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18/03/2020 7:31 am
Cunningham race car transporter made by St. Petersburg Tram Collection.
The actual vehicle was based on a Twin Coach Fageol Super Freighter chassis. I got #21 of an LE of 100. According to St. Petersburg's website, these are still available, kit or built, but they are not cheap (mine was a relative bargain). The card calls this a 1954 model, and it is pictured with C4Rs which were raced that year.
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18/03/2020 9:37 am
$189 kit - $454 built
Topic starter
18/03/2020 11:07 am
Plus shipping I would assume.
18/03/2020 11:35 am
BRM transporter...warped
Unfortunately, I bought their BRM transporter years ago.
In spite of careful display and storage, the transporter soon began to warp, and it gradually turned itself into an expensive, twisted piece of junk.
Long, thin, flat panels of resin glued together turned out not to be stable over time.
Hope you do not have that problem with your Cunningham, Harvey.
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18/03/2020 1:10 pm
Stick a metal plate under it?
18/03/2020 1:30 pm
Unfortunately
Side panels of the truck warped to the point where they separated from the base (which itself warped!) and fell apart.
The resin panels were too thin to retain their shape considering their large size.
They curved like bananas!
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Topic starter
18/03/2020 1:49 pm
Hopefully this one will hold up. I bought it used, so it's been around a while.