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28/10/2023 5:41 pm
Just like Tony recently posted a superb 1/20 scale Revell Creative Maters diecast of the Ford GT racer, this is also a 1/20 model of the Ford GT racing automobile. In this case, the kit is from Cox and has one of their .049 Thimble-drome gas engines. I still have it and it could travel on a bridle in a circular manner or in a straight manner on a line running through guides underneath the car.
28/10/2023 6:09 pm
Mike, I've never heard of these units driving anything but aeroplanes. This is amazing and I'm wondering, if model aeroplanes can have remote guidance controls, couldn't a 1/20 car like your Ford?
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28/10/2023 9:06 pm
I certainly imagine it could be done although in 1964 it may have been a bit ahead of state-of-the-art. In any case, speed and action in a straight line or in a circle was the main thing.
Even in a road course, the basic line would generally be the same, so there was far less incentive to make them steerable. This was true in electric slot cars, too.
28/10/2023 9:21 pm
@mikedetorrice Also - and I thought this only after posting - in a way, there are no obstacles in the air (theoretically) and so perhaps its easier to arrange a remote control that is not - for example - attached to a road surface?
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28/10/2023 9:26 pm
It could well be that, Charles. Now days, both computer automobile racing games and flying games/software have reached high levels of sophistication. Yet, perhaps nothing quite can be like flying or driving the real (model) item.
Charles Rockett and Tony Perrone reacted
29/10/2023 6:11 am
VERY cool Mike. Thanks for posting this!! 
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29/10/2023 11:22 am
So you were rummaging through your old toy box, eh? Well, this little gem was certainly worth the effort!
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29/10/2023 1:23 pm
So you were rummaging through your old toy box, eh? Well, this little gem was certainly worth the effort!
It's as cool as can be!! And I thought of it as one YOU might have had! 