Not bad...I'd add rubber sleeves to the posts, and maybe some kind of rubber knobs on the ends to help prevent the cars from slipping or falling off. I like that it keeps the weight off the tires and allows you to view the car from almost all sides.
Just showed this to the wife. We like it. I think the wife actually would just like me not to store RC stuff on top of the overhead cabinets in the kitchen. I'd like to put them in my youngest boy's room as we have a race car set up complete with sheet metal and dirt track tires I've turned into picture frames. But that lil monkey would figure a way to get them and "work" on them without my supervision. Maybe will have to figure out an anti kid device.
Coelacanth wrote:Not bad...I'd add rubber sleeves to the posts, and maybe some kind of rubber knobs on the ends to help prevent the cars from slipping or falling off. I like that it keeps the weight off the tires and allows you to view the car from almost all sides.
Maybe set the posts at a 5 degree angle, so the cars favor the wall side a little?
I really like this. I'm in the process of reorganizing my hobby room, and I'll have to keep this idea in mind.
very nice.. i like to see storage ideas .. i went from 80 something rcs to 50 something rcs and i still have storage issues.. i put all my cars up on blocks on my shelves cause i dont want flat spot tires..
I havent done anything with mine other than over flowing tv cabinets. while I waited for a light to go off in my head for an idea.... it never happened.
Till now, excellent idea.
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you can get a similar storage solution with a track and bracket system. The track and bracket system is easier to change around if you have different sized vehicles. The track and bracket isn't as neat and clean as this though.
This is a neat idea but without a drill press it is very hard to drill a hole straight enuf to keep all these dowels uniformly angled...just sayin from experience
Todd
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Well I didnt waste much time and got some built. It freed up alot of room and am quite happy with it.
I used 1/2" dowels and figured they would be 1/2" nope .480" and a 1/2" forsner bit makes a .510" hole. so I had some movement on a few of the pegs before the glue dried . I will have to take them out and re-glue at somepoint but overall very happy.
The weight of some of the motors is bending some pegs. maybe have to step up sizes on the next batch.
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I need pictures of the front end of this if anyone has them. there used to be a post but it is down now. I thought the front end was associated pan car but tried 12 scale front suspension mounts but the holes did not line up, but they are close......
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the blue parts on white looks great. i like the conical washers on the tranny brace i want to do that for one of my trucks now or my project rc10.... oh, by the way purple on white is very nice looking too :wink:
A friend of mine in Germany is a huge Pan Car (Pro-10) fan, and as such he has made a site dedicated to them, their history, modification and restoration.
He has also started a YouTube of videos of his current runners (vintage) to show them in...
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Good to see ya Doc!!! How ya been? Yup, that's a great site. That guy's nuts about the old pan car stuff :D
I'm assuming that most people on this board have a few cars in their collection :roll: ...I have ten and I need to figure out a good way of storing and displaying them.
I'm real tight on space,too.So tight,I rebuilt my Ford 302 in my kitchen! (no...
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A couple of dmn fine ideas,Halgar.
Yeah,the corner unit won't work...Three cars to a shelf,four shelves with hinged glass doors sounds like the best bet.
Restored,vintage RC cars are too cool not to be on display!
How does everyone store there finished cars? Off road cars when built don't fit back in their original boxes. I always kept them out for display until i got so many it was tough to keep them all clean not to mention enough display space. I looked...
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....AND THE WHOLE LENGTH OF MY GARAGE WALL.... :oops:
This is my first thread, I searched for another thread to expand on but I didn't see one on motor storage. Similar to a lot of you, I raced in the 80's as a teenager. I must have received most of my motors second hand from guys at the track. BITD...
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I still have a US Mint green top Silver Eagle tube from when I was into collecting coins. I also found that one cent (penny) tubes are good to store Dremel sanding disks. I need to get some quarter size or half dollar size to store and organize my...
LOVE a WILLYS JEEP Spent alot of time in them when was in the guard.OH my tail bone still hurts thinking of it!! :lol: don
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Well if you call getn called to watch your mother while dad gets some sleep work yea id rather drink a few :lol: .Only had 2 hours sleep when got the call at 4pm to go watch her.Her mind is slipping bad now,other than that shes fine,don