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Post by cambridge on Feb 8, 2016 21:54:06 GMT
Well, how nice to report that a satisfactory result has occurred with the Invicta. He will send it back and after all this time I will check it and do whatever it takes to be a good un again. And they will be made as slot cars as well as the original intention for them as static models. It's always good to avoid bad feeling.
Cheers, Martin
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Post by Peter Seager-Thomas on Feb 8, 2016 22:12:42 GMT
I look forward to seeing this one develop.
I suspect my resin R type MG originally came from the same source, Mario Marti.
Peter.
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Post by cambridge on Feb 11, 2016 22:09:30 GMT
Well here are a couple of shots of the Invicta as I unpacked it from its Swiss package. Apart from a misunderstanding over the front axle position, there is nothing wrong with the model at all. On the right is one of RS's new 19" wheels with a fattish tyre that came back with the Invicta model. All we have to do is discuss the way in which this static kit master can be reworked as a slot car. A new floor, detailed inside but not underneath, seems to be all that is required. A front motor or the more normal vac-formed sheet interior to clear a conventional motor set-up will be needed. All in all, nothing too much. Cheers, Martin
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Post by cambridge on Feb 13, 2016 23:33:05 GMT
In the good ol' days, we all started copying the cool Ken Holmes, by making Invictas out of Airfix Bentleys. It became an intense fad for a short time. With a 9 foot wheelbase, they handled superbly and were allowable in GP class racing if they didn't have any mudguards. Here's Ken's original Invicta, as raced at Hornchurch and Estuary Equipe clubs in the mid 60s. Oh, happy days. MRRC steering unit and guide, SMEC wheels with acetate inserts, MRRC hard ribbed rears. I think it had a 3 pole with twin pole pieces and a zapped magnet. Almost certainly brass bevels. Ken , bless him, still has this car and still runs Slot Stox in Romford. Photos courtesy Keith Wells. Martin
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Post by Martin on Mar 2, 2017 18:46:43 GMT
Well, nothing has been heard from Switzerland in well over a year, so I shall make another master and it will, as threatened/promised be produced, in this case, by RS Slotracing. I will also be doing a Frazer-Nash TT replica and a 1 1/2 Litre Squire for him.
Martin
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