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With this new 1/43 section bringing more awareness to the scale, I thought that it might be a good time to show some of the resources available to 1/43 slot car modellers.
As well as the excellent Ranch Design range products,there are a number of talented modellers of 1/43 worldwide who, whilst not running a business, make resin bodies and other useful parts that help us build cars that are different from the RTR 1/43 cars that are currently available. As I have been asked again about my own resin shells, I will start with them, but feel free to show what you may be able to offer.
For my 'Little Monte' rally track I have made moulds for some of the cars i need, mainly 1962 to 1972 with some exceptions. I have made these for my own use and have no intention of making a business out of it, but if you see any that you would like, please PM me and I will make a list for when I do some more casting, probably from early February. I must stress that these are bare resin bodyshells with no vacformed windows (as I have not learned how to do them yet), or body mounts that, with a fair bit of trimming work, can be made into accurate models.
These photos were taken with the first castings straight out of the mould, so some of them have defects, the ones I send out are properly cast:
Ford Anglia1959-66, Ford Mustang 1964
Austin Healey Sprite Mk1 1958, Morris Cooper S, 1964-67
Porsche 911 1965-67, VW Golf Mk1 ?
FIAT 500 1957-66, SAAB 96 1962-66
Ford Escort Mk1 1968-
Triumph Spitfire Mk2, 1965-66, Porsche 904 1965
Renault Dauphine 1958, Alpine Renault A110, 1968-
Ford Cortina Mk1 1964-66
Ford Popular 1956
Volvo 120 Amazon 1964-70
Rover 200 1965
Lancia Fulvia 1967-
Citroen Visa (no photo of resin available yet)
Renault 12 (no photo of resin available yet)
Vauxhall/Opel Corsa B -1999 9no photo of resin available yet)
That's it for now.
Regards, Lloyd
As well as the excellent Ranch Design range products,there are a number of talented modellers of 1/43 worldwide who, whilst not running a business, make resin bodies and other useful parts that help us build cars that are different from the RTR 1/43 cars that are currently available. As I have been asked again about my own resin shells, I will start with them, but feel free to show what you may be able to offer.
For my 'Little Monte' rally track I have made moulds for some of the cars i need, mainly 1962 to 1972 with some exceptions. I have made these for my own use and have no intention of making a business out of it, but if you see any that you would like, please PM me and I will make a list for when I do some more casting, probably from early February. I must stress that these are bare resin bodyshells with no vacformed windows (as I have not learned how to do them yet), or body mounts that, with a fair bit of trimming work, can be made into accurate models.
These photos were taken with the first castings straight out of the mould, so some of them have defects, the ones I send out are properly cast:
Ford Anglia1959-66, Ford Mustang 1964

Austin Healey Sprite Mk1 1958, Morris Cooper S, 1964-67

Porsche 911 1965-67, VW Golf Mk1 ?

FIAT 500 1957-66, SAAB 96 1962-66

Ford Escort Mk1 1968-

Triumph Spitfire Mk2, 1965-66, Porsche 904 1965

Renault Dauphine 1958, Alpine Renault A110, 1968-

Ford Cortina Mk1 1964-66

Ford Popular 1956

Volvo 120 Amazon 1964-70

Rover 200 1965

Lancia Fulvia 1967-

Citroen Visa (no photo of resin available yet)

Renault 12 (no photo of resin available yet)

Vauxhall/Opel Corsa B -1999 9no photo of resin available yet)

That's it for now.
Regards, Lloyd