I bought the 1/24 Dallara resin body from Ditech-Produktion and mounted it on a mini-z chassis.
The mini-z is one of my hobbies. Basically they are high perf small scale remote controlled cars. They run at about 15-20 mph if the straights are long enough, on low pile carpet or foam tracks. They look like toys but are in fact highly engineered with suspensions front and rear, a differential, ball bearings in the wheels and axles, alloy and carbon fiber parts, and all you can imagine.
They are highly upgradable with aftermarket parts. Some hobbyists are good at setting, others at driving, others at building and painting bodies. The HQ electronic from the remote control gives the steering and throttle a very fine resolution that makes you feel like driving a real car. We race them (hard) at clubs or local or national events. Up to 8-10 cars can race together. The cars are timed with a RFID tag or IR transponders. Each heat is about 10-15mn (about the range of the rechargeable batteries).
My Dallara X1/9 at 1/24 scale is unique as far as I know (well as a Mini-z). I set the chassis to mock the real car, so I located the motor exactly like the real thing (transversal between seats and rear wheels) because mass centerings with the Mini-z play the same role as in reality.
For instance a Mini-z Porsche 911 would have the motor located behind the rear wheel axle just like its big sister, the rear centered weight of the "small Porsche" would result in a touchy rear end beaviour but provide more maneuvrability in tight corners.
There was some work to make the resin mould smooth, and some mods to make the body fit the chassis. I planned to mock the Di Fulvio Dallara but it turned out that the metallic dark blue is way to dark, almost black.
The body has 2 coats of primer, 1 coat of satin black, 2 coats of metallic dark blue and 2 coats of clear.
Pics of the build:
Sorry, just ignore the french but you can watch the pictures here:
http://www.nanospeeders.com/forum_z/index.php?showtopic=1474
The car running on our local Mini-z track:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnamph2g8JA"]YouTube- Mini-z with X1/9 Dallara body[/ame]
The surface of the track is industrial (short fiber) carpet. It is a bit slippy but fun. Usually the track surfaces (at least in the US) are dense foam tiles.
It is good to take the (big) X1/9 once a week to go to the local club to race a scaled down X1/9 against the friend's ferrari Enzos, Mc Laren F1s, Murcielagos.
I am the only one who has the 1/1 scale counterpart parked outside
Well almost as I don't own a Dallara :sigh::worship:
