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they are only doing the american 27 and 49 frequencys this way.. at least thats all ive heard. i emailed microsizers and they verifyed this. 6 cars will run simeltanesouly on two frequencys.. but they were unsure about the release date.. sometime in june or july. the reason for doing this is that they can only sell those two frequencys in the United States per FCC rules… One would think that the new tomy bit char-g’s will be the same way. Unfortnately at this time the reports are that only the microsizers will have these new frequencys…:shock:
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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i used to do this with my slot cars.. use an eraser on the contacts to clean them. it did work. have you over charged your battery? could it be bursting?
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comexcellent idea PH2t… if you have the tapes to spare great.. i went to the hobby shop and bought slot car springs… 4 of them for 1.89. there were about 15-20 different sizes and spring rates, all of which would fit the bit steering knuckle.. im using them on my monster bit right now…
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comsoon the microsizers will have 3 at 27mhz and 3 at 49…. just wait for the new pros.. they will be using subchanels!!!
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comhas anyone seen pics of the new Microsizer pros that will be coming out.. i kinda wanna see the pearl orange NSX and Midnight purple Skyline….
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comi havent played it yet.. however i was looking at game boy advanced games and noticed the V-Rally 3 game for x-box. the pic on the cover is the S400.. it can be seen here
http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/images/2002/Tech/P1010082.jpg
http://www.rimoftheworldrally.com/images/2002/parade/2_Parade.jpg
i kinda like the light pods on this one and would love to make pods for my bit…. funny thing is that pic was taken on the same jump as the subie in the pic in the above post… the above post i believe was Mark Lovell’s subie it has the huge American Flag on the hood, He put the big flag on the hood after the sept 11 tragedy… and i think that the S400 is Ramana Lagemann’s subie.. they are really identical except for the names on the sides the numbers on the sides and the S300 or S400 license plate on the front of the car…Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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evo picture linkCustom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comthis is one car that i know will be there.. although it will be the new subaru model…
and this focus will also be there…
and my favorite jump on the US pro rally circuit.. Brockway mountain… on the Lake Superior Pro Rally, I was there for this auctual jump.. somehow dodge neons seem to launch straigh up off this hill.. its kinda funny.. they closed the stage to spectators this past year, only press was allowed where you see these people.. the cars were flying so far many had a hard time controlling the car after the landing.. its kinda a cliff on one side and people were standing in the ditch on the other side… rally officials were afraid someone was gonna get squished..
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comEdited by – spanky on 16 April 2003 00:24:16
Edited by – spanky on 16 April 2003 02:06:14
well since makinen wont be there i wont get his car… but there will be others that look like it. there will probably be 3-4 prodrive subarus.. ive got approximately 164mb of memory for my 2mp camera.. i will try to use it all..
im really excited to see the srt-4 rally car as well as the new wrx and evo8 rally cars..
hopefully the jiffy pop eagle talon (awd turbo x2) is still there too.. that car has been racing for years. and always posts excellent times!!
grand touring cars would be cool too.. i need to see some though..Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comyea, top piece is cliped in properly no gaps or cracks.. i have smashed this bit, it is now a parts car…
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comsome time after the 3rd of may i will be creating a bunch of rally inspired decals for subaru bodys and lancer bodys…
im going to work on a rally and i will have tons of access to the cars… so im bringing my digi cam and tons of memory to take some great shots of decals and stuff… should be cool
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comthe difference between the pro and the sport
pro- contains a 2.2 motor and is a two speed car…(has a booster/turbo button)
sport – just like a regular 1 speed microsizer, but has a 1.6 motor and a clear colored body.
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comi got a solution… its called the “BFH”
Big Fucking Hammer
its fun to destroy things!!!
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comtry using some graphite powder or lite oil in the steering coponents where the steering arm meets the steering knuckle, and where the knuckle meets the chassis.. the more friction you reduce the better your car will turn…
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
email: custombitbodys@attbi.com
website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comthose models havent come out yet. but toys-r-us has tons of the MS sports and the MS Pros.. and my local hobbyshop also has tons of the regular microsizers.. probably because theyare charging 36.99 for them…
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comyou have to cut it out.. ideally you want to make the length of the body. the length from the base of the rear tab to the base of the first step on the front tab..
look here to see how i do it..
http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.com/bodycutting.htm
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comhumm.. yea. thats what dual cells means. there are also tri-cell (3 battery) mods also.
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comim waiting for the new pearl orange NSX microsizer pro…
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comVac molding ?.
First things first you need a vac molding machine. Homemade machines will work but you will need to get thinner plastic (lexan if you have enough money to pay for the name). If you go with a .010? thickness you should be safe, .007? thickness might even be better for homemade machines, as it does not take as much power to suck the thinner plastic around the mold?
