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They do look expertly painted, interesting selections, looks like KRZ colour palate influence….
They’re yours, do what you wish! Perhaps I need to get out of my ‘traditional’ type theme, though I do LOVE then 550 spyder you created Ken in Metallic Blue, BRILLIANT! Me want 1 :>)
Looks awesome, would like to see it in use. I don’t need another hobby, I don’t need another hobby, I don’t need another hobby…… :>)
Great jousts throughout the night, with perhaps some of the closest racing ever in Classic LM, Top of the podium through 4th all finishing with same lap count, and a mere 2.3 seconds differential from 1st to 4th, with .080, yes, POINT OH EIGHT OH between 1st/2nd…I’d say that was “Layin it on the line”! :yahoo:
Wish I could have made it, and congrats on the Sweep by the Rockmaestro…You sure you haven’t been practicing in the Nations Capital? :yahoo:
A great night of R32 jousting and some very close battles in many heats, at the fabulous Molto Veloce. No grievous bodily harm, though 1 car did hurtle towards a Marshall (he remained unscathed) and onto the floor, surprisingly NOT faster afterwards…Better speak to KK to see what he does! 😉
Great reportage of the rumble and the jumble, appears I’m often stricken in the Feta of the crumble…. :negative:
I think my distraction contributed to the last rung of the podium for the 24 car….
http://www.tv.com/web/slotcar/watch/jeff-gordons-wild-ride-1531124/
Enjoy! :good:
Some fantastic duels, and Tri-els through the evening, at the always wonderful Ring, hosted by our Uber Ring leader Artur Von Schnellerenner! Thanks for the pics and the extremely entertaining race report. :mail:
Thank for you for posting the poignantly penned prose and prolific proliferation of pics! Enjoyable evening with only flesh wound collateral damage… :yahoo:
Some wonderful liveries and classes, when sex was safe and racing cars dangerous! Now how do you get a BWA slimcan on that fish? :unsure: :yahoo:
Thanks for hosting AGAIN, fun fun fun….Better check the front yard ‘gravesite’, not sure if Jim O made it home…. 😉
Great pics too!
What a great evening, VERY spirited racing, some incredibly close battles in many heats, and clean racing too! The cars were superlative, a joy to drive!
And thank you Santa Tschinkel, a red suit and white beard would have been appropriate, with all the goodies stuffed in your sack for the kids of Whoville, errrr I mean the Ring! :good: A great way to start the Christmas season :yahoo:
Looks like Deuces were wild in Can AM, and Crazy 8’s in 3L LM, wanted to be there, “Hockey night in Milton” intervened…Hopefully next time. Nice to see the ‘Italian Stallion’ back to the Ring, molto benne!!
And following up the follow up….I went to Games Workshop last week(Appleby Village), using Bill’s recommended colour suggestions as my palate(hehe). Evidently the naming convention has changed, and the store manager was good enough to complete a cross reference for me. Great guy (They call him ‘Tim’) :>) showed me some painting/shading/dry brush techniques, and some other tips… He also told me the Hartland Centre is open 7 days if you’re jonesing for paint on a Sunday, and that they’re very helpful too. He also told me there is a free app you can get from them, take a picture of your object, and it will assess the appropriate Citadel colour. Maybe there is something good in Smartphones…See below :yahoo:
New Branding
Elf Flesh Kislev Flesh
Undercoat Black Abbadon Black
Bestial Brown Mournfang Brown
Scorched Brown Rhinox Hide
Skull White White Scar
Mechrite Red Medhiston Red
Boltgun Metal Lead Belcher
Mithriol Silver Runefang Steel
Chainmail (silver) Iron Breaker
Codex grey Dawnstone
Enchanted blue Caledor Sky
Colours I Needed
Light yellow Averland Sunset
Tan Zandri Dust
Light green Castellan Green
Games Workshop – Appleby Village (Tim/Manager)
491 Appleby Line, Unit #9, Burlington, ON, L7L 2Y4
Telephone
905-634-4584
Opening times
Mon
Closed
Tues
11:00-19:00
Wed
11:00-19:00
Thur
11:00-19:00
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11:00-19:00
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Phenomenal evening, though this Pilots finger was rusty, a very enjoyable evening, and the hosts generosity, only rivaled by a Big guy in a Red suit!! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Sorry to have missed it 😥 But the road to hell is paved with good intentions…Nice pictorial and excellent recap. Hope to see a good gang next week at Spa. :yahoo:
Great looking fields, and the nostalgia photos are a great homage to yesteryear…I am surprised the Gilles M23 ‘outrigger’ passed the eye of the scrutinizer….Perhaps an optical delusion of the photo :unsure:
It is with deep sadness that the Ecurie Lyons team must withdraw the Werks Porsche 908 #17 for this event, due to mechanical issues, likely unsolved by time of competition. However, the generosity of Henry Ford the umpteenth will allow Blue GT40II #6, Red GT40II#24, and Green GT40 #40 to participate in this event if the stewards allow.
