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From Keith
07-08-2021   (16:06:26)

Latest arrivals
I ended up being the only bidder for this Monogram Ferrari 330 P/LM (Ferrari 250LM) fitted with the drop arm chassis.


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From Keith
21-07-2021   (16:01:32)

Latest arrivals
Received this Monogram Jaguar Lightweight E-Type from Le Mans 1964 today from the USA, this will be getting new numbers to represent the car as it raced at the Goodwood TT in 1964.


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From Keith
18-07-2021   (16:41:28)

Track update
Even before this latest little heat wave I was having heat related problems with the foam board infill on the new layout. The room the track is in faces south and although the track is behind closed curtains it still takes the full brunt of the sun on a clear day. I haven't had any problems with any of the other tracks here but then none have had solid infills.
The Artin track was just laid on the baseboard covering with grass scatter applied to the covering, this track is still there under the plywood cover and the visible parts seem ok. The Scalextric and Jouef track along with the first Airfix Monte Carlo track just sat on top of the plywood as did the previous Airfix layout and the last Monte layout. Both of these had some borders in place but the tracks all had room to move apart from the original Artin layout which ended up being glued to the baseboard covering bny the PVA used for the scatter.
I don't know if it's the foam board expanding, the track moving or a bit of both but there are problems with the foam board. In a lot of places the edge of the foam board has lifted above the track edge and most of the places that I added a small amount of filler this has come free from the track and foam board and fallen to the bottom of the gap.
A lot of the wider cars don't like the raised edges and it is even de-slotting some cars so with this in mind I need to find a solution. I did think about cutting the foam board back a little bit to leave a small gap and allow for expansion but as some of the cars, mainly the older Airfix and Jouef cars have very rounded profile tyres I'm not sure how well this would work.
Option two was to cut the foam board away and replace the plastic Airfix borders as at least they will move with the track if that is indeed the problem. Only problem with this is that I don't have enough borders and they are very hard to find and also Airfix never made any inner borders.
With option two in mind I have spent most of today experimenting with 3D printing some borders and they seem to be coming out quite good. Need to continue tweaking but we will see what happens tomorrow.


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From Keith
17-07-2021   (21:57:20)

Car updates
Following on from the full video posted yesterday I have now added individual videos for each car and some photos taken the day after the video was shot.
Scalextric GT40 Mk2 #8.
Scalextric GT40 #59
Scalextric GT40 Mk2 #3
Scalextric GT40 Mk2 #2
Scalextric GT40 Mk2 #1
Scalextric GT40 Mk2 #5
Fly Ford GT40 Mk2 #7
Fly Ford Gt40 #12
Altaya (SCX) Ferrari 330 P3 #27


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From Keith
16-07-2021   (19:07:39)
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From Keith
14-07-2021   (16:00:58)

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Received two sets of decals today...
For MRRC Williams FW07 from 1979 Alan Jones #27 and Clay Regazzoni #28.
Also for the MRRC M23 of James Hunt.


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From Keith
12-07-2021   (02:30:50)

Car updates
I have uipdated the details on the following car and body..
Airfix Lotus 24 green #6 Trevor Taylor
Airfix Lotus F1 red body kit


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From Keith
11-07-2021   (00:25:57)
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From Keith
28-06-2021   (01:06:20)

Car updates
Added some new photos and video to one of my Airfix Vauxhall Viva's



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From Keith
25-06-2021   (16:18:30)

Latest arrivals
Received 2 body kits from a seller in Germany today, both MRRC.
A Porsche 911RS which is I believe designed to take the Sebring chassis.
Also a Porsche 904 which is a rerelease of the Monogram body.


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