Josef Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 So as not to drift the thread where this came up even further… @JohnD, @Chris Longhurst these are (most of) the running Triumph slot cars I have, some a little worse for wear from age and use! I have a number of unbuilt projects hiding around the place, including a Vitesse. All are on scratch built brass chassis, except the silver TR7 which I think is on a commercial metal chassis. Bodies as follows: TR3 - home resin casting, traded, TR4 - Airfix, Dolomite - OneThirtySecond, TR7s - modified Scalextric, 13/60 - OneThirtySecond, 1200 convertible - home resin cast, mine. The rest of the cabinet is a mix of cars belonging to me and my dad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longhurst Posted June 16, 2023 Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 Thanks Josef - good plan not to further high-jack the Racing Vitesse thread! I see a red 13/60 in the bottom picture - is that made from a one-thirtysecond' resin kit Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 16, 2023 Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 Josef, "unbuilt projects hiding around the place, including a Vitesse.". You now have several to model from! Please show us what you achieve! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longhurst Posted June 16, 2023 Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Chris Longhurst said: Thanks Josef - good plan not to further high-jack the Racing Vitesse thread! I see a red 13/60 in the bottom picture - is that made from a one-thirtysecond' resin kit Chris Apologies Josef - you answered the question in the intro. I was engrossed in the pictures!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longhurst Posted June 16, 2023 Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 Josef's post reminded me of an interesting site 'The Motor Museum in Miniature' - well worth a visit if you have time to spare! https://www.themotormuseuminminiature.co.uk/ https://www.themotormuseuminminiature.co.uk/the-british-collection.php https://www.themotormuseuminminiature.co.uk/1959-triumph-herald-948cc-coupe.php https://www.themotormuseuminminiature.co.uk/1959-triumph-herald-saloon.php Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVD3500 Posted June 16, 2023 Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 I got a guy in the US to 3d Print a 1500/MKIV and GT6 MKIII body in 1/32 scale. He usually works in H0 scale. There is a pretty nice 1/25 scale GT6 MKII/Plus model. Might make a nice Le Mans Spitfire... There were 1/32 MKI/MKII Spitfire models out there as well as Le Mans Spitfires in that scale as well as a Stag... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef Posted June 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 1 hour ago, DVD3500 said: I got a guy in the US to 3d Print a 1500/MKIV and GT6 MKIII body in 1/32 scale. He usually works in H0 scale. There is a pretty nice 1/25 scale GT6 MKII/Plus model. Might make a nice Le Mans Spitfire... There were 1/32 MKI/MKII Spitfire models out there as well as Le Mans Spitfires in that scale as well as a Stag... I have roundtail Spits, one a Le Mans one, and I think a GT6… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef Posted June 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2023 1 hour ago, JohnD said: Josef, "unbuilt projects hiding around the place, including a Vitesse.". You now have several to model from! Please show us what you achieve! John Will do, the full scale ones are consuming all my time right now though! I’ve not built a model car in a long while. I think the closest to ‘done’ is a TR5 I was building from an Airfix TR4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longhurst Posted June 18, 2023 Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 Although I am not a 'slot car' racer I do have some slot cars in my Herald/Vitesse model collection. Two of these are Vitesses. The White one is based on a modified Herald Saloon Airfix kit and was sold as 'well raced' (Photos. 1a & 1b). The Green one (Photos 2a & 2b) is in very nice condition - possibly based on a 'onewthirtysecond' kit. Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted June 18, 2023 Report Share Posted June 18, 2023 (edited) Fantastic collection. Very jealous of the Vitesse slotcars. I think the Vitesse is an under modelled Triumph, plenty of Heralds and it would be a simple conversion to make a Vitesse I imagine. I have several Airfix Heralds in the cupboard to convert to Vitesse one day. Edited June 18, 2023 by ahebron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longhurst Posted June 19, 2023 Report Share Posted June 19, 2023 ahebron is right - plenty of Herald 948/1200 '1/32nd kits - the saloon in both plastic (Airfix) & Resin and the coupe (ribbed roof) in resin; the resin ones generally look like they have been based on the Airfix 'template; but there are very few Herald 13/60s or Vitesses. In the two attached photos you can see my 1/32 Slot Car Coupes. In the first a Coffee & White and Signal Red Coupe examples - both in very nice condition. In the second photo a Powder Blue and White coupe and, best of all, a Signal Red and White representation of the smooth roof Monte Carlo 1960 Works Coupe #283. I was very fortunate to find this as a 'Buy It Now' on eBay for £75. The parts alone would have cost that and the workmanship, paint & decals are superb. There is even a fly (or is it for snow as it was the Monte Carlo Rally?!) deflector in place across the bonnet! Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted July 22, 2023 Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 I did buy one of the resin Vitesse Mk2 saloons from eBay recently. It looks to be a decent kit. It is now in the cupboard with all my other models to build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted July 22, 2023 Report Share Posted July 22, 2023 The white MK2 Vitesse is very accurate; same paint job as mine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt6j Posted July 31, 2023 Report Share Posted July 31, 2023 Enjoying this thread. Bought a gt6 kit from this place not so long ago, yet to start building it. There's spitfires among others on there https://george-turner-models.myshopify.com/collections/triumph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVD3500 Posted August 1, 2023 Report Share Posted August 1, 2023 All round tails though... no MKIV/1500 or MKIII GT6... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted August 2, 2023 Report Share Posted August 2, 2023 But more importantly no Vitesse!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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