Friday, 5 March 2021
I WANT YOU TO RACE MR BOND!
With all the posts we've been doing lately on the vintage James Bond Scalextrix sets, I thought I'd invest in a slightly more modern second -hand one. I found a reasonably priced one on eBay which arrived today, and first chance I got I set it up.
It comes with extra track, and a couple of Bond slot cars; a 'Goldfinger' Aston Martin DB5, and a 'Casino Royale' Aston Martin DBS.
Both the cars have suffered minor knocks but certainly not deal breakers, and the whole thing works fine.
I'm thinkinng now I may well invest in a few more Bond slot cars in the future.
You are tempting me, I fear another collection may be about to begin.
ReplyDeleteIt's great fun, Paul, but don't expect the models to remain unscathed! Plenty of crashes and spins off the track mean the cars are put through their paces.
DeleteIt's addictive, isn't it? I see you actually have a cross over track section. I could not find one of those anywhere. I ended up making myself a prototype one, but lost interest before I had made two hero versions (I didn't want to lose momentum on my Matera layout)
ReplyDeleteThe real joy of the Gilbert Bond set is the landscape.
So my question to you is, what landscape do you make for Casino Royale?
Is it a Bahamas Hotel forecourt or do you go all out for a Miami Airport chase, complete with A300's landing?
Good question, Lewis. Well, considering how many times I've barrel rolled the DBS so far, I should really go for the Montenegro countryside!
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