Le Mans

Yup , think there should be some close racing, depending on the BOP between Hypercar and Lmdh.

LM 2023 may well come down to reliability and of course good/bad luck, should be the closest racing for years, looking forward to six days there from the Tuesday morning.

The 24 hours really is an absolute bargain, think it was about 90 euros for my general entry week ticket.

Looks very nice, remember seeing them at Silverstone 6hours, be about 82/83 I'd have to check.

It's Endurance class at the club on Friday, shall be running the Revoslot Toyota GT one, heavy yes, but stable and not too slow.
It'll do 7.3s safely, the fast boys with Slot it Audi's and a Flat six Rs do 6.8 and can crash occasionally.
If it was crash N burn as we run in F1 it'd be a different result I know.
Remember seeing these Toyotas in period at the Sarthe, lightening fast but they had fragile transmissions.

This year's Paris Motor Show includes the new Alpenglow, a naff name for a stunning new concept car from Alpine. It's worth looking up because it hints strongly at a new Le Mans car.

Think that the lights were warning lights only, for when cars were circulating, 1969 was the last traditional start with the cars at an angle, the flag dropped and the drivers ran across the track.

For 1970 the cars were at an angle and the drivers were already in the cars when the flag dropped.

For 1971 the pit lane was created by having a wall to separate the pits and track for safety reasons.
Pretty sure that meant we were in the territory of rolling starts.

Plenty of footage on YouTube of 1970s races, there's one I've seen with footage from the back window of the pace car a drown 911s ,think it was 1972.

In the McQueen film the yellow lights are seen flashing as the warning,presumably followed if necessary as a red. Not seen any more lights around the circuit in period photos though.

Thank You for the response. From watching the Film Le Mans ( assuming it's accurate ) The leftmost Light is clearly Red in the Film "Just before the start" And during the Race itself the far Right Light is Green. While the "center Right" Lamp is shown during an on track even as flashing yellow. The center Left Lamp is shown to be solid yellow at least in one scene. The technology in 1970 didn't permit multi-color Lights. So my assumption is that Red is prior to the start. It is extinguished and the Green illuminated at the start ( Non - Le Mans start ) And the two yellows ?!?! are for Track conditions ? Going to the trouble to try and construct this iconic feature I'd like to light it up as well. Therefore my question.

Regards

Bill

From your description it would appear that the lights are a simple representation of the marshals' flag signals. Therefore,a fixed yellow would be the same as a stationary yellow flag and a flashing yellow would be a waved yellow flag.

Classic shot, I always drive around to Maison Blanche on my annual pilgrimage to the Sarthe.
Just standing and thinking not only of poor old John Woolfe, but the guts required to slingshot through this narrow section pre 72 in a 917, 512, Ms650, T70, GT40 etc, particularly in the rain.

All Maison Blanche photos look good, it was a fast sweep.
Don't want to be picky/uber pedantic and profuse apologies if you think I am, you've gone to such great trouble with the clock and lights which are fantastic, but on the old pits the counters stood proud of the pits , not inline also the adverts for oils, tyres, brakes etc were on separate concrete stands in front of the pit counters ,sorry once again if you think I'm being critical of your excellent modelling, just pointing out something you may have misinterpreted.

tangerinedream said:

All Maison Blanche photos look good, it was a fast sweep.
Don't want to be picky/uber pedantic and profuse apologies if you think I am, you've gone to such great trouble with the clock and lights which are fantastic, but on the old pits the counters stood proud of the pits , not inline also the adverts for oils, tyres, brakes etc were on separate concrete stands in front of the pit counters ,sorry once again if you think I'm being critical of your excellent modelling, just pointing out something you may have misinterpreted.

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No you are quite right , I simply didn't have enough space to be totally accurate and had to compress as best I could.
I used "artistic license" to create many of the track features purely due to the restraints of two 8x4 sheets !