[Trisha]

Uts

A momentary lapse on my part in which accuracy was sacrificed for speed. You are quite right, of course.

 

[42redcat]

I thought you could only get Morrison’s in Yorkshire…….😸

 

[Trisha]

Or my pantry, Mike.

 

[42redcat]

How about this one? No, it’s not photoshopped. It was said to be an official Porsche test of huge rear tyres on an ex-factory racing 911 RSR prototype from 1973, presumably in preparation for the 935?

 

[chappyman66]

I find it interesting that even at that time, as much as Porsche was cutting edge.....aero work still used yarn tufts.
And yes, one can imagine the early 935 in that shot....

 

[Trisha]

A couple of bog-stanard Fly cars we raced on the Mess last evening. An absolute hoot. Much under-rated. Fab fun.

 

[GDSLOT]

On the right the Porsche 962C raced by Jr and on the left the 956LH raced by me last Saturday on a 3 hrs race(25 minutes stints), on the Northern Slot Club of the City, a track with medium straights(+-5 mts) and good race rithm, a really nice race in which our p6 and p7 results tasted sweet as we beated many of the local racers with +5 years on the circuit.

Cabalistic numbers uh! (917.61)

Nothing like a good endurance race for the weekend, with Slot it Porsches😀…

 

[matthew77]

Sounds like you had a brilliant weekend Daniel, great looking cars. The Kenwood car really stands out.

 

[matthew77]

This is my Artin 1/32 Porsche 911 GT1. It isn't as fast as other 911 GT1s as it is magless and the rear tyres aren't as wide so it slides more easily.

 

[chappyman66]

I like the Artin cars as visitor cars. The one one the left was re-liveried and detailed a bit.

The middle row is Artin waiting for relivery, and the back row is Ninco / Carrera.

 

[matthew77]

These 2 are my Le Mans Miniatures Dauer Porsches. The yellow road car is missing its steering wheel and is on Slot It plastic wheels on the rear. The 1994 LM test car is just missing a mirror. These are the cars that put me off LMM cars as the interior was glued to the chassis with its own paint and so was a real nightmare to reassemble when I only wanted to change the wires over on the guide. Funnily enough the factory wired them to run in opposite directions, as 1 run in the direction required without needing any work. Also, the front axle is kept in place by the body as there is nothing on the chassis to hold it. They look good but not upto Slot It performance and quality in MY opinion (please feel free to have a differing opinion, no one is wrong).

 

[Dingleberry]

The 2 LMM cars I own I didn't buy because I wanted to see them go around my track. I bought them because they are stunning pieces of motor racing art!

 

[Trisha]

I agree with you, Dingleberry. LMM models are beautifully crafted. A joy. Below, their exquisite version of 917-043.

 

[Trisha]

Similar in quality to LMM's models, the Le Mans 1971 Gulf longtails from Viktor di Natalie's MMK concern below. These are not only aesthetically rather beautiful, but also perform exceptionally well. Lots of power and good sticking performance straight out of the box.

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[Trisha]

A much-published picture of Ferry Porsche at the age of 11 in his first car, a Christmas present from his parents in 1920. The car would do 30moh around the garden but, with solid rear and front axles, it tended to push its front tyres off the rims during hard cornering.

 

[Henk]

All LMM Porsches:

The test car in pristine white

The Race car in it’s famous livery.

The 959 in white, I missed out on the Rothmans Livery But I have an aluminium chassis that uses a Slot.It pod. One of those never finished projects.

A 911 RS in yellow with a female driver, I have that insert somewhere…

It’s hard to make a picture with my limited skills but you can see Beatrice behind the steering wheel.

 

[Trisha]

Beautiful cars, Henk! The Pig 🐷 looks wonderful in both liveries. Ok

 

[Dingleberry]

Very nice cars all!!! Henk, is that a PCOA sticker on the RS rear driver side window?

 

[Henk]

I have no idea, I tried to make a close up:

 

[Trisha]

Ah, joyous news. Mrs Grumpy is out carousing with the similarly minded this very evening and won't return until the morrow. Marvellous. It means, of course, that I can spend another evening at the Mess enjoying my toy cars, starting with this 917, which hasn't been exercised of late.

And, I intend to drink a glass of Scotch when that drunken, useless git, Haddock, removes his derriere from my chalice. A vos sante.