Really looking forward to the event! And perhaps I’ll require a software ‘bracket tutorial’ at some time. :scratch:
A little refinement followed…Gentlemens Sportscar racing, though in this event there was Monkey See, Monkey Drew, along with another Cheetah, JimO…Going fwd, the flagrant fouls will have to race in a USRC/SCCA type events as they evidently did NOT meet the requisite criteria, 6HR, 1000KM, 12 or 24HR race
As entrants had 2 cars in their teams, another contest followed, extremely closely contested! Nary .5 of a second between the Prancing Horse from Modena, and the Silver Stuttgart Scalpel
Classic LeMans were Porsche ruled Uber alles! 
Grupen Funf closed out the evening, and phast and phrenetic it was, nothing could catch the Monster from Mampe, certainly NOT a Capricious Capri.
ANd when all was done, the recent Joy of Christmas was still to be found…
Thanks to all who attended! ANd forgive my humble and apparently feeble first time attempt at reportage on the site.. :wacko:Apologies, for some reason, perhaps even ‘User error’, I couldn’t add GRP 5 result pic
Now added :>) And I guess I’ll just have to play around with adding pics, the ‘2nd’ sportscar shot is horizontal, not displayed as I’d saved it, vertically…
A few additions
I will avoid wordplay temptation regarding the name of choice for the trophy, however it is very hard… 😉 But yes, very fun evening, as always!
Spa Lyons will look forward to hosting a similar event in the near future, also on a Friday evening. As such, Team Ecurie Lyons would like to reserve # 2 for entry, car(s) yet to be determined if the stewards shall allow.
Danke, Merci, and thank you
A benefactor has approached the Ecurie Lyons team offering generous sponsorship, under the proviso they number at least one of their entries #2, therefore, management has elected to rescind #24, and would like #2 added in it’s place.
This thing on???? No commentary???? Hardly worth the time and effort to photo, re-size post etc… 😥 I guess we’re all a busy bunch… :wacko:
As mentioned to race director Mr. Stroebel, I may have to retract based on son’s hockey playoff schedule.
Unfortunately, Ecurie Lyons must retract the team entry.
Enjoy racing at MVL, great to see it in the rotation once again! :yahoo:
Hi Art, Is it the blue with Orange “Arrows”? What’s in it, and what’s the ask?
Would love to add a fine ‘D’Art creation to my collection. I sent you an e-mail, please answer there.
Thanks!
Due to there being only a gruesome twosome registered, and a survey of other potential pilots, which has determined that this event unfortunately will be CANCELLED. :negative:
Hopefully the next Spa session will fare better.
Thanks for hosting Art, some great duels, and was fun racing several cars that haven’t seen the road for quite a while…Shagwar, Rainbow Warrior, Little White Corvette, and Fantastic plastic Ferrari!! ANd now to find a home for the Wing of Doom :good:
Thanks Art for hosting, nice to get the trigger finger going again, been a while…And though James Coburn was great with a knife in a gunfight, a 21.K is no match for a 25 on the Ring…Need to catch me a Shark! 😉
Well put Ken, however, the demands of Spa warrant at least 2, ideally 3 Marshall’s as a minimum, so glad we’ll have 2 for sure. I have invited a guest racer, who has spun many laps at Spa, and is pretty darn quick and consistent, so hopefully he’ll make the pilgrimage, from across the street!
Looking forward!! Now to tune some cars, scrub the dust off!!
To clarify, R32 schedule/rules, Fantastic Plastic only, but bring what you’ve got, however, to answer question, slow motor only for SP.
Totally understood, and appreciate the heads up…seems I have the ‘Megaddon’ events..If you care to look at old R32 events here, there’s been Snowmeggadon, SLushmeggadon, Stormeggadon weatherwise, and 1 or 2 Argumagageddons too!! Next time we’ll see you here :good:
Apologies for tardy response, PC has been in shop….Thanks to all for making the trek to Spa, fun night of racing indeed! Big THANK YOU to MiA for pics and prose, greatly appreciated!! Wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a HAppy and Healthy New Year! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
Thank you MiA for taking the time, and effort to pen, and post the prose and pictorial; great reportage and Photo’s! I think Luis would be a strong contender for the Iditarod, well done!! Will try and host again before the New Year.
Hello Racers; I’m able to open doors at 5 for this Spa session; however, track will be on for practice at 6. Please let me know if you’ll require sustenance.
