[Trisha]

Not forgetting those fabulous windscreen wipers.

 

[beardy56]

I trust they are still traditional hand operated and none of this modern air or god forbid electric

 

[KensRedZed]

The Model-T Ford. Available in almost any colour you like... so long as it's black. (Just ask Henry)

 

[Trisha]

An early 908 short-tail fresh from the workshop at Stuttgart in 1968. I find the staff car park equally interesting.

 

[Trisha]

A Gullwing Beetle. Quite a challenge from an Airfix kit.

 

[Trisha]

Just started a little prep ahead of this evening's party in, on and around the Mess. Life's too short not to be partying because, as everyone knows, the dying process starts from the minute we're born.

Odd that it accelerates every Thursday evening.

 

[beardy56]

As said in the video posted by Gripping in the Golden Epoch thread 'you never know when the might be an animal around the next corner' 😂🤣🐪🐲🐅

 

[Trisha]

Exactly, Keith. Honestly, I've lost count of the times I've started out on a lap of the Mess, and not made it to the end without stopping because a camel, cow, horse, turkey, goose, or 'gator has wandered into my path.

Usually receive abuse from Gandhi when this happens, too. He really can be coarse. So very very coarse.

 

[GDSLOT]

A Gullwing Beetle. Quite a challenge from an Airfix kit. View attachment 292633

Now this is a Beetle I’d love to have, either 1:1 or 1:32, never seen a conversion like this, quite really ingenious !

 

[Trisha]

Another splendid race meeting at the Mess last evening, but it's now Friday and a long queue has already formed outside the chip van. Inspirational advertising is clearly responsible.

As my chum Gandhi asked last evening: "Why deprive yourself of illness when you can spend all day eating chips."

 

[Trisha]

As a chap who dislikes imperfection I've been on a quest to produce a flawless slot car for far too long. Things always go wrong during building, and even tiny things annoy me. Most folk wouldn't notice these mistakes, but knowing they exist is a constant source of irritation, which is why I intend to succeed this year in producing a good 'un, even if it kills me, which it possibly will.

Perfection! I wonder if it exists.

 

[Trisha]

Difficult to understand why Scalextric, and especially Carrera, haven't made a Beetle cabriolet. Scalextric already have the chassis and running gear from their saloon, so 'all' they need is the body to fit on the top.

 

[chappyman66]

So many models, so little time.

 

[model murdering]

Such a beauty! Dark blue and grey mohair. Very elegant!.

At a glance ... dual port with 40 Websters, 009 Distributor with the Bosch's blue coil (hiding back on the bulkhead), extractor, hi amp alternator, and BRM alloys.

It followed me home. Can I keep it? Puhleeeeeeeeze!

 

[Trisha]

Couldn't agree more, Bill. A beautiful car. Difficult to understand why a slot version with BRM/Fuchs' wheels still isn't available, but I live in hope (naively).

 

[Trisha]

This is the nearest I've got to building a slot version of the Karmann cabriolet above. Very tempted to build another.

 

[model murdering]

Manufacturers?

Bah! Predictable

Seems to me like the last bastion of the hobby is doin' just fine without them, as evidenced by this marvelous forum who makes exactly what they want, rather than buying what the clueless tell us we need.

 

[Trisha]

I recently saw a few photos online of a model built with the front end of a Beetle, and the rear of a 917. 'Twas interesting, and has, regrettably, given me an idea for building a similar slot version. It's a very silly idea, but someone has to, I suppose.

 

[Trisha]

A potential slot project below but... Dare I take a dremel to the 917 (a static model) and the Beetle, and cut both down the middle, before joining the front of the Beetle to the rear of the 917? It might well make a unique slot car, but whether I can bring myself to perform such butchery remains undecided.

I've never thought of myself as a yob, but this is getting perilously close.

 

[chappyman66]

Hmmmm. The mystery of the Captain ruminating on the deck of the Porsche is solved.
Quite a curious turn, 'twould be.