As the icing on the cake of my projected 1/100 scale Grand Prix circuit, a set of "pit boxes" for my 1930s cars was a real must. At first I thought of making them entirely from scratch, because their general profile would have been easy to reproduce using styrene card. However, in the end I decided to design the thing on Tinkercad (https://www.tinkercad.com/login), using their library to complete a few details. Then a gaming mate printed six units on his Elegoo Mars 3D printer.
(https://www.wargames.cat/soldadets/grandprix/g_pit-boxes_02.jpg)
The standard team colours used in the Formula D (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37904/formula-d) are red, yellow, green, blue and white - most of which could be matched with the national liveries of historical racing teams. I also added a sixth one, which is black.
(https://www.wargames.cat/soldadets/grandprix/g_pit-boxes_01.jpg)
My current Minairons miniatures racer collection includes two Italian models (red), two German ones (white, later silver), one British car (green) and a French one (blue). I'm about to add a further American model (white and blue). Not all liveries do match with the pit boxes repertoire, however, so I've had to force some arrangements: for example, since all Italian teams wore red, I left as red the Alfa Romeo pit box, but then I had to assign the yellow one to Maserati. Similarly, as all German teams wore silver in Nazi times, I assigned the white pit box to Mercedes-Benz while the black one to Auto Union.
(https://www.wargames.cat/soldadets/grandprix/g_pit-boxes_03.jpg)
A particular feature of the white pit box is that I can use it for two different teams (Mercedes-Benz and Miller-Ford), just by replacing signboards and making the flags interchangeable. All signboards are magnetized, by the way.
Hope you like these!
Very nice, Lluis!
Simon
How big are the models please ?
I have a couple of Race Games I want to get the right size cars for ?
Miles
A romantic period of racing.
Sooty faces. Cork helmets and a scarf
martin :)
Quote from: Smiley Miley 66 on October 01, 2024, 06:04:46 PMHow big are the models please ?
All models in this collection are based on 4 x 2 cm stands.
Lluís
I detect a clue in Lluis's comment of "my projected 1/100 scale Grand Prix circuit".
Derek of Cambridge
Thank you Luis.
They are great models.
Miles