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Boss Hog

February 28, 2016, 7:28 am
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I've made a start sculpting a 1/32 figure of Boss Hog, thought I'd post a few picture's here, as I go along, may be of interest to some! I've used a 1/35 military figure as a frame base, Boss Hog was rather short. Here's where I'm at.





Jason
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PSK - Lotus 40 - 1965

February 29, 2016, 4:03 am
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Hi

Here is my last build.
This is a PSK kit which I bought pre-painted.
The kit comes with several "photo etched part" which gives an extra look to the global finish








I started it near than 1 years ago and put it on hold several times due to its complexity.
At the end I’m quite proud of the overall finish cool.gif

Greetings
Pike
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Porsche 917K

March 1, 2016, 9:21 am
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I am continuing to scratchbuild my favorite cars. Here is a Porsche 917 K done up in the Gulf colors. This is a resin cast body( two part mold, as I got tired of grinding and filing) No interior as this one was built for more go and less show. Has vacuum formed glass and a drivers head though.

A modified Gift Card Chassis as I continue to try and find speed with this set up. This car is my first non mag car to break the 5 second lap so is running about 20% faster then cars I sent to the proxy race running my own cast urethane tires.

Decals are from Pattos

Packing tape has been used on the front corners to help protect the paint when the car goes into the wall.






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Targa Florio 1.923

March 1, 2016, 11:48 am
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Hello sirs,




They were produced three different versions: the Normale (normale), Tourism and Sport. The RL TF (Targa Florio) was the racing version of the RL, this version weighed half compared to the normal versions, he had seven main spindles instead of four two carburetors. In 1923, the racing team Alfa Romeo had drivers like Ugo Sivocci, Antonio Ascari, Giulio Masetti and Enzo Ferrari, who piloted the RL TF in competitions. The TF Sivocci RL had a symbol with a green shamrock on white background and when he won the 1923 Targa Florio race, that symbol became the lucky charm Alfa Romeo team





The participation of Alfa Romeo in the Targa Florio began in 1920 when Enzo Ferrari, yes, the same Enzo who would become the famous car manufacturer in the world, raced an Alfa Romeo and adjust the time fastest lap in 2 hours , 5 minutes and 39 seconds of driving at the Circuito delle Madonie (108 km) at an average speed of 51.571 km / h.








Enzo participated in five editions of the Targa, 1919-1923, with his best being the second in 1920. The famous conductor Campari results also drove an Alfa Romeo to third place in 1921.








The first victory came in 1923, over 4 laps the Circuito delle Madonie, for a total of 432 km. Ugo Sivocci won at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo RLTF a six-cylinder engine and 3 liters.





Although Italian # 13 tradition associated with bad luck, Sivocci won the race wearing # 13 on its radiator grille after contending with Steyr, Minoia career and the formidable Antonio Ascari in an Alfa like.







In fact, Ascari dominated the race but he was the one who had the bad luck since his engine quit last turn even though his car was # 14.





He managed to fire the engine again after 10 minutes but by then Sivocci had taken the checkered flag. Sivocci won in 7 hours, 18 minutes driving at an average speed of 59.177 km / h. It was followed by less than 3 minutes Ascari, who posted the fastest lap in 1 hour, 41 minutes and 10 seconds at an average speed of 63.986 km / h.





Two other models Alfa RLTF participated in the 1923 Targa Florio driven by Enzo Ferrari and Giulio Masetti, who finished fourth. Masetti was known as the "Leona delle Madonie" (The Lion of the Madonie Mountains) due to its bold and dramatic style of driving. A rich and noble Tuscan won the Targa man driving a FIAT in 1921 and again in 1922 with a Mercedes. He also finished 4th and 2nd driving Alfas in 1923 and 1924, respectively. His love for the Targa Florio was so obvious that Sicily fans had embraced him as one of their favorites. Driving a Delage, who was fighting for victory in the Targa Florio in 1926. While Delage was powerful brake failure was a likely factor in the fatal crash that lost Masetti life in a very demanding portion circuit, where the real drivers shine. Requirez wrote, "man like him, dying race, never die".

Another Alfa,s..













BR

Jordi

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James Hunt Shadow DN2, 1973

March 2, 2016, 12:56 pm
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Being a massive james hunt fan I've been Building james career cars most of the F1s are done and an F5000 eagle, next is the Shadow DN2 from 1973, a one off race at road America, james failed to finish in the car he didn't enjoy driving.

Brilliant shadow shell by DNQ, SlotIT HRS chassis, and Protoslot Wheels rims and Decals, special thanks to DNQ once again and Chris at Protoslot.

[/url]James Hunt Shadow DN2 by matra2011, on Flickr\

[/url]James Hunt Shadow DN2 by James Hunt


[url=https://flic.kr/p/EJnrA7]James Hunt Shadow DN2 by matra2011, on Flickr\
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Starting building some new wooden shells

March 4, 2016, 4:48 am
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First up will be the brutal Maserati ” il mostro”, le Mans -57.
Out in deep water this time, I will not be able to take a look at the real thing up the road.




