Here are some photos of a few rail cars I was lucky enough to win on ebay a while ago. Actually I already posted these photos on Slotforum, but here they are again for your enjoyment. They all came with Merit BRM bodies, and there are two chassis, one aluminium and one stainless steel, with the other rail car utilizing a Scalextric sidewinder motor (same as the ones used in the early tinplate cars) that fits inside the Merit shell, which unfortunately, is broken. They are in pristine condition, even the motor wires look like they've never actually been soldered to the motor brushes. The tyres look unused too, but there are some faint traces of use on the wipers. They are superbly crafted, one could say over-engineered actually. Note the attention to detail in the design, e.g. the machined blocks with grub screws for holding the business end of the motor on the singe-motored chassis. The tyres are a mix of Tri-ang and Alf Walshaw, one of the pioneers or electric rail racing in the U.K..
There is also a very unusual steering mechanism using what looks to be a model railway solenoid with a connecting arm that fits onto the kingpin of the steering linkage. Some form of remote steering experiment?
They were originally found in a box in a charity shop! One can't help but wonder what wonderful stuff may not have made it that far and was binned?
