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From Keith
25-03-2023   (01:36:26)

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I bought an Aoshima Nissan Skyline R33 Snap Kit in my last order of kits from Japan and I had originally intended to use a Slot.It Skyline chassis but the wheelbase didn't look right and so I ordered a Slot.It HRS2 chassis for it which arrived yesterday.
I built the chassis up today found a slight problem with it. The HRS2 chassis is designed to take the old style motor pod with the side tab which makes the chassis wide on one side than the other and meant that I would have to fit a set of narrow wheels, probably about 6mm wide so a change of plan was required. However by this time I had printed a 3D interior tray with mounting posts, as I had done for the Bluebird, and on doing another check of the Skyline chassis I found that the chassis mounting point were the same and comparing the chassis wheelbase with the built up HRS2 there wasn't as much in it as I thought so I have now fitted all the running gear to the Slot.it Skyline chassis but i did have to do quite a bit of trimming of the chassis losing about 3mm each side and also some front and rear trimming. I also 3D printed an driver and front seats, again as for the Bluebird but scaled down, but having glued it to the tray I discovered that the seats and driver were to high so the driver has now lost the top of his head and now looks a bit like a very small egg cup.


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