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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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The Bridge is available on BBC IPlayer. Very dark crime series from our Danish/ Swedish types. Porsche content but not slot car.

re reading previous post, it wasn’t so much cryptic as written by someone after a few IPAs
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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.
150 millions would put me in partnership with some clients to keep money coming and left me enough time to enjoy slot cars, build a dream club track and travel the world … and buy a black 911/930 😀
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That's about 300 million in AUD's sounds better ! Let me think 🤔
One very well know that money is not equal to happiness. Even if I donated 140 million to charity I would still be able to life a fantastic life :)
And that‘s even peanuts compared to the donations that the ex-wife of Amazon founder Besos did this year: 8 billion!

Maybe donate 130 and use 10 million for a gentlemen‘s racing team so to play with a 1:1 scale Porsche ;)
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This is what I'd spend millions on if 1) it existed and 2) I possessed a lot more than 33pence.
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How to make a small fortune?
Take a large fortune and go racing.

So many [email protected] yours is quite lovely among the unobtanium.
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Thanks to you again, Chappyman. I've been sitting happily at the Mess this afternoon enjoying lap after lap with sundry cars. Wash my mouth out with soap and water, even a Tipo 33 was relieved of its box at one stage... A fine car!

And then, piles (piles?) of Beetles and Porsches went round and round until the rabble complained, and the electric telephone made that infernal ringing sound. No Thank you! I'm too old for holidays in Greenland, and prefer Scotch without ice. Au revoir.

A plastic fool below who, in a terrible fit of suffocating laughter, fell to the ground after learning that little Bernie was recently spotted removing money from one of his own pockets...
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Chris Perry is the founder of Autotrader.com and his personal collection is housed in a private museum near me. He often opens it to the public for local fundraisers. Although I have not been fortunate to visit in person, I thought I would share these photos from Our State magazine.
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He takes each car for a “spirited” drive through our mountains monthly.
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Laurence is probably already on his way (y) 😉
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Laurence is probably already on his way (y) 😉
Probably to see the matte black 1946 Beetle. He can see 356’s anywhere.
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SRC will do a very nice set with the Porsche 914/6 :)

A very interesting background story as well: The longest race in history ⋆ SRC
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A 910 I acquired yesterday that broke one of its rear wheels first time out around the Mess. How much better it looks with its two gold-coloured replacements. Naturally, the front wheels will now have to be repainted to match.

Think I'll repaint the body as well. I'm rather taken with the German registered road going 1:1 of this car in Viper Green that can be seen on YouTube in a short clip narrated by Vic Elford.
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If you have time is there a chance, please, of a few more photographs, from different angles, of your 907 above? A rather super build deserving of more of an airing in my view.
Ah - you’ve caught me out! It’s not properly finished. I just did a trial fit to see if it went together, then couldn’t resist a quick run without magnets. It went surprisingly well despite the lack of exhaust and the driver slumped over the wheel.
Hopefully I’ll get it finished this week if I can resist the temptation to start all the new projects I got at Gaydon…..
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The most recent off the new resin printer. I have the SRC, but the temptation was too great so I made my own.
Had to have more LH to accompany the 906LH.
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It needs clean up from the supports etc before priming.
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I'm surprised you aren't using any Tenacious resin mixture. No need to?
I haven't needed to yet. Full disclosure.....I am not running these hot on big club tracks. This is just for personal use on home tracks so they don't take much abuse.
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