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RE: Fly 2022 models - coming soon! - Scuderia_Turini - 18th-Jan-22
A Rothmans liveried Subaru Legacy for me. Have been waiting too long to have a Rothmans Team service van. I'll start on it soon.
Leo
RE: Fly 2022 models - coming soon! - woodcote - 19th-Jan-22
(18th-Jan-22, 06:37 PM)Gpa113 Wrote: Is this now the Third year of the promised Ford Transit
There is now a 3D printed prototype...
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... and some proposed liveries...
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It's a Mk3 facelift. Those hoping for an earlier version... I have heard vague rumours elsewhere.
RE: Fly 2022 models - coming soon! - woodcote - 19th-Jan-22
More new tooling from Fly is a Renault 5 GT Turbo - not to be confused with the big chunky Renault 5 Turbo already in the range.
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The GT Turbo was released in 1985 as a hot-hatch version of the second-generation Renault 5, followed by a 1987 'Phase II' facelift car. From the prototypes, it looks like Fly might produce both? The GT Turbo was a popular Group N rally car - famously winning the 1989 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire, making it the only Group N car to win a WRC round. Alain Oreille and Gilles Thimonier's winning car will be one of the liveries produced by Fly - together with their car from the '89 Monte Carlo Rally, which finished tenth (first in Group N)...
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RE: Fly 2022 models - coming soon! - woodcote - 20th-Jan-22
A model that is nearer release is this Porsche 911S that Sobiesław Zasada and Marek Wachowski drove to fourth place at the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon...
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The London-Sydney is a great subject for a slot car series - an amazing 10,373 mile jaunt, starting at Crystal Palace on the 18th of November and finishing in Sydney seven days before Christmas. The route was magnificent, including a 24 hour slog from Tehran to Kabul that would be unimaginable today.
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The Polish Porsche is one model Fly can manage from their current tooling - and there are three more 911s they could do, two British and one Kenyan. The race was won by the Hillman Hunter of Andrew Cowan, Colin Malkin and Brian Coyle - inheriting the lead from Citroën DS of Lucien Bianchi and Jean-Claude Ogier (no relation of Sébastien) who collided with a non-competing car after the end of the penultimate stage, less than 100 miles from Sydney...
Some nice footage of the Zasada-Wachowsk Porsche in there too. Fourth place won them £1,000 - not bad in 1968.
RE: Fly 2022 models - coming soon! - rallyhub - 20th-Jan-22
Why Fly has chosen the Renault 5 GT Turbo is not entirely clear to me.
A Renault Clio Maxi Kit Car would have been better.
Perhaps licensing costs played a role?
Hub
RE: Fly 2022 models - coming soon! - woodcote - 3rd-Feb-22
Work on the new cars has unfortunately been delayed by Covid cases at Fly. Let's wish everyone a safe and speedy recovery.
However, there is a picture of a Porsche 911 being produced exclusively for Weevils Slot Cars in the UK...
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This is available from Weevils as part of their 2022 membership package: https://weevilsslotcars.co.uk/membership
RE: Fly 2022 models - coming soon! - GT40Racer - 5th-Feb-22
2023 for the Datto 240z, come on guys that was announced ages ago. ?
RE: Fly 2022 models - coming soon! - woodcote - 27th-Feb-22
After a rather long pause, Fly are back with some more prototypes...
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Fly E2030 Porsche 911 Tour de Corse 1972 - Björn Waldegård / Hans Thorszelius. ForoSlot 2021 Special Edition.
No, your memory isn't playing tricks... this is the companion to the Larrousse / Delferier car from the same rally that has just been released by Fly. This one will be along soon. Here are the pair, side-by-side...
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And there's another special edition Porsche...
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Fly E2038 Porsche 911R Campeón de España de Rallys 1969. This is an exclusive to Cric Crac and is available in Spain now.
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That's a lot of Porsches - but I did hear today that there may be an update about the Subaru soon.
RE: Fly 2022 models - coming soon! - woodcote - 18th-Mar-22
Another of the Fly 25th Aniversario models is due very soon...
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Fly E2509 BMW M3 E30 Rally Legend Boucles Bastogne 2019 - Marc Duez / Jacques Castelein - Modelo 25 Aniversario. RRP £54.95. Available March 2022.
It's not a livery I was aware of, but a Gulf-liveried car driven by Marc Duez is going to be popular - especially in Belgium!
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The car took part in the February 2019 Legend Boucles à Bastogne classic rally event in southern Belgium. The Gulf BMW features early on in this 'best of' spectator video...
Duez and Castelein finished the event in eleventh - Mikko Hirvonen winning in an Escort RS1800.
The Gulf BMW will be available in Spain next week and is available for pre-order at Pendle Slot Racing here.
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RE: Fly 2022 models - coming soon! - woodcote - 22nd-Apr-22
Updates from Fly have been a little sparse recently. One car that's due very soon is another of the 25 Aniversario models, the A2510 Dodge Viper from the 1996 Daytona 24 Hours...
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This bookends very nicely with the same car that was released 25 years ago as Fly A1...
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Although the livery on the original car was different. That's a tribute to how good Fly cars looked 25 years ago - but they have got even better!
No more prototype pictures - or up-to-date news of the new tooling - but three more cars have been officially announced...
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Those are three rather splendid liveries on well-used and popular moulds. Only the Porsche was on the original list in post #6.