Brabham BT 34 "Lobster Claw"
This car is a potential entry for a "Airbox F1! Proxy race.....i.e F1 cars from the early Seventies. The car uses a shortened Scalextric Classic Maclaren chassis, motor, wheels and front tyres. The shell is fibreglass from the Fitzpatrick "Classic" range. The rear wing is a highly modified Maclaren item as is the driver figure. Rear Tyres are Ortman.
Ford Fiesta XR2i
Another of my "salvaged from Ebay" specials....The only Scalextric parts I ended up retaining were the bodyshell, glazing and interior.
Chassis is one of my own inlines made from PCB with a Slot.it pod. Motor is a Scaleauto 20K Long can and running gear is Slot.it as are the lightweight alloy wheels. Spotlights are from World Classics. Tyres are Slot.it fronts and Canadian Pauls Slot car shop rears.
Birkin Bentley
My entry for the Brooklands 2009 Feature race, is Tim Birkin's 1929 Bentley Special. The car is modelled on the original colour (French racing blue/Black chassis) of the real car. The resin shell is by Penelope Pitlane as is the chassis, wheels and inserts. Motor is a Scaleauto 38K....(probanly way too powerful for this car), tyres are Ortman all round.
Rover BRM Turbine
Now this is an interesting car. The shell is very old Supershells, that I found with a broken roof and glazing at a Swapmeet. I made a new roof section and lexan glazing to the sides and rear windows and refirbished the old "glass" to the front. I fitted the shell to a cut down Scalextric F1 chassis complete with FF motor. The wheels are obviously not correct for the period or the car but I think it doesn't look too bad and the whole thing cost less than £10 to build.
Ford Mirage
This started out life as an old Scalextric Mirage which I modified to accept a Penelope Pitlane brass sidewinder chassis. Motor is a Scaleauto 25K and running gear is Slot.it front tyres are slot.it zero grips with Ortman rears. Inserts are cut down Fly classic wheels. Decals are Pattos.
Ford Falcon GTHO
This resin shell was given to me by Phil Kalbel when I visited him in Tasmania. The car is Allan Moffat's classic Ford Falcon which ran in the Australian Touring Car Championship.
The shell was heavily lightened, original bodymounts removed and the window openings reshaped to take flush glazing.
The car runs on a modified Penelope Pitlane Brass Sidewinder chassis with a Scaleauto 25K Yellow Can motor. All Gears, axles etc are Slot.it as is the guide and braids. Wheels are Penelope Pitlane with front Carrera stocker tyres. Rears are from Paul's in Canada and are glued to the rims for added security. The inserts are resin from Phil, modified to fit the wheels.
The car is painted in two coats of BL Targa Red with a finishing coat of Fiat Orange Red. Decals are a mixture of Patto's and my own. The silver "chrome like" paint on the bumpers is from the Games Workshop range.
Mckee Mk 6
This is a car I've built for a forthcoming CanAm Race at Wolverhampton.
The car is a Mckee CanAm car from the Sixties. The shell is resin from Resilent Resins in the States and is light and strong. The shell was opened up around the front top vent and fine mesh attached to the underside of the shell to form the grille. The interior is from an old MRRC car and came complete with correct Roll Bar. The engine detail is from my spares box. At the rear exhaust tubes were fabricated fromt round Plastistrut sections and attached to the shell with two part epoxy and further two areas of the rear panel were opened up and mesh inserted. The lower panels are reflective turkey foil stuck on with white PVA glue; this makes a good alternative to very expensive Bare Metal Foil.
The car has a Penelope Pitlane brass sidewinder chassis, the rear axle runs in brass tube cut flush with the motor support bracket and soldered to the chassis. The front axle is also carried in brass tube for additional strength, as the original fixture is IMHO a little weak. . The motor used is a Scaleauto 29K Black Can and all running gear is Slot.it. The guide used is a Slot.it Deep Wood Universal with Slot.it tinned braids. The wheels are Super Wheels from Slot Car Corner in the States, front tyres are Slot.it zero grips and rears are from Paul's Slot Car Shop in Canada. The inserts from the wheels were turned down from Revell Monogram originals. Decals were mine with roundals/numbers from Pattos.
Lambourgini Diablo GTR
The shell started life as a Revell Snap-Tite kit that I bought on Ebay for £2:50, to which I fitted a RTR Slot.it HRS2 Sidewinder chassis, (another bargin Ebay buy for £23). The rear spoiler was originally a spare from a Slot.it Sauber Mercedes that I modified to fit the shell. I painted the wheels black, and although not a 100% accurate for this model, look pretty good, (IMHO). Rear tyres are from Pauls Slot car shop in Canada. The decals are in fact stickers that again I got from Ebay. I saw them advertised as 1/18th scale items for AutoArt models, so I contacted the Seller and asked if he could let me have a set in 1/32nd....No problem, and all for £6 including postage from Hong Kong. Two coats of Klear over the BMW Jet Black paint and they blend in just like decals.
