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This section will take you through building up the Revell Acura Integra Type R model kit into a 1/24 scale slot car for use on a 1/24 scale home track such as Carrera, Sears / Marx, Strombecker, etc. Be sure to browse the other areas of the site after checking out this project: |
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| NOTE If you are under the age of 18, please have an adult or parent / guardian help you with this conversion project. Do not try it yourself. This is best done with safety in mine first, so take your time. Have fun :) |
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Photo of assembled chassis Mounting holes were drilled out with a 1/16" diameter bit using a manual hand drill. |
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Putting together the chassis is pretty much straight forward. Your track might be powered differently but for mine I have the crown gear mounted on the right side of the chassis. The motor is connected to the guide flag with the red wire on the right and blue on the left. When using the adjusta-bushings on this car, I had to mount them for the higher ride height because otherwise they would rub the wheel-wells of the body. You can use the spacers to set the correct width of the front and rear wheels. The gear press tool is the best way to put the pinion on the motor shaft without bending it. I prefer the JK Products one but most any standard one is fine to use such as Parma, Champion, etc.
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For mounting the body, test fit it on the chassis once you get
everything assembled. Use a fine-tip black marker to mark where
the front holes line up on the inside of the body. This is where
you will be drilling your holes to mount the body on the chassis.
Take the tip of the X-acto knife (be very careful) and start the hole
where you made the mark. Remember that you are only doing the
front holes on each side of the body not the back. Only start the
hole with the knife.
Use your hand operated drill, never use a power drill, and slowly drill out the holes. You also would want to use your knife to make the holes a bit wider in the chassis then use the hand operated drill to open them up the rest of the way. Take your time especially when doing the chassis since the blade can easily break, just enlarge the holes slightly using the knife so you can have a base to get your hand operated drill in there to drill it out the rest of the way. |
Need to drill a hole in the body and make hole in chassis larger using hand-drill. |
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The next step will be to get some small self-tapping
screws to attach the body to the chassis. I ordered mine through a
local hobby shop that gets them from REH Distributing. The best
thing to do is thread them through the chassis first before you put the
body on. This will make it easier when you attach the body.
The photos at left shows the unfinished model kit body attached to the chassis using the screws. Once everything is done here you will then take the body and assembled it to your liking either as a stock Acura Integra Type R or a custom variation. We would like to see the model kit wheels used but they are not feasible for slot car use. They would look nice though on the car but they can't be used. |
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This is the complete and finished model kit body painted in red with working Parma FCR chassis using silicone tires and a Plafit motor for home track racing on the Carrera 1/24 track or any other 1/24 scale track. These projects are fun to do as long as you take your time. The best part is that you combine slot cars with model kits. You can enjoy the two hobbies together. Just don't get overboard with it or you will have stacks of 1/24 and 1/25 scale model kits waiting to be converted. Keep watch here for many more project how-to's to come. |
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