Stop! Police!

A good racing session with Stuart today.  We spent a couple of hours in the loft before it got too cold for us, and then came down to warm up with FIFA and Driver on the Playstation.  The speed camera policeman was unperturbed by Stuart's cars coming off the track, not even blinking when a deslotted Hummer bore down on him, coming to a halt just a few mm away...

The ticket is in the post, Stuart.

Best of three?

Andy was quite taken by my Hummers and so was pleased to learn that Ninco produce a third model - the H2 County Sheriff - which was ordered at the weekend and arrived yesterday.

Like the other two models, this is based on a real car - although the markings don't specify a particular county (Hazzard would be good!) so I presume this is another promotional vehicle from Hummer to encourage police forces to buy them.

Possibly the campest police car yet...?

Andy and I had a quick "best of three" races which I just managed to win as his Hummer was sliding out quite a lot.  I noticed at the end that one of the rear tyres wasn't fitted quite right so that explained the poor road holding.  I expect to get thrashed next time...

A couple of eco-friendly little cars

The final pair of purchases from last Sunday's Toy Fair.  Ridiculous, obscene but irresistible - at least in 1:32 scale - it's the Hummer H2.  I know someone who has one - he sold his Lotus Elan before buying it, but I am still talking to him.

The first car is the Hummer Baja that competes in desert rallies.

This model by Ninco is genuine four-wheel drive with independent suspension on each wheel.  Here's the real car competing in the "Best in the Desert" Terrible's 250 in Nevada in 2008.

The second version isn't quite so suitable for off-roading.  Despite the Gulf livery, this is for posing not racing.

As well as the nice paint job and bling wheels, this even has scissor doors, as you can see in this photo of the real car (non-functional in the model).

These cars are great fun to race despite their size.  They do clip each other's wing mirrors on the way round but I don't expect that will be a problem for long.