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"It’s always nice to get paid, but one of the better parts about this gig can be the interaction we have with readers. We’ve written about TTAC reader John Kit and the enthusiasm John and his teenaged daughter Emma have for making realistic slot cars based on historic sporting automobiles. I was particularly touched by the custom Jim Clark Lotus Cortina they made that was inspired by a post of mine. They don’t just make one-off slot cars; John set up Studio 65 to market 1:32 Jaguar X120s that Emma makes, scratch building the chassis and casting the resin bodies herself. The Jaguar was followed by a Ferrari 340 America. Recently, Emma wanted to build something “fun and cute”, so now they’ve introduced their latest slot car: the Austin Healey “Frogeye” Sprite.
The Sprite slot cars’ accuracy even goes as far as the nomenclature, since Frogeye is the nickname that British enthusiasts gave to the car we colonials call the “Bugeye” Sprite. Available in whatever color you want as long as you like blue or yellow, like the rest of Studio 65’s slot cars the Sprite features a hand cast and hand painted accurate 1/32 scale resin body, a hand soldered brass chassis with a front motor, driveshaft, and brass pinion gears, hand detailed full driver figure, high density resin wheels with set screws, and trued urethane tires.
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/11/studio-65-revives-bugeye-sprite-132-scale/#more-1209585
"It’s always nice to get paid, but one of the better parts about this gig can be the interaction we have with readers. We’ve written about TTAC reader John Kit and the enthusiasm John and his teenaged daughter Emma have for making realistic slot cars based on historic sporting automobiles. I was particularly touched by the custom Jim Clark Lotus Cortina they made that was inspired by a post of mine. They don’t just make one-off slot cars; John set up Studio 65 to market 1:32 Jaguar X120s that Emma makes, scratch building the chassis and casting the resin bodies herself. The Jaguar was followed by a Ferrari 340 America. Recently, Emma wanted to build something “fun and cute”, so now they’ve introduced their latest slot car: the Austin Healey “Frogeye” Sprite.
The Sprite slot cars’ accuracy even goes as far as the nomenclature, since Frogeye is the nickname that British enthusiasts gave to the car we colonials call the “Bugeye” Sprite. Available in whatever color you want as long as you like blue or yellow, like the rest of Studio 65’s slot cars the Sprite features a hand cast and hand painted accurate 1/32 scale resin body, a hand soldered brass chassis with a front motor, driveshaft, and brass pinion gears, hand detailed full driver figure, high density resin wheels with set screws, and trued urethane tires.
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/11/studio-65-revives-bugeye-sprite-132-scale/#more-1209585