How to Convert A 1/25th Scale Back To The Future Delorian By Polar Lights into a Slot Car  - Part 1
Channel: Monster Hobbies Online
Date: 2020-09-17

Are you looking for a conversion project to give you an unique slot car for your 1/24th scale Carrera slot car track? 

Today I am going to show you how to do that in this video titled How to Convert A 1/25th Scale Back To The Future Delorian By Polar Lights into a Slot Car. This is Part 1 of this series.

To make the conversion, you will need the Polar Lights 1/25th scale Back To the Future Delorian model car kit and a Carrera Porsche 911 GT3 RSR slot car. You will also need various Evergreen Styrene plastic sheet and rod, model railway nails, your hobby tools and some crazy glue. This is a model car how-to video that I hope will help you learn a new model building skill. 

Video Chapters :  

0:00​ - Introduction to our video series with The Doc
0:39​ - Comparing our Polar Lights Snap Together model kit with our Carrera Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
2:46​ - Unscrewing the Carrera Porsche 911 GT3 RSR
3:50​ - My thoughts on the modifications needed to fit the Delorian body on the Porsche chassis
5:41 - How do you remove a Carrera digital slot car headlight clip?
8:44​ - Dry fitting the Polar Lights Delorian body to the Carrera Porsche chassis without lights
10:19 - Sorting out how to cut the Carrera chassis to fit the Delorian 
12:34​ - How do you unscrew a Carrera Digital Chip from a car?
14:20​ - Removing the headlight holder brackets and exhaust pipes
15:50​ - Removing the rear engine and wheels assembly
18:28​ - Removing the front axle
20:02​ - How to remove the metal pin that holds in the front brushes on a Carrera car
21:36​ - Removing the magnet from the Carrera Porsche 911 GT3 RSR chassis
22:00​ - Dry fitting the bare chassis pan to our Delorian car body
23:36 - Finding the center line of the chassis - masking tape method
27:00​ - Using the center line and our compass to determine the edge of our chassis for cutting
29:01 - A look at our modified chassis
31:36 - Fitting the modified chassis to the Polar Lights Delorian body and the issues I had with it
32:31 - Removing the rear mounting posts
35:15 - How to enlarge the wheel wells to accommodate the larger Carrera tires
38:20 - Test fitting the wheels to the enlarged wheel arches and figuring out how to attach the body
44:31 - Sorting out the interior components and their fit in our modified car 
47:00​ - Video conclusion and our other social media platforms

I wish you well in your model building project!

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