I had the pleasure of recently hosting the F1 Proxy reported here at HRW. I had a good feeling about HRW while reporting on the event and enjoyed the other topics in the Forum. Although I have posted at other forums and have a blog under my ferrari1950 handle at a British slotforum I had slowed up feeling overall that interest was waning a bit and my contributions did little to help. HRW has stirred my posting urge so do put up with my ramblings from time to time. :text-thankyouyellow:
I sometimes have a desire to relish the products of the past. Over the years I have assembled these 3 examples of Scalextric cars from the late sixties. A Matra, Ferrari and Lotus Indy car. I realize that purists will not appreciate the fact that I clean the cars up, repaint if need be, add or change decals and detail and switch out drivers' heads for slightly more realistic ones. The cars are runners, and shockingly at twelve volts 50 years into their lives run smoothly and well.
Here is the under view of the brilliant sledge chassis. The cars handle so well why Scalextric did not use this chassis under more cars is a shame.
The concept of the sledge explained in the Scalextric Ultimate Guide (Adrian Norman and Roger Gillham)
Two of the five cars were imaginary F1 entries. The Europa and Panther which I recently acquired and detailed up to my liking.
The fleet looks great and one has to wonder if today's offerings will be running Fifty years from now. I'll be about 119 so I know I'll slow down a bit :mrgreen: !!!