I had half an hour time so I started cleaning the Hub inlays for the King Cobra. They are made of resin which by itself is a quite brittle material. Using one of my scalpels I first removed them from the workpiece containing 2 hub inlays a piece. Then I started cleaning them. There is still a lot of cleaning work to be done though …
Wheel Hub Inlays
Wheel Hub Inlay
A couple of years ago I found a quite intriguing slot car on a German flea market (car boot sale). A seller had a to me unknown vintage slot car. Having a look at it I found out that it was made by Tamiya, a well known Japanese producer of plastic kits and rc models. A bit of research online and in some books of mine did show however that Tamiya also tried to get into the slot car market back in the 70s. I know of 2 models they did produce and sell in the American market as kits although other manufacturers based some of their slot cars on Tamiya model kits like the slot car modelling faction does today.
Tamiya King Cobra - all parts
Tamiya King Cobra Body and Spoiler