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Picard/Flynn Blue Mist
Richard’s most recent build replicates a chassis seen on Slotblog of an HO ISO period chassis.
“To be honest this chassis was a real beetch to build. While watching the bits play out over on the slotblog.com it seemed magical - and inspiring.... now I know why Dave has not finished the car... I don't think it actually is all that period correct - parts maybe, even the idea, but if anything it must have not been a popular modification.”
“I say this for two reasons. First - if it was, we would have more evidence of surviving examples of this mod. Second - the wiper system is not really all its cracked up to be... now some of this may be due to my interpretation of how this project was to be completed. I imagine Dave was going to fit it with custom wipers. The Phosphor bronze I have I find a tad too thick for my liking, so I opted for the Tyco wipers instead. So I had to drill out the holes - not easy to do on such thin material.
Trying to unscrew the nuts and bolts on the guide is a pain, so what looks like a serviceable guide compared to the stock discardable Riggen unit really does not buy you much as it’s really tedious to get back together. But building it has given me some insight to a better guide that may be something to continue to develop.”
To the readers who are not aware, Richard does a lot of work with resin HO bodies that are supplied to various outlets such as HO Slot Car Racing. He also was the designer for the wheels on the new Tomy Mega-G car that was released in December 2008. RiggenHO will in the near future feature a Limited Edition based on his “Thing 1” body that has recently gone into production.
For this particular car, Richard has replicated a period body. He calls it “my Thing 2 body - based on the Lancer Mongoose.”
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Fetaures...
Plexi guide flag
"soft" body mount
hot arm in dyed can
secure lead wire connection