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Hi All.
Just wondering what people will be building for the Invitation race event and thought I'd start the ball rolling by posting a few images of my efforts so far. The subject is based on the Riley Brooklands that won the 1932 Brooklands 1000 mile race, driven by Australian Joan Richmond and Elsie 'Bill' Wisdom from Britain - winners of the first ever long distance event in England. Beacuse of noise restrictions at Brooklands the race was run over 2 days (competitors cars had to be parked up over night), but they covered 1046 miles at an average speed of 84.41 mph to claim an historic victory.
I've used one of Dave Sykes bodyshells and have attempted to achieve as good a representation of the car I can, given there is limted information picture wise. However, the curators at the Brooklands museum have been extremely helpful during the build process. I now have to get on with the finer detailing and will post more pictures as it progesses.
Cheers,
Dave
Just wondering what people will be building for the Invitation race event and thought I'd start the ball rolling by posting a few images of my efforts so far. The subject is based on the Riley Brooklands that won the 1932 Brooklands 1000 mile race, driven by Australian Joan Richmond and Elsie 'Bill' Wisdom from Britain - winners of the first ever long distance event in England. Beacuse of noise restrictions at Brooklands the race was run over 2 days (competitors cars had to be parked up over night), but they covered 1046 miles at an average speed of 84.41 mph to claim an historic victory.




I've used one of Dave Sykes bodyshells and have attempted to achieve as good a representation of the car I can, given there is limted information picture wise. However, the curators at the Brooklands museum have been extremely helpful during the build process. I now have to get on with the finer detailing and will post more pictures as it progesses.
Cheers,
Dave