Fiat 500 Abarth
This pretty little car is a Fiat 500, the shell is from OCAR and I fitted a shortened PCS 32 chassis to it. Motor is a 10K Scaleauto and Slot.it guide,axles and gears are fitted. frontwheels are BWA and rears Slot.it. Scalextrix minilete wheels were cut down as inserts. Front tyres are SCX and rears Ortman.
Fiat/Seat 124
I bought this Fiat/Seat shell from a Spanish Member of Slot Forum. It is one of the magazine Kit cars that are so popular in Spain but unobtainable in the UK.
The shell is made by SCX for Altaya and comes complete with interior. I fitted a PCS32 chassis to it via three Plastistrut mounting tubes, secured to the shell with two part epoxy. The motor is a standard 18K Scalextric Mabuchi. Guide, Axles and gears are Slot.it. Wheels and cast metal inserts are Penelope Pitlane. Spotlights are from World Classic. Front tyres are PCS and rears are Ortman.
Lister "Knobbly" Jaguar
This is my entry for the 2009 International Proxy race. The Series is for Pre-'63 Sports/GT cars and they have to use a "control" rear tyre, in this case the Ninco 7mm Classic. As with these tyres it can be difficult to acheive grip on wooden tracks, (and the majority of tracks in the series are of wooden construction), it is challenging to say the least and should prove a competitive series.
The shell for the car is from Resilient Resins, and the driver figure is a modified MRRC Cobra driver. The chassis is scratchbuilt from PCB, and has a BWA brass front bracket for guide and front axle and a Slot.it "offset" inline pod. The car is powered by a Ninco NC8, ( this class of engine is required under the requlations), Slot.it axles and Offset crown are used. Wheels are Penelope Pitlane with their white metal "Dunlop pattern" inserts. .
1962 Lotus 19
This is a Resilient Resins shell that I bought some time ago, and makes an ideal car for me to enter in the 2009 Wolves SCCA/Can Am event.
The car is based on Dan Gurney's famous Sebring car...
The chassis is a hybrid of a TSRF rear and centre section mated to a Fly front end, it seems to work very well, the join is made with wooden inserts and JB Weld. Motor is a Scaleauto 35K Red Can. Wheels are BWA '02's with PCS front tyres and Ortman rears.
The guide is a Slot.it universal.
The interior came from a Fly Porsche and the roll bar is constructed from brass rod with a soldered joint at the branch.
Patto's decals.
1912 Booklands Rolls Royce
Not the usual type of car I build, but I needed a car to race at the Wolverhampton Pre '38 Race meeting, and this "offset" driving position Rolls fitted the bill.
The resin shell is from Penelope Pitlane as are the fittings and wheel discs.
The chassis is a two part brass rod structure powered by a Scaleauto 20K Grey can Motor. The chassis has a brass weighting plate to lower the centre of gravity. All running gear is Slot.it. Wheels are Penelope Pitlane Vintage Issue. Tyres are Ortman and guide is TSRF with Parma braids.
1977 Renaul Alpine A310
This is a Protoslot kit that I managed to source from Ebay for less than half the normal price!. A Superb looking kit and well up to Protoslot's normal very high standards.
A Slot.it HRS chassis was fitted. The standard chassis needed modifying in order to reduce the wheelbase. This was done by elongating the two front axle mount slots. The axle holder also needed narrowing. Body mounting is via two Plastistrut tubes, one uses the rear HRS mounting point and the other uses a new hole drilled in the base of the chassis.
Motor is the Slot.it V12/2 25K "white" enbell, mounted in a sidewinder configeration, with Slot.it gears and axles.
The wheels were purchased from US Ebay and were so similar to the Protoslot inserts that I deemed them not necessary. Front tyres are Racer and rears are Ortman "blues". Guide is Slot.it deep wood.
1977 Wolf Dallara
I love CanAm cars and this is an unusual one and rarely modelled.
I found the kit while scanning through Pendle Slot Cars Special offers section, they had this BUM shell, together with a chassis for sale at an amazing £4 !. Although I wasn't expecting a great deal from the kit, (I've bought BUM cars before!), I couldn't resist buying it.
When it turned up I was horrified to find the shell was made from something similar to polythene.....Pre coloured blue. The spoiler was completly wrong and there was no sign of the very important front spoiler.
I thought I would give it a go to see how it turned out.
