Motorsport History In Minature

[chaindrive]

Presented to Mr Begg some years ago. 1/12 Begg 018

[Roger Dowding]

not in the same league but cool nevertheless

Bry3500.. have the Zephyr as original [ not Ernie's ] and did the Fastback thing on an Anglia, using cardboard and resin for the back and filed down the front guards to round off the headlights sadly now gone.
Only taken me 3 years to comment, Oh well .. not in a hurry these days !!

[ERC]

Dad's Merit kit built Talbot Lago - with engine detail, making it more expensive than the standard Merit fare. I think the basics were 7/6d, with the Airfix kits 2/- at the time.

Why can't they produce model kits today of these great old F1 cars at a modest price? Dad's Alfa - also with engine detail needs a bit of repair work as do one or two others, but these days, you can't even just pop into a local toy shop for a tube of glue for plastics!

[chaindrive]

Same one with a better set of wheels. Ray you're right . It wud be great to see some of these older formula cars produced now
PS. See the price these old Merits are fetching now !!!!!

[bill hollingsworth]

The Alfa Romeo and Talbot Lago have been re-released by SMER and are readily available at around $20 AUD. The original Merit kits built up are not difficult to get off eBay and usually go for between $50 to $100. For new Japanese kits it is cheaper to get them direct from Japan. https://hlj.com/

[ERC]

Thanks Bill. I wasn't aware of that. Just started bidding for a Talbot on Ebay and luckily, I have a UK address. Will have a go at an Alfa too.

[chaindrive]

The Merit moulds for the Syracuse Connaught and Aston DB3S went to Premier and re-released. Still hard to find !

[bill hollingsworth]

I have a couple of Hong Kong knockoffs of the Syracuse Connaught, same scale and all. The Merit kits were available for a long time, well into the sixties having first been released in 1956. https://primotipo.com/tag/merit-models/

[bry3500]

The Alfa Romeo and Talbot Lago have been re-released by SMER and are readily available at around $20 AUD. The original Merit kits built up are not difficult to get off eBay and usually go for between $50 to $100. For new Japanese kits it is cheaper to get them direct from Japan. https://hlj.com/

I made a couple slot cars from my Smer kits.

[chaindrive]

Another couple of Merits on the grid !

[chaindrive]

....................and probably the nicest

[bill hollingsworth]

Click on this https://photos.app.g...F1aFWZ8odSXkmj1 for pictures of our 2017 1/24th scale Vintage Slot Car Grand Prix. Our feature race the Adelaide Grand Prix is for 50's open wheelers, amongst which there are several SMER Alfa Romeos and Talbot Lagos and the odd Merit.

[ERC]

Sorry Bill, the link doesn't work in the truncated form above.

[bill hollingsworth]

Try this. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...VzYXh5a3VMRnFB. Hope that is better.

[ERC]

Brilliant! Looks as though the 'drivers' are either beardies or baldies!

[khyndart in CA]

Same one with a better set of wheels. Ray you're right . It wud be great to see some of these older formula cars produced now
PS. See the price these old Merits are fetching now !!!!!

You folks do beautiful building of models. They look almost like the real thing. Well done.


Ken H photo at Laguna Seca. August 2017

[ERC]

Amazing how important it is to get the wheels right! I have an old modelling book by master modeller, Rex Hays. His method of creating his own wire wheels was interesting - and time consuming of course!

https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/1959...s-of-rex-hays/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCk4H4gAFQc

[chaindrive]

Ken, Great pic. Almost identical angle as well.

[ERC]

Thanks to Bill, I managed to win an unbuilt Talbot kit on Ebay - including postage to my son's UK address - $15! Bargain.

[chaindrive]

Ray, Suggest you keep an eye on Ebay for a set of Herb Deeks PE Wire Wheel inserts. They fit nicely into the original Merit / Smer wheels