Well, there was a bit of frantic activity on the chassis front ahead of last Saturday's Member's Day. I decided that before I go any further with the chassis I had to prove that the live outside faces of the PCB frames with pickups soldered directly on behind the wheels would work.

I'd never seen this before and frankly was a bit of a flight of fancy spurred on by the fact I have loads of spare PCB material left over from JZ sleeper panels.

First effort, straight Pb wire about 8mm long acting on the rear of the wheel rim was a complete failure and almost burned out the Sagami I was just about to give up and try some conventional "round the springs" v shaped pickups as per Iain Rice when inspiration hit.

So this is what I've got:

and they work very well. Fiddly to adjust and one or two were spotted poking out from behind the wheel rim on Saturday but they stay in contact with the wheels at all times and do not act as brakes

PCB chassis work (as long as you make sure cylinders and weighshafts don't short across the frames.....)