The BUM chassis was supplied in several parts, so I stuck it together and trimmed it to shape. It is an inline designed to take a standard "S" can motor, to my relief the back axle supports were able to take Slot.it bearings. I fitted these together with Slot.it axle and crown. The motor chosen was the Scaleauto 20K, "Silver".
I had to fabricate two body mounting tubes, I used Plastistrut fixed to the shell with JB Weld.
The front Slot.it axle runs in a brass tube supported on modified chassis shoulders. A Slot.it deep wood guide and braids are fitted.
The wheels were a real headache to get right. The fronts are very small and there is not a lot of suitable wheels out there. In the end I found that Slot.it wheels and tyres from the front of the Ferrari 312PB kit were just about the right size. Rear wheels are BWA '05's with Ortman Fly Classic size tyres. Rear inserts are Slot.it Gold BBS, cut to size.
The rear spoiler is the spare kindly supplied by Slot.it with their Sauber Mercedes. The front spoiler was made from bits and pieces from my spares box.
I primed the shell with Automotive white primer, which surprisingly seemed to stick well to the shell and finished the paintwork with three coats of BMW "Jet Black". The decals were supplied with the kit and are sealed with "Klear".
The car is a good performer and makes a neat addition to my CanAm collection.
1975 Ford Capri RS 3100
The resin shell for this car was given to me by Phil Kabfel following my visit to his track in Tasmania. It is a recreation of Allan Moffat's RS 3100 which he had many battles with his arch rival Bob Jane, in the Australian Touring Series.
The shell sits on a modified Slot.it Mercedes Sauber anglewinder chassis, (shortened and narrowed), and features a Scaleauto 23K "long can" motor. Slot.it gears, axles, guide and front wheels are used. BWA rear wheels with Ortmans plus Slot.it zero grip fronts complete the running gear.
The inserts are modified Slot.it Porsche 956 items.Headlights are from Slotbug and are Scalextric Mini-Cooper units.
The decals were made for me by Gary Skipp (LMP on Slotforum) and I'm very grateful as they allowed me to finish the car.
1960 Saab 96
This car represents the 1961 RAC Rally Saab 96. It is an Ocar resin kit built on a PCS32 chassis.
Motor is a Mabuchi and pinion is MRRC. Crown gear/bearings and axles are Slot.it. Guide and braids are MRRC.
Shell is an excellent quality casting and etched metal grille, chromed white metal bumpers and plastic spotlights included.
Vac formed glass is moulded to the correct profile and a simple lexan interior provided. Healights are Scalextric Mini-Cooper items from Slotbug.
1985 Porsche Turbo
This is a Japanese Arii kit of one of my favorite cars. This particulasr livery featured on a car entered in the German Sports Car championship.
The kit sits on a shorted Scalextric "Black windowed" Audi TT chassis. All running gear is Scalextric, the standard wheels being "hollowed" out to allow the fitment of cut down Slot.it wheel inserts. Guide and braids are Slot.it and the interior is from my scrapbox, as is the driver figure. Decals are a mixture of DCM and Pattos. Front tyres are Scalextric and rears Ortmans.
1964 Jaguar MkII 3.8
This is a resin shell from Spanish manufacturers A2M. Like most of their products, the resin is very thick and the shell is distorted, requiring correction before finishing. No vac-formed glass is provided instead you need to make the individual glass panes from a single sheet of flat acetate.
Chassis is PCS32 with a standard Mabuchi motor. Pinion is MRRC, as is the guide/braids. Crown wheel, axles and bearings are Slot.it and wheels are PCS. Front tyres are PCS rears are Ortman.
1978 Vauxhall Chevette HS
This car was built from a World Classic resin shell. It has a PCS 32 chassis , Scalextric Mabuchi motor, MRRC guide and pinion, Slot.it Crown Gear and axles.
The wheels are Slot.it rears and BWA fronts. Gom Minilite replica wheels have turned down as inserts.
Tyres are Ortman rears with SCX fronts.
Decals are World Classics plus a few of mine.
1959 Austin Healey 3000
This car started life as a Pink Kar Austin Healey. I cut out the undersides of the shell removing all the old cast plastic mounting brackets.
I constructed a new chassis from BWA front/rear brackets and , brass rod and sheet. New mounting tubes were constructed from Plastistube and fixed with JB Weld. Lead weighting has been added behind the guide and on both side pans.
Motor is one of the low powered BWA mini-motors with a Scalextric MOTOGP pinion and slot.it crown. BWA wheels are used with cut down pink kar wheels used as inserts. Front tyres are PCS and rear Australian MJK's. Guide is Slot.it deep wood. Original stick on racing numerals and roundels have been replaced with Patto's decals.
Porsche 718/2
This is a car I've built for the 2008 Vintage Race Across America Proxy Race, which for this year is for 61-65 single seater F1 cars.
