F1 on Ebay

[Dare]

You all should check out the f1 merchandise on ebay.Their
among the google adds on the bottom left of the forum page.

Just bid on and won a brand new 2004 Sauber Fisichella cap.
Paid the whopping price of $2.99 US plus $9.99 shipping.
Shipping was high because it's from England to USA

[The Stig]

Its all old hat dare.

[Alianora La Canta]

I tend to wait until my local shop sells old gear for £4. It might not be noticeably cheaper than eBay, but the pleasure of rummaging through their "manager's offer" tub is considerable.

[cosworth151]

We're not that lucky here in The States. I can't think of a single place in my home state of Ohio or Dare's home state of Kentucky that carry F1 swag. I can only think of a few places in the country that do.

Cos

[Dare]

You got that right Cos,Autozone sold f1 hotwheels
a few years back,but theydon't any longer

[cosworth151]

So did I. Some things show up now and then at Big Lots. I got a 1/18 scale die cast of Hill's Lotus 49 Cosworth from it's debut at Zanvoort in 67. Think I gave $5 for it.

[Dare]

thanks Cos,never thought to look at Big Lots,there several here

[cosworth151]

Like the adverts say, "You never know..."  I recently found 1/24 scale Revell plastic models of JV's 97 championship Williams Renault, for $4. I also got a 1/43 die cast of Marshall Teague's 1952 NASCAR Hudson Hornet!

[johnbull]

I restrict myself to 1/43rd scale F1s only, but I recently walked into a shop and found a load of really old models .......... and spent a small fortune. Things like Pacifics, Simteks, the old Brabham Alfa.

Anyone else collect F1 models?

[cosworth151]

Several of us do. I usually just do 1/43, but the Lotus 49 is my favorite F1 car. couldn't pass up a deal like that!

[johnbull]

Several of us do. I usually just do 1/43, but the Lotus 49 is my favorite F1 car. couldn't pass up a deal like that!

Great car I agree. With it's Cosworth DFV it started a new Era.

I watched Clark win at Silverstone with it, and i have a water colour of Clark winning first time out at Zandvoort with it in the same year.

Incidentally the water colour is signed by the artist, and by Keith Duckworth.

I too have quite a few 1/43rd scale Lotus 49s. Clark, Hill and Emo, and one of John Love too as well as the Rob Walker car of Jo Siffert.

[FW14B]

Don't get me started on F1 replica models.  I had one massive thread on the pitlane about them.  Completely hijacked a thread!

[Alianora La Canta]

The only scale models I have are a 1:43 1995 Frentzen Sauber and a 1:18 2004 Valentino Rossi bike (a 1:43 motorbike would be tiny!).

[Chameleon]

There was a time (early eighties) when I made 1/32nd F1 models for use on Scalextric tracks.  Like most of my obsessions, it flew up its own backside in the end as I became more and more picky about the details (even the drivers' helmets had to have the correct artwork and advertising) and I was quite relieved when the friend I used to race them with moved away and I could stop.

I left them back in England when I left and recently found out, when I asked my son if they were still there, that they have disappeared, no doubt thrown out in some big clean-up.  But hey, what's done is dung, as I always say...