Motorsport History In Minature

[chaindrive]

Mr Holmes------------------The South Is is a hotbed of New Zealand specials. Enough for at least another 2 books. Just Joking !!

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[Roger Dowding]

Mr Holmes------------------The South Is is a hotbed of New Zealand specials. Enough for at least another 2 books. Just Joking !!

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Plus several more from the North Island - think Steve has a 'car'-eer to follow now - will be for years

What with his Holden Book his Ford Book now this it is turning into a Library.

[Roger Dowding]

Future project maybe? Pete Leversedge's K8

Just going back through this thread and came across this Post from " bry3500 ".

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Think it happened ??.

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Tony Lucas " Chaindrive " photo I " borrowed " [ stole ] as I do..

[chaindrive]

Yeah---------Used those plans to draw up No 77

[Roger Dowding]

Been mucking around with my camera and my models - here the NZ connection

Denny, Denny and Lothar ; Wings - No High and Low - Lothar !!

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Of course Austin Healey's - and a Triumph TR4A - owned an AH 100 and a TR4A
The background photo in the " Wine Box " is from the Jaguar Drivers 1983 " Le Mans Relay Race " at Pukekohe - I was part of the Team Healey in my 100 - I am not in the photo.

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The good news is I have been spending some time working on my Garage Scene - actually been cutting and painting.
About - bl**dy time actually -too much talk and little action !!
Chaindrive - it's all your fault and that Nic Butterworth guy from " Old Men Sniffing Glue ",plus Jim Bennett's son Warren on another Fb page..

[ERC]

Chaindrive - I have had no success tracking down any sets of Herb Deek's wire wheels for 3 x 1/24 SMER kits. Apparently he is not doing them any more and isn't contactable via the internet.

Word is that he was running down his stock.

Any alternatives you know of, as I don't want to build these kits with the original plastics?

Must be a small business opportunity here for someone younger than I...

[chaindrive]

ERC.......Only other aftermarket wires wud be Fujimi Wire wheel sets. Not bad but not as good as PE

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[bill hollingsworth]

This bus is located in South America and is similar to the Mercedes.. https://youtu.be/9DI9BQxQ_Ek

[bry3500]

Just going back through this thread and came across this Post from " bry3500 ".

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Tony Lucas " Chaindrive " photo I " borrowed " [ stole ] as I do..

Love it!!!

[chaindrive]

Avon Hyde Austin Spcl nearly done

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[Roger Dowding]

Looking Good " Tony " a k a Chaindrive ..
Cheers

[ERC]

Where did you get the wheels Chaindrive? Still trying to get some Herb Deeks wheels for the Talbot & The Alfa SMER kits that arrived last week, ex Germany. Postage was just 8 Euro.

[chaindrive]

Think they were Fujimi wheel sets. Used the Merit/Smer wheels with centre removed and inserted those

[ERC]

Just had this response chaindrive:


Hello, unfortunately I am currently out of stock of those wire wheels. I plan to do another run, however it will not be until the end of this year, or the beginning of next year.
Thank you for your interest,
Herb Deeks

[chaindrive]

Definitely worth waiting for ERC

[bry3500]

http://ka-models.co.kr/?product=250-wire-wheel-for-hasegawa&ckattempt=1

[ERC]

Thanks bry3500, but they are more for the Ferrari GTO than the 1949/50 single seaters. At $35 a pop, not exactly cheap either!

[bry3500]

Thanks bry3500, but they are more for the Ferrari GTO than the 1949/50 single seaters. At $35 a pop, not exactly cheap either!

Hi ERC, these are worth a look but expensive too. They mention the SMER in the description
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/FERRARI-roues-rayons-Speichenrader-1-24-hand-laced-wire-spoked-wheels-sets-of-4/113863842352?hash=item1a82d05a30:g:CGkAAMXQ9rVQ7KcE

[bry3500]

I know someone who used these on the Smer Alfetta to good effect
https://www.electricdreams.com/Shop/slot-car-parts-c-3/carrera-124-scale-parts-c-3_522/carrera-124-f-axle-assemblies-c-3_522_530/85124-f-r-axle-assemblies-for-merc-w125-and-auto-union-p-7063.html
https://www.electricdreams.com/Shop/slot-car-parts-c-3/carrera-124-scale-parts-c-3_522/carrera-124-tires-c-3_522_526/85367-tires-auto-union-typ-c-and-mercedes-w125-p-16607.html

[chaindrive]

Last One !!!
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Longmore Jag

[Roger Dowding]

Seeing as it is Bathurst weekend - not watching as no free to air service for the " Great Race ".

Some of Brocks car and others from Bathurst 1968 69 and in the 2002/03 for the 24 hour race and the Targa Monaro that came to NZ in 2002 or 2003 for Targa New Zealand,I saw the car on a stage near Clevedon- went with John B the SPR Guy ..

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Kiwi connection with the Monaro 427 at Greg Murphy was one of the four drivers for the 2002 24 hour, think he was there for 2003 too Car came second to the Yellow 427 in 2002 and won in 2003.

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Saw that 427 at the Indy Carnival in Surfers Paradise in 2003 with Brock there too !!

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The Targa car ..

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[chaindrive]

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Ready For Summer

[ERC]

What happens to these fantastic models when you keel over chaindrive? Family keen to inherit, or donated to the Southward Museum?

These are national treasures.

Make sure your will is up to date!