The chassis is scratchbuilt brass using BWA front and rear brackets, Slot.it, gears and axles and TSRF guide. The motor for the car is the BWA FF can slimline motor which has a AB Slotsport spacer fitted to accommodate a standard Slot.it pinion. This motor is one of the two standard motors that may be used in the event. Wheels are currently PCS with their make front tyres and Ortman rears. These are not correct for this car and will be changed for BWA 32002's with BWA Porsche inserts prior to the start of the Race Series. The shell is from the Classic Range and is made from fibreglass.
The car is painted in Halfords Fiat Orange Red to represent the 1962 German Grand Prix car of Count Carel de Beaufort.
1966 Chaparral 2D
This car is made from an OCAR resin shell, mated to a standard Scalextric Porsche Boxster "cheepie" chassis.
All the running gear is Scalextric except the rear tyres which are Ortman. The Chaparral inserts are modified BWA thinned down to fit the Scalextric Hubs.
Decals are OCAR and Pattos. Paint is Vaukhall Glacier White, but with hindsight I would have used a "brighter" white.
1965 Sunbeam Alpine
This started life as a OCAR Sunbeam Tiger shell, but I wanted to build it as a "Weekend " SCCA racer, so I completed it as a soft top , built a rollbar out of brass rod and added a paper cockpit cover.
The chassis is a PCS32 with modified side pans, motor is Scalextric Mabuchi, Rear axle is Scalextric, Front axle is Ninco, guide is TSRF, braids AB Slotsport, Wheels are Ninco Classics with Ninco front tyres and Ortman rears. Decals are a mixture of OCAR and Pattos.
1958 Lister-Chevrolet
Here's a chunky car!...just like the original. I based this model on one of the restored Lister Chevrolets that run in the Historic Series in the States.
The shell is fibreglass from Tony Condon. The cockpit cover being made from black card.
The chassis and all running gear is from the Scalextric "beginers" range of heavy duty cars with blacked out windows. These are great value for money and can be picked up very cheaply on Ebay. New body mounts were made from Plastistrut tubing and brass tube. Guide used is a Slot.it Deep wood unit with racing braids. Rear tyres are Ortmans.
1955 Talbot Lago T26
This is a glassfibre shell from the AA Bodies range of shells. The chassis is a Slot.it inline HRS with a Scaleauto 29K Black Can Motor.
Gears/Axles/Bearings/Guide are all from the Slot.it range.
Wheels and front tyres are PCS, rear tyres are Ortman.
It was necessary to construct a new grill and bottom support as the original disintigrated whilst being sanded. The new grill is made from fine mesh and the bottom support from brass rod.
1985 Rover 3.5 SDI
I've always wanted to build one of these Rovers, so when I got hold of an old Scalextric Police car shell I thought I would give it a go.
First off this shell came with black glass, so I had to make up a new set of glazing from scrap material that you can find supporting new shirts!. Also the large hole in the roof, where the flashing blue lights were fitted, needed filling. I used a combination of JB Weld and Halfords small dent repair epoxy.
The chassis used was a Fly 512S with a hole cut into it to accommodate a Slot.it Inline motorpod. Motor is a Scaleauto 29K Black Can. Gears/axles/pinion are all slot.it. Wheels are also Slot.it, fronts being equiped with low profile zero grips. Rear tyres are Ortman
Guide is a modified Slot.it Deep wood unit with Slot.it Silver Braids.
Car is sprayed with Halfords Vauxhall Glacier White and Nissan Red. Decals are Pattos.
Aston Martin DB4 Zagato
A OCAR resin shell running on a Penelope Pitlane Brass chassis. Interior is black card with resin driver figure added.Guide is Ninco Sprung, Motor, gears, axles are scalextric. Wheels are AB Slotsport Monopostos with cut down Ninco Classic wheels as inserts. Front tyres are Ninco 7mm and rears Ortmans.
1935 Bugatti Atlantic
The shell is fibreglass from the Fitzpatrick "Classic" range and to be honest required a lot of sanding and filling to get it into an acceptable shape.
The chassis used is one of the Penelope Pitlane Brass adjustible units fitted with a standard Scalextric Mabuchi motor.
Rear axle is Scalextric, as are the bearings. Front axle is Slot.it. Wheels are Penelope Pitlane classic wires. Front tyres are Ninco's and rears are the Ortman Specials produced for Mac Pinches Pre-War cars. Guide is TSRF.
The guide is "almost" underneath the shell, as I extended out the front valance of the shell with Plasticard and blended it into the shell with Holts filler.
Paint is from Halfords and is a Ford colour, (the closest I could get to Bugatti Blue!), and decals are from MRE.