The plan view from car modeller -67 has some serious issues around doors and windows, I do hope the general shape is more correct.
If anybody knows about a better plan please let me know!

If not I 'll try to correct while working...




This time I give it a try using lime tree.

Cheers
Carver
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The complete grid

March 5, 2016, 1:17 pm
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Gentlemen - here they are. All 27 cars from the Swedish GP on Anderstorp, 1976. Nicely parked in their Showa show case:



And here out in the free:



Scuderia Ferrari
#1 Ferrari 312T2 – Niki Lauda
#2 Ferrari 312T2 – Clay Regazzoni
Scalextric C2558A
Scalextric C2799

Elf Team Tyrrell
#3 Tyrrell P34 – Jody Scheckter
#4 Tyrrell P34 – Patrick Depailler
SCX 4054 (repainted)

John Player Team Lotus
#5 Lotus 77 – Mario Andretti
#6 Lotus 77 – Gunnar Nilsson
Scalextric C126 (repainted)

Martini Racing
#7 Brabham BT45 – Carlos Reutemann
#8 Brabham BT45 – Carlos Pace
BSB

Beta Team March
#9 March 761 – Vittorio Brambilla
Fly 88327 (with DNQ airbox)

March Engineering
#10 March 761 – Ronnie Peterson
Fly 99042

Marlboro Team McLaren
#11 McLaren M23 – James Hunt
#12 McLaren M23 – Jochen Mass
Scalextric C2558A
Scalextric C2927

Shadow Racing Team
#16 Shadow DN5B – Tom Pryce
#17 Shadow DN5B – Jean-Pierre Jarier
DNQ

Team Surtees
#18 Surtees TS19 – Brett Lunger
DNQ

Durex Team Surtees
#19 Surtees TS19 – Alan Jones
DNQ

Walter Wolf Racing
#21 Williams FW05 – Michel Leclère
DNQ

Team Ensign
#22 Ensign N176 – Chris Amon
BSB

Hesketh Racing
#24 Hesketh 308D – Harald Ertl
DNQ

Ligier Gitanes
#26 Ligier JS5 – Jacques Laffite
BSB

Citibank Team Penske
#28 Penske PC4 – John Watson
DNQ

Copersucar-Fittipaldi
#30 Fittipaldi FD04 – Emerson Fittipaldi
DNQ

RAM Racing
#32 Brabham BT44B – Loris Kessel
#33 Brabham BT44B – Jac. Nellemann
Scalextric C104 (repainted and with DNQ airbox)

Theodore Racing
#34 March 761 – Hans-Joachim Stuck
Fly 88256

Ovoro Team March
#35 March 761 – Arturo Merzario
Fly 88279 (with DNQ airbox)

HB Bewaking Alarm Systems
#37 Boro N175 – Larry Perkins
BSB

This is how they lined up that sunny Sunday in Scandinavia. #33 was a DNQ:



6 drivers out this total of 27 covers for no less than 9 World Championship crowns:
3: Niki (1975, 1977 + 1984)
2: Emerson (1972 + 1974)
1: James (1976)
1: Mario (1978)
1: Jody (1979)
1: Alan (1980)

16 of these drivers would split incredible 127 Grand Prix victories between them:
25: Niki
14: Emerson
12: Mario, Carlos R. + Alan
10: Ronnie, Jody + James
6: Jacques
5: Clay + John
2: Patrick
1: Carlos P., Jochen, Vittorio + Gunnar

As always they were a joy to build but I could not have done it without your help and support. Special and warm thanks goes to DNQ and Reissorg.

Cheers Holger


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Two Projects Completed

March 6, 2016, 4:28 am
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Just finished these two cars today, looking forward to giving them a run. Birkin Bentley and STP Indy Turbine.







Tony
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2nd Take Porsche 917K

March 7, 2016, 11:10 am
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Did up another 1/43 scale 917K in Gulf colours.

This Gift Card Chassis is a continuing evolution. This is an inline with a FF30N motor fit lower and as far back as I could fit it. This opened up some space for a full driver and cockpit area.







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Looking for a 1/32 Volvo Amazon bodyshell

March 7, 2016, 12:31 pm
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As thread title suggests. Do any of the main kit manufacturers make 1 of these? I can't find 1.
Failing that does anyone do a resin body?

Cheers.
Nik.
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Ferrari 750 Monza Le Mans 1955

March 9, 2016, 11:38 am
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Hello all,

I will show you my last project:
This Ferrari # 14 was one of three Ferraris with -Scaglietti- coachwork. No car finished.

For base I purchased a remould of a former -MMK- body which was produced by a spanish modelist.
Chassis is taken from a -Fly- F-250 GTO, motor in front position alike original. I have done some modification to adept.
Lighting system (-Overdrive-) for front and rear as usally.

