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Post by GioBisarca on Apr 3, 2023 13:36:49 GMT -5
I've already posted a couple of my collection on the general transporters thread, but here's a few more of my 40+ collection and I'll try and add more as I get around to photographing them. My collection is mostly classic open deck sports car transporters from the 50s and 60s and more recent closed and articulated transporters used by the British F1 teams in the 70s, 80s and 90s - Lotus, Williams, Mclaren, Tyrrell etc. - together with the cars they carried. First up is the Marlboro McLaren Renault Magnum transporter from the late 80s / early 90s with every one of Ayrton Senna's Mclaren-Honda race cars (Mclaren-Ford in 1993), all in full Marlboro livery. The transporter is by Eligor and the cars are modified from standard Panini F1 collection models. In my opinion Senna was simply the best F1 driver there has ever been. From left to right: 1988 MP4/4 (8 wins, World Champion), 1989 MP4/5 (6 race wins), 1990 MP4/5B (6 wins, World Champion), 1991 MP4/6 (7 wins, World Champion), 1992 MP4/7 (3 race wins), and 1993 MP4/8 (5 race wins)
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Post by Tom on Apr 3, 2023 13:57:36 GMT -5
That looks amazing as a group!
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Post by GioBisarca on Apr 3, 2023 14:31:46 GMT -5
Mclaren Mercedes Actros transporter from the late 1990s with every one of Mika Häkkinen's West Mclaren-Mercedes race cars, all in full West livery. I wish I could get the transporter also in West livery but I haven't been able to find the correct decals. The transporter is by Eligor and the cars are modified from standard Minichamps models. Häkkinen was one of my favourite drivers, I loved the way he went wheel-to-wheel with Schumacher, "good" vs "evil", and his simultaneous overtake of both Schumacher and Zonta up the hill at Spa into the Les Combes corner in 2000 is the stuff of legend. From left to right: 1997 MP4/12 (1 win), 1998 MP4/13 (8 race wins, World Champion), 1999 MP4/14 (5 race wins, World Champion), 2000 MP4/15 (4 race wins), and 2001 MP4/16 (2 race wins).
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Post by GioBisarca on Apr 3, 2023 15:02:13 GMT -5
Tyrrell Leyland race transporter from 1971 to 1973 with the full suite of cars driven by teammates Jackie Stewart and François Cevert. The transporter is by Spark and the cars are a mix of Quartzo, Trofeu, and Panini F1 collection models. Tyrrell won the World Constructors Championship in its first full year as a manufacturer in 1971 with "Flying Scotsman" Stewart also winning the Drivers World Championship. Lotus blitzed them in 1972, but the two teams went head-to head again in 1973. Tragedy struck at the last race of the season when Cevert was killed during practice for the USA GP. Stewart had intended to retire at the end of the season anyway, but he and the Tyrrell team immediately withdrew from the race, losing the opportunity to claim a second World Constructors' Championship, although Stewart had already claimed the Drivers’ title. Centre: Elf-Ford Capri RS2600 driven by both Stewart and Cevert in the Touring Car Championship at Paul Ricard in 1972. From centre to left: Jackie Stewart's 1971 Elf Tyrrell-Ford 003, 1972 Elf Tyrrell-Ford 003 (updated from 1971 with lobster-claw front wing and engine airbox), and 1973 Elf Tyrrell-Ford 006/2. From centre to right: François Cevert's 1971 Elf Tyrrell-Ford 002, 1972 Elf Tyrrell-Ford 002, and 1973 Elf Tyrrell-Ford 006/1. Tyrrell's Series I cars (1970-72) had individual chassis designations with Stewart always taking the newest chassis (003 versus 002), but from the Series II cars onwards (1973+) there was only a single type designation, although Stewart again got the newest chassis (006/2 versus 006/1).
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Post by GioBisarca on Apr 3, 2023 15:13:27 GMT -5
And another of the same transporter with just the 1973 Elf Tyrrell-Ford 006 cars - one of the all-time classic F1 designs.
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Post by alex on Apr 3, 2023 16:12:45 GMT -5
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Apr 3, 2023 16:37:10 GMT -5
Pretty impressive!
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Post by oldirish33 on Apr 3, 2023 18:44:04 GMT -5
The West logo wouldn't be too difficult to do. I can help walk you through the process of making decals if you aren't familiar with the process. Nice selection of transporters and cars! Looking forward to more!
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Post by Tom on Apr 3, 2023 23:28:51 GMT -5
I've always liked the West livery, but those Tyrrell transporters are fantastic!
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Post by Alfaholic on Apr 4, 2023 2:42:15 GMT -5
Very impressive line-up so far. I think the Tyrrell group is my favourite - the Capri alone is worth the price of admission! I do have to correct you on one thing though - you have the "good" and "evil" around the wrong way
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Post by JSB33 on Apr 4, 2023 4:27:44 GMT -5
Tyrrell for me as well but all of them are outstanding.
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Post by GioBisarca on Apr 4, 2023 11:36:50 GMT -5
Jordan Grand Prix Scania transporter with Damon Hill and Ralf Schumacher's J198 cars, all in full Benson & Hedges livery. The transporter is by Eligor and the cars are modified from standard Minichamps models. The 1998 Belgian GP was run in extremely wet conditions with Schumacher senior leading for much of the race before ploughing into the back of David Coulthard's slow running Mclaren-Mercedes. Damon Hill inherited the lead with Schumacher junior running close behind and the two crossed the line in 1-2 formation to record Jordan's first victory in Formula 1 (and Hill's last).
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Post by GioBisarca on Apr 4, 2023 11:39:00 GMT -5
I do have to correct you on one thing though - you have the "good" and "evil" around the wrong way I think we'll have to agree to disagree about Schumacher's merits as a gentleman and a sportsman!
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Post by oldirish33 on Apr 4, 2023 11:58:10 GMT -5
The Jordan transporter and cars are an impressive display!
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Post by GioBisarca on Apr 4, 2023 12:35:38 GMT -5
Arrows Grand Prix International is arguably one of the least successful GP teams ever with 0 wins, 0 fastest laps, and a just single pole position in 382 starts between 1978 and 2002, but at opposite ends of their F1 tenure they produced two of the most striking cars on the grid. The 1979 Arrows A2 was a radical design that attempted to take the ground effect principles of the previous year's championship-winning Lotus 79 to the ultimate extreme. The engine and gearbox were inclined upwards at a four-degree angle that enabled the full width of the chassis underfloor to be shaped as an inverted aerofoil section. This generated huge amounts of downforce, but raising the centre of gravity severely compromised the handling to the extent that the car was uncompetitive, if not almost undriveable, and it was only entered into a handful of races. Lotus had similar problems with excess downforce on their equally radical Lotus 80. 1978 Warsteiner Arrows Volvo transporter by Ixo and Ricardo Patrese and Jochen Mass' Arrows A2 cars by Minichamps. The 2000 Arrows A21 was a much more conventional car, but no less striking for its bright orange livery, courtesy of its main sponsor, the telecoms company Orange. Unfortunately multiple changes in engine supplier and litigation from current and former drivers forced Arrows into ever deeper debt and when Orange stepped away midway through the 2002 season the Arrows team was no more. 2000 Orange Arrows Volvo transporter by Eligor and Pedro de la Rosa and Jos Verstappen's Arrows A21 cars by Minichamps.
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