Sometimes when you cobble together a car from parts - it just comes out well!!!

A few years ago I bought a bag of parts containing a Cheetah. No Idea of brand - almost looks plastic but I think it is Resin and thus think it is the Bauer kit. I really paid little for it - think the original owner had given up on it.

It had a Carrera cheetah chassis in the bag, that turned out to be tricky to fit. No Interior and no tyres. I really struggled to get any tyres and in searching could not find carrera Cheetah tyres (in europe). SO the ones on it are Carrera Mustang. Not perfect but look ok.

I cobbled together an interior made from a cast of the Cox Cheetah interior and plasticard with my own dashboard that I cast many years ago.
Doesnt look too bad.

Finised decalling last night and realised just how much I liked it. For me this version sits and looks like the real thing. I have the strombecker and Cox versions and to me this looks the bees knees!!

What do you think??

Start of the work!!

       


Complete for now (until I find the correct tyres)

               

Pictured with her cousins!!!

Race results and report - 15th August 2024 - Italian Cars Night

   
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This has always been an interesting mix of fast and slow cars, Small Sports, Rally, Group 5, Sports and GT cars through the eras.
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Tonight was no exception during which we were treated to a great finale but the race of the night was Heat #5 between Brian & Ed as they raced side-by-side for the first two minutes.
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There’s two results charts, one showing solo results, the other a Team Handicap but now using the Median Lap rather than the Hot Lap…Median is the middle value.
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Classes of cars raced:
Standard ‘Back 2 Basics’ Class:
Ed’s Fly Lancia 037
Kev’s Ninco Lamborghini Gallardo

Standard Class:
Geoff’s Racer Ferrari 512 BBLM
Brian’s SlotIt Maserati MC GT3
Kev’s Black Arrow Lamborghini Murcielago
Geoff’s Racer Lamborghini Huracan
Ed’s SlotIt Ferrari 412P

Open Class:
Andy’s Black Arrow Ferrari 458
Brian’s Carrera Ferrari 365P2
Andy’s Racer Lamborghini Huracan

Solo results

   

Team Handicap results

   

Handicap calculator

   


The next theme night is a 50’s & 60’s Monsters & Minis in early October


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Next week is Club Revoslots followed by Saloons

BRM Limited Edition, All assembly parts as supplied.

   

Price £85 including UK postage.

RTR Limited Edition model, never been out of the box

   

£100 postage included for any UK destinations

Sorry to see this one go, only used for a National Competition once, so minimal wear.

          

Price £75 including delivery to any UK destination

            

  
BRM Toyota 88C running car with inline chassis (one rear wheel insert missing), with spares: Anglewinder replacement chassis, lexan lightweight cockpit, anglewinder Spur gear with chassis axle bearings, spare mirrors, driver and sponge tyres.

Price £65 includes postage to destinations within UK.

I have  an unused body and cockpit spares for BRM Porsche 962C

   

£15 Postage included for any UK destination.

I have this unused Thunderslot Shelby GT350 for sale never been run n the track


          

Price £65 including postage to any UK destination.

Hello my friends,

Just to inform that the models database
www.lm24database.org
extend contents to 1/32 slot-cars.
So far years 1923 to 1959.
Enjoy!

Before I had a slot car track as a kid. I built static model cars. I thought I outgrew them. Apparently not.

About 10 to 12-years ago, a nice couple here in Toronto had a website offering new 1/25 static car kits at around $12 to $14 each. It brought back some fond memories. Now as an adult with a slightly better budget, I bought a bus-load of kits figuring I'll need something to do later on down the road when I retire. Most of these were tucked away under the stairs for all these years.

It's too bad that Cindy and Marty retired their website. They are well known in Toronto. They still work at flea markets.

   

Now that I started converting some of these to slot cars. I look at them very differently these days. It's possible that I may have added a few cars since that photo.

Do you collect model kits?

Cheers,
Ken