[beardy56]

Do you have the photo showing the route map?

 

[chappyman66]

Just posted above. What I thought might be the route map are the lines....if you zoom in you can see little arrows on the lines.

 

[beardy56]

If you look at the other photo you will see that it's in fact barred wire

Should make life a lot easier 😁unless you intend doing the garage scene.

 

[chappyman66]

I think I will leave the wire off. 🤯

 

[beardy56]

Could be a good way to stop other people overtaking you 😁 .

 

[Trisha]

A new project started today in the form of a 904 with one of Frogeye's superb resin bodyshells. I don't envisage getting very far because of the arrival of traditional winter weather, but ne'er mind, I've made a start.

 

[beardy56]

Ok at some point I might have to say I like most Porsches but may be it's just turning in to a Gp C thing 😁

Anyway this arrived to day...

Motor runs and all the light work, I've removed the magnet but not tried it on track yet as it's a tad cold in the shed at the moment.

 

[Trisha]

Chromium-plated slot cars. Naff bling or a refreshing change?

 

[Quark]

A rhetorical question methinks.... you already know the answer lol

 

[Trisha]

No, Quark, I really don't know the answer. Never been able to make up my mind. I don't usually like shiny things, but possibly make a subconscious effort to like representations of anything from Weissach and Zuffenhausen.

 

[Quark]

OK - Chrome would be, in my unprofessional opinion silly. Since it isn't a representation of anything existing in the real world. note: a DeLorean (sp?) isn't/wasn't chrome. It was Stainless Steel. A Model Car is by definition a model which means to me a representation of something existing.

my opinion. Worth exactly nothing.

 

[beardy56]

Ah but these are slot cars and as we know slot cars don't always represent a real thing or we won't have any fantasy liveries or even a real car or there wouldn't be a lot of thingies. Just think of them as a nice centre piece for the collectors.

 

[KensRedZed]

If it's cheesy chrome you want. HO has everyone beat. They hang well in a Christmas tree.

 

[Trisha]

A rare Porsche built in 1957 by Henk van Zalinge. Known as the Hirondelle, it was front-engined and made largely from 356 Carrera bits. Extensively raced in the Netherlands into the 1960s by luminaries like Gijs van Lennep, I don't know it it still exists.

 

[tangerinedream]

Ah, GvL, a great driver, much underrated in my opinion Trish.

 

[Trisha]

Totally agree. Van Lennep is hugely underrated. He's a quiet man who never needed, or wanted, to shout and bawl about his achievements.

 

[spykerman]

Read on another forum some 7 Hirondelles were built, and most survived. Can't say where they are, though.
They were raced by the builder and Rob Slotemaker amongst others. Mostly in NL.

 

[Trisha]

Thanks, Spykerman. Good to know that these cars have survived.

 

[mickey thumbs]

Interesting to see the 911 roofline in this year’s Daytona entry.

 

[Trisha]

A 1:18-scale 917, but can it be motorised? Dunno but worth a thought, perhaps.