Hope to see you out!
Excellent race report from our resident scribe, perhaps Pulitzer Prize prospect!! Greatly appreciated, thanks MiA :good:
Thanks to all for great evening, and Johnny CupCake Rocket, excellent treats :yahoo:
Thanks MiA for your terrific transcription of the event! You may blind in 1 corner, but you clearly have an Eye for photo’s!!
Greatly appreciated!
And thanks F1Nuts, KensRedZ and Jimbo for coming out to play in the Spa :yahoo: :yahoo:
Congratulations Johnny, looks like a lot of fun, and Chicanery looms on the overpass…. :yahoo: another piece of “Art”!!
Hi lads, have been lurking but just not posting…Hard to believe 10 years of Spa, and alas, no racing here for the past 18+ months, but I think that may change before the New Year, stay tuned, and stay well!
Was great to be back to the Ring after a long hiatus(for me), some excellent duels, lots of fun! As always, thanks for hosting, and also the great pictorials!!
Molto benne paisan, The “Mille Manuel”, “LeManuel” or whatever fine moniker you choose to name this track, is looking great! ANd, like all, wishing you the best health. A “gaggle of cones” is good, geese, not so much… :>) I believe I can contribute to conification, and also have a lot of tires you’re welcome to have should you need them; also additional signage should you require…. Happy to see the monitor up and operative. Stay well!
Spectaculare(said w Italian accent)! I prolly have some lichen you’re welcome to if you wish, just have to look/unearth…LMK
As expected, another “work of Art”, spectacular!! Looking forward to spinning (LONG) laps. I may need a ‘spotter’ to let me know where I am on the track! LOL.
WOW Ken, looks like you’ll be ‘cookin up’ some beauts in the Kitchen, and who knew you were so NEAT and ORGANIZED! LOL, Great work!!
Well Ken, ‘organizing’ my tuning room has been on my Agenda for…well, fuggetaboutit, a long time, so you inspired me to git er done, and I have!!
Still a ways to go, sorting parts/cars, organize tools, but WAAAAAY better(even MRS. Porsche911 impressed!) :>)
Thank you!!
Hey Ken, why limit yourself to 906’s…Consider the 908’s, 910’s, 914’s, 917’s and of course, the 911’s!!! :>)
Hi gents, apologies, late to the show here…Took a “webless weekend” :>) Yes, great to see Spa being enjoyed, some good jousts, a few spectator casualties, and we’ve now met Gary’s alter ego…The “Scarbourough Smasher”, he punches well above his weight, just ask my ‘ticket takers’… :>)
No worries, they’ve been released from the Scalextric Trackside Infirmary and will not have any life altering issues. We also now know that MiA may be missing, but when he does show up, he’s an hour early!! Hmmm, and about Pineapple on Pizza??? Big thank you to Art for capturing and posting the pics!!
JMS, you beat me to posting the link, found it yesterday also, was going to try and first find some history on the 67 ‘Stradale’ Spyder example on the site which intrigued me before posting, a beautiful car, see if it would be eligible for any of our classes…Alas, unless our resident ALfa-Holic voices to the contrary, my research today says it is NOT. :>( 18 cars only produced, NO race provenance. And yes, a non expert(moi) would say the 1955 rendering is pretty close…
Has anyone ordered from here? I read that there is a Caveat emptor stating the body may be somewhat ‘brittle’…
You don’t even need to filter….Just look at left pane, A-Z…A few caught my eye yesterday, Porsches of course!Always wanted a 909 Bergspyder, but the only resin I ever saw were UBER expensive, and and least from pics, looked very poor quality…
https://3dprintable.shop/product-category/porsche/
Having said that, the 1 MAJOR factor is there aren’t many ‘Printed models’, you’re purchasing the file download only…. SO how many of you have a 3D Printer?? :>)
Looks like Fly did a Thelma and Louise Vette, Art’s girls are prettier… :>)
https://www.slotforum.com/threads/fly-cars-for-sale-ferrari-250-ford-gt40-saleen-s7-corvette.211078/
That is 1 Heavy Chevy!!! How did you achieve the design detail/panels, looks AMAZING, assuming they’re a decal kit for this model? If it wasn’t included in kit, where’d you source?
Lots goin on here…MiA with his Elves(thought the only 1’s you knew were ‘Keebler’) hahaha…Red White and Blue, Ol’ Glory looking great, and KRZ, excellent colour choice! The wheels are EXACTLY the style(Cragar or Torqthrust) that I’m trying to source, so our Art-ist extraordinaire can fashion sets for us. I think they’d look amazing on my soon to be finished(I hope) Impala
As promised, too fast’n furious for my liking, but the Lyons Garage performed well on the home turf, Santé!!
