A load of old rubbish...
#1001
Posted 21 October 2010 - 14:37
wha??
#1003
Posted 22 October 2010 - 12:22
#1004
Posted 28 October 2010 - 13:17
You know the old saying, never mind the quality, feel the width!
#1005
Posted 28 October 2010 - 13:39
#1006
Posted 28 October 2010 - 20:03
#1007
Posted 29 October 2010 - 05:45
This slot car which I've built for next February's "Earlybirds" race meeting at Wolverhampton is meant to represent Jean-Pierre Wimille's 1948 Reims winner. I take no credit for the beautifully mastered fibreglass bodyshell which is by Dave Jones.
David
#1008
Posted 29 October 2010 - 07:46
#1009
Posted 29 October 2010 - 10:36
Or perhaps he's been debating whether or not he should buy a return ticket?
#1010
Posted 29 October 2010 - 18:12
I use Airfix soldier figures as the base for my drivers and as Wimille was middle-aged by 1948 I selected a head that was carrying a little weight but I agree he does look a bit grumpy.
I doubt he was concerned about his South American trip as he enjoyed racing for his friend, Gordini.
David
#1011
Posted 30 October 2010 - 07:27
Anyone want to buy a set of unused multipose soldier figures, 32nd scale?
#1012
Posted 30 October 2010 - 11:49
David
#1013
Posted 17 February 2011 - 15:13
Anyway, the latest rubbish from Anglesey is this pair:
Finally painted in Ford Forest Green and PLEASE don't tell me about all the other, closer, colours that I could/should have used.
#1014
Posted 17 February 2011 - 16:02
And they will also make the Ferguson 4 wheel drive 1961, however I am not sure as a 4 wheel driven device..
I think they are only rear wheel driven, a pity...
Paul Hooft
#1015
Posted 17 February 2011 - 16:15
And they will also make the Ferguson 4 wheel drive 1961, however I am not sure as a 4 wheel driven device..
I think they are only rear wheel driven, a pity...
Paul Hooft
Wasn't there a 4-w-d Ferguson model slot-car at one stage?
#1016
Posted 17 February 2011 - 16:42
Wasn't there a 4-w-d Ferguson model slot-car at one stage?
I know nothing at all about slot cars (or much else) but when I was at skule in the 60s one of my friends had a chassis which not only had 4 wheel drive but "steering" too i.e. the front wheels were attached to the "thingy" which goes into the slot in such a manner that the wheels always aligned with the slot, even if the car was sideways. Needless to say this contraption just ran rings around everything else. I'm not sure if it had been bought, or if his Dad made it. It carried a variety of sports-racing car bodies from the period. I remember we bought some special tyres for it from the Model Shop on Bootle St/Deansgate in Manchester; they were quite soft and had a diamond tread pattern.
Edited by elansprint72, 17 February 2011 - 16:42.
#1017
Posted 17 February 2011 - 17:15
I know nothing at all about slot cars (or much else) but when I was at skule in the 60s one of my friends had a chassis which not only had 4 wheel drive but "steering" too i.e. the front wheels were attached to the "thingy" which goes into the slot in such a manner that the wheels always aligned with the slot, even if the car was sideways. Needless to say this contraption just ran rings around everything else. I'm not sure if it had been bought, or if his Dad made it. It carried a variety of sports-racing car bodies from the period. I remember we bought some special tyres for it from the Model Shop on Bootle St/Deansgate in Manchester; they were quite soft and had a diamond tread pattern.
Wasn't there an MRRC Mercedes W125r with (non-prototypical) 4wd - came as a kit with an awful lot of tiny ball-bearings?
#1018
Posted 17 February 2011 - 17:22
Ah, Pete, sounds like one of the MRRC 4-wheel drives. They did a Mercedes and an Indy Novi. Beautifully designed and a joy to behold, when completed. http://www.mrrc.com/history.htmlI know nothing at all about slot cars (or much else) but when I was at skule in the 60s one of my friends had a chassis which not only had 4 wheel drive but "steering" too i.e. the front wheels were attached to the "thingy" which goes into the slot in such a manner that the wheels always aligned with the slot, even if the car was sideways. Needless to say this contraption just ran rings around everything else. I'm not sure if it had been bought, or if his Dad made it. It carried a variety of sports-racing car bodies from the period. I remember we bought some special tyres for it from the Model Shop on Bootle St/Deansgate in Manchester; they were quite soft and had a diamond tread pattern.
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#1019
Posted 17 February 2011 - 21:46
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#1020
Posted 17 February 2011 - 21:57
That could well be the fellow! Looking at the e-Bay photo of the chassis it fits the bill, however, the sort of bodies which my mate fitted were Porsche 904, Ferrari 250LM, etc. Protesting to the skule scrutineer (woodwork teacher) about the 4wd did me no good as he said the real cars were running under prototype rules and that my puny Scalextric Lotus 25 ought to be running rings around the rest of the field, rather than the other way round.
Speaking of which... when will the Kilton Spring Cup be held?
Edited by elansprint72, 17 February 2011 - 21:59.
#1021
Posted 17 February 2011 - 22:12
These were real gems:
I really like to see the Instruction sheet of them.
Back in the early 80's I was able to buy them for only 6.99 pounds!!
from MRRC
BIG Mistake: I NEVER did..
#1022
Posted 17 February 2011 - 22:25
Speaking of which... when will the Kilton Spring Cup be held?
Best hold it soonest before the rioting starts in Cheshire & Bernie withdraws it's permit..................
#1023
Posted 17 February 2011 - 23:09
#1024
Posted 17 February 2011 - 23:10
Best hold it soonest before the rioting starts in Cheshire & Bernie withdraws it's permit..................
What possible reason could I have for rioting? My MP is George Gideon Oliver Osbourn (heir to two Irish Baronetcies) and my MEP is Nick Griffin.
#1025
Posted 18 February 2011 - 10:43
Any relation to George Osborne, Pete?What possible reason could I have for rioting? My MP is George Gideon Oliver Osbourn
#1026
Posted 19 February 2011 - 18:21
If you had a Scalextric Lotus 25, Pete, you had the only one they ever made!
They did do one Barry but it wasn't Scalextric's finest hour
David
#1027
Posted 24 January 2018 - 16:54
A little bump for the "old rubbish" thread.
I had the pleasure today to drive a few of Barry's grand prix cars round his very accurate Monaco slot racing circuit, after struggling initially I eventually managed to set a time that would have seen me scrape onto the grid for the race he has just run in his 1957 season.
Thank you for the opportunity Barry and I wouldn't mind another go some time.
David
#1028
Posted 24 January 2018 - 17:08
I’m not being in any way personal but are you a thumb or finger man?
Rob
#1029
Posted 24 January 2018 - 17:53
I don't do slot cars with magnets - they are for wimps.... I like Barry's cars they are actually fairly predictable once you've found a rhythm but you do have to be precise and then they do a really good turn of speed.
I used to be a thumb man but now it's the finger.
David
#1030
Posted 24 January 2018 - 18:08
David does himself an injustice. His best time with Peter Collins' Ferrari would have put him 7th on the grid.
#1031
Posted 25 September 2018 - 14:30
Barry raced at the weekend in a little sports car event in Southend. He also brought along four, two-car teams of his lovely 1950s grand prix slot cars that we could race at the meeting.
Barry is warming up the Johnson motor in Fangio's Maserati 250F (some of these old motors don't perform until they get fairly hot)
The entry for the 1950s/60s Sports and GT race
Five old pharts that really should know better than to still be playing with toy cars.
David