Lola T70 Spyder
A Protoslot kit featuring a modified Fly Lola T70 chassis. Motor is a Slot.it 25K, gears are Slot.it.
Wheels and inserts are BWA with Slot.it front tyres and Ortman rears.
1967 Paxton STP Turbine Car
.Another very interesting car to add to my very small Indy car collection . It is a Protoslot kit of the '67 STP Paxton car. This model uses one of Protoslots "offset" motor metal chassis and performs very well. All parts used are Protoslot with the exception of the motor and pinion which are Scalextric MOTOGP units. The tyres are from BRM and seem to grip very well on wood.
A lot of discussion on various Forums about the colour of this particular model, some consider it far too red, and perhaps should be more "orangey", but I'm not sure, as I have only seen photographs of the restored 1:1 car.
1966 Ford J car
This is a Maxi-Models kit, running on a modified Scalextric GT 40 chassis. Motor is standard Mabuchi. Guide is a Ninco sprung unit.
I had a bit od a disaster when painting this shell as when I applied the blue coat it reacted with the white paint and was a real mess!. I had to srtrip the paintwork down to resin and start all over again.....I guess these things sometimes happen!.
I was also not very happy with the method of mounting the shell to the chassis, so I cut out the resin brackets and made some new ones from two diameters of Plastistube.
Tyres are Scalextric at the front and Ortman rears.
Aston Martin DB4 Zagato
This is an old OCAR shell, (the new ones are much thinner), mounted onto a PCS 32 chassis. Motor is Scalextric Mabuchi with a combination of Scalextric and Slot.it gears. Axle is Slot.it with Scalextric bronze bearings. Guide is a Ninco Sprung unit. Wheels are Penelope Pitlane with etched inserts. Front tyres are Ninco rears Ortman.
Lolat T70 - Surtees
Another Protoslot resin kit.
This car has a modified Fly Lola T70 Mk IIIB chassis, Scaleauto 25K yellow can motor, Slot.it Axles,bearings and guide.
BWA '05 rear wheels and '03 fronts. Tyres are Slot.it zero grip fronts and Ortman Fly Slick rears. Inserts are BWA Lola.
1973 Porsche 917-30
This is a Protoslot model of the great Mark Donohue's CanAm car that dominate the 1973 Season.
Chassis is a Slot.it HRS, motor a 25K Scaleauto, gears/axles/guide are Slot.it. Wheels are BWA with Slot.it zero grips on the front and Ortmans on the rear.
I think it is the most difficult Protoslot kit I have built so far, the decals being very difficult to apply correctly.
1967 Chevron B8
I built this car for the Wolverhampton Classic Le Mans Race in three days. In the end I didn't use it!. The car is based on the 1967 Le Mans entry and carries the correct race number and stripes, but as I only had a black and white picture as reference, I can't be sure the car colour is correct.
The shell is fibreglass from AA Bodies and has a lexan top section. The chassis is scratchbuilt from PCB and brass. Motor is Ninco NC5. Gears and Axles are from Slot.it. Guide is TSRF with Parma braids. Wheels are BWA '05 rears and '03 fronts, front tyres are Slot.it zero grips and rears are Ortman Fly Classic Slicks. Wheel inserts were made from "cut down" Fly Classic Porsche wheels. Decals are a mixture of Patto's and my own.
1967 Lola T70 Spyder - Sunoco
This is a Protoslot kit mounted on a modified Fly Lola T70 chassis. The front of the chassis had to be reprofiled, the rear section removed and the width reduced. The car is powered by a Scaleauto 25K motor (yellow can) and gears,axles,bearings and guide are from Slot.it.
The wheels are BWA, 32005's on the rear and 32003's on the front. The Lola inserts are resin BWA products. Tyres are Slot.it zero grips on the front and Ortman Fly Classic slicks on the rear.
The windscreen was fitted to the bodyshell with Klear Floor cleaner, a tip from Phil Smith, and works much better than traditional PVA adhesive.
Spyker GT2
A Protoslot kit, which uses a shortened Slot.it sidewinder HRS chassis. Motor is Scalex Sprort Orange Can 25K with Slot.it Axles and gears.
Wheels are Slot.it "big hubs" with turned down Slot.it HRS plasic wheels as inserts. Guide anf front tyres are Slot.it, rears are Ortmans.
1961 Lotus 18 "Long Nose"
This car is my entry into the 1.5 Litre Grand Prix Invitational Proxy Series.
The shell is a fibreglass moulding by Tony Kondon. Chassis is scratchbuilt brass using BWA front and rear brackets. Motor is a Scalex MOTOGP with Slot.it pinion and crown gear, (the armature size is 1.5mm and uses AB Slotsport conversion tubes to bring the size up to 2mm).
Driver figure is a modified Carrera Trans Am driver. Mirrors and Rollbar are scratchbuilt.
