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I need to finish the 312 bodyshell, and the weather was perfect for a paintjob...


Yes, it is red... It's not going to be a Ferrari, though... The Yellow on the driver jacket is a a key indication, the other car another one

It's red... but not a Ferrari... It's a Leader, as there is no Vaillante on a track without a Leader






I'll make the files available for the bodyshell accessories very soon on Makerworld... And it will be time to take care of the next one...

One of the guys on the french formu rc-vintage proposed me to do some foam tires. They came in donuts os 10mm thickness to assemble on the rims.



I now have a set of foam tires. they are at an undefined shore higher than the Fantom tires, and I'm eager to try them on the track during Montluçonnaise...

The Montluçonnaise is taking place in one week from now. It's time for the last bit of preparation. The event is on 4 days, and on the road track, there is light in the evening which allows for night running time... Which means that to have it realistic, we need lights on the car...

That was the plan from the beginning.





Lights is a nice way to finish a car

The Montluçonnaise is nos in less than 4 days. I decided yesterday there will be one car built on the track during the event... I did print a full set of part, and tires will be delivered onsite during the event.
And I rushed the design of the bodyshell supports for a Porsche 917K by Delta Plastik (available at Mantua Models).





I'm still not happy with the rear end, I need to rework it. But the general idea is there, and the position of the lights at the front is trying to mimic the caracteristic light positions of the 917...

The Vaillante won the 1/12 race, although I suspect the organizer got this framed looking at the first curve events

The car handles great, and both configuration were running great, as long as we have the right tires (Kyosho Fantom wheels with the center hole redrilled to the right diameter is the right solution).

I will publish a video later with the other configuration, but here is the Vaillante driven by TravelinTravis from rc10talk
youtube.com/sho...jPDFGEf2JU

On the sunday, there was less people, and most of the guys of the club wanted to try the pancar. This gave me the opportunity to gather reliability data with a quite intensive stress test...
youtube.com/sho...6cmCqODlfg

The car ran for about one hour and a half with a few pilot. One of the guys changed the diff settings after playing with the radio settings... And the car got an even better handling with a diff set hard... I suspect that would not be suitable for all the tracks, but here, and within those conditions, it turned perfect. The Kydex chassis flex seems to behave slightly differently as well from the G10 chassis. I will need more testing time at some point... The key thing is that the PETG diff, to my surprise, did not fail. The car is light, and that is certainly contributing, as well as the 100% infill which reduce the risk of distortion due to the temperature, although the diff tooth are small 48dp).

I still have the third one to build, with the 917 chassis, and fortunately, one of the guys built the chassis (again as an experience to gather feedback) : the feedback was positive, and the chassis should be ready for next vintage event...

Great work on this chassis.
I didn't know you could adjust the diff hardness and that's a good thing, especially if you're ever driving on carpet.

I procrastinated a lot recently... The publication for the 312 bodyshell accessories is still awaiting I do the instruction manual, and I had to finish the 917K accessories...

I defined the cut line for both arches and the side line. A printed part will do the job...



The way to set it is pretty simple : set first hole using the rear wheel center, then fix the part, then set front hole.


I also reviewed the rear end and front end slightly in order to have a better correspondancy to light positionning with the real car...






The target is to publish both the 312 and 917K accessories over the week-end...

Just published an alternative battery fixation allowing for quick release...
Battery Quick Release for ST-1/EF-209 RC Pancar by SilverTriple MakerWorld: Download Free 3D Models

The principle is simple, it replace the bridge I implemented initially with 2 parts and a reusable cables tie with scratch...