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Tyrrell - Spain GP 1976
I decided I need to make a tyrrell from the GP of Spain 1976,But not that one, this one !based on an old scaley 007 with the pods cut off, new ones added, the nose reprofiled, an extra 6mm in the...
View ArticleErasing tampo-printing
I have been waiting for the 2013 and 2014 WRC Champion cars from Scalextric and now they release the 2015 WRC Champion.So I thought "I have make my own in 2013 and 2014 champions ...".I bought the 2013...
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Veritas RS
Hi sirs,A little history..Veritas was a small German company formed after the end of World War II by 3 BMW employees who built racing and sports cars based on pre-war BMWs. They built about 75 cars...
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Loz's Garage
In addition to the track I have under construction, I've also got a car in the works.It's a PCS 32 Adjustable chassis with an Airfix Triumph Herald. As it's my first one it looks a bit rough, but it's...
View ArticleTo glue or to melt the alignment pins
When they factory assemble cars they melt the attachment pins to secure the parts. Should one do this when making a kit or use glue as if one were building an Airfix Spitfire?Roughly what temp does one...
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A lot quicker than expected
Some time ago, Michael in Greece sent me a few motors to try. The Atlas is in my now, sadly to be unused there, car for Bordo. He also sent a couple of quote 'special winds' unquote. Just the usual...
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Fiat 500 supersaloon
First attempt at a 'start from nothing' build. Starting with this from Newray- Took a mould and created this - Now to find a chassis And make it fitA bit Carlos Fandango at this stage Start on the...
View Articlewhat scaley chassis fits Airfx
just got hold of 2 Airfix kits a mgb and a db5. what standard scalextric chassis fits these carsmany thanks
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Leicester City F1
Congratulations to Leicester City F C. Made this a couple of months ago but it was only today that I could put the race number on it. Number 1 of course.My grandad was Leicester coach during the 1929...
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1954 Lotus MkVlll
The Lotus MkVlll was a sports car with great 1950s "spaceship"/aerodynamic lines in the days before cars saw a wind tunnel. It was one of Colin Chapman's early designs but despite it's sleek look it...
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BMW Z4 Team Brasil Blancpain GT Series 2015
Hi everyone,Here is a quick look at one of the my latest projects, A french customer wanted to have both cars raced by the Team Brasil at Nogaro 2015's "Coupes de Pâques", which were part of the...
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Lotus 88b resin kit
My latest build is the Genius idea of the Lotus 88b that was banned by protest from other teams and governing body, as it had a twin chassis that was considered to be moving downforce parts which was...
View ArticleThe Car Designs of Frank Costin
Slots-O-Fun and Carver have talked about the cars that Frank Costin had a hand in designing and wondered about a slot car collection of them.I did a quick search and lifted the following list of his...
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1968 Alpine A220 decals?
Can anybody point me at a set of 1:32 decals for any A220 as raced in 1968? I imagine if there is such a thing it will be for the Le Mans 24h of that year.This is the earlier form of the car with the...
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Lotus 72D, Ronnie Peterson 1973
Nearly half a year ago I started to build this Lotus 72D in JPS-livery, using the (unfortunately now sold out) Penelope-Pitlane-kit and a PP-chassis.I found the body a bit too long, so I did shorten it...
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'55 Chev
This is a Revell Snaptite kit I started a while ago but it's been sitting in the 'too hard' basket for too long. So while I'm waiting for the paint to dry on the MK2 I decided to have another go at it....
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1/24th Scale 1962 Lotus 25
A few years ago I had a go at the Big Birds race meeting at Rockingham, I raced a standard 24th scale Cox Ferrari 158. For sometime I have thought of having another go but wasn't sure what to race.As a...
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I've lost me marbles....
...but then it's because I just hoovered them up! Can't believe the rate of wear on the urethanes on the quick cars. I doubt I've done more than 50 laps with the car on the right. That's 3 or 4mm...
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1961 Ford Falcon Ranchero
Have made a start building up one of these on a PCS chassis with Chase-cars steering front end, fits on the chassis ok, just needs the seats in the cab being raised by about 3mm, kits really nice comes...
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Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v
Another recent purchase purchase from Shapeways, though sold as the Opel Kadett GSi it's more familiar to me by its UK name the Astra.Back in the late 1980s the Astra GTE 16v created a major buzz in...
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