Tyco Pro Museum

Formula 1 Project---scratchbuilding a properly scaled Formula race car. In this case, the ..The Gurney Eagle....

" I carved the body (it's walnut by the way) and used the old Mattel Vac-U-Form that was essential in the early days to make that body. I never was able to get it to run properly - I needed much better brush material than I had, and I had serious doubts about the magnetic efficiency of the armature, a similar concern to the Ultimate Upside Down Pancake item. My starting with Tyco stopped a lot of projects, this being one."