Robco Models

A little about me and what this page is all about is in order here so
here goes, hope I dont get too long winded here. Now I can make it look really good.

I have been modeling in one form or another most of my life, as a teen
and into my early 20s it was model cars, airplanes and a ship or two. I
got away from the hobby for a number of years then in my 30s got
interested in RC models. I built and flew a number of model aircraft and
even built a 1/10 sprint car that I raced once in a while. Then came the
pilots license and flying. The next step

came in a natural progression I
guess, I made a living as a machinist mostly in the aerospace and defence
industries. I decided to build the ulitmate model, my own airplane, a
Skybolt. When I got into my early 50s I became disabled due to a number of heart
attacks, lost my pilots license so I sold the Skybolt when it was 60%
complete. A couple of years later I took up scale modeling again, building
WWII aircraft. Now being a race fan as far back as I can remember, motorcycle and
sprint cars mostly. I decided to build some sprint cars, the ones Dad and
I watched at Ascot back in the 70s and early 80s. My second wife loved the
sprints and we attended them until Ascot closed in 1990. I got hold of a
1/24 Grant King kit built it and noticed it just didnt look right. The
biggest thing wrong was the rear wheel offset and they were too close to
the body of the car. Upon starting another sprint car I decided to make a
rear axle that was correct and put my machining skills back to work, and
made one scaled from a drawing of real sprint car axle. Next I found
aftermarket photo-etch detail parts, brakes, bird cages, all kinds of
goodies. Upon showing pictures of my
axle to others with all the goodies added, people started asking for the
axles for their builds. Next came the chassis drawings, I like what they call vintage sprint
cars late 60s up to 1990, but the only kit out is a 1986 or 87 Gambler
chassis. I found a few guys building and selling modern sprint car chassis
but nothing pre 1990. So I started making scale drawings of the different
chassis of the time, Nance, Maxwell and Gambler so far using Autocad. To
me they seem to scream sprint car unlike the newer ones. I guess its my
way of keeping these classic cars and chassis builders alive. I will be adding
to the collection as I can, hopefully soon Trostle, Stanton/Challanger, Super K,
Edmunds and others, I am planning on some 100 inch cars too. So this is how Robco Models came to be.

02/11/2019

The printer has been updated and put back together, now to play with settings and such to improve the 3D prints. Wish me luck.

02/01/2019

Guess its time to change my password. There were two posts on this page that I didn't post and don't belong here.

01/27/2019

Have made progress on the 3D printed chassis, but still think I can get them printing better than these. Its just gonna take some more time and playing with settings on the printer. Here are pics of a 1991 Gambler and a mid 60s CAE super mod. They will still require some work but no more than a kit chassis would

01/14/2019

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01/02/2019

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12/13/2018

Decided on the 3D chassis I am going to try and print. The 1991 Gambler chassis, here is a picture of it in the slicer. I am still waiting for the printer to get here shortly after the first of the year. It will take some time to get the printer calibrated and working right so please be patient.

11/04/2018

I have an idea for 3D printed chassis and may be looking into buying a printer after the first of the year. What I would like to know is, which chassis I have drawings for you would all like to see printed first ? I will have to create the file for printing and would like to start that process by the end of the month. So guys let me know what chassis you would like to have printed first.

10/31/2018

Beautiful modern chassis, vac-u-formed panels and cast parts as well ! Check em out.

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08/28/2018

I just added the Tognotti T-104 and T-105 super modified chassis to the website in 1/24 and 1/18 scales. They are the basic 100 inch chassis kits Tognotti sold in both the coupe and sedan versions. Mainly the lower rails and the roll cage, you will have to add other bars, mounting tabs, and suspension as builders did back in the day. You can find all my templates on the website. https://robcomodels.wixsite.com/robcomodels

08/04/2018

Two more drawings have been added to the website, the 1964 and 65 CAE 500 Super Modifieds in both 1/24 and 1/18 scales. You can message me here with your email address and I will send the PDF files or get them from the site.
https://robcomodels.wixsite.com/robcomodels

07/17/2018

All my drawings are on the website now for free download so check it out.

https://robcomodels.wixsite.com/robcomodels

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