[nonfractal]

I'm Looking to retrofit a monogram E-type 1964 "Peter Lindner" lightweight to race.
it's going to be the partner car to my monogram Daytona Cobra with 3D chassis etc.
Problem is , only "mint and boxed" items around at the moment, far too nice (and expensive) for what I need. 😫

 

[Wankel Ickx]

...there is that slightly perverse wish to make a Scalextric work properly.

It's not a wish. It's a passion, a driving force, a stubborn refusal to accept the frustrating mediocrity of the breed. A disease of the mind. Sigh.

I may stop visiting this thread because it's filling me with sadness. Sadness that I didn't hang on and persevere with my lightweight and there's that voice in the back of my head, increasingly persistent, that keeps saying, 'Go on. You want to. Go on. Look. E-types. Look how purdy they all are. You know you want one. Go on...'

 

[driver#8]

It's not a wish. It's a passion, a driving force, a stubborn refusal to accept the frustrating mediocrity of the breed. A disease of the mind. Sigh.
.'

There is that element to it! The chance to have the prettiest (in my view) E-Type and having it run properly. And show Scalextric that it really isn't rocket science.

It's having your cake, eating it and then a little limoncello to finish.

 

[Wobble]

All this talk about E-Types has got me looking at the Scaley version again as well. Other than the undersized wheels, which should accept a BRM Nascar tyre quite readily, the side window opening is wrong but I've finally noticed, other than it being slightly too round at the top, the chrome window frame of the semi lightweight is totally missing. I guess their model is based on a standard roadster which doesn't have the window frame. I figure this'll be an easy fix with a bit of 1x1mm styrene strip folded and glued in place and finished with a chrome Molotow pen. The 60th anniversary model is available here in NZ for $58 with free post so this might be a good starting point.

 

[driver#8]

I'm looking at those awful Scalex wheels and wondering why they didn't fit the D-Type rims. Okay, the D-type ran 16 inch rims and the E-Type ran 15 inch rims, but in Scalextric's world they don't seem that much larger in total diameter if you allow for the stock Scaley E-Type's tractor tyres. The D-Type rims look lovely. The E-Type's do not.

Either way new front tyres are a must, given that the contact patch of the front tyres is level with the braids. With the immovable Scaley front axle fitting, godawful guide and the motor up front there is very little obvious to commend it.

Which makes it tempting.

Of course we're much more used to seeing the cars that race today, which skews things a bit. Wildly over-developed, in many cases, rather than period. It's apparently significantly cheaper to run a Group C car for a full season in 1:1 historic competition than it is to run an E-Type or Cobra.

In period the Lightweight E-Types ran 15x5 Dunlop wheels up front and 15x5.5 at the back. Today they run 15x7 up front and 15x8 at the back.

Meanwhile here's a pic of how wide the cars were - or rather weren't!

 

[SuperSlab]

I'm Looking to retrofit a monogram E-type 1964 "Peter Lindner" lightweight to race.
it's going to be the partner car to my monogram Daytona Cobra with 3D chassis etc.
Problem is , only "mint and boxed" items around at the moment, far too nice (and expensive) for what I need. 😫

Interesting that you should mention the Daytona...

At the historical racing at Pacific Raceway there happened to be THREE Factory 5 replicas that were very well done. Some images, one even with an E-type in the background!

 

[Wobble]

After looking at Super Slab's hunkered down pair, I decided to attack my white Revell with some sharp implements and throw in a couple of other ideas for good measure. The interior taken out and the clear plastic tabs fremoved rom the glass so the interior can sit a mm or more higher. With just the slightest shave of the bottom of the interior it meant the chassis didn't require altering. MJK's on the rear. A tamer Carrera motor. Front wheels fitted on a slightly longer axle and centre ridge turned down to accommodate the Ninco classic tyres which are just clear of the guards.

Also, I've finally plucked up the courage to put an order in for the Scaley 60th anniversary car so that'll keep me busy with all the chassis cutting etc that will need to happen to try and keep it off the shelf.

 

[Kit Spackman]

Ooooooh Daytonas, swoon!

 

[PeterSussex]

I got outbid on a Revell E-Type. Seems to me that the Ninco is the easiest route, and there is that slightly perverse wish to make a Scalextric work properly. They did it so well with the Sierra and BMW, you think that the world is now a better place and all is well and then... ugh!... the modern BTCC cars appear.

I think the Scalextric is the prettiest. And that counts for a lot with E-Types. But it would need D-Type wheels which are expensive as parts and begs the question why they weren't fitted to the car as standard...

The D Type and E type wheels are rather different. Look closely, the E Types (like the '63 Cobras) had oval holes, whilst the D Type had round holes. I believe the construction may have been different too?

I think inserts for both types of wheel are available, which would sit nicely in RS Slot wheels.

Peter.

 

[driver#8]

Always value your eye for wheels, Peter. Thank you!

Looking at pictures of the 1:1 cars from the Scalextric twin set, the tractor tyres aren't too far off.