A walk around the car:

















vbr. claus



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Matra MS120

March 10, 2016, 4:59 am
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Here's another one of my 70s f1 builds Penelope Pitlane kit with brass chassis, I built it to have something to race against my Policar Lotus 72, I was quite pleased with it till I totally messed up on the windscreen so painted it out looks ok not perfect, not my best efforts but good or bad I always show my cars so hopefully I can improve next time.

url=https://flic.kr/p/F7pphH][/url]Matra ms120 slot car by matra2011, on Flickr

url=https://flic.kr/p/EYdq6n][/url]Matra ms120 slot car by matra2011, on Flickr

url=https://flic.kr/p/EYdnJt][/url]Matra ms120 slot car by matra2011, on Flickr
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Latest Build

March 12, 2016, 4:39 am
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Here is the start of my latest build, a Maserati 250F Streamliner. It will have an SRP 30K motor, one of my brass and piano wire rattle pan chassis's, Avantslot gears, PRs wheels and tyres and a Slot.it deep guide. I'll post more pictures as the build moves on.






Tony
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Shadow F1 no 16 - DN1 1973- Tom Pryce

March 12, 2016, 4:12 pm
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I am building the above car and would like a set of decals for the car in the Tom Pryce livery as outlined above. I don't have any images I am able to send but there are lots on Google images for this car. Can anyone obligue please. Thanks.
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Ditech Porsche 909

March 14, 2016, 4:02 pm
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I was surfing the web for a Porsche 909 Bergspyder and up comes one from Ditech. I searched the forum and the feedback on the brand is bad. Has anyone had a better experience lately?
Does anyone know another source for this car? Top Slot were planning on releasing one but to my knowledge that hasn't happened.
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Where to get hard body 1:32 LMP1 car bodies

March 16, 2016, 1:08 am
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Hello every one,

I have got the bug of wanting to try scratch building (well sort of....using a slot.it Hrs2 chassis as a start)

I repainted some generic Scalextric 2014 f1 cars and used patto's Decals to create a remixed F1 legends digital slotcar racing set (6 cars). Now I'm looking to a new challenge

I am wondering how to source hard bodies...(because I don't know how detailed petg or lexan would look)

I Really want to do scale cars with as much detail as I can achieve..
With light kits interior with the intention to race them (similar level to scalextric high details cars)

I love lmp cars an and I would like to do a 6 car set of lmp cars

I would like to model the following cars
Porsche 917k (like everyone else)
Porsche 919 (2015 Webber lemans car) (very high priority)
Peugeot 905 (evolution 1) (very high priority)

How can you get hard body shells or make them (perhaps how to rebuild and augment existing ones)

Thanks in advance for the pointers
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Airbrush boffins. Info needed please.

March 17, 2016, 3:28 am
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Guys,
I need some basic questions answered here. I've always originally used either tins of enamel spray paint to paint kits, or the Tamiya rattle cans. I've never had any success with air brushing, but that is probably because I had cheap equipment or the wrong stuff.
Can I ask some the more seasoned spray painters (Tamar, others), what to look for, and what equipment you use\suggest?

Some questions include:

Make of airbrush, single or double action
Size of compressor, is a water trap needed
Paint reservoir on top, below brush etc?

I believe the enamel paints I've been using react with the plastic resin I'm casting with, softening the finished product. If I was going to buy a brush, what would I need to look for.

thanks in advance guys

regards

Alan
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1969 Le Man winning GT40

March 17, 2016, 9:12 pm
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As I continue building some of the iconic race cars of the 60's you just knew a GT 40 had to be done

This is built on a sidewinder Gift Card chassis leaving me room for a full driver figure.

Resin cast shell, with Vacuum formed windows. airbrushed with acrylics.

Decals are from Pattos.

Wheels are machined aluminum with Photoetched inserts.

Rear Tires are home cast urethane

Peter sent me a 1/43 3D printed guide when he returned my Proxy cars, so I put that to use on this build.












Already started on the next one. A Chaparral 2G was laid up and I just popped out a few resin shells to work with.
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1960 Aston Martin DBR1.

March 18, 2016, 5:53 am
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1960 Aston Martin DBR1.
GP Minatures.
PPL AW Sport 250 chassis. Pendles wheel set. Shark NSR 22 motor. Slot.it running gear and guide. Rear bearing bushes. Immense Miniatures Stirling Moss.







More pic's of my builds in my Albums.

Thanks for looking.

Brian
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Ferrari 250GT SWB. 1960 Goodwood TT winner.

March 18, 2016, 5:58 am
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Ferrari 250GT SWB. 1960 Goodwood TT winner.
Stirling Moss.
GP Minatures.
Slot Classic chassis. Racer LM wheel set. Shark NSR 22 motor. Slot.it running gear and Scaleauto guide. Rear bearing bushes. Decals by Patto. Immense Miniatures Stirling Moss driver.









Think I'll change the Scaleauto guide.

Thanks for looking.

Brian
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