Rally Time

Some more birthday presents... a 1986 Ford RS200 Group B Rally Car from Kieron.  These cars developed 444 bhp from just a 1.8 litre engine.

And here's the same car driven by Kalle Grundel on its way to a third place finish in the 1986 International Swedish Rally.  These cars only competed for one year as Group B rallying was banned in 1986 after a series of accidents.  

Louise also got me a couple of more recent rally cars - Sebastian Loeb's 2004 Citroen Xsara and Colin McRae's 2006 Skoda Fabia.

Tilly Masterson's Mustang

I'd already bought a Ferrari to race against Bond's Aston Martin but then found out that Carrera made a model of Tilly Masterson's Ford Mustang that races Bond on the Furka Pass in "Goldfinger".  Rather ungallantly, Bond drives her off the road by shredding her tyres using one of the Aston's built-in gadgets.

So Louise got it for my birthday.

It's a well-done model with Tilly in the driving seat - a nice change to have a female driver in a slot car model - and should be a good match for the Aston Martin.