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Donnerstag, 24. März 2022

ACAR Slot Car Custom Tomy AFX Ford GT40

ACAR Custom Slot Car im Maßstab 1:64 - FORD GT40 Le Mans

Selection of Ford GT40s 24h Le Mans and 12h Sebring

A group of Ford GT40 Mk II slot cars on a racetrack passing

A rare gathering of FORD GT40s at Forest Hill

The FORD GT40 is not only a racing legend. If there is a form follows design paradigma the FORD GT40 would be one. It would be a dream come true to drive or at least sit in one of these cars once. From my childhood, reading car magazines, absorbing images of Lamborghinis, Jaguars, Porsche, Panthera, the GT40 stood out to me. Years later even more.
Picture shows several FORD GT40 slot cars on a straight thru the woods approaching a corner

One of the Best h0 Slot Cars by Tomy AFX the FORD GT40 Mkii

Slot Cars provides the grounds to explore the fascination for many things, for example the GT40. Many examples of race cars in the late 60s and 70s display striking liveries. I am intrigued by the idee of replicating the looks in a smaller scale. Many aspects are compelling. It starts with the bold graphics of the time and continues to the colors chosen. Compared to contemporary liveries on racecars, with an endless number of details, it is the simplicity and the personal touch, that make the example look interesting and underline the cars design.
Several FORD GT40s on a realistically designed h0 slot car racetrack

The FORD GT40 looks good in many Colors

Tomy AFX made a beautiful version of the FORD GT40 MkII and offered clear and white bodies to customize. Because the cars were easily accessible for a reasonable price, no one thought about stacking up bodies for future projects. Some came my way and spent some time stored in cases. Until the GT40 caught my interest again and started exploring the web for inspiration.
A group off red Ford GT40 in the foreground chasing three cars ahead

Giving it a personal touch – Customizing Slot Cars

Customizing slot cars consists of many steps. Fitting the body to chassis, deciding on rims and tires, making decals for the particular body, painting, detailing, decaling, clear coating. Usually, summer is the time for me to get into customizing. Setting up the air brush for more than one car and painting several bodies at once seems to be more efficient than painting one at the time. It was not different with the FORD GT40s.
Birdseye view on a wide radius corner with six FORD GT40 passing

A moment in Time, recreated on a Slottrack

FORD GT40 24h Le Mans 1968 Claude Dubois #8

Custom h0 Slot Car FORD GT40 24h Le Mans 1968 Strahaven Limited #12

FORD GT40 24h Le Mans 1968 Claude Dubois #8
Driven by: Willy Mairesse (B)/Jean Beurlys (B)

FORD GT40 24h Le Mans 1968 Strahaven Limited #12

Custom h0 Slot Car FORD GT40 24h Le Mans 1968 Strahaven Limited #12

FORD GT40 24h Le Mans 1968 Strahaven Limited #12
Driven by: Mike Salmon (GB)/Eric Liddell (GB)

FORD GT40 24h Le Mans 1966 Scuderia Filipinetti #14

FORD GT40 24h Le Mans 1966 Scuderia Filipinetti #14
Driven by: Peter Sutcliffe (GB)/Dieter Spoerry (CH)

FORD GT40 Le Mans 1967 Scuderia Filipinetti #18

Custom h0 Slöot Car FORD GT40 Le Mans 1967 Scuderia Filipinetti #18

FORD GT40 Le Mans 1967 Scuderia Filipinetti #18
Driven by: Umberto Maglioli (I)/Mario Casoni (I)

FORD-GT40 12h Sebring 1966 3rd Essex Wire Corporation #19

Custom h0 Slot Car FORD-GT40 12h Sebring 1966 3rd Essex Wire Corporation #19

FORD-GT40 12h Sebring 1966 3rd Essex Wire Corporation #19
Driven by: Skip Scott (USA)/Peter Revson (USA)

Ford GT40 12h Sebring 1966 Alan Mann Racing #24

Custom h0 Slot Car Ford GT40 12h Sebring 1966 Alan Mann Racing #24

Ford GT40 12h Sebring 1966 Alan Mann Racing #24
Driven by: Graham Hill (GB)/Jackie Stewart (GB)


Freitag, 24. August 2018

Porsche 917K at 24 Hours Daytona and 12 Hours Sebring 1971

Custom Porsche 917K Slot Cars - Forgotten Treasures Part II

Take it easy

The plan was to customize some cars without to altering details on the body. Some Porsche 917K had been on the list for a while. Martin Racing and GULF livery were priorities. In 1971 GULF and Martini Porsche took part in the 24h Daytona. Information on the race itself seems rare.

