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 22 Oct 2008, 14:41
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 Doug Teggin  
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 ASTON MARTIN DBR9 GULF No.007 This Aston Martin joins Scalextric's growing stable of DBR9 liveries. The chassis has been updated to offer the DPR feature enabling easy upgrade to digital operation.  History: Gulf celebrated the 40th anniversary of its first win at Le Mans in the finest possible style, with an incredibly hard fought victory in LMGT1. The 007 Aston Martin of Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Karl Wendlinger and Andrea Piccini finished fourth, only missing out on a GT1 podium place by two laps. The race win went to the sister team Aston Martin Racing DBR9 car, number 009, driven by David Brabham, Darren Turner and Antonio Garcia. The leading GT1 contenders swapped places on pitstops in the opening hours but, by the evening, the blue and orange 009 car had established the slenderest of leads. This it held to the finish, coming home to victory by less than a lap at the end of 24 hours.  Features: High detail. Front and rear lights. Scalextric are the only manufacturer to produce this car. Magnatraction with alternate magnet positions for driver choice. Quick-change braid plate. Digital Plug ready chassis.  Configuration: Motor Mabuchi SP 18k rpm Gear ratio 11:36 Chassis Rear Mounted Motor Side-winder Rear 2 wheel drive Magnet Rectangular 2.5 mm Down-force 290 gm Overall length 150 mm Wheelbase 86 mm Axle/Hub width 62 mm Front 62 mm Rear Tyre diameter 22(ext), 9(int), 10 mm Front 22(ext), 9(int), 11 mm Rear Weights Car 96 gm Case 156gm Scale = 1/32  Reference No: C2960 Class: Endurance Availability: November 2008 
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22 Oct 2008, 15:55
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 Jon Grainger 
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Hi
Got my order in! Lovely car! Jon -------------------- Stryker Slot Racing,
Custom Decals and Car Tuning PM FOR DETAILS Or Check out our website 'www.strykerslotracing.co.uk' |
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22 Oct 2008, 15:56
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 Sir Slotalot 
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I can't believe nobody's replied yet! (Edit... Jon's got in there mid-rant!)
Looks lovely. But the wheels are the wrong colour. Surely to goodness if Prodrive is getting all anal about its bonnet vents someone in Banbury might have picked up on this. It's an easy enough fix I guess, but why? Mr. Norman, I see you on this thread - why do we always have these sorts of colour things with Scalextric cars? To date - off the top of my head - I've had to make the following corrections: Maserati 250F and Vanwall - covered the chrome with flat silver Vanwalls Moss and Brooks - swapped a yellow nose band for white and vice versa Morris Mini Cooper - painted on the chrome, painted the driver figures (now fixed on the Italian Jobs) Ferrari 375 Gonzales - painted on gloves Mercedes 300 SLR Fangio - painted on gloves Mercedes 300 SLR Moss/Jenks - painted on gloves and less comedy beard Ferrari 312T2 Lauda - painted helmet orange All of these things are simple. Some things get done on some cars and not on others. James Hunt is one of the best driver figures ever, the Ferrari 156s were lovely and the NASCARs are spot on. Rectifying basic flaws are not jobs that I enjoy doing particularly and am staggered at another howler appearing. --------------------  |
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22 Oct 2008, 16:08
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 MG Brown
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If the intent was to model the car as it raced at LeMans, Scalextric also got the numbers wrong- they should be RED.
 I suspect that this is intended instead to be the LeMans test livery because of the other differences. Hopefully 009 (if it is indeed released) will be in LM race day trim. -------------------- Just because you are a character doesn't mean that you have character.
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22 Oct 2008, 16:10
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 Peter Rondel
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QUOTE (driver#8 @ 22 Oct 2008, 16:56)  I can't believe nobody's replied yet! was @ work. wont happen again okay!? 
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22 Oct 2008, 16:15
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Sir Slotalot
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QUOTE (MG Brown @ 22 Oct 2008, 18:08) If the intent was to model the car as it raced at LeMans, Scalextric also got the numbers wrong- they should be RED. I rest my case, your honour! -------------------- |
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22 Oct 2008, 16:20
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 Lars Ole Group: Members Posts: 1,357 Joined: 29-January 08 From: Pudle of mud, Denmark Member No.: 8,546 |
wow, and before christmas aswell :-)
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22 Oct 2008, 18:06
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Doug Teggin
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Image of the 007 car at Speedhunters here.
And another nice one from Automobiles Review here. And yet another good one here showing the wheel colour. This model doesn't have the Le Mans logo above the number either. No drivers' names above the door. With all the attention to detail, why are the wing mirrors on the model not right either - tear-drop not rectangular. There are 3 antennae on the roof and another thingy on the bonnet (airspeed inticator?). After a little search, I found this:  click for larger image Taken at the 2008 Le Mans preview in May 2008. Seems a good match for the Scalextric model. -------------------- |
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22 Oct 2008, 18:20
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Sir Slotalot
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Driver names absent too. After howwwww long?
Poor show. -------------------- |
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22 Oct 2008, 18:31
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Racer Dude Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 9-January 08 From: Havant, Hampshire, UK Member No.: 8,392 |
its ok, nice re-livery, needs to be lower, and is crying out to be weathered!
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 22 Oct 2008, 18:44
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Tea Boy Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 9-October 04 From: germany Member No.: 1,404 |
not only the livery is suspect. after they have reworked the louvers for the lemans-low downforce version – they missed out the complete different front without flaps. the only really correct lemans DBR9 is the older redline version. what a mess.
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22 Oct 2008, 19:01
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 Slot Guru Group: Members Posts: 3,606 Joined: 11-May 05 From: OXFORDSHIRE! Member No.: 2,371 |
What a mess - is a bit strong.....
But it is confusing that they went to the trouble to remodel the bonnet and still left the front winglets in place..... Its all very strange. Will it hit the shops in november? hmmmmmmm -------------------- Google "www.graymalkin.co.uk"
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22 Oct 2008, 19:54
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Tea Boy Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 9-October 04 From: germany Member No.: 1,404 |
from a collectors point of view this is a mess – from a sloter point of view: if its fast you can't see the livery details ...
  EDIT: most things can easily fixed! |
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22 Oct 2008, 20:02
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Slot Guru Group: Members Posts: 3,606 Joined: 11-May 05 From: OXFORDSHIRE! Member No.: 2,371 |
lol ok point taken Andy
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22 Oct 2008, 20:28
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 8-October 08 Member No.: 10,265 |
Hi
Indead when i heard the news about the winning 009 release I was thrilled but now I'm disappointed in this version. I will not buy this one and wait (hopefully) for the 009 with the necessary corrections greetz Frank |
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