Post by tomato007 on Feb 3, 2017 2:22:03 GMT -5
I would like to start the buidling threat for the car I want to send to the proxy race. Still some time left but nevertheless demanding because of two things.
First I have never built an open-wheeler before but I have been fascinated by the builds of Taffy in a German forum for scratchbuilders. These tiny cars have to be highly detailed and still fully functional to make reasonable fun in a slotcar race. I have no experience with both topics.
Second I have decided within a moment and very spontaneous that I want to start in this series of 1967 Formula One cars with a real underdog. This car with this machine has been not successful at all in this series which will be reflected most probably also in my results. If there would have been a Porsche F1 I definitely would try to participate with such a car.
Coming back to the history of the BMW Lola T100. BMW tried in the sixties to establish itself as a producer of Formula 2 engines. In the beginning they were using the so-called “Apfelbeck” engine with 1600 ccm. This is a four cylinder engine with a very special construction including a radial four-valve cylinder head and eight carburators. Actually this machine had some power but wasn’t very reliable and was high like a tower. In 1966 they started with a chassis coming from Brabham and changed 1967 to a chassis coming from Lola to start in Formula 2 as BMW Lola. Lola did use also the BMW engines and started as Lola BMW. To my opinion Lola tried to hide away the height in the rear of the car coming from the engine and built a cover panel including the sides of the cockpit.
In the 1967 race on the very long Nuerburgring course Formula 1 and Formula 2 started together. This helped to make the race more attractive on this 22km circuit. BMW decided to bore up the 1.6l engine to 2l and to send one car with Hubert Hahne as a guest into the Formula 1 series. Hahne qualified with this white BMW Lola T100 as 15th out of 18 starters and started the race with #17. Unfortunately he had to leave the race after seven out of 15 rounds due to a broken suspension. In total this has been the only appearance of BMW in formula 1 during the Year 1967. 1968 Hahne started again on the BMW Lola T102 and finished the race on the 10th place.
There is an onboard video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6aNnZ4q80s) which shows quite nicely the BMW Lola on the Ring.
Another video sequence on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r37lF_bB89Q) is showing the race. There are some scenes in this film showing Hahne.
Unfortunately I found no plans or exact measures for this car, there is just one hint on the wheelbase (http://www.f2legends.net/F2Cars.htm#) which is the only fact I can rely on so far. Also I found not too many pictures of the 1967 #17 car, some pictures do show the Formula 1 car.
Interestingly there are some old slot cars versions of the Formula 2 version available.
Stabo: Model is not very good and ways too big. Especially the front part is strange.
Carrera in Scale 1:24: Shape seems to be quite OK. In scale also but not helpful for this series
Carrera Universal: Shape seems to be quite OK. Carrera did use the 1:24 shell with different detailing. Interesting but ways too big.
Schuco: Model is not a slot car and shows the F2 car based on the Brabham car. It’s in the scale 1:16 and a very nice model. I will keep it on the cupboard in my office.
In summary the existing models to my knowledge have the following basis
Overall the BMW Lola T100 is a small car. Let’s see what we can make out of this data and some photos.
I decided to start from scratch and took a piece of polyurethane foam to try to develop a model in correct proportions.
I took some photos from the Carrera in 1:24 and scaled them to 1:32. Additionally i vectorized these images to generate a basic plan to start with. You can see the red outlines on the next image.
The intention was to create a resin shell in roughly correct dimensions and to start the work from that point.
This preliminary model has been molded and cast in resin as generation 1 to have a decent shell to start with. Not good enough yet. I have to thank also Taffy for his support at this point. He helped me to analyze that generation 1. I missed the shape in the front and it was to short in the front also.
Generation 2 looks more promising to my opinion. The old white Carrera 1:24 shell is completely distorted.
Will be continued.
First I have never built an open-wheeler before but I have been fascinated by the builds of Taffy in a German forum for scratchbuilders. These tiny cars have to be highly detailed and still fully functional to make reasonable fun in a slotcar race. I have no experience with both topics.
Second I have decided within a moment and very spontaneous that I want to start in this series of 1967 Formula One cars with a real underdog. This car with this machine has been not successful at all in this series which will be reflected most probably also in my results. If there would have been a Porsche F1 I definitely would try to participate with such a car.
Coming back to the history of the BMW Lola T100. BMW tried in the sixties to establish itself as a producer of Formula 2 engines. In the beginning they were using the so-called “Apfelbeck” engine with 1600 ccm. This is a four cylinder engine with a very special construction including a radial four-valve cylinder head and eight carburators. Actually this machine had some power but wasn’t very reliable and was high like a tower. In 1966 they started with a chassis coming from Brabham and changed 1967 to a chassis coming from Lola to start in Formula 2 as BMW Lola. Lola did use also the BMW engines and started as Lola BMW. To my opinion Lola tried to hide away the height in the rear of the car coming from the engine and built a cover panel including the sides of the cockpit.
In the 1967 race on the very long Nuerburgring course Formula 1 and Formula 2 started together. This helped to make the race more attractive on this 22km circuit. BMW decided to bore up the 1.6l engine to 2l and to send one car with Hubert Hahne as a guest into the Formula 1 series. Hahne qualified with this white BMW Lola T100 as 15th out of 18 starters and started the race with #17. Unfortunately he had to leave the race after seven out of 15 rounds due to a broken suspension. In total this has been the only appearance of BMW in formula 1 during the Year 1967. 1968 Hahne started again on the BMW Lola T102 and finished the race on the 10th place.
There is an onboard video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6aNnZ4q80s) which shows quite nicely the BMW Lola on the Ring.
Another video sequence on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r37lF_bB89Q) is showing the race. There are some scenes in this film showing Hahne.
Unfortunately I found no plans or exact measures for this car, there is just one hint on the wheelbase (http://www.f2legends.net/F2Cars.htm#) which is the only fact I can rely on so far. Also I found not too many pictures of the 1967 #17 car, some pictures do show the Formula 1 car.
Interestingly there are some old slot cars versions of the Formula 2 version available.
Stabo: Model is not very good and ways too big. Especially the front part is strange.
Carrera in Scale 1:24: Shape seems to be quite OK. In scale also but not helpful for this series
Carrera Universal: Shape seems to be quite OK. Carrera did use the 1:24 shell with different detailing. Interesting but ways too big.
Schuco: Model is not a slot car and shows the F2 car based on the Brabham car. It’s in the scale 1:16 and a very nice model. I will keep it on the cupboard in my office.
In summary the existing models to my knowledge have the following basis
Overall the BMW Lola T100 is a small car. Let’s see what we can make out of this data and some photos.
I decided to start from scratch and took a piece of polyurethane foam to try to develop a model in correct proportions.
I took some photos from the Carrera in 1:24 and scaled them to 1:32. Additionally i vectorized these images to generate a basic plan to start with. You can see the red outlines on the next image.
The intention was to create a resin shell in roughly correct dimensions and to start the work from that point.
This preliminary model has been molded and cast in resin as generation 1 to have a decent shell to start with. Not good enough yet. I have to thank also Taffy for his support at this point. He helped me to analyze that generation 1. I missed the shape in the front and it was to short in the front also.
Generation 2 looks more promising to my opinion. The old white Carrera 1:24 shell is completely distorted.
Will be continued.