Porsche 917 24hours Daytona 1971, John Wyer GULF, Martini & Rossi Racing Team
Porsche 917 24 hours Daytona 1971
John Wyer GULF, Martini & Rossi Racing Team

Images of the wining Porsche #2 with Pedro Rodriguez and Jackie Oliver are easily found. Were it is more difficult with the rest of the pack. Images are a necessary source to replicate the livery of each car. Eventually graphics are modified to fit the AFX Porsche 917 proportions. In case of the GULF Porsche it is easy as the orange accents are painted on. The MARTINI blue, light blue and red stripping is trickier.

24h Daytona 1971 Martini Porsche 917K

Slot car Custom Porsche 917 MARTIN Racing Deutschland, Marko, Lins
#3 Daytona 1971 Martini & Rossi Racing Team, Helmut Marko/Rudi Lins

Over the years, several AFX Porsche, whether 917, 911 or 908-03, unintentionally received a Martini Livery. From the early 1970s, when it became legal to advertise non motorsport related products on the race cars, Martini Racing and Porsche started a successful partnership. Once it became obvious how many Porsche already featured the Martini Racing design, the next step was to make as many 911 RSR, 908-03 or 917 as possible. Some of the 917 had been made some years ago. Now the results did not seem pleasing any longer. It was time to replace those with contemporary models

#4 Porsche 917 Daytona Martini & Rossi Racing Team Vic Elford / Gijs van Lennep
#4 Daytona 1971 Martini & Rossi Racing Team, Vic Elford / Gijs van Lennep
Custom Slot Car Porsche 917 Martini & Rossi Racing Daytona Sebring 1971
Custom Slot Car Porsche 917 MartiniRossi Racing 1971

Porsche 917 K #3 Martini Racing Sebring 12 Hours1971

The third Martini & Rossi Racing Porsche 917K is the 12h Sebring 1971 winner with Vic Elford and Gérard Larrousse, a replacement for a model that had been sold some time ago.

Porsche 917K Daytona GULF John Wyer 1971

The other successful Sponsorship with Porsche, or lets say John Wyer Racing, was with GULF oil company. The striking colour concept of the light blue with orange accents is simple and compelling. As you know, John Wyer Racing, was also successful with the FORD GT40 winning Le Mans two years in a row – 1968 (Pedro Rodríguez and Lucien Bianchi) and 1969 (Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver) - Link. To replicate the blue and orange on a slot car seemed to be rather difficult. Now you can acutely acquire airbrush paints from various brands to match the original paint.
Daytona 1971 Porsche 917K J. W. Automotive Engineering Jo Siffert / Derek Bell
24 Hours Daytona 1971,  GULF Porsche 917K
J. W. Automotive Engineering, Jo Siffert / Derek Bell

Also these slot car customs were meant to be simple builds The GULF Porsche will receive this additional wing on the rear. It is to difficult to ignore. With the next round of GULF blue cars, the wings should be painted. But this can take some time, because there are always other projects poping up to consume the time and energy.

Gulf Porsche 917K John Wyer Team Pedro Rodriguez und Jackie Oliver Winner
Gulf Porsche 917K John Wyer Team
Pedro Rodriguez und Jackie Oliver – 24 hours Daytona 1917 Winner

The next MARTINI Porsche are waiting to be materialize. A replacement for the 24 hours Le Mans 1971 winner will follow, two participating Porsches 911 Carrera RS at the Targa Florio 1973, all with interesting modifications.

Slot Car Porsche 917 24 Hours Daytona 1971 GULF AMrtini
Custom Slot Cars Porsche 917
24 Hours Daytona 1971– GULF Martini & Rossi Racing
Slot Car Custom Porsche 917 Martini & Rossing Racing  Daytona 1971

he Porsche 917 is a race car that gave Porsche its first overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970 and 1971. Powered by the Type 912 flat-12 engine of 4.5, 4.9, or 5 litres, the 917/30 Can Am variant was capable of a 0-62 mph (100 km/h) time of 2.3 seconds, 0–124 mph (200 km/h) in 5.3 seconds, and a top speed of up to 240 mph (390 km/h).This is not, however, representative of the majority of 917s. The highest official speed ever clocked for a 917 at Le Mans is 362 km/h or 224.4 mph.


Find out more interesting details

What Has Kept The Gulf Racing Livery So Special For So Long?

Martini Racing

Hope you enjoy!

#Porsche 917 | #Daytona | #Sebring | #GULF | #John Wyer | #Martini Rossi

Mittwoch, 6. Januar 2016

ACAR Porsche Reunion Custom Slot Car hO

Porsche 906 Carrera hO Slot Car Custom

Porsche 906 Carrera Slotcar ho
#15 Porsche 906 Carrera 6, 24h Daytona 1966, 6. Platz
#49 Porsche 906 Carrera 6, 12h Sebring 1966, 6. Platz
Porsche 906 Carrera Slotcar ho
#148 Porsche 906 Carrera 6, Targa Florio 1966, Sieger
#60 Porsche 906 Carrera 6, 1.000km Nürburgring 1966, 7. Platz

Im Maßstab hO ist die Auswahl an Modellen sehr beschränkt. Nur durch Umbauten und als Sonderanfertigung lassen sich die kleine Rennwagen realisieren. Für den Porsche 906 Carrera wurde ein TYCO 908 als Basis verwendet. Die Resine Karosserie wurde für das AFX Magnatraction Chassis angepasst. 


