I get teased from time-
to-time regarding my copious use of vintage decals on all of my slot cars. As boys we plastered the best water slides Aurora had to offer on virtually all of our cars as they emulated real race cars and we could not even drive a car much less. For the most part we steered away from the Rembrandt crowd as my twin brother and I resisted painting-up our cars with the exception of the driver on my Tyco Pro Cobra. As a rebirthed slot car guy I have continued the practice, perhaps in not the same fashion, desiring to portray an actual historical racer by using vintage Auto World, Aurora, or Russkit decals. Back then we thought it was just cool as kids think things are cool. I guess it adds to the dimension that play is boy's work and the same play can become work at times to us older folks. One thing for certain is that some boys were better at playing than others. I happened to see this Thunderjet McLaren Elva on those often unwanted emails that ebay sends to lure you back into the seller mode, not that they have made enough money off of your hide to start with and just want to remind you albeit less painfully of that fact.