[BAracer]

The first car I went over 100mph in was a Tiger.


Ken... what's a TV? Is that, like, a big phone?

[KensRedZed]

There's an Aurora 1/32 Tiger on EBay right now for $125 USD... Hens teeth. Chicken lips. Fish feathers. Snakes armpits. Goose gills. All pretty much on the same level of rarity.

[KensRedZed]

Darn. Only unlimited likes left, and it's 6:51 am in the morning.

What will I do with the rest of my day?

[Scuderia_Turini]

Yo Jason,
Somehow I missed this topic - one of the cars on my 1:32 wish list. Great to see it, I don't recall seeing a similar slot-car.
My automobile roots are in Rootes and one book in my library ( 'Rootes Maestros' ) has a good chapter on the development of Tigers for motorsport. As is well known, they fell foul of the Chrysler take-over as no Chrysler family engine would fit and they didn't want to continue with the Ford engine. 
Point Of Order: the Tiger was sold as Sunbeam Tiger, no reference to Alpine origins.

Leo

[Ecurie Martini]

As a one-time Sunbeam Talbot owner, I viewed this version of the Alpine as a Hillman Minx with tail fins.

EM

[KensRedZed]

Sunbeam Alpine = 4-cylinder - series III, IV and V. 1963 to 1968 (1.6L or 1.7L)
Sunbeam Tiger = V-8. 1964 to 1967 (260 cid or 4.3L at first. 289 cid or 4.7L in later models) Partially designed with the help of Carrol Shelby

The Alpine is almost the same car. But fitted with a small block Ford V8.

The small block Ford was the flattest V8 on the planet at that time. That's why it could fit into an empty Sunbeam Alpine shell. The birth of a Tiger.

It's a really nice build, Jason.

[autoavia]

Looks a nice build to me. 
I used to convince myself that everyone else builds far better cars than me but I eventually realised that some of the things that went a bit wrong actually don't show very much. It is just that I am more aware of them because I built the model and, to me, they stick out like a sore thumb but others don't notice. 
When I attached the rear body panel to the 1/24 Galaxie that I posted a while ago a tiny bit of glue left a small mark in the paint on the rear edge of the boot lid. I was pretty unhappy about it at first but it isn't noticeable unless you know it is there and look for it.
All my cars get raced anyway so they soon start to look a bit secondhand.

[Scuderia_Turini]

Yo Jason,
Just re-visiting this great car.   The fog-light on the rear panel is the reversing light - very handy for night stages.  These became de rigeur for any 'souped up'  Imp or Mini. Possibly a Norman Garrad or Marcus Chambers innovation but probably one or the other.

Leo

[KensRedZed]

You are bang on Autoavia. I remember finishing one of my first cars and taking pics. Running to the PC to load and post. Then stood back after looking at the photos and said "Who the heck built and painted this piece of rubbish?". The paint was smooth to the naked eye, but had slight orange peel under a magnifying glass.

At that point I realized that "super-macro" is a great tool for seeing your own mistakes. But not so great if you prefer not to share your mistakes with the rest of planet.

I still use super-macro to critique my own builds. I just don't share all of them.

[JasonB]

Thanks to everyone for the interesting information and points of view.