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[TSR]

Everyone knows about the beautiful Tamiya King Cobra slot car kit, right? This De Tomaso Can-Am car built in Italy from a design by Pete Brock never made it to the race track, but made a very pretty slot car:





After the fiasco and the collapse of the hobby in mid-1968, Tamiya retreated from the slot car hobby and modified its tooling to issue this today very rare motorized kit:





The chassis mount have been modified and this is how the mold is today, meaning that it no longer fits the die-cast chassis. The recently issued "replica" bodies simply do not work on the old chassis, that's really too bad.
An amusing note: when interviewed for my new book, the Tamiya people told me that the kit above (as well as the other similar kits in our hands) never existed and was a figment of my imagination.
Whatever, hey?

[fox]

Right, Philippe, that´s too bad with those mounting posts but shouldn´t be a problem for an experienced scratchbuilder to fix the problem. It´s just the rear posts, the front ones fit.

Hope to hold your new book in my hands sooooooooooon!

[HarV Wallbanger III]

I sold one of these years ago MIB on eBay. I never thought it would sell... $$$... but ya never know.

[stevefzr]

I saw a Tamiya model kit of the Prince R380 a few months ago, but can't remember if it was motorised. It still used the original flat interior. What about the stockers? Did they ever make it to a model kit? The slot car bodies were so thin and fragile there's not many survivors compared to the other cars.

Regards,

Steve C

[TSR]

How's that?

[slotbaker]

That's pretty nice for a figment of someone's imagination.

[fox]

Gentlemen,

 

just wanted to share one my last builds with you.

I used an old Tamiya chassis together with the re-released Tamiya Porsche Carrera 6 bodies. And yes, I had to scratch the rear posts as the "new" body is a release of the "Motorized Kit" body - not the one for the slotcars.

 

Enjoy and have fun

 

Martin

 

[TSR]

Martin,

Very nice build!

 

Tamiya originally offered their Porsche 906 in kit form, but also in a rather scarce today, RTR version. Check this out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The plastic on the body is more of a cream color than the current re-re-re-release, and of course the chassis posts are in a different location. The car runs really well with the Mabuchi FT26 motor and its suspended chassis.

 

 

[fox]

I like the RTR!

 

Hey PdL, any news about your boooook ??

 

Best

Martin

[Allan Feldman]

I saw a Tamiya model kit of the Prince R380 a few months ago, but can't remember if it was motorised. It still used the original flat interior. What about the stockers? Did they ever make it to a model kit? The slot car bodies were so thin and fragile there's not many survivors compared to the other cars.

Regards,

Steve C

 

I saw a Tamiya model kit of the Prince R380 a few months ago, but can't remember if it was motorised. It still used the original flat interior. What about the stockers? Did they ever make it to a model kit? The slot car bodies were so thin and fragile there's not many survivors compared to the other cars.

Regards,

Steve C

I know its an old post but I have a Tamiya  motorised Prince R380. And want to clear up the post positions on the reissued body kits. From what I and my friend John have found the posts are wrong only for the Tamiya Slotcars that used the Sidewinder chassis. These would be the Lotus 40, King Cobra (P70 De Thomaso), Porsche Carrerra 906 and the three stocker:- Ford Galaxie Plymouth Fury, Dodge Charger? Also was the motorised Stockers provided with plastic screens? as my slotcar kit Plymouth Fury only has vacform screen. I have a Tamiya catalogue with both ranges in. I did not see the Lancer Ferrari in the motorised range. Also in the reissued range I know the Ferrari 330P2 was issued; was the Ford GT done as well?

Regards Allan

Regards Allan

[TSR]

Allan,

 

I never checked if the windows in the motorized stocker kits are vac or injected. I assume injected.

 

What is a "Lancer Ferrari" ? 

 

No, the Lancia-Ferrari D50 was not made as a motorized kit as far as we know.

 

I believe that the Ford GT40 was recently re-issued as a body kit, not 100% sure.

[Allan Feldman]

Philippe,

The Lancer is a "typo". I am so used to posting Lancer vacform bodies queries on these slot car forums. I go to that default setting.

Regards,

Allan

[TSR]

Allan,

I am a world champion-class leg puller.

[stevefzr]

I have seen both vac and injected screens in the stockers. The kits came with both. Must have confused some people as I have at least one car where the builder installed both screens!

I also have both injected and vac roofs and interiors for the Porsche. I assume they both came in the kit version.

Regards,

 

Steve c

[don.siegel]

Yes, they both came with the Porsche Steve, which was already pretty confusing when we started collecting these... had no idea the stockers came like that too!

 

Don