Talago
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The only Rover cars made by Scalextric were SD1s. There are also MG Metro 6R4s , MG Maestros and Range Rovers, but no P4s, P5s or more importantly P6s.
FPF do make a resin bodied slot car based on a model of the Bill Shaw’s Racing P6, with flared arches and large bonnet scoop. However, I wanted a ‘normal looking’ P6 slot car, and I also really wanted it to be a model of my own red series 1 P6.
I have in my collection of Rover models 3 Lucky (no. 3008) plastic bodied P6s, with friction motors. At just under 5 inches long, they are very close to 1:36 scale. Because I had 3, I didn’t mind scrapping one in the pursuit of this.
On ebay I came across a PCS-32 adjustable slot car chassis. The wheelbase on this can be adjusted to suit your model. The only problem was the track, or axle length, which was too big. The standard axles were 44 mm, so I removed the wheels, cut them down to about 34 mm, and refixed the wheels with Araldite.
I carefully removed the friction baseplate from the Lucky model and fixed in place the new PCS-32 motorised slot car base, using cut rawl-plugs Araldited in place to receive the screws.
This is my working prototype. I intend to work on it a bit more after it makes it’s debut on the track this weekend.
Here are a few photos of how it is now.
Here it is beside a Scalextric SD1. Scale is not too bad.
FPF do make a resin bodied slot car based on a model of the Bill Shaw’s Racing P6, with flared arches and large bonnet scoop. However, I wanted a ‘normal looking’ P6 slot car, and I also really wanted it to be a model of my own red series 1 P6.
I have in my collection of Rover models 3 Lucky (no. 3008) plastic bodied P6s, with friction motors. At just under 5 inches long, they are very close to 1:36 scale. Because I had 3, I didn’t mind scrapping one in the pursuit of this.
On ebay I came across a PCS-32 adjustable slot car chassis. The wheelbase on this can be adjusted to suit your model. The only problem was the track, or axle length, which was too big. The standard axles were 44 mm, so I removed the wheels, cut them down to about 34 mm, and refixed the wheels with Araldite.
I carefully removed the friction baseplate from the Lucky model and fixed in place the new PCS-32 motorised slot car base, using cut rawl-plugs Araldited in place to receive the screws.
This is my working prototype. I intend to work on it a bit more after it makes it’s debut on the track this weekend.
Here are a few photos of how it is now.
Here it is beside a Scalextric SD1. Scale is not too bad.