Until we race again, stay well!
You set the bar/standard high Bill, feeble effort to keep up! :>) Was originally going to be ‘Ranchero Sombrero’, had a lot of Mexican Day of the Dead type images ready to go for decals, then just used what I had (no printer ink at the time) :>) So 666 ‘Lil Devil’ he was, looks great in IMNSHO…
Too slow to run with the Big Dawgs in this group, but makes me smile when I spin a few laps with it, worth the time…
Hey Vanski, long time, happy to see you back(The Force is Strong!) :>) Can’t believe you never saw the flick…Glad you did, that’s 1 great lookin’ Baaad/Hevy Chevy, now all you need is a 1/32 ‘ The Driver’. LOL.
THAT is way TOO PRETTY to race, FANTASTIC!! The driver detail as always is sooo realistic/life like, I think I see Ciggy smoke coming from his ashtray. :>)
Nicely done Jim, who knew a Gulf Livery Ferrari would look so GOOD, surprised John Wyer never did employ1! Hmmm, that aluminum chassis looks familiar, KRZ engineering at it’s finest. What gearing did you use. And for the Rosso R32 Classic Era Prototype & Sportscar class entry, better put some numbers on it, don’t want to be DQ’d off the top podium position. :>)
Apologies for duplicity….added update to post last night, but it didn’t ‘take’, waited 20 minutes, came back/refreshed, nada, so added again, just now, VOILA! Hmmmm, tried to get rid of ‘1st’ update but won’t allow me to edit… :>( Any, now to try and improve/break in.
FINALLY finished (well still have to complete exhaust), LOTS of fiddling trying to get ‘flat tray’ interior to accommodate S-can, and though I didn’t want to SLAM to a low rider, wouldn’t have minded a wee bit less height overall… Initial shakedown is OK, won’t be a winner, home made roll bar likely weighs too much too, but looks DAMN good scooting around… 10X24 gearing on KRZ makes it smooth, perhaps get another, make into SCCA/USRRC Plus, will see after I finish the umpteen other(or at least a few) of other kits/chassis I have on the go…
Hi Ken, yes I did think of your suggestion, however, it would be applicable to too many cars that I have, and we know this hobby has NO Addictive properties added… :>)
Realized I omitted 1 link to racing provenance.
https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/results/Chevrolet/Corvair.html
Hi gents, thanks for Kudos! After painstaking research, I determined that the Corvair did also participate in some Endurance racing, 1961 Kyalami, and 66 Daytona and 12HR Marlboro, there may be a few others that I cannot find conclusive evidence, so…..does that mean with FLY/Scaley 18K Motor I could participate in both Endurance Sportscar and SCCA/USRRC Plus?? Haven’t put in Motor yet but was only initially considering slow Motor SCCA/USRRC Sportscar. Happy either way, but would be nice to utilize in both. Opinions welcomed.
The “Grasshopper” has done well, and of course, you’re playing your flute as you walk. :>) Ken has taken the old phrase “Go Big or Go Home”, and accomplished both, he’s gone BIG, and done it at HOME!!! I think you could fit a FIT (Honda) in there. :>)
Yes, SLOTMODS produce some cool/gimmicky platforms for some of their creations, bespoke tracks for those with MEGA$$$$$$$…
they sold a “Porsche917” Lemans homage track on Bring a Trailer for a paltry $205 K US!! Very cool, but you’d thing they would have had period pit crews/mechanics/drivers in the Pit Lane!!!! We’re blessed with running on some of the finest tracks around, bar none, and I think we know someone that could build about 25+ for that kind of money!! :>)
Hi Ken, WOW!!! Looks freakin AMAZING!! Needs some Sweet inserts(I’m thinking Cragar/Torque Thrust style) and I need to complete interior, and fabricate some cool exhausts. A masterful job, thank you so much!
Yavolt!!! Looks mazing, I bet it’s “Sehr Schnell”… and imagine the Polizia trying to pull that over! :>)
And for those interested, a little history below, great site too!
https://www.conceptcarz.com/profile/27918,8004/1970-porsche-908/3.aspx
Hmmm, Hmmm, that y’all is more than “Finger Lickin’ good”, it’s CLUCKIN’ AMAZING!!!! :>) I bet it must FLY, LOL.
Hmmm, thought I’d posted this previously…Of course, being partial to Porsches…, one of Ferdinand Porsche’s 1st ‘success’ stories. Very interesting read, enjoy!!
I can almost see Len guzzling some 2% post race/victory, great looking build! Where’d you source decals. Indycals?
Killer Ken!!! :>) HTF do you get the chrome detail/lettering on the lettering/insignias?? Need to commission you! :>) Amazing(as expected)
