With the recent release of the pictures of the Pironi Long Beach spec 126 c2,
and the Villeneuve version on my pre order scope,
I came back to look at this thread again.
Am in so much agreement with 'Filipinetti' and 'Grunpy Gaz'.
More 1982 cars please!
Have to admit I would love to see the late season Tambay and Andretti versions done as well.
Talking to the chaps from Slot It at the Gaydon gig, they did hint at those coming in future.
But such an evocative list of cars.
I did see and acquired shells of the Alfa 182.
Am waiting for the 126 C2 chassis and bitz to become available
so see if usable as a base for the finished build.
There is another '82 car that I think will feature in the scratch build section soon.
But a Lotus 91, that lovely Osella, the championship winning Williams
(had a close look at changing a 1983 Fly 08 into an 82 runner. maybe),
and the thought of a Ligier from that year. Oh yes please.
I know Nonno slot did their thing but missed that boat and not sure about
the vac form finish.
Watched that Ligier run at Brands in 82 at the pre GP tire test. It was so long
the rear sparked and ground out at the bottom of Paddock as the tarmac changed
from drop to climb. It momentarily picked the rears up off the track!
Think a hacksaw took care of that issue......
It is a valid point that Ligiers from that period are so under represented in the model world.
Even at the popular 1/43rd scale you do not see many.
Least the 1/24 paper model crowd embraced them but not the JS19 that I can see.
As I write this I recall the Toleman. End of season car would be a relatively easy one to
scratch out. But the troublesome 'Flying Pig'? Now that would be more than niche......
Oh yeah. The Renault's. Musn't forget those. Maybe we can get some flame effects in
coming off the turbos and the exhausts. That is what I recall most about those!
Hope everyone has a good day watching all the action on TV today
or more importantly, being out and about at a track watch it all up close and personal.
