@ Val - Co-ran a proxy (U13 Challenge) years ago (
http://www.slotcarillustrated.com/porta ... .php?f=250) with these 1/32 Minis eligible as an under 1.3 litre engined car. It was great fun with entries including Hillman Imps, Toyota S600s, Trabants, Bugeye Sprites, Fiat 850s and Minis. I've been thinking of a follow-up to the Sprite Proxy 2018 with a Mini body-based one. It would be 1/24 scale using a Tamiya Mini Cooper S kit or my own resin body cast and be front wheel driven. This would be quite a technical challenge as we're so use to rear wheel drive. Here's my build thread testing out the concept.
viewtopic.php?f=45&t=17643In the meantime, good progress on this build.
Already had a partially built chassis, so just had to add wheels/tires and a crown gear. Ranch Design rims are no longer available so I'm using Slot It 14" plastic rims/tires at the front and BRM Nascar rims with my own urethane tires at the rear. Used L-shaped Evergreen plastic for side-mounting the body.
Body-wise, trimmed the front grille/bumper, rear licence plate and rear bumpers from the Scalextric's original chassis. The rims are Mini lites 3D printed by one of our GVSCC members. The driver figure's my own cast go-to one of unknown origin.
Should be done and running in no time.
Dan