perfectly suited for this job. Remove a little at a time, constantly checking for clearance. Temporarily remove the drivers compartment and any engine or gearbox details by gently lifting them from their posts with a wide thin blade such as a rounded end table knife or grinding the melted tab ends with the steel ball grinding tool. Check for side body interference such as small molded areas that would interfere with whichever type of body mount you select. The body MUST fit on TOP of the steel pan, NOT ON ITS SIDES, so as to assure a perfectly square body mounting. If the body sits too high, you may want to trim the sides evenly until the body sits where you want it to be. Make SURE that the body causes no interference and allows the steel pan to REST FLAT on the plastic chassis, and causes no BINDING of the pan and chassis, spur gear or tires. You may have to clear an area for the spur gear to turn freely. Also check front axle clearance.
3/ Once the body is fitted,
either with pins or with the supplied plastic side body mounts, fit the
driver compartment and trim its base until it completely clears the steel
pan and allows it to fit flat on top of the plastic chassis. Again, check
front axle clearance.
4/ If the steel pan sticks past the bottom body lines, it might be necessary to trim its edges purely for aesthetics as this does not hamper any mechanical functions. Mark the trim lines with a sharp pointed object such as a sharpened piece of thin steel wire. Remove body, remove steel pan and axle from chassis and cut off the unwanted areas using a Dremel Moto-Tool with a disk or use a disk sander. Cool the disk and the steel pan in a bowl of water often. You may also use a notching tool available at Micro-Mark. Once trimmed, smooth and remove all hard edges from steel pan with a fine flat file.
Illustrated help:
Carrera BMW on TSR24 chassis Carrera Ferrari 330P4 on TSR24 chassis GB-Track Porsche 917 on TSR32 chassis
Fly Porsche 917 on TSR32 chassis Tamiya TamTech bodies
HSRR McLaren M8D on TSR32 chassis (for experts only!)
Slot.It Porsche 956 on TSR32 chassis (recommended for beginners)
2/ Vacuum formed plastic bodies.
Vacuum formed bodies are
generally made of clear plastic and are painted from the inside. They can be
found in specialized shops and model car racing companies.
Once a body has been selected,
it is important to fit it properly on the
1/ Before completing the chassis assembly, install an E-clip on the front axle, then slip a front wheel with mounted tire from the right side of the chassis. Push a wheel on the gear side of the rear axle and install a tire. Slip on the plastic chassis. Select the optimum chassis wheelbase by matching the 9 possible assembly combinations to the body's wheel wells. Make note of your setup and complete the assembly of the chassis according to the printed instructions supplied with your kit, or the detailed online instructions.
2/ Install the clear or painted
body over the chassis, the sides fitting over the steel pan. Line it up on
the car as straight as possible and pin one side, then, making sure that
there is no binding (interference with motor, spur gear, wheels...), and pin
the other side. We do not recommend the use of the side plastic mounts to
fit a vacuum formed body. The bodies manufactured by
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