New recruit to the forum

gigantohawk · Post by **gigantohawk** » July 23rd, 2010, 1:28 pm

Good evening Gentlemen,
This is my first post on this forum, So Hello from me to all the good people on here.
Let me give you a little bit of my history before I start asking a lot of questions.
I'm 50 years old (sadly),I live in a town called Huddersfield. It's a strange name for a town as it derived it's name from the Viking hordes that invaded us. Huddersfield is located in Yorkshire England.
I've been involved in models of some sort for the last 41 years. The last 39 years have dedicated to R/c modelling.
In 1993 I made the decision to move from 1/4 scale aero R/C to 1/8 scale I/C cars. I ran PB and Serpent cars for 3 years achieving some success in this scale.
In 1999 I made the move to 1/5 scale with a H.A.R.M. CLK car and again achieved some success with this vehicle. I campaigned this vehicle for 2 years before family and work obligations overtook me.
I'm now in a position to look at these Large Scale cars again. I've seen the video's that MR. QSL has posted and I have to say that the RACO INDY car really does excite me.
I know what you're thinking....Nobody makes these cars anymore !!!
However, I can probably bring together the resources to build a chassis. But I may need some help with "Drawings etc".
I am thinking of using "MCD" parts for the driveline....What do you think ?
Also are Raco Indy car bodies still available.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

I really hope to hear from you all soon.

All the best,

Nick.

chiefj48 · Post by **chiefj48** » July 23rd, 2010, 4:24 pm

welcome to the fun house!!!!!

bobjeffreson · Post by **bobjeffreson** » July 23rd, 2010, 5:24 pm

G'day Nick,
Mate you'll get all your questions answered here... and some more!
Great part of the world...Yorkshire England.
I spent a fair bit of time on weekends around Doncaster and the little mining village of Askern, when I lived in London between 1979 and 1981.

M.R. Ogle · Post by **M.R. Ogle** » July 23rd, 2010, 5:55 pm

The Indy car body is still available through LRU:
http://www.legendaryreproductions.com/a ... ory=bodies

Don't know about how many of those chassis are still floating around, though. Have you considered using Yankee components, which may be more available to you in the UK?
http://www.quarterscalelegends.com/yankee/yankeef1.htm

If you can fabricate some of your own components, that would be a big plus, as most of the large-scale open-wheel cars have been out of production for at least fifteen years.

K · Post by K » July 24th, 2010, 8:01 am

Nick: Welcome on board, it's a pretty friendly space here. BTW, there's 'nowt' wrong with Huddersfield!

Kevin

bobjeffreson · Post by **bobjeffreson** » July 24th, 2010, 2:53 pm

Kevin,
Well said mate....But shouldn't that be "ooddersfield" ...

.... the way the locals pronounce it!
Am I right Nick?

gigantohawk · Post by **gigantohawk** » July 25th, 2010, 10:39 am

Hey, thanks for the great welcome Gentlemen.
All your replies are both informative and funny. I like that a lot.
Many thanks to the links for Indy Bodies and Yankee bits. That really does help a lot.
I like all your references to Yorkshire colloquialisms. It's great that these are recognised all over the world. And believe me, as a Peruvian national (to English Parents) I'm still trying to get my head around most of them. However I think my Yorkshire folk have a tendancy to drop their H's. So the pronouciation might be 'Uddersfield lol.
Thanks again for the welcome Gents. I think the progress of my homebuilt 1/4 scale is going to be painfully slow. But bit by bit I will get there in the end.

All the best,

Nick.

hemifreak · Post by **hemifreak** » July 25th, 2010, 11:37 am

Welcome to the site! This has been a great site for me, not only for information, but discussion and interaction. You will be well pleased here. Again...welcome my friend.

hero01hero · Post by **hero01hero** » October 8th, 2010, 5:46 am

good evening people
like the others first time
this is my first post
and a newbie in here
i am gonna waste my time just to
log into this site
i want to enjoy my staying in here

jean phi · Post by **jean phi** » October 9th, 2010, 1:21 am

Hello Gigantohawh,

I'm France, my residence is ready plant 2 C pattern design, it produces Yankee body and other parts for the ¼ scale.

If this can make you service, not hesitate a contact me!

Best regards,

Email: speed_racingcars@yahoo.fr

RS67

gigantohawk · Post by **gigantohawk** » October 16th, 2010, 10:29 am

Hi Jean,
Any information you have with 1/4 scale would be good.
Please post pictures on this site.
Please post pictures of any parts and bodyshells.
Please post pictures of any 1/4 scale cars you have for sale.

Where in France do you live ?
I took my Family to Normandy and Brittany a few years ago. We liked it a lot...the French people were very kind and friendly.

All the best,

Nick

BobT · Post by **BobT** » May 7th, 2011, 2:07 pm

Hello.

QuarterHorse · Post by **QuarterHorse** » May 8th, 2011, 10:52 am

Another Newb here. I am more of a lurker , but I was reeled in by a friend that said there is a Conley V-8 unbuilt kit that popped up here and is reasonably priced. Now if everything is there and someone has not butchered it and then quit, that will be the true value of the find. Cheers all.

www.Quarterscalelegends.com

The awesome history of 1/4 scale!