Should we allow this?

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g'day al
i was merely trying to find out ,not just for myself how and where can the other fellows would be able to source their cars , that includes some parts which are allowed to use but can't get locally .
i used to look after our (defunct)club racing where i buy bulk for all of us and then share the expenses with everyone.

we have our rules and regs which was based on the IMCA rules ,but is a lot lenient for the australian market which has almost nothing for this sort of racing

but we are very strict adhering to the written rules and very meticulous when it comes to the details of the car.

i meant no harm to anyone but just for the curiousity of the others who i have been encouraging to build and race .in this way i can point them out to the forum to them to find out which is legal and not.

btw there is no such thing a a short tail version of the 956/962 kit
the kits come in the long tail /high tail version but with instructions enclosed( how to) for a short tail version

i did try it before and had achieved the desired version .although the japanese kits usually don't have the english version of instructions enclosed, there are photos of it .(ie. gck conversion kit for plafit 1700)

the shortened version might seem to be lighter than the long tail versio , but it is actually a tad heavier because of the glue and proper assembly of what a modeller would do like using putty to smooth it out.primer to hide the imperpections , and the itsy , teeny ,weeny bits that you have to attach to make it realistic

as there is a minimum weight for the body rule. it should not bother anyone , provided the details of the cars are exactly as the real 1/1 car

one example is the tamiya/ protar lancia lc2 .in all my years i have never come across a kit of it by tamiya , but i did see a protar,which is not really a good copy of it . the tamiya version seems to be the proper one although you might have to build your own diffusers etc to complete the shell

but then again , would they allow it?

thanks for your response Al

good racing to everybody
erik

[Big Al]

Quote "btw there is no such thing a a short tail version of the 956/962 kit
the kits come in the long tail /high tail version but with instructions enclosed( how to) for a short tail version "

Eric, that's not true. Hasegawa made a Kit a few years back of the Kenwood "Kremer" Porsche 962C, which had a "short tail" ala the BRM Porsche. granted it's not as short as these versions above, but nevertheless, it's a "Short Tail".

There's a wealth of information on the Forum pertaining to the PEC, as well as the International events, I'm certain you'll find most of the answers here in the various threads.

Regards

Al

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Originally Posted by Big Al

Quote "btw there is no such thing a a short tail version of the 956/962 kit
the kits come in the long tail /high tail version but with instructions enclosed( how to) for a short tail version "

Eric, that's not true. Hasegawa made a Kit a few years back of the Kenwood "Kremer" Porsche 962C, which had a "short tail" ala the BRM Porsche. granted it's not as short as these versions above, but nevertheless, it's a "Short Tail".

There's a wealth of information on the Forum pertaining to the PEC, as well as the International events, I'm certain you'll find most of the answers here in the various threads.

Regards

Al

sorry big al , i did not mention that i had to get a studio 27 transkit
that was the only way to do it
but if you say that there was a hasegawa kit in a short tail version , i did not find one at all.

the transkit is still arouns and btw revell germany and hasegawa are the same models.except for the boxes .

we all are having fun here trying to source out our group c bodies that we want to race in that division. thats because the 956/962c porsches dominate the cars that are being entered which becomes monotonous

so we're trying to find some others to make it more lively
we have seen 3 saubers, 1 nissan which hasn't been run yet , 1 mazda 787,a lancia lc2 which still is under construction ,and the rest are 956/962c's.
so far no short tail versions yet has been built .
i'll try to source out a studio 27 again if i could. the last time i got it from geert mertens,that was 2002.

we also would like to know where to source the proper decals for 956/962c's
ho hum,,,,,,, hard work for me ,,and it seems like i kept on hitting a dead end in sourcing the decals

thanks
erik

[Big Al]

Hi,

no problem, just trying to keep everyone informed.

Where do you race down there? Do you intend entering the PEC events?
Notice a big similarity between your enquiring posts here and on ASCRA. I suggest you choose which "series" you wish to be a part of, and build cars and source parts accordingly, to avoid any mis-conceptions or confusion.

Problem getting Decals???

Mate there are plenty resources, even "in your own backyard" with people who make decals.. as well as Japan. - http://www.studio27.co.jp/, and then also from the USA and finally Ebay. Decals are EASY to source.. Or, make 'em yourself.

cheers

Alan

[jazzbell]

Being new to 1/24 scale racing and my main class of cars right now is the group C's,i do'nt find any problems in finding modle kits at all.My main source i buy from is Werner at Ace Hobbies.The great thing about Werner is if i want something he finds it.

At the moment i have the 956 an 962 and the toyota race ready for the PEC.
Yes these modle kits were easy to come by to have for my first group C cars,
and yes i paid for them to be built by the guy's in Queensland/Peter Richards and Dave Newton.My opinion on their being so many Porsches is because most of us can just walk into the local hobbie shop and buy these kits.

My collection of kits now are saubers/nissans/mazdazs/Jaguars/toyota's and even a short tail Porsche Hasegawa kit.These kits are for when we start going forward in our hobbie.At the moment i'm happy to run the Porsches being my first year in scale racing and it doesnt bother me seeing other porsches.
As for the PEC event rules, i dont think rule on bodies we can use could be writen any clearer and i whish that they stay the same Australia wide where ever the group C's run.Having a brake away group already will effect numbers no matter where the venue.


regards shane a

team thunderbird

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Originally Posted by jazzbell

Being new to 1/24 scale racing and my main class of cars right now is the group C's,i do'nt find any problems in finding modle kits at all.My main source i buy from is Werner at Ace Hobbies.The great thing about Werner is if i want something he finds it.

At the moment i have the 956 an 962 and the toyota race ready for the PEC.
Yes these modle kits were easy to come by to have for my first group C cars,
and yes i paid for them to be built by the guy's in Queensland/Peter Richards and Dave Newton.My opinion on their being so many Porsches is because most of us can just walk into the local hobbie shop and buy these kits.

My collection of kits now are saubers/nissans/mazdazs/Jaguars/toyota's and even a short tail Porsche Hasegawa kit.These kits are for when we start going forward in our hobbie.At the moment i'm happy to run the Porsches being my first year in scale racing and it doesnt bother me seeing other porsches.
As for the PEC event rules, i dont think rule on bodies we can use could be writen any clearer and i whish that they stay the same Australia wide where ever the group C's run.Having a brake away group makes it it hard being our first year of group C.

regards shane a

team thunderbird

Originally Posted by Big Al

Hi,

no problem, just trying to keep everyone informed.

Where do you race down there? Do you intend entering the PEC events?
Notice a big similarity between your enquiring posts here and on ASCRA. I suggest you choose which "series" you wish to be a part of, and build cars and source parts accordingly, to avoid any mis-conceptions or confusion.

Problem getting Decals???

Mate there are plenty resources, even "in your own backyard" with people who make decals.. as well as Japan. - http://www.studio27.co.jp/, and then also from the USA and finally Ebay. Decals are EASY to source.. Or, make 'em yourself.

cheers

Alan

big al , i went to your website and those cars you have there are beautiful.
i like the BRM section. nice liveries that BRM doesn't have .

decals are the only thing that would differentiate the cars from each other
thats for the APC/PEC series

we are racing in the APC and PEC
but we also are racing in the HSC/WSMCR series with the rules a bit laxed from the APC/PEC rules

i know it gets confusing sometimes
but i still try to get the info to make the other racers informed

cheers erik

shane a ,
mate , you mentioned you have that hasegawa short tail version?
where did you get it from?

where do you source your decals locally?
as for our local/national races , we can use fantasy liveries


good racing/building to all
erik