[chaindrive]

Possibly on the market soon---------to keep the debt collectors from the door !!

[Roger Dowding]

ERC and Chaindrive ..

ERC re " These are national treasures. ".:cool:

They are indeed and should be in a Museum at some time in the future - or even given to those who now [ as in at the time ] have the vehicles.

With regards your last line - could I join the queue, Chaindrive (Tony), to get one or two of them donated to a worthy cause - Me !! Assuming that when I enter Gods waiting room at the " Home for the Bewildered ", that I actually have some faculties left and some facility to store them .. especially after Snoopy and I have been busy .

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Keep up the good work ..

[chaindrive]

:D
Hehehe

[Roger Dowding]

:D
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and this too !!

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[chaindrive]

Jim Boyd Tribute

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[Roger Dowding]

" Chaindrive " - watch out for " Buspass " - a new TRS member, who has an interest in " Sniffing Glue " as they say..
An Austin Healey 100 Six is being made from a Revell Kit - you know who I mean.
I have the Instructions for the kit - printed in German and English by Revell GmbH, but no car ..

Have "borrowed" these two pics ..

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Welcome to " Buspass " willwait for some ' inputs ' as Ken H would say..

[chaindrive]

Know who Buspass is !! Lol

[Roger Dowding]

Nic Butterworth is building this at the moment..

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[ERC]

There was a time when there was a steady stream of affordable kits on the market. From UK 2/- Airfix kits to more upmarket Revell, Aurora and Merit.

Early favourites were the Revell E Type Jaguar and Ford GT40 (I think that was Revell), but it was the chromed parts that made them so good.

Favourite though in recent times? Tamiya Mk II Jaguar. (Both versions).

[chaindrive]

New one out of the shed----------------Jim Boyd Team Cambridge Lola T70
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[Oldfart]

Wow!

[chaindrive]

Hec Green Tribute---------RA3

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[Roger Dowding]

A Cheeky post - The real scene, followed by the miniature recreation - a work in slow progress -
- first photo seen before - second photo only taken yesterday !

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Don't have the modelling skills - but good re-use of [ one of 100's of ] the wifes Shoebox and some scrap cardboard and coreflute

Complete with Sammy the Dog RIP Sam - 1980 - 1993..

[chaindrive]

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Forgot the nasal number-----------Now dun. Rhys your name is on the bottom of it

[chaindrive]

WIP--------------- Shadetree/ Spangarelli
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[bry3500]

WIP--------------- Shadetree/ Spangarelli
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Awesome work as usual

[ERC]

Check out this site Chaindrive.

https://www.shapeways.com/shops/bilingham-design


Just sold on TradeMe - an unmade Merit Vanwall kit - $86!!! When dad bought his, I think they were either 5/- or 7/6. (May have been 7/6 for the Alfa and the Talbot with engine detail). May have to check the boxes.

[chaindrive]

Thanks--They are getting pricey67320

[Oldfart]

Another masterpiece from the house of masterpieces.

[chaindrive]

Couple of new ones nearly dun !! TC's MGV8 and Edelbrock


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[bry3500]

Awesome work as usual chaindrive!!!

[bry3500]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKDgoKS6b0s&ab_channel=BritishPath%C3%A9

[chaindrive]

Thanks Bry--------bit beyond my capabilities . Lol

[chaindrive]

Compliments of The Season to all from the "small" world of Motorsport

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[Roger Dowding]

Compliments of The Season to all from the "small" world of Motorsport

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Same to you " Chaindrive ".

Santa came early to my place as " BMC BOY " delivered this a few weeks back.. secondhand, and a TR4 not a TR4A, but great as very like the one I had in real life.

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[ERC]

And to you chaindrive. Amazing stuff from you.

[chaindrive]

Attempt at the McBegg

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Back to the knitting

[Oldfart]

Knitting small cars is what you do well , VERY WELL :)

[chaindrive]

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End of a fine Summer

[chaindrive]

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In For The Winter

[chaindrive]

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BRM V16. To go with ERC's post of the BRM

[Roger Dowding]

Sketch by Winton [ Win ] Bristow of the V16 BRM of Ken Wharton at Ardmore in mid 1950's - I think 1956.
[ Win was a great mate and later neighbour of my Uncle Eddie Dowding and both were early members of Northern Sports Car Club in the 1940's ]

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A view of the car and lower a box containing the spare Spark Plugs sitting on the scuttle and a view of the instrument panel.

[ERC]

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Thanks chaindrive. I don't have a model of the V16, just a limited edition Michael Turner framed print.

[chaindrive]

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

[slotcrazy]

These models are deeply detailed replicating every aspect of the originals.

[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.
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[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

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[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-max-modeling/how-to-model-wire-spoke-wheel-rims/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



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[chaindrive]

Luvly history

[bry3500]

Luvly history

https://www.wrenn152.com/

[chaindrive]

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[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.

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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/articles/LincolnMatchbox.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.

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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..

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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.

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

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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.

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[ERC]

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



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[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.

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

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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.

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[Milan Fistonic]

Another one from 2019 showing some of the cars it was racing against.

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[Roger Dowding]

The " BUY1 " Jaguar Mk1 - Coombs modified 1959 model.
Have just had a look at a couple websites and the Hotwheels model is for sale at Euro 6.99 up to NZ$26.00.
- [ NZD 21 to 26 on an NZ site.]

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