Guide is TSRF with Parma racing braids. Wheels and inserts are BWA. Front tyres are Ninco, rears are Ortman 28m's.
1963 Ferrari 250 SWB
This is an OCAR shell fitted to a PCS 32 chassis.
Motor is a Sun Green Endbell. Slot.it, axles , pinion and crown are fitted.
Front wheels are Ninco classics fitted with Ninco 7mm tyres. Rears are BWA with Ortmans, rear wheel inserts are cut down Ninco Classics,guide is Ninco.
The car is finished as the winner of the 1963 Tourist Trophy race, entered by the Rob Walker team and driven by Stirling Moss.
1957 Maserati Birdcage
I've worked on this car for several months trying to determine the best way of building it.
The shell is a fibreglass AA Bodies one, which I picked up at Pendle a few years ago. The chassis is a much modified PCS 32 unit, with a Beardog Mini motor fitted as a anglewinder. The chassis was cut to accommodate the motor which was then secured with two part epoxy. The gears are TSRF, the alloy spur gear being chosen over the normal plastic variety.
The shell was modified by removing the moulded "framework" inside the cockpit and openining out the top,side and radiator vents. The driving light apatures were also opened to allow the fitment of Ninco light units from the classic Corvette .
A Ninco spring guide was used with Ninco racing braids.
The interior was created with plasicard and black card and a modified MRRC driver figure. The stainless framework was built from piano wire soldered together to form the correct bar alignment and fixed into position with two part epoxy.
The front wheels are AB Slotsport and the rears BWA with Ninco front tyres and Ortman rears. Ninco classic wheels were cut down as inserts.
Paint is Nissan Red and decals are from Patto's
1968 Fiat Dino
Interesting car!, the real car came 18th in the 1968 Le Mans 24 Hour Race.
This is an OCAR kit fitted to a PCS 32 chassis. Motor, Axles and gears are Scalextric. Guide is Ninco.
Wheels and inserts are BWA. Front tyres are Ninco and rears are Ortmans.
1965 Alfa Romeo T2Z
A Protoslot kit with Sun Green can motor, Ninco gears, axles and guide.
Wheels are Protoslot with Ninco 7mm classic fronts and Ortman rears.
1967 Lola T70 MkIII
An OCAR resin shell running on a modified Fly Lola chassis. Motor is a Scaleauto 30K Tech3. Running gear is Slot.it with BWA wheels and inserts.
Front tyres are Slot.it, rears Ortman. Decals are a mixture of Patto's and OCAR.
The car is modelled on the 1967 Nuumberg car driven by John Surtees.
1979 Aston Martin V8 - Le Mans
Another Protoslot kit, fitted onto a modified Slot.it HRS chassis. Motor is an inline 24K Slot.it Boxer.
Axles and gears are Slot.it, Wheels and inserts are Protoslot and tyres are Slot.it zero grip fronts and Ortman rears.
This car requires the front spoiler area and the rear undertray to be painted. A new card interior was constructed to replace the resin Protoslot interior.
1934 AutoUnion Type A
The car has a resin shell (TRRC) and simple brass scratchbuilt chassis, featuring front and rear BWA brackets.
Scalex MOTOGP with Scalex/Slot.it gears are used. Guide is Slot.it with SCB Braids.
Wheels and inserts are TRRC, front tyres Ninco and rear Ortmans. Decals from Patto's.
1934 Alfa Romeo P3 Streamliner
The resin shell is from TRRC, and represents the car that won the 1934 Avus Grand Prix. The chassis is scratchbuilt brass, using BWA front bracket and rear Mini-motor mount. Motor is Scalextric MOTOGP, with Slot.it axles and gears. Guide is a modified Slot.it Deep Wood unit.
Wheels and inserts are TRRC, front tyres Ninco 7mm classics and rears Ortman "Specials".
The car was built for "Early Birds" 2007, held at Wolverhampton.
1950 Ferrari 166MM Coupe
This is an OCAR shell, fitted with a modified PCS 32 chassis.
Motor is a Scalextrix Mabuchi, complete with Scalextric pinion, crown and front/rear axles.
Wheels are AB Slotsport Monoposto fitted with Ninco Classic fronts and Ortman 7mm Classic rears.Inserts are cut down Ninco Classic wheels.
As the car was lowered a new interior was necessary and is made from black card. Driver figure is Scalextric torso with AA Bodies fibreglass head.
1969 Matra 650 Le Mans
A Protoslot kit which sits on a modified Fly Porsche 908/3 chassis. As it is a sidewinder a full interior is fitted which was constructed from Plasticard. The driver is Protoslot. New body mountings (3 No.) were made from two layer styrene tubing.
