CG Shadow DN4 Can Am

[Radarek]

Nope, you not the only one.
As I haven’t got any of the product listed above I won’t be saying anything about them but....
If I’m to spend 150 buck for 1/32 scale car it better be a racer if is listed as an one. That’s above price of nsr, slot it and thunderslot and revoslot which are pretty good out of box.
I think what you have here is a unique car, not done by other brand and potential racer with highlighted potential. Is it right price ? Considering many factors like hand assembled ( not in China) plus nobody is doing that car and limited production but That’s the question to yourself...

Regards

[chappy]

Doug , i am not being funny here, but if you dont like the car , you could consider putting it on the evil bay. I have had cars beforw that didnt meet my standards and sold them off. I hope you can get some resolve because i think we have all experienced a dissapointment. Its just how much $ wise we have been dissapointed with.
Kindest Regards
Bob

[MacMoose]

[Modlerbob]

As much as I would like to add the Shadow to my CanAm car collection, $140 + what is needed to make it a competitive racer is too far above my pay grade. I do appreciate the amount of time it takes to create the body using 3D technology but I'll have to pass on this one.

[slothead]

The CG car is worth it for me because you can't have a representative Can-Am field without a jet black UOP Shadow on the grid. The Shadow DN4 is as iconic of the golden era of Can-Am cars as Bruce & Denny's McLarens, the Donohue Porsche 917/30, Jim Hall's Chaparral 2E, and Surtees' Lola T70. When only one of something is available it comes down to what you can afford and how much you want it.

My original thinking was this car is going to be fast and smooth as silk right out of the box. I even worried I'd have to de-tune it to fit in with the other cars. I now realize that's less likely to be the case with a 'one off' car like this when compared to Slot-it with years of prior development knowledge and production experience.

But my field is set now and I am a happy camper.

# 5m - HSRR McLaren M8D - Hume
# 3 - Carrera McLaren M20 - Kelleners
# 6 - Carrera Porsche 917/30 - Donohue
# 59 - Carrera Porsche 917/10 - Haywood
# 65 - Slot.It Chaparral 2E - Hill
# 1 - Policar Ferrari 312B - Ickx
# 33 - Slot-It Alfa-Romeo 33/3 - Patrick
# 48 - Monogram McLaren M6 - Gurney
# 16 - Monogram Lola T70 MKII - Follmer
# 66 - Slot.It Chaparral 2E - Hall
# 4 - Monogram McLaren M6 - McLaren
# 9 - Monogram Lola T70 MKII - Surtees
# 86 - Slot.It Ferrari 312 PB - Peterson
# 8 - Fly Porsche 908/3 - Elford
# 40 - Fly Porsche 908 Flunder - De Cadenet
# 27 - Fly Porsche 908 LH - Lins
# 5p - Fly Porsche 917 Spyder - Marko
# 32 - Slot-It Alfa-Romeo 33/3 - Vaccarella
# 12 - Slot-It McLaren M8D - Bondurant
# 6f - Sloter Ferrari 312 - Schenken
# 1S - CG-Slotcars Shadow DN4 - Oliver

Slothead

[Audi1]

Well said, Slothead. How about a picture of your Can-Am grid?

Allan

[slothead]

Will do - got to find out how to use HRW to host my photos.

Slothead

[Modlerbob]

Does the shadow have the same wheelbase as the McLaren M8?

[Rleog]

CG SlotCars Shadow DN4 ~83 mm
Slot.it McLaren M8D ~73 mm

[MacMoose]

[Modlerbob]

My way to having a Shadow if I decide I need one will be by way of Beta and Classic out of England. They have the DN-2 and the DN-4. It is vac formed but appears to have good shape definition and is available in 20 thou as well as 7 thou thickness. Pattos has the decals. For a chassis I will find one with the correct wheelbase or use one of my HRS2 slot.it chassis.

[gascarnut]

[mattb]

nice Dennis

[Jim Norton]

The 100th issue of Model Car Racing Magazine headlines the Shadow as the "fastest Can-Am car tested to date."

Jim Norton
Huntsville, Alabama

[MacMoose]