THINGIES!

For those who did not see them on the "what do you collect" thread here are a few:

BZ Banshee


Classic Asp competition:


Classic Stinger:


Classic Viper:


And here chopped up Cucarachas the way we were racing them in 67 in Italy and in south Switzerland.


The Marauder is coming as soon as I have silicone tires for it as I race my Thingies on my Carrera track
(BTW Thanks to my slot history consultants dgersh and Doktor P)
Regards
Edo
(If anybody would like to see what chassis they have underneath just let me know and I will show pics)

Yes! Go ahead! Let's blame Thingies for the crash of 29 too.

In the mean time you got me started and here is a few more;

Testor Marauder (chassis being put togheter):


Classic Asp green:


COX Cucaracha before race preparation (see above for the swiss-italian race version):
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While some of you guys may salivate for the latest Skoda's perfect slot model release I keep appreciating a time when a chassis was made of aluminium or brass or steel and not cheap plastic, where there were all different design being tried instead of just a nice proper scale outer shell and mediocrity underneath it. Where there was fantasy and creativity being unleashed and not just mere perfect copying of what's available on the car market .
And while some people are getting enthousiastic about the release of another rice burner painted with racing colors I'm having fun reading vintage magazines, questioning very old slot experts and historians on a few forums, looking for the right parts, restoring, cleaning and finally racing my Thingies (which actually have quite serious electrical motors and not toothbrush's
Best regards
Edo (Thingie lover)
BTW I play with contemporary plastic beautiful toys like everybody else to my full satisfaction and no I do not consider wing cars attractive . It's just that I prefer to lissen to a closing of a Bentley's door than a Fabia's . If you see what I mean...

Hi Howmet
I have the impression that this thread is populated only by very old sad and bitter people like me (i am 53), dgersh (pretty old), a certain doctor who shall remain nameless (he was born during the war of 1914-18) and you, howmet, who musst be well middle aged if not more (no offense meant).
It would be nice if a good creative modeler would put togheter a series of, let's say, 3 special 1/32 Thingies with a carbon fiber chassis, titanium wheels and axles (in an edition of 10 cars perhaps?).
Maybe the youngest generation (13 to 16 years) accustomed to admiring Tooners ( and that awful movie "Fast and Furious", phhleeease!!!) would come to their senses and begin to see the light after seeing what a good craftman, actually an artist, could do with his fantasy.

In the mean time let me show some more pics of incredible fantasy cars dgersh has sent to delight us:
Shinoda body 1:


Shinoda body 2:


Cucaracha inspired italian Thingie which actually caused the slot car crash of 69:


And the incredible Swedish flat iron Thingie


So scrachtbuilders and modelers let's get on with those new Thingies we dare you (howmet and I)

Best regards
Edo

(Hopefully Swissracer will let Mini Swiss see this pics: after Mini did that beautiful black and gold Carrera Panoz special rendition I think there is hope in the yougest)

Hi Mr.philsmith
great wooden cars!!! Is it possible to see them underneath (chassis and motor)?
BTW Great Banshee your bringing to the vintage race in Torino. I might bring this Classic Gamma Ray I just received today:


McLaren was it you who was working on a carbon fiber chassis? If yes could that be the beginning of a new crop of Thingies coming out of SlotForum's most creative modelers and scratchbuilders?
(that would beat the new Subayota ninscx.it release in excitement !!!)

Alfetta what about showing your "been there done that found it uninteresting" Thingies?
We are trying to keep this thread going for very long
Best regards
Edo
PS I wonder what are dgersh and the Dok bringing to the vintage race?

Well there it is! Hide the kids! Close your eyes!






It'a 1968 Mini Can Am "telaio (chassis) Pizzi" Italian Champion 1969.
It was produced in Milan to give the Cox Cucaracha (at the time the most competitive racing car in Italy and in the Italian part of Switzerland) a hard time. This model had already a 16D motor who took over the 26D mania we all had in the Cox Cuc. It was faster and more reliable.
When this car came out I was not into slot anymore and I consider this car the last of the Thingies before mayhem happened.
This is it, no more Thingies from me, you can open your eyes now!
Let's all go back to play with Subayotas
Cheers
Edo
PS No more until I get a Classic Serpent that is!

Thanks guys!
Howmet I knew I could count on you

Beppe c'mon your adding gasoline on the fire
The 16D inside the car almost melted my electronic controller (it sucks 4 Amps) after just a few meters with the sponge tires (still fresh) sliding all over. Unmanageable for the moment! (I need a good silicone tire reshodding job by the evil good Dok and to use a vintage Cox controller)
Was this the chassis you are talking about:



That is a 1967 Mini A by Mini Dream Car the same company as the Mini Can Am above.

We dont have to abandon anything (imagine abandoning, just as an example, Slot.it wonderful models? Not me!).
It's just great to have a choice.
Could you expand on this concept "fantasy liveries yes, fantasy cars definitely no", please?
(I do not quite grasp the difference).

John
those wheels are apparently original. I will ask the guy to confirm again. He's from Bologna and races "metal" (you know those ugly super fast car we would not touch with a 10 foot pole
(I would be very curious to see that "large amount of other stuff" you got from him!)
Best regards to you all
Edo