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Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:13 pm
by HomeRacingWorld
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:29 pm
by Z-carfan
Wow, that's a great report Harry. It doesn't get much more competitive than that!
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Wed Dec 12, 2018 4:36 pm
by Dundee Denny
Thanks Harry for taking the time to put this vid together.
Just enough detail, and not complicated to mirror!!
Dundee Denny
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:03 am
by ourwayband
Man those are close!!
Thanks for the review..
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Thu Dec 13, 2018 1:27 pm
by HomeRacingWorld
Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback. :music-rockout:
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:00 pm
by Wobble
Great stuff. I like that a lot. Two of my favourite cars. Also, like the idea of gluing the body halves together. I've still got a few of the original 412/330's and GT40's but I don't have a 'new' GT40 with the new guide and chassis. Just added one to my wish list.
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:10 pm
by HomeRacingWorld
Glad it helped sir, thank you.
Couple things that I have been corrected/reminded/scolded..which I am updating the reviews to cover.
1. Lights. The front lights on the GT40 MKII are much brighter than the Ferrari. Photos will be included to show this.
2. Chatter. Yes the cars in the video have it. We know this is due to "clamshell" type body/chassis style. You can loosen the screws as I did, but without some major slicing and dicing, you live with it. I even ran the cars without the interior pan screws. Regardless it will likely be there when you tune non-mag on a track like my own without much float to work with.
I just did not feel like cutting into them. They have some chatter, I accept it :)
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:25 pm
by Wobble
Funny you should mention the lights but I have noticed on a lot of Scaley cars lately, the tail lights are brighter than the head lights. Just seems a bit odd.
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Fri Dec 14, 2018 5:12 pm
by chrisguyw
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Sat Dec 15, 2018 8:16 am
by btaylor
That was a great video! I need the new gt as mine is the old version. my ferraris are new. Great match
Bob
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Sat Dec 15, 2018 1:44 pm
by FC47
My Ferrari arrived and it's good, I agree that blue '40 would be nice to run with it current vintage.
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Sun Dec 16, 2018 8:24 am
by ccobra
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. The wife doesn't know it yet but she just got the pair of these for me for Christmas. Bless her heart.
I couldn't resist for it brought back memories of my younger years when my buddy and myself used to race the Eldon versions of these back in our younger years with the Eldon Version of the Ford being a roadster. There was some hot racing going on back then on them cold days.
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Sun Dec 16, 2018 9:06 am
by slothead
ccobra - what a lucky man you are to have a partner like that! Your better half knows what's important and is going out of her way to show it. I'm thinking that this might make my wife feel out done, and I wouldn't want her to have to be depressed on Christmas morning so I might have to help her out here and get an order in for some new slot cars ASAP.
Looks like our ladies are going to be mighty pleased with themselves this year, and putting a smile on someone's face is, after all, what Christmas is all about.
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:32 am
by ccobra
Re: Scalextric GT40 MKII vs "412P"

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Sun Dec 23, 2018 7:46 pm
by Czar
Really nice match up. Obviously they will make for some great racing together.