Porsche 911S und 911 RSR Psychedelisch Kremer Racing

Porsche 911 Slot Car ho
#1 Porsche 911S, European GT Championship Nürburgring 1972, Sieger
#80 Porsche 911S, 24h Le Mans 1972, DNF
#139 Porsche 911S, Tour de France 1970, 3. Platz
#45 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR, 24h Le Mans 1973, 8. Platz

Von Kremer Racing fuhren einige Rennwagen mit einer psychedelischen Lackierung. Das Design der Rennwagen war und ist sicher sehr außergewöhnlich. Einige dieser Ikonen des Rennsports sollten auch im Maßstab 1:64 auf der Bahn ihre Runden drehen. Die AFX Porsche 911 wurden an Heck und Front überarbeitet, Declas mit der Lackierung erstellt und professionell gedruckt.


Porsche 911 RSR Le Mans 1973

Slotcar ho Porsche 911 RSR Le Mans 1973
Slotcar ho Porsche 911 RSR Le Mans 1973
#46 Porsche 911 RSR Prototype, 24h Le Mans 1973, 4. Platz
#47 Porsche 911RSR Prototype, 24h Le Mans 1973, DNF
#48 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR, 24h Le Mans 1973, 14. Platz

Im Laufe der Jahre hat Porsche immer wieder außergewöhnliche Rennwagen präsentiert. Dazu gehören auch die beiden Porsche 911 RSR mit dem verbreiterten Spoiler am Heck, der ihnen den Spitznamen "Mary Stuart" einbrachte, weil er an den Kragen erinnerte, die die Königin trug. Martini, als langjähriger Sponsor von Porsche Rennwagen, trug mit bemerkenswerte Lackierungen dazu bei, die Autos zu Ikonen werden zu lassen. Die beiden Modelle entstanden auf Basis der AFX Porsche 911. Die aufwendigen Modifikationen betreffen nicht nur den Spoiler. Die Wagen wurden verbreitert und die Stoßstange am Heck angepasst. Die beiden Modelle sind Einzelstücke.

#Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Slotcar | #h0 Slot Car | #Porsche 906 hO Slotcar


Sonntag, 22. November 2015

h0 Slotcar FORD GT40 - 24h Daytona und 12h Sebring

TYCO FORD GT40 - 24h Daytona und 12h Sebring

Mit der Zeit haben sich so viele Projekte angesammelt, weil es immer wieder neue, faszinierende Modelle gibt, die ich auch gerne bauen würde. So kommt es, dass einige Projekte in der Schublade verschwinden. Von Zeit zu Zeit befällt mich die Vorstellung, dass diese Projekte fertigstellt werden sollten. Die Karosserien für die GT40 hatte ich schon vor Jahren erworben. Damals hatte ich noch nicht den Entschluss gefasst, in erster Linie Modelle auf den AFX Magnatraction Chassis zu bauen. Die FORD GT40 sind alle mit TYCO 440X2 Chassis ausgestattet. Die Form entspricht den Modellen von 1966 und 1967. So entstanden die drei Modelle nach Vorlagen von Fahrzeugen, die bei den 24h Daytona und 12h Sebring der Jahre 1966 und 1967 gestartet waren.

Slot Car Custom H0 FORD GT40 Tyco
Slot Car Custom H0 FORD GT40 Tyco
FORD GT40 Daytona Sebring ho Slotcar
ho Slotcar Custom FORD GT40 mit TYCO 44x2 Chassis und Resine Karosserie
FORD GT40 Slotcar Custom ho
Slot Car #19 Ford GT40, 12h Sebring 1966, 3. Platz
Essex Wire Corporation, Skip Scott (USA)/Peter Revson (USA)
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Slot Car #19 Ford GT40, 12h Sebring 1967, 5. Platz
Brescia Corse Team, Nino Vaccarella (I)/Umberto Maglioli (I)
#98 FORD MKii 24h Daytona 1966 Sieger ho Sloctcar
Slot Car #98 Ford MkII, 24h Daytona 1966, Sieger
Shelby American Inc. (USA) KenMiles/LloydRuby
FORD GT40 Slotcar Custom ho
Slot Car Custom H0 FORD GT40 Tyco
Slot Car Custom H0 FORD GT40 Tyco
Slot Car Custom H0 FORD GT40 Tyco