Motor is Slot.it 25K with Slot.it gearing, axles and bronze bearings. Guide is a Slot.it screw in unit with Fly braids and Ninco eyelets.
Wheels are BWA 05's on the rear and 03's on the front with the back faces painted black. Maxi Models inserts were modified and fitted.
Front tyres are Team Slot and rears are Ortman Fly Classic Slicks.
1967 Sheraton Thompson Special Coyote
The basis of this car is a Beardog kit. The shell is Resin and a Beardog Chassis and Mini-Motor is fitted.
Wheels and tyres are AB Slotsport and the guide is a modified Slot.it Deep Wood unit.
Paint is Audi Laser red and decals are from Beardog.
The top rear suspension support rods were constructed from piano wire.
1972 Porsche 908 LH
A Protoslot resin kit fitted to a Slot.it HRS chassis. Motor is an inline Slot.it Boxer. Wheels are BWA with modified Lola inserts. Front tyres are Scalextric GT 40's with Ortman rears. The large yellow area was supposed to have been a decal, but it just didn't fit or look right, so I removed it and sprayed the area instead which gave a much better finish.
Although I'm pleased with the car, with hindsight it would have been much easier to fit a standard Slot.it motor as the Boxer requires much more of the interior to be removed to get it all to fit together.
This car is the current lap record holder on my track.
Chaparral 2E
This is a Resilient Resins shell of the Chaparral 2E.
I have cut out all the grille openings in the shell, added thin Plasticard liners and used auto repair mesh for the finished grilles. The front "teardrop" grilles were made the same way, but were a lot more difficult due to the curvature of the front wing. The V8 engine detail is a white metal casting I had in my spares box.
The interior started out life as a Fly Chevron unit and has been modified to fit the available space. A full length Fly driver figure was added. The steering wheel is an Airfix MGB unit.
The rear wing supports are thin brass section bonded to the underside of the shell with two part JB Weld. The wing is a temporary unit from an old Scalextric Le Mans Jaguar, and will be replaced with a Resin casting when it's available. At the rear the exhaust system came from the parts box. Wheels and inserts are BWA. The inserts were filed until only the spokes remained. The inside of the wheel was then painted black and the inserts silver. Tyres are MRRC Cobra fronts with Ortman 9mm Ninco wide classics. Decals are from Bruce Paterson.
The chassis is a modified Sidewinder Fly Ferrari 512 unit, narrowed to the correct scale size.
My car is currently being used by Resilient Resins in their advertising material for their shell.
1950 Talbot Lago
This car is one of Mac Pinches excellent shells. It has a front engined chassis and features a propshaft with a Universal joint part built by Allan Schwartz from the US and given to me at the 2005 Early Birds event. I added a PCB front section which uses a Slot.it Guide. The motor is a Fox II and the Gears/Axles are Slot.it. The frontwheels were built for me by Marlon Foalkes and are shod with Ortman 28m Tyres. The rears were made by Kai Bach Anderson of Denmark to my specification and the tyres used are Ortman Pink Kar Bugatti. Wheel Inserts are cut down Ninco Classic wires.Decals are a mixture of Mac's and Bruce Patterson.
The livery for the car is as entered for the 1950 Belgian Grand Prix..
Aston Martin DB2
A Protoslot kit of the Aston Martin DB2. It has a modified PCS32 chassis with BWA wheels with cut down Scalextric Ferrari wheels as inserts.
1952 BRM V12
This is a BRM V12 and is a resin shell from the Mac Pinch Series. It features a scratchbuilt PCB and Piano Wire chassis, Nylon Pin Guide, Scalextric MOTOGP Motor, Slot.it gear train and Ninco Clasic Wheels. Front Tyres are Ninco and rear Tyres are Ortman's.
Lola T280
This is a Protoslot Kit The chassis and running gear used is from a Fly Chevron B19. Rear tyres are Ortman
Lancia D50
This is a Mac Pinches shell with a modified PCS32 chassis. Motor is a Scalex MOTOGP unit with Scalex gears and axles. Guide is Ninco. Tyres and front wheels are Ninco classics. Rear wheels were made by Marlon Foulkes (MAF) and have "cut down" Ninco wheels as inserts. Tyres are Ortman.
1953 Morgan Plus 4
This is an OCAR shell with a modified interior. The chassis is a modified PCS unit. Motive Power is a standard Scalextric Mabuchi unit. Gears and Axles are Scalextric and wheels and tyres are Ninco. Guide is also Ninco. The windscreen is a modified Caterham Seven one and the Roll bar is constructed from plastic sprue. The driver figure is from a MRRC Cobra suitably modified to fit.
