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Pretty cool mini car!
I had to satisfy myself with a battle scarred fire truck, a well thrashed 64? Mustang and a speedboat all powered by foot power either pedalling or once the pedals broke by flintstone style shuffling.
All of the above were rescued by my Dad from the local dump to which they eventually returned after many A-team rolls, blues bros style smash up chases, crap Apple throwing chases and being pushed off the clay cliff James Bond style in our backyard.
If only go pros were a thing in my childhood there would be evidence of the sorry abuse those vehicles endured before their sad demise…
I may have left my rt side intake stacks on the track. Can’t remember if I picked them up after the argy bargy with Jim.
Great pics as always!
Liking the new race report format!
thanks for the compliments on the Honda team.
Hopefully they will have a new car or 2 in the near future…
Been a busy week but wanted to add my thanks for hosting another great event!
Prizes were a surprise and very generous on your part.
I am now the proud owner of the race run Ferrari PB which I will study with great interest for speed secrets for my own builds.
It ran flawlessly and was able to compete with the quicker Chevron in the middle lane in the later heats
It will be invaluably educating.
Meant to mention I also loved the squirrel in your Christmas tree!
Hope it didn’t give you any trouble ;^)
Thanks again and see you in the new year!
Happy New Year everyone!
Bill
Hey guys
Looks like we’ll have a good turnout to do some painting.
Here are some of the supplies I recommend. I’ll bring mine so you can see.
Citadel make a great series of paints available from Games Workshop.
the store I go to is near Mavis and Britannia but there are other locations around as well as independant games and model stores that sell them.
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-CA/Games-Workshop-Heartland-Town-Centre
5955 Latimer Dr #2, Mississauga, ON L5V 0B7
These are made primarily for war games figures and they make a variety of matte and glossy colours as well as some nice metalics.
They are water soluble so clean up easily and dry pretty quickly without odor.
Colours I use most often:
Elf Flesh
Undercoat Black
Bestial Brown
Scorched Brown
Skull White
Mechrite Red
Boltgun Metal
Mithriol Silver
Chainmail (silver)
Codex grey
Enchanted blue
Testor’s Paints
I also like to use Testor’s paints for some gloss colours on helmets for example.
They seem to be a little more durable since they are enamel.
Future is also good for clear coating shiney parts like buckles and helmets.
Other supplies:
I like to use several different brush sizes but try to use good quality brushes and they will last a long time and give great results.
Windsor Newton make great brushes of natural hair or Curry’s makes a line of their own branded brushes which are fairly cheap and decent quility.
Try to get sizes such as:
4/0 or 0000 which is very tiny for details this is probaby the smallest brush size you will find.
3/0 or 000 a little larger
as well as larger brushes.
Some brands of brushes come with a clear tube which protects the bristles during shipping.
I keep these and cap my smallest brushes when not in use to make them last.
With proper care and cleaning good brushes should last many years.
Other supplies:
Small bottle caps or containers for mixing custom colours and shades.
Toothpicks for mixing as well as making small dots and details.
Paper towel/tissue for cleanup
Water and thinner.
More info to come.
Bill
I’ve never tried Vallejo paints but would like to.
I particularly like the dropper idea as the citadel paint lids are far from ideal.
I usually use a toothpick to drop paint into a bottle cap.
Michael please post some pics of your figures. We’d love to see them.
thanks
Bill
Great stuff Michael! I’m so glad Art has some of your figures on his track.
I had no idea where the photographers came from but have always admired their quality.
Thanks again for posting them!
Cheers
Bill
I have to say I’m really impressed with your range Michael.
There is a real shortage of 1/32 figures so you can definitely fill a niche market with these.
Whenever I go to the local slot car shows here figures are the first items scooped up if there are any at all.
Do you get them modeled in a CAD package?
Thanks for the info Michael
I finally got some time to poke around the Mans&Vans FB page. Great stuff. I love the transporters as well myself and have been tempted to buy some on ebay GB that are 3D printed.
are you the person behind those? They would make a great addition to any 1/32 race team. Not sure why Scalextric haven’t done some proper transporters.
cheers
bill
Thanks I don’t get on FB too often but will try and take a look from time to time.
The Bugatti transporter would be great for transporting my type 35.
I’ll also take a look for First Gear trucks. I have a Stake truck that may be from them that I picked up years ago in hopes of using it for a transporter or something.
Cheers
Bill
Would love to attend but have been having a bad bought of carpal tunnel lately after chopping wood and redoing my backyard patio over the last few weeks.
Happy racing!
Stay safe.
Bill
Nice trip down memory lane. I also remember quite enjoying the previous incarnation pictured in your avatar image.
Great day racing! Some beautiful cars on track and off.
Many thanks to MVL for the use of their track.
Lol that would work.
I was trying to play off a plane reference ‘lazy eight’ along with a car reference ‘delta 88’ as well as the obvious nested eights of the layout.
I noticed that lazy eight is also a name the Infiniti sign so Infinity Raceway (also a real racetrack) or Infinity and Beyond raceway might work as well.
Let me over think this…
Bill
Another great day of racing! Thanks for organizing it Art and to MVL for hosting our cantankerous bunch ;).
Thx Jim. I started a thread on the building build so I will update as I proceed.
thx for hosting the Targa Art! Another fun night of Targa recreation!
Looks great Ken! Wish I could keep my work areas that clean and organized. I’ve tried but whenever I organize things I forget where they are 😉
I think I would have forgotten the plastic wrap and made a big mess. Love the new tv stand!
I need to start saving my large spice containers for landscaping materials!Great fun! Thanks for hosting. It was fun to get these vintage cars out for a few laps.
that vette in the back also looks huge!
Nice build MIA!
Sorry I couldn’t make it this time. Had a prior commitment to go to the vintage race at Mosport.
I saw that Jag kit at Michael’s a while back and meant to pick one up.
is the body all one piece or did you assemble and paint it?
A gaggle of hot rods are being loaded into the team transporter early today on their way to the Ring.
Making their debut will be Reginald ‘The Rebel’ Rooster driving ‘Flew ‘T’he Coop’ and Col. Harland Sanders driving his newly minted ‘Kentucky Bucket’
This is a close up of the shock restrictor plate hole. I trimmed about 2mm from the front edge of the hole on the right centre of the picture. Had to also reroute the motor wiring slightly.
Sorry I missed the show.
Funnily enough I just finished building a Ferrari SWB that I’ve had on the bench for quite some time.
I’ll bring it on Saturday for a shakedown.
I think they’ll both benefit.
No excuses at the factory now if the car is too slow though.
Either way they’ll both make a crapload more $$$!
I considered making a chassis like this for my Hemi Under Glass but with a clip that I could hold it down with for racing vs wheelstanding.
Thanks for setting this up Art.
Hopefully this will make it easier to track and share research info.
cheers
Bill
Nice Kits Ken.
Funny that the attendance was more.
It seemed a lot less crowded this year.good show though! I managed to pick up a few nice kits.
Here’s a neat trick. Flip up body!Just needs some tire truing and a good shakedown and it should be good to go!
Hard to have a fav as there are so many great ones but the 7 Up Jordan is one of mine.
One last pic.