But the pace of development was pretty swift. John Coombs went to work pretty swiftly on the white car, so that when it was in the TT the same year it looks like it was on 16s instead of 15s.

I personally prefer the look of E-Types as they are campaigned today, but that is right at the far end of what is 'period acceptable' with the coke bottle rear ends, 80-inch rear tyres and a ton of development work. So in that sense the Revlon and Scalex cars are fine as period cars, the Ninco is sort of a halfway house and George Turner's is a modern day Revival-spec car.

 

[Tangmere]

Leno's a bit clueless at times (okay, a lot...) regarding cars.That being said, this is a beauty of a restoration and I never was a fan of grey until now.

 

[Simon]

One bit of info on ours, the overall shape should be pretty good. We 3D scanned an original un restored car.... But it was a coupe. This was for a different project, so we then modified that data using original drawings and photos etc into the lightweight you can now get from us.

Not the ideal method. But we had jag data so we used it. The scan was for a different, not slot, project by the way that was cancelled.

I find ours quite fun, and the public used them and managed not to break them at Goodwood.

But I have to say.....that Revell Lindner Etype...wish I still had mine

 

[Wobble]

The 60th anniversary E-Type numbered 1350/2000 arrived in the post box yesterday. After a period of observation and contemplation, I have decided against trying to modify it for running magnet-less on a routed track so instead I will let it go to another home.

 

[Ecurie Martini]

All of this discussion of E-types reawakens my memory of the profound disappointment I suffered in my first encounter with the real thing, shortly after its introduction.

When one arrived at a local dealer, I went to see it - not because of any realistic intention of purchase (I was a graduate student at the time) but to add it to my "stuff dreams are made of" reveries. I couldn't get into it! Well, actually I could just manage to stuff my 6' 200 lb frame inside, but, once situated, it was clear that sufficient movement to manage the controls was impossible. It wasn't corpulence. A former college football player, I was in reasonable shape but the car was a far cry from the commodious accommodation of the XK 150.

EM

 

[driver#8]

After a period of observation and contemplation, I have decided against trying to modify it for running magnet-less on a routed track so instead I will let it go to another home.

Why so glum, Wobble??

 

[driver#8]

A bit of sniping on the auction got me a bargain Scalextric. Looking forward to seeing what appears... like Wankel, it's my Christian duty to try and point out the path to righteousness to Simon's pals.

 

[David Lawson]

Leno's a bit clueless at times (okay, a lot...) regarding cars.That being said, this is a beauty of a restoration and I never was a fan of grey until now.

I enjoy Leno's car programmes and I think he is a very knowledgeable enthusiast. That restoration/re-creation is gorgeous, I dread to think how much it cost...

Another superb re-creation/restoration or maybe a new build is Adrian Newey's racer.

I snapped Newey's Jaguar as it returned to the Goodwood paddock in 2012

All of this discussion of E-types reawakens my memory of the profound disappointment I suffered in my first encounter with the real thing, shortly after its introduction.

When one arrived at a local dealer, I went to see it - not because of any realistic intention of purchase (I was a graduate student at the time) but to add it to my "stuff dreams are made of" reveries. I couldn't get into it! Well, actually I could just manage to stuff my 6' 200 lb frame inside, but, once situated, it was clear that sufficient movement to manage the controls was impossible. It wasn't corpulence. A former college football player, I was in reasonable shape but the car was a far cry from the commodious accommodation of the XK 150.

EM

My brother in law is 6' 6" and he owned a Frogeye Sprite in the 1960s, surprisingly he had plenty of room behind the wheel.

I can't remember when Ninco Classics were first released but I think it was more than twenty years ago. I did a few kitbash conversions at that time and I built this lightweight E type from an Airfix kit mounting it on a cut and shut Ninco Classic chassis.

David

 

[driver#8]

Newey's E-Type, like his GT40, is something of a legend. I think that the traction control he fitted was probably the least questionable thing about it. I mean... look at the stance!

Of course he really went to town on the GT40 and put FRIC on the darn thing.

Went to a very entertaining seminar at which the FIA eligibility officials under Jürgen Barth all went through the many trials and tribulations that confront scrutineers in historic racing... and this E-Type was singled out repeatedly as an example of 'what is not permissible'.

A round of applause for doing it, but not exactly cricket.

 

[Wobble]

A bit of sniping on the auction got me a bargain Scalextric. Looking forward to seeing what appears... like Wankel, it's my Christian duty to try and point out the path to righteousness to Simon's pals.

Looking forward to seeing what your reaction is. Mine hasn't gone on the market yet and I think I might hold back on that, as you may come up with some ideas that are worthwhile imitating.

Already the gears have been turning over quietly and it'd be a shame not to give the Scaley car a sniff of a chance before it gets the axe.

 

[Wankel Ickx]

Heh! And if this thread doesn't prompt some tuning ideas, it may well cause a temporary spike in the market price. ;o)

I'm not saying I've set up an eBay search, here. Uh, uh. Nope. Not I.