Bordeau Vintage race 2008 and one man thinks he may the the key to success. That man is Ralph Parker, longtime retro racer from Birmingham. This year theBordeaux theme for 1/24th Scale was NASCAR So what could be better (or bigger come to that!) than a ‘68 Dodge Charger, as driven by Bobby Issacs in the original K & K Insurance livery.  This had been a favourite theme for Ralph and after much earache I (Andy Brown-Searle) relented and offered to sort out the decals for him on my Alps printer. Have to say he did a great job as the following pics will tell. And not a bad job at the event either, coming 2nd in Concours and 3rd overall !  

Nice full engine detail and wiring always helps to get a result at Bordeaux. Detail is where it’s at and as you can see driver detail is great as well, with gear shift, full roll bars and a superbly painted driver. The engine is also wired correctly with the right firing order! Chassis is scratch built and Powered by a Dynamic GE motor.

Left & right - Ralph’s 1/32 scale car for the event. A very pretty Porsche 906/8.
Apparently some folk thought it was to well finished to be anything but a modern copy!
OOPS!