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Correction....... |
Frazer
Nash Le Mans It
may not be of any great help to James Trigwell - FSW 07-2001 p.14
- but John Day did produce a kit - his No. 171 - for the Culpan/Aldington
Fraser Nash ‘High Speed’ model - subsequently the ‘Le
Mans Replica’ - which finished 3rd at Le Mans in 1949. I think
that it was one of John Day’s better models, some were a little
rough but what a wonderful range he produced. I bought, and still have in my collection, the first 115, but then I started to be selective as my funds couldn’t keep pace with John’s prolific output! Michael Evans, Australia. Resolving questions Hello
from this side of the pond! Enclosed are some photos to help resolve
some issues and questions in "FSW", and also, an early Christmas
present for the readers of your fine magazine!In response to the photo/letter of Ron Keilbiski, USA, on page 14 of FSW 4/01; I have included four photos of both Gregg's and Donohue's Porsche Carrera's, giving you views of both sides of the cars. It is interesting to note that Gregg’s Brumos car doesn't have a driver’s side front vent window, but it does have one on the opposite, or drivers right side! Both vent windows
are in place on the Donohue car, however. It is also interesting to
note the different positions of the outside rear-view mirror on each
car. Donohue's is positioned by the A-pillar, while Gregg's is positioned further up the door, right by where the vent window frame would normally be! Perhaps this is why there is no vent window on Gregg’s car, because it would have blocked his view into the mirror! Also, note the use of only one outside mirror, where two have become so common today (well, ok, some prototypes today have one centrally mounted mirror!). In the photo of the
two cars side by side, it has always been interesting to me to note
the slight differences in the "whale tails", and just look
at how far off the rear body they hang! ! By the way, if this photo
looks familiar see page 170 of the "new" edition of Donohue's
"The Unfair Advantage" (also, bottom of page 178), as I
am a co-contributor to the latest edition! You can see my photo/blurb
on page 348 if you like!In FSW 6/01 on page
8, and FSW 5/01 on page's 20 and 27, you ran reviews and a photoof the Alfa-Romeo Montreal from Watkins Glen in '74 by RGM Design. The car was entered by BOBCOR Racing, and driven by Bert Everett and Paul Nichter in the Six Hours/Trans-Am of the Glen Five Star weekend of July '74. |
I
have enclosed a photo of it on the grid at the Glen in '74. I have
also dug through my files, and have enclosed two photos of the same
but then orange BOBCOR entered Alfa-Romeo Montreal as it appeared
and ran in the Glen's Six Hours Endurance race in '73. It was driven
by Bert Everett, also, but I lack a co-driver for you (the program
states TBA). Note the differences in the bodywork between the two years, besides the colour differences. And I don't think the wheels on the model quite captured the real ones, which had many more "ovals" in the circular pattern than the models do. Sorry, I don't have results for this car for either race. Finally, I have enclosed five photos as an early Christmas present from the stunning displays at the Porsche Rennsport Reunion held in July at Lime Rock Park, Conn. What an incredible event this was. (We will publish these shots in our colour pages one day soon if we have the space - Ed). Tony Mezzacca, New Jersey, USA Tony’s photos of the Gregg and Donohue Porsches are included below as are those of the Alfa Romeo Montreal that he mentions.      
The two final shots here are of the orange Alfa which RGM have yet to model. |
Those
Gamma Alfas....In page 19 of the
last magazine, you wrote about the new models of Gamma. You look to
have more information about Alfa Roméo of Spa Francorchamps
1968. The following cars contested the race - N°16 “Christine”- N.Sol - 23° place overall - Winner of the Ladies Cup. N°15 Lagae - L.Bianchi - 17° place overall - Winner of Gr1. N°17 Demol - Pietre - 18° place overall. N°14 “Jipea” - Collignon - Brel - 19° place overall. Only 4 cars of the Alfa type that this model depicts tooks part in this race and they all finished. I don’t know which is the fifth-placed car that you wrote about in the five decal options. In my reference book there is no more information about about the body colour of the cars because the photos are all in black and white! Didier Steyaert. email. Porsche 962C Le Mans We have received the
FSW with your excellent articles. Thank you for the article on our
Porsche 962C. Regarding the pink 962 (see review page 8 FSW 8-2001)
we chose to print the decals without pink for the panel on the side
of the car, because the builder could choose their own pink (everybody
has his personal idea about colours...). The second reason is that
the special colours for thedecals are often wrong - and very expensive - so the price of the kit increases... But we accept your point of view, perhaps it’s an error from us. For information - on the painted body Joest 89, the panel on the white side is pink. Please note that our
new model is: - Jaguar XJR 5 Le Mans 1984 - Ref: P24014 and Jaguar
XJR5 Le Mans 1985 - Ref: P24015.Jean-Philippe Boyer, Profil 24 Together with this message J-P sent us a photo of the ‘pink’ 962C that he built from the kit - you can see it within our centre pages. TVR Cerbera road car The reviewer of the
SMTS TVR Cerbera Speed 12 road car kit stated that this version must
be a “what-if” subject. Not so! Just where have you guys
been hiding? I photographed the real thing at Croft last year along
with the race car. I assumed it had been carried to the meeting on
the team’s transporter but was told that it had been driven there
from the factory! I would have loved to have seen the reactions of
those it passed by en route! It was sprayed a beautiful strawberry
red pearlescent colour with factory logos along the sill/exhaust cover.
The interior isn’t all that different from the racecar and is
dominated by the hefty roll cage. In fact, the racecar model should
be a lot more busy inside than the kit suggests. The road version
has a bit of padding, an extra seat and very little else, looking
every inch a thinly disguised race car which of course is exactly
what it is. Shame on you for being unaware of the existence of this
beast. There can be very little hope for you! Dave Allison, email |