Stunning modeling - Niemas Racecars

[HomeRacingWorld]

[dreinecke]

I just beat my 612 to death with a hammer too....WOW that is some awesome work!!!

[Jesla]

Damn….for 400+ euros…..

……It ought to cook, clean, wipe my A**……..

[Florida_Slotter]

Painstakenly exquisite,

I wonder what sort of lap times it will turn.

This is a fantastic example of one of the many facets of our hobby of slot cars.

[gascarnut]

[Xr4ti]

WOW! Dennis, good call on the helmet and yes, I have alot of hammering to do, also.

[ElSecundo]

[DAVE]

OK. If we are going to nit-pick. All the pictures I have of the 612, plus my recollectons of
when I saw the car, show the rivet heads painted, not bare aluminum. Which makes sense,
as I don't believe the panels were painted first, then riveted together. Shame on me.

[Gentleman Norb]

[DAVE]

Yea, we can get a little assinine about these things. Many years ago I purchased a 1/8th scale
Jaguar D-type model from someone in England who was primarily a horse sculptor. He appearantly
was also an old car enthusiast. The model is superb, the body is hand formed aluminum, the seats
are covered in real leather, and the engine block and head are aluminum castings. Everything on this
model is exact to the prototype, OKV-1. Except, as an expert on the car pointed out, the rubber
fuel line from the firewall to the fuel rail. I would have been quite happy to not know this. Now I have
a project to attend to some day.

[Cheater]

Is this sci?
I'm sure the builder threw it away after hearing from the three "experts". :roll:

Cheater

[DAVE]

Like I said, we let ourselves get our underwear in a bunch over trivial things that won't cure cancer. I
did the model railroad contest model thing and have my share of trophies. Now I have moved on. My
life is much closer to the end than the beginning, so now I am done with all this.

[Junior]

[ElSecundo]

Yeah, I know, we're all rivet counters, blah blah blah. The car is superb, and everybody acknowledges it. Beyond concours-winning. You don't have to be an expert to see something glaring, and nobody here is saying they can do a better job of it. But what would you say if somebody rebuilt a 1954 Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing at great expense, then attached a Mitsubishi 5-pointed star on the hood? :lol:

I'm sure we'd all love to have it on our track, though.

[Xr4ti]

I find it awesome to know what the details are concerning the original 1:1 and how the replica's compare. Craftsmanship needs not be 'period correct' to really appreciate it, either. It obvious that this builder could do about anything. Maybe he was doing the helmet from memory? Incredable piece of slot car building/modeling and a very high bar to shoot for.