Motorsport History In Minature

[chaindrive]

Pat Hoare Ferrari 256 fitted with 250 TR motor-----Lookalike and not really accurate

[Oldfart]

Another fabulous car from Ecurie Chaindrive!

[ERC]

Great stuff chaindrive.

Still no joy getting hold of the Deek's wire wheels, so my SMR Talbot and Alfa remain unbuilt.

[chaindrive]

I know he only does them once in while. I’ll keep looking as well. Thanks guys for the comments. Back to the knitting

[TonyG]

Converted Burago Diecast of my favourite MIni from back in the day! Indicators, grill etc have all been detailed since I took the photos lol.

[TonyG]

Tossing up between Rod Collingwood car, Rodger Anderson Lexington car or another Barry Phillips in either Winfield or NZ Freighters colours. A lot of work to do the graphics for Collingwood car.

[chaindrive]

Ready for 2022---------------Happy New Year all

[Roger Dowding]

Happy New Year, your good self " Chaindrive ".

[ERC]

Thanks to Chaindrive, I managed to get hold of a set of the Herb Deeks wire wheels. I have the Alfa Romeo and Talbot Lago SMER plastic kits and was determined to not start them until I could source appropriate wire wheels.

Even the Deek's wheels aren't 100% what I want - far from it, though much better than the kits. The tread pattern on the tyres is also way incorrect for a 1950's car running Pirellis.

Old Fart's son in the UK is looking at 3D printing and the arrival of the Deeks' wheels has had me digging a bit further.

I have virtually zero CAD (Computer Aided Design) experience but just trying to find the correct wheel and tyre sizes for these models and the correct spoke patterns has occupied a bit of evening laptop time.

What I have decided to do is join the local 'Mens Shed' group, as they have experienced and talented older guys and a staggering range of machinery and equipment, including a 3D printer.

I have zero metalworking/lathe skills so I'm going to work out how best to do a realistic model wire wheel, which may mean getting someone to turn up some hubs and rims.

In the meantime, I sent these two links to Old Fart which may be of interest to other potential model makers. Some clever people around.

Knowing my own shortcomings, this may well drag on a while!

https://www.tutorialboneyard.com/3ds-max-tire-model/

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-m...s/td-p/9021379

[ERC]

Rummaging through old pics.

The Wren 152 slot racing system was to 1/52nd scale and that meant that a fairly convoluted track could be laid out on a baseboard.

The initial cars didn't run a purely DC motor such as found in most other systems. They could be run n either 12v DC or 12vAC. AC gave a much better performance.

However, the ratchet and pawl motors tended to get warm quite quickly. Clever, with a set of points and an electro magnet.

Track was two rails either side of the slot, so the brushes could be set several ways, meaning more than one car could run on the track at the same time.

This pic shows a mix of my cars, Dad's cars and one each for my two brothers. By the time it came to an end, I think we ended up with 60 cars. Dad owned most of them... I have them all - and a box of spares, plus the track, but really need a 12v AC transformer.

Later cars were DC only.

I think I developed RSI from playing too much, as the controller was on or off, not variable like a DC motor. Other teenagers with more cash than I had, chased girls and spent their money on fags/booze.

Pic probably 1965

[chaindrive]

Luvly history

[bry3500]

Luvly history

https://www.wrenn152.com/

[chaindrive]

Roll on Summer!!!!

[Roger Dowding]

Growing up in New Zealand in the 1950's Diecast or indeed any models were hard to come by.
Shipments of mainly " Dinky " Toys and " Matchbox " Toys came in as import licences permitted.
Corgi, Triang - Spot On, and others were seen at times.

My go to shop was " Martins " in Custom Street, just along from where my father worked at Briscoe and Company, and when I first started work for ANZ bank in January 1966, it was in the Customs Street - just along from Martins, how convenient ..

I had been gathering Dinky and Matchbox for many years and " Micro Models " - made by Lincoln Industries, too.
Micro Models were made under licence from the Australian " Micro Models " Company

Came across these images recently and they are something I have never seen before.

- " Matchbox " Toys made by the same Lincoln Industries, in New Zealand. - the serial numbers on the boxes are very
different to Matchbox UK which were originally number " 1 to 75 " for the " regular " series.





Does anyone know much about them ??.

On the post there was a link to a Robert Newsom in the UK .. who had some details of " Matchbox Toys Downunder ".

" http://www.robertnewson.co.uk/articl...nMatchbox.html ".

One of my " winter " jobs this year will be to finish a Matchbox scale Diorama with a little bit of Model railway in it and also to repaint / repair and make this " Matchbox E - Type Jaguar #32 " as the Scott Wiseman now Kent Larsen winged E-Type.



Will need input from " Chaindrive " about the huge wing !!

Note ; details on the top photo - it is, of course a Landrover not a GP " Jeep "

[Roger Dowding]

Tom Colby is an Austin Healey guy I met at the AH Snowmass Colorado USA, 30th Anniversary event in July 1982.
Tom now runs the " Speedwell " business in the USA specialising in modified Austin Healey Sprites.

He also likes Slot Cars it would seem..



Good to see the Lola T70 and a Bill Thomas Cheetah in the pits.
Have both in 1;43 scale The Cheetah by Spark and the Lola is it #30 by " Best " - described as the Bardahl Special with a 305 ci Ford - built by Gurney Weslake - Dan Gurney, at Bridgehampton 1966 the other version I have in Blue is #98 also by " Best " but with the same stripes and roll bar, as driven by Parnelli Jones at Riverside 1966.

[Roger Dowding]

Got this in Australia - standard " Hotwheels " at AUD 2.00 [ usually NZD 3.50 here at home.
Didn't think much about until I looked at the Number Plate -
It is the Original Coombs Mk1 Jaguar 3.4 litre - as raced by John Coombs and currently with Grant Williams.
HW should market it as a Series model.



Another version of the Model with Roy Salvadori as the driver - a Kitset



Looking for images of the Real Car racing in period - 1959 - 60

[Milan Fistonic]

I took this photo of the car at Goodwood in 2019.

[ERC]

And in 2000, 2018 and 2021... Always a crowd favourite.

[Roger Dowding]

Milan and ERC, thanks for those. have " borrowed " with appropriate note as to the " owner / photographer ". Cheers Guys, Roger

[Roger Dowding]

Appreciated the photos from Milan and ERC [ Ray ] of BUY1.
Have opened the bubble and the car has some details, the louvres on the bonnet are an example.

a few images.
- a bit like the " Dull Mens Club " but in miniature.



The Driver came from a set of the BRE Team Datsun / Nissan in the USA - full face helmet.







The BRE Team, looks like the / A " Manager " with his arms folded, Driver holding his helmet and the two [ of Four people ] mechanics are waiting.