BUILDING BRIDGES

 

As I was preparing the recent Hot Wheels post, it occurred to me that I was still shy of a couple of lesser models from my go to list, the Deora - my very first redline, which needed a replacement copy, as the first one has been repainted so many times now, its an inch thicker and the Repco Brabham race car.
The Brabham was one of the more 'sedate' and ordinary models in the catalogue, which I didn't really care for back in the day, as it doesn't have the more extreme styling that I favoured, so despite my buying the other three race cars in the line - the Indy Eagle and two turbine based models, the Brabham never got a look in. Until now. Surfing Ebay, I found both a Brabham and a reasonably priced Deora (sans surfboards). While I was there, I also saw a set of three trestle track supports from the original range, so I bagged those too!

The original Deora

REDLINES 'A' LIST

REDLINES 'B' LIST

I had recently bought a big box of track on ebay, witha mix of Corgi Rockets and vintage HW track, plus a few Sizzlers track accessories, including the glorious High Winder set. Following this, I found a boxed pair of U-Turns and treated myself to those too.

https://hotwheelsracetracks.wordpress.com/category/sizzlers/page/2/

All the Hot Wheels catalogues always had extensive layouts  in huge spacious living rooms and I have always wanted to set up something like this. As a kid, I used to run my Matchbox Superfast and Corgi Rocket track down the garden path, as the back garden was on a natural gradient, but it was always just a straight speed run, with a loop and a couple of jumps. 

Hopefully with the trestles and a couple of curves, I can give all four of the race cars a good run for their money now!