Lotus 16
This car started life as a Non-running Triang car purchased on Ebay. I stripped it down and cut out the base of the shell to accept a modified PCS32 chassis. The chassis has a slim line MotoGP motor, Scalex gears and a Ninco guide. The front axle holders have been modified to accept a brass tube axle. Wheels and inserts are BWA. The cockpit area was removed and a MRRC driver figure fitted. The car is finished in British Racing Green with Silver lower section as per Innes Ireland's 1958 car.
McLaren F1 GTR
I picked up the resin shell for this car from the 2005 Early Birds Meeting at Wolverhampton. It was for sale in the bottom of Phil Smith's "Bargain Bin". I bought it for the princely sum of £4. It is an early OCAR casting and came complete with a lexan interior and clear resin light units but no window glazing.
The car is fitted with an RTR Inline HRS chassis unit. Front tyres have been changed to Slot.it Zero Grips and rears to Ortmans. Decals are from Patto's
Maserati Eldorado Indy car
This kit was from Phil Smith and is his first Resin casting !. The car runs on a Pama Excaliber Brass chassis with a Ninco NC1 Motor pod and motor. Gears are Slot.it. The exhaust system came from the parts box and the wheels are BWA rears with A2M fronts. Tyres are Ninco 7mm Classic fronts with Ortman 9mm rears. The Decals and wheel inserts are Phil's and are supplied with the kit.
Ford X1
This was an interesting project to say the least!.......The shell is made from Plasticard and is actually three shells cut up and combined.
The car runs on a scratchbuilt PCB chassis with a Slot.it Motor Pod. Motor is a MRRC 30K unit, with Slot.it Gears and axles. Wheels are MRRC Cobra Daytona's with mRRC front tyres and Ortman rears. Interior is a Maxi-Models kit. Decals are Pattos.
Austin Healey 100
.This is a Topslot kit. It has an MRRC Chaparral chassis, which has been modified to accept a rear mounted Sun motor. Wheels are Ninco on the front complete with Classic 7mm tyres. Rear wheels are AB Slotsport Monoposto wheels fitted with Ortman tyres. Rear inserts are cut down Ninco wires to match the front wheels. The guide is from MRRC.
Ferrari 250 LM
This is an OCAR Resin shell fitted with a modified PCS 32 chassis. The rear of the chassis is removed and replaced with a Fly Sidewinder pod.
Motor is a Slot.it 25K, Slot.it gears and TSRF Guide. Wheels and tyres are Racer.
The car modelled is based on one of the later 250's,( as run by the David Piper Organisation), when the arches had "swelled" to accomodate larger wheels and tyres.
Porsche Carrera
This is an Airfix kit with a Scratchbuilt PCB Chassis. It features a Scalextric MOTOGP motor running in a sidewinder format.
Wheels are BWA with inserts formed from cut down wheels from the kit. Decals are homemade.
Ferrari 250 TR
This is a Resilient Resins shell, modified to include headlights. The actual lights are Scalextric Mini Cooper units.
Headlight Glass is formed from Easter Egg Packaging. A mesh Grille has been added.
Chassis is modified PCS32 with a Scalextric MotoGP motor, Slot.it Gears and axles.
Wheels are Pink Kar as are front tyres. Rears are Ortmans. Decals are Pattos.
This car is used in Resilient Resins Advertising.
Chaparral Camaro
One of my favorite Trans Am cars. This one is based on David Reineke's Superb Shells. It is fitted to a standard Scalextric Camaro chassis.
Decals are from David.
1952 Cunningham C4R
This was made from a great limited issue kit from "Noisey Muse" a contributor on SCI and Master Slot car Builder.
It runs on a EJ Hobbies brass chassis with a FoxII motor, 1/8" threaded axles with EJ Rubber and TSRF Guide.
Great car to drive.
1972 BMW Alpina 1600
This is a OCAR kit and runs on a standard PCS32 chassis. The wheels are A2M with Classic Slot etched inserts.
the decals required a lot of "Microsol" to get them sit properly. The car just needs some Ortmans on the rear to make it handle as I want it to.
1985 Jaguar XJR5 - Group 44
Another great kit from Protoslot. It runs on a sidewinder HRS Chassis, complete with all Slot.it running gear.
Front tyres are Zero Grips and rears are Ortmans.
The rear supplied with the kit, although very acurate, was very flimsy, so I made my own from a Scalextric Jaguar rear wing.
1954 Lancia D24 - Targa Florio
A Resilient Resins shell.Driver figure is from Patto's resin range. Headlights are from a 1/24th scale kit reduced in size.
Chassis is a PCS32 modified to accept brass front axle bearings. Motor is a pre-80's Scalex Mabuchi with Sclextric Gears and axles. Guide is Ninco and Decals are Pattos.
Wheels and inserts are BWA.
