Model Cars
March 1966
Contents
PIT CHATTER
News and Views by the Editor
PROTOTYPE PARADE
Mexican GP winning Honda V-12 Formula 1 car drawn and described
BECKENHAM BOMBSHELL
in all its stark simplicity the E. W. Hives 1912 L-E chassis Rolis Royce as built for the Beckenham MCRC
A MAN AND HIS MODELS
German enthusiast chopper Hendrick Fischer’s work illustrated and described
ERA B TYPE MODEL
Bash in that tankard and get to work—this model includes pewter in its bill of materials
ECRA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
A stop Press report of this year’s meeting to keep modellers on top of their contest programmes
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SUSPENSION
M. C. Bunney gives us a further articte on this intricate subject to help working and static modellers
RUBBER POWERED DRAGSTERS
A light hearted frolic with rubber powered cars at work, with the offer of prizes for better Bitzas!
PROTOTYPE PARADE
Long delayed Alfa Romeo 1600 GTZ Bertone bodied car described and drawn
CHOPPING MINIATURES
John Baxter shows how to tackle an unusual model— the Aston Martin 1921 GP—from several angles
FIRST FROM JAPAN
What better than a Honda kit to start off what may be a regular flow of model goods direct from Japan
AND NEW FROM AMERICA...
The so-called “professional” model—a Strombecker/Brabham dissected.
MODEL CARS TRIES VIP TRACK
Rubber based track by VIP replaces their original track .. which should please nearly everybody
A SIMPLE MASERATI
Maserati 250 car In just about the simplest possible improved form
PROTOTYPE PARADE
Christian Tavard Is back with the 1904 Gordon Bennett Panhard and Levassor
FOUR LANE DIGITAL LAP RECORDER
In Part 2 author J. Hecker concludes his interesting piece of apparatus
TREND OF THE TRADE
Latest items to appeal to model car enthusiasts now on the market
ANATOMY OF TANKS
Essential particulars of tanks named so that novices can identify parts described
SCHOOLBOYS’ MODEL CAR “NATS”
Details and rules for the first all Britain Schoolboys’Model Car Championships.
CLUB NEWS
READERS WRITE
Controversial topics freely discussed