Just released by Scalextric (and delivered a few days ago) is the Duke boys' 1969 Dodge Charger, the "General Lee".
This is a large and fast car, fairly well detailed. But it can't race around the track on its own. Fortunately, Andy spotted a Plymouth Road Runner at the Donington Slot Car Festival and I snapped it up.
This is a 1970 American muscle car in California Highway Patrol livery, manufactured by Carrera. Ok, so it should be Georgia State or Hazzard County to really be Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane's car, but it's not a bad match. And Daisy Duke did drive a yellow Road Runner - albeit a 1974 model - in later series. Which is a great excuse for another photo...
You did well to get one of the Carrera police cars; they're quite tricky to find.
ReplyDeleteI've made a few authentic police cars as you can see from this picture. However my Dodge Charger isn't as orange as yours!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/garethj/Slot%20cars/IMAG0174.jpg
Yes, I've never seen one since. Your police car looks good. Do the roof lights work? The Carrera Roadrunner doesn't and that's a mod I've been thinking about. Any advice?
ReplyDeleteThe roof lights on mine are clear resin so they could work if I had 2 minuites with a soldering iron. You could try looking at Maplin electronics, they do a 3mm flashing LED which works from about 3V to 15V and has the flashing circuit built in. Should be easy to run 2 wires from the LED down to the motor.
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