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Long before Cartrix produced their Lancia Ferrari D50, our club started a class for 50's Formula 1 cars, and as I was in love with the Lancia D50, my only option was to use the Hawk kit, which was produced in the mid 60's ( I think ).

The kit was very basic....no interior, no driver, no mirrors, no gas caps, exhausts, windshield etc.,......all the little bits, that add up to a really accurate model, and even more frustrating , at the time of launch, it was priced at 49 cents!!!!..........considerably less than I ended up paying 40 years later. :violin: I shouldn't whine, as I ended up buying a few. :)

Anyway, I spent a lot of time, finding/building the detail bits, and the car turned out very well.................Now anyone interested can buy/convert a Cartrix and save a lot of time and effort.

The original model kit box.........



Very basic kit, as you can see.....or maybe not as this photo is quite small....



I built a fairly straightforward "flexi-board" design chassis.......this is my favourite design for slow motor/skinny tired cars.



As mentioned, I did end up poking around the parts box for a driver, dashboard, mirrors and gascaps.......and I had to make the windscreen, exhausts and front radiator grill.

Here she be.......The wheels are available from RSSlot, and are BWA clones (which are no longer available).......I have painted both the inserts, and the wheels......much more period correct looking!! ;)








Cheers
Chris Walker

Sweeettt! I always liked that car as it was the only GP car that you could put side pans on the chassis like a sports car. I have a rough fiberglass body for one of these that is in my to do bin. I think I will follow this chassis design for it. Of course it won't turn out as well as yours, eh?

Cheers,

Keith

That is lovely Chris.

Are you willing to show some more chassis secrets?

What a honey. Nice work!

Your build looked impressive on my phone screen, and now seeing it on a full screen Awesome Build!!

I can image how neat it is to tool the Hawk around your track!!

Dundee Denny

Fantastic job on one of my favorite F1 cars.

Chris how do you fix the torsion bars are they glued in?

cheers
David

Chris,

On those chassis, how do you solder the guide tongue onto the front plate so cleanly?

Do you sweat some solder on the plate, position the guide tongue and apply the iron tip on top?

Fantastic work!

Dan

Thank you very much, Chris.

Your words combined with the pictures certainly makes everything clear.

You have given me food for thought...I have a build in mind where the "flex/torsion" chassis will be of huge benefit.

Once again, thank you.

Wow - the car is gorgeous...and those chassis!!! Man!