GB 1:20th - 1:25th Racing Car - Chat Thread
Discussion
If you try to get too prescriptive it all gets a bit anoraky and tedious. A racing car is a car designed or modified for racing. That could be a dedicated pure racing car (like an F1 car) or something like a MkII Jag or a Ciroen 2CV with numbers on the door.
The main thing is that the model does not look like a common or garden road car with no racing modifications.
The main thing is that the model does not look like a common or garden road car with no racing modifications.
Eric Mc said:
If you try to get too prescriptive it all gets a bit anoraky and tedious. A racing car is a car designed or modified for racing. That could be a dedicated pure racing car (like an F1 car) or something like a MkII Jag or a Citroen 2CV with numbers on the door.
The main thing is that the model does not look like a common or garden road car with no racing modifications.
This^^^^The main thing is that the model does not look like a common or garden road car with no racing modifications.
should be the basic "descriptor" for the GB in my opinion
I was going to give this GB a miss, but somehow a 1/20 racing car has arrived from a well known auction site. But it seems I'm too late as Tangerine_sedge has already started building his Tyrrell P34 and I wouldn't want to do the same kit. So bear with me, as I have an eye on a 1/20 or even 1/12 JPS Lotus.
Shar2 said:
I was going to give this GB a miss, but somehow a 1/20 racing car has arrived from a well known auction site. But it seems I'm too late as Tangerine_sedge has already started building his Tyrrell P34 and I wouldn't want to do the same kit. So bear with me, as I have an eye on a 1/20 or even 1/12 JPS Lotus.
1:12 is not eligible for this group build.
perdu said:
I suppose I ought to make a start but I have been quite busy "insiding" my modified Matchbox Wessex these lazy nights...
I will get the thread set up now, might take a few days to fire up the Sauber though.
Perdu - what Sauber is it again? I'd like to build a Group C car from my Silverstone 1000kms days!I will get the thread set up now, might take a few days to fire up the Sauber though.
Thinking a Revell Kouros Sauber/ Porsche 956/962, or what I'd really like is the Tamiya (or even Hasegawa) Jaguar XJR-9, but I can't find any in the UK.
dr_gn said:
perdu said:
I suppose I ought to make a start but I have been quite busy "insiding" my modified Matchbox Wessex these lazy nights...
I will get the thread set up now, might take a few days to fire up the Sauber though.
Perdu - what Sauber is it again? I'd like to build a Group C car from my Silverstone 1000kms days!I will get the thread set up now, might take a few days to fire up the Sauber though.
Thinking a Revell Kouros Sauber/ Porsche 956/962, or what I'd really like is the Tamiya (or even Hasegawa) Jaguar XJR-9, but I can't find any in the UK.
Not sure I like it but I have it so I will have a go
(got a lovely Airfik DB5 too, but...)
perdu said:
dr_gn said:
perdu said:
I suppose I ought to make a start but I have been quite busy "insiding" my modified Matchbox Wessex these lazy nights...
I will get the thread set up now, might take a few days to fire up the Sauber though.
Perdu - what Sauber is it again? I'd like to build a Group C car from my Silverstone 1000kms days!I will get the thread set up now, might take a few days to fire up the Sauber though.
Thinking a Revell Kouros Sauber/ Porsche 956/962, or what I'd really like is the Tamiya (or even Hasegawa) Jaguar XJR-9, but I can't find any in the UK.
Not sure I like it but I have it so I will have a go
(got a lovely Airfik DB5 too, but...)
So I decided to build a series of endurance racing cars based on machines I've actually seen racing at the Silversone 6 hours/1000kms races in the past. In all, I'm hoping to build a Tamiya Martini Porsche 935, a Jaguar XJR-8 or 9, a Lancia LC-1 or 2 - if I can find one - and of course a Porsche 956/962. All 1:24.
Less tha 24 hours (ha ha) after assuring the missus that I wouldn't be buying *any more kits* until I'd built the three aircraft I've got in the stash (plus the 1:32 Sea Venom that's on it's way)...I have two more kits. A pal of mine found a now rare Tamiya Jaguar XJR-9LM in his local model shop this morning and asked if I wanted it for £20. Of course. Then this afternoon I was in my local model shop (just passing - rude not to call in), and they had a discontinued Revell Kouros Sauber C-9, so I thought it would be wise to buy that too:
To add insult to injury, I recently discovered a newly released Top Studio super detail kit for the 1:20 Tamiya McLaren MP4/4. It looks...sublime, never seen such a complete detail kit. This is another car I saw race (Senna winning in the wet at Silverstone 1988). So I'll be having one of those as well for my birthday thanks very much:
I guess one of these cars will be my entry into the group build. Carbon fibre decal sheet ahoy!
Less tha 24 hours (ha ha) after assuring the missus that I wouldn't be buying *any more kits* until I'd built the three aircraft I've got in the stash (plus the 1:32 Sea Venom that's on it's way)...I have two more kits. A pal of mine found a now rare Tamiya Jaguar XJR-9LM in his local model shop this morning and asked if I wanted it for £20. Of course. Then this afternoon I was in my local model shop (just passing - rude not to call in), and they had a discontinued Revell Kouros Sauber C-9, so I thought it would be wise to buy that too:
To add insult to injury, I recently discovered a newly released Top Studio super detail kit for the 1:20 Tamiya McLaren MP4/4. It looks...sublime, never seen such a complete detail kit. This is another car I saw race (Senna winning in the wet at Silverstone 1988). So I'll be having one of those as well for my birthday thanks very much:
I guess one of these cars will be my entry into the group build. Carbon fibre decal sheet ahoy!
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