GPd2015 Eligible Cars

[Mark Huber]

To be eligible a prototype must have made at least one start in a Championship Grand Prix race from 1966 to 1968 as an F1 entry. The eligible cars list should be complete, although there may well be other shells available and certainly other shells might be modified to produce an entry. Please note the three car SHELLS that are not allowed.

[EM]

And so it came to pass that one who had wandered from the path and, by exercise of profound procrastination had failed to take part in the most recent Great Contest, thought to complete a scheme conceived by his devious mind so extreme in its making that it would offer but two alternatives: a domination so complete that victory was assured or failure so deep that the remainder of those contesting this prize would be beyond sight. Accordingly, he read down the great scroll of permitted embodiments to be struck, as he reached his preferred form, the burning words: "Penelope Pitlane shell NOT ALLOWED Aghast at this revelation, he spake thusly: [XXXXXXX] (The preceding section has been censored to avoid melting of the internet)

OK - how about the PP shell with 3 mm sectioned from the midline?

EM

[David Lawson]

Obviously Mark is judge and jury on this but you can see just how overscale the Airfix/MRRC and Penelope Pitlane copy is when it is next to a scale Classic shell.



David

[Mark Huber]

Dec 21, 2014 9:05:20 GMT -5 EM said:

And so it came to pass that one who had wandered from the path and, by exercise of profound procrastination had failed to take part in the most recent Great Contest, thought to complete a scheme conceived by his devious mind so extreme in its making that it would offer but two alternatives: a domination so complete that victory was assured or failure so deep that the remainder of those contesting this prize would be beyond sight. Accordingly, he read down the great scroll of permitted embodiments to be struck, as he reached his preferred form, the burning words: "Penelope Pitlane shell NOT ALLOWED Aghast at this revelation, he spake thusly: [XXXXXXX] (The preceding section has been censored to avoid melting of the internet)

OK - how about the PP shell with 3 mm sectioned from the midline?

EM

Ah Alan,

I was wondering if or when this question would come up and who would raise it.  I should have known.  

You must know me well enough to realize that I'm not keen on those who desire 'domination so complete'.  But I approve of anyone willing to suffer "failure so deep".

I take it you're contemplating something like this:




I tacked the oversize engine and gearbox back to the shell so you would see how much I chopped out of the body; about 3mm give or take a hundredth or two.   (This shell has been sitting in one of my bins for almost 2 years it was originally intended to be my GPd2013 entry.)  

To answer your question, if an entrant is willing to perform liposuction on the Penelope Pitlane Matra to bring it to a reasonable approximation of correct scale size, I would accept the entry. I hope said entrant would make the cuts more smoothly than my attempt; the bumps and scoops on the Matra's nose make the process a *****!

Of course the liposuction doesn't address the the excessive length of the PP shell, but I suppose that can be fixed. And then there is the shape of the resultant cockpit opening, which is still problematic.. at least on what I did. Which is another reason my shell ended up in the parts bin.

Personally, I'd just use one of the two classic shells depending on the type of cockpit surround you wish to achieve. But that might not be in keeping with the goal of "domination so complete", eh?

I have not tried a similar experiment on the Classic Lotus 49B.  I think there are several preferable ways to build a scale 'Ducktail' Lotus 49B, but that's just my opinion.

Cheers!