A Porsche thread

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Trisha

Discussion Starter · Aug 27, 2021

I've harboured passion for Porsche's way of doing things down many decades, and continue to marvel at the many Porsche slot cars we can buy, or build, that make our hobby such an enormously interesting pleasure.

This thread, I hope, will result in 'everything' Porsche - your models, photographs, memories and yarns. And anything else, of course.

All contributions will be of great interest, as usual, and I, therefore, thank you in advance.

A few pics below to start the ball rolling.

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356speedster

· #581 · Nov 23, 2021

OK, one more 🙂

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356speedster

· #582 · Nov 24, 2021

🙂

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Proxy car from 2009. Ninco body, MRRC Sebring chassis, slimline, vac-formed window/interior/tonnau, etc..

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Trisha

Discussion Starter · #583 · Nov 25, 2021

A very colourful and busy Speedster. Very Panamericana. Lovely, 356.

GDSLOT

· #584 · Nov 25, 2021

356speedster said:
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Proxy car from 2009. Ninco body, MRRC Sebring chassis, slimline, vac-formed window/interior/tonnau, etc..

Im tempted to print another one and do a paintjob as close to this one, really nice colors!😀👍🏼

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Trisha

Discussion Starter · #585 · Nov 25, 2021

Daniel

Here are the Le Mans winners from 1984 and 1985 compared. Apart from Pierlant motifs, there are also differences between the BP transfers.

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Trisha

Discussion Starter · #586 · Nov 25, 2021

PS

A 1:24 slot version of the 1984 car with a Tamiya body, and a size comparison with the 1:32-scale car from Slot It.

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tangerinedream

· #587 · Nov 25, 2021

1984 seems like yesterday, sob, seem to remember it was pretty hot at the circuit.

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GDSLOT

· #588 · Nov 25, 2021

Beautiful! Period, thanks for sharing dear friend 🙂

Nice pieces of history you have there, congrats…

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Trisha

Discussion Starter · #589 · Nov 25, 2021

Ah, joy. Whilst searching for the large-scale New Man 956 (pictured above) earlier today, I also found the second of my two Carrera 1:24 906s. Been wondering for months where it might be so, thanks, Daniel, again.

A nice model even the lights still work.

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Trisha

Discussion Starter · #590 · Nov 25, 2021

A daubing of the Dunlop bridge, Daniel. I really don't think it would be too difficult to make one from cardboard and/or paper.

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matthew77

· #591 · Nov 25, 2021

I think Scalextric tried to recreate the Dunlop bridge in the 60s. Nice pair of 1/24 cars, the 956 looks great in the New Man livery.

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Trisha

Discussion Starter · #592 · Nov 25, 2021

Just had a few laps with the 906. Needs new tyres but goes OK.

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beardy56

· #593 · Nov 25, 2021

Dunlop bridge with a Porsche to stay on topic 😇

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This is the same bridge that you may have seen in some of my videos on the Airfix layout, it's 1/40th scale Jouef but was designed to cover four lanes so works well with two lane 1/32nd scale track

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GDSLOT

· #594 · Nov 25, 2021

Always wanted to build my track as a Lemans style track(but very, very small🙂), but with the modern Style, thus having the Dunlop bridge is a must, and although I have the old style bridge sold by Scaley, I’d like to have a modern one, I read some posts here that look interesting that show good builds by some members, maybe with the Christmas holiday I can give it a shot to build one. Thanks everybody!

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Albion

· #595 · Nov 25, 2021

Currently getting my dose of Scandinavia noire. Anyone else watched the bridge and enjoyed Saga, or rather Saga’s nice classic 911 . Tho seems quite impractical as a detective car in Sweden

Trisha

Discussion Starter · #596 · Nov 25, 2021

Albion

Your post above has intrigued me. A little cryptic for an old duffer like me. Is it a programme on the electric television apparatus that you might recommend, please? If so, where might it be found, please?

Trisha

Discussion Starter · #597 · Nov 25, 2021

It greatly amuses me these days that a massive jackpot lottery win of, for example, £150 millions, isn' t sufficient to buy my top five cars designed by Porsche. Daunting.

My old slotting chum, Nicholas, and I often discuss our top 5 racing cars, racing bikes, aeroplanes, boats, impressionist paintings, sculptures, manufacturers of pies, chip shops, clocks, watches, fountain pens, agreeable people, disagreeable people, and the rest.

Your views, chaps? Could you buy 'appiness with £150 millions? Daft question but ne'er mind.

matthew77

· #598 · Nov 25, 2021

Yes, as I can quit work, have a longer track and buy lots more slot cars.

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beardy56

· #599 · Nov 25, 2021

May be not happiness but a least a house with a room big enough to build a full scale track or 2 or 3 and complete my collections in double quick time

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tangerinedream

· #600 · Nov 25, 2021

My Dunlop bridge is a champion one,picked up around 1990 at the Donnington toy fair,£3 I seem to remember.
The Dunlop bridge after the pits moved to its present position in I think 1965 to be replaced by twin tunnels .

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