The plastic? there are a few types. You could use styrene sheets, however it becomes very britle and will crack very easy. Thermal plastic, or lexan sheets are the best way to go, they retain their strength after being molded, and are usually avilable in clear.
The mold (body or object you want to mold) –
I use a 3 step process. 1. I start with a body that I want and get it cut to shape, using plaster of paris instead of putty. It drys much faster, and can be sanded and carved upon very easily. Plaster also drys very hard, but britle, and is weakend by water. ..So if you start with a hot wheels car, chop it in half, and remove 3-6mm from the middle of it and then glue it back together.. use plaster or putty to smooth the area you cut.
2. I now will spray the body with some primer. This will help fill in small imperfections, and it will show you larger ones.. once the primer is dry you can sand lightly and then apply putty/plaster to needed areas to smooth and make the desired look of the body. Primer again to verify that the body has no imperfections?
3. because putty (testors, tamiya?) becomes britle when it hardens the mold may break it, which would make all that work that you just did a waste of time?so to combat this I use a liquid latex and brush it over the body. Apply several coats so that there is a nice thick mold, and even use some gause (medical bandage) with liquid latex on it cut in small pieces and apply to the body. This will help make the mold stiff and prevent it from flexing. Apply a few more coats of latex. And then remove the latex mold from the car. From here you can pour a resin replica in the latex mold. Resin is very hard, and will not break very easily. This is the mold that I use in the vac molding machine. And if it does break all I have to do is pull out the latex mold. And pour some more resin. Latex molds can possibly last about 25-50 molds..(you can mold about 25-50 bodys in one latex cast).
4. almost finished. When I pour the resin, I always pour more than the needed to fill the latex cast. This way the overflow will form a base. If you look at the illistration below you can see how I make the molds. I attach the body to a base of some type befor I apply latex so that the latex can be applyd to the base. This allows me to pour more and it just fills up the base? this base will make it much easier to remove the body from the plastic after it has been molded..
i will finish up later
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comi think your forgetting a few of the new cars… well the body styles may not be new, but the colors are..
HCAC0461 100 Honda NSX – Pearl Orange – 27mhz xA
HCAC0462 100 Toyota Supra – Silver – 27mhz xB
HCAC0463 100 Toyota Celica – Blue Metallic – 27mhz xC
HCAC0464 100 VW Beetle – Double Yellow – 49mhz xA
HCAC0465 100 Nissan Skyline R34 GTR – Midnight Purple – 49mhz xB
HCAC0466 100 Nissan Fairlady – Black – 49mhz xCyea thats right 3 27mhz channels and 3 49mhz channels. these are going to be the new lineup for microsizers..”microsizer pro’s” coming out around the same time as all of the bodys in the poll…
i want that midnight purple skyline, the supra, and the pearl orange NSX… i need them!!!!!!!!!1
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comtrue they are longer, but they auctually allow for bodys that are more to scale… however im a bitcharg fan
for pics go here
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comspeaking from experience!!! making a cast in silicone and then pouring a resin body is much easier than making a lexan body. the hard part in the making of the lexan body is that your mold has to be perfect so that when the lexan is molded around the body it will not have any wrinkle points or heavy undercuts.. i can show you all some wrinkles and undercuts and why they cause probmems.. the other thing is that you really cant use a putty body to make a vac molded resin mold. they break up after 1-2 molds. i would be more than happy to help someone out if they have access to a vac machine or are doing it at home. Dont get me wrong im not trying to sway anyone away from doing this.. but after doing both mods, i know that the resin mold is much easier. and cost wise its about the same. I will work on putting together a list of all of the problems and solutions that i encountered when i started vac molding. auctually i would love to see some other people doing it. if that person wanted they could even sell them on my site. all money would of course go to the creator of the body.. anyway i will try to post later tonite with more info on doing the lexan bodys..
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
email: custombitbodys@attbi.com
website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comchassis is new. only taken apart twice. the first time i just took the top off and looked at it.. the next time i did the mods. there is no crack in the chassis.i tried changing the steering cover with another car. but still nothing.
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
email: custombitbodys@attbi.com
website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comyea the muscle machines have several different size tires.. the tuner cars like the one darktari is talking about are pretty close to the size of the bit wheels.. if you get one of the regular MM cars, there are three different sizes of rear (large tires). the sizes depend on the release of the car. anyway. there are a lot of them… they also have MM monster trucks now that have even bigger tires, that look like monster truck tires with the “V” tread and some have nobs.. check out their website..
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
email: custombitbodys@attbi.com
website: http://custombitbodys.home.attbi.comyeee hawww. i just dual celled this thing. OMG i can jump it from the kitchen floor to the carpeting. it dosent slow dont for carpeting at all.
Custom bodys: Ferari 250 GTO, 69 doge charger, Micro Cooper, Beemer 320i Turbo, Baha Beatle, New Beatle Rsi Porche 911
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