SPA LIVES!!!
#1
Posted 03 August 2003 - 21:35
Even with a slot car it's a bit daunting.
The front row for tomorrow's race is Behra - Moss - Gonzales.
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#2
Posted 03 August 2003 - 21:38
#3
Posted 03 August 2003 - 21:41
You do tend to omit important detail in these things. For instance, have any of the 16Ds been tweeked, are they running different final drive ratios, and for goodness sake, please tell us, what on earth are the clothespegs for?
#4
Posted 03 August 2003 - 21:48
what on earth are the clothespegs for?
Errrm - pegging out the washing........
Cars? Maserati 250.F V.12 - Mercedes Benz W.196 - Ferrari 555.
Final drive ratios are, co-incidentally, exactly the same in each case! 16.D's ?????
#5
Posted 03 August 2003 - 22:05
Originally posted by Ray Bell
please tell us, what on earth are the clothespegs for?
Occasionally there is a shower in the pit area I suppose ;)
#6
Posted 03 August 2003 - 22:18
Originally posted by Geoff E
Occasionally there is a shower in the pit area I suppose ;)
When you get to 1966 you'll have to move the washing line Barry
#7
Posted 03 August 2003 - 22:23
Jack
#8
Posted 03 August 2003 - 22:24
Originally posted by Barry Boor
Errrm - pegging out the washing.....
.....Final drive ratios are, co-incidentally, exactly the same in each case! 16.Ds ?
In my slot car days, motors that size were referred to as 16Ds. Maybe they're not any more...
Glad to see there's a practical side to your backyard, Barry.
#9
Posted 03 August 2003 - 22:38
AWESOME work though
#10
Posted 04 August 2003 - 01:19
Who do you race against? Is it with some mates or do you race yourself?
Ive been part of a slotcar club for about 10 years now, at the start of a season everyone is quite chummy, but towards the end, my god, you think the Australian Cricket team can sledge, turn up to the Kingston Slotcar club on a tuesday night and you`d have no idea that we were all actually friends!
#11
Posted 04 August 2003 - 01:57
#12
Posted 04 August 2003 - 20:47
-William
#13
Posted 04 August 2003 - 21:28
#14
Posted 04 August 2003 - 21:30
#15
Posted 04 August 2003 - 21:30
Originally posted by Jack-the-Lad
Watch out for rain at Masta kink!
Jack
Is a garden sprinkler used to accurately reproduce the dangerously varied wet/dry conditions around the circuit?
#16
Posted 04 August 2003 - 21:44
Originally posted by Ray Bell
In my slot car days, motors that size were referred to as 16Ds. Maybe they're not any more...
Glad to see there's a practical side to your backyard, Barry.
16Ds are still used. at our local track they use a sealed spec version called the "deathstar", a name possibly WAY too appropriate for the old Spa...
#17
Posted 04 August 2003 - 21:56
I'd no idea slot car tracks could be even so closely modeled on the real thing.
The truth is, they can't - unless you make some very special pieces that enable you to replicate corners to within about 3 degrees of turn.
Rats, I KNEW I should have fitted a garden sprinkler!
#18
Posted 09 August 2003 - 00:14
You've had burglars, some body's nicked Malmedy !!!!
#19
Posted 09 August 2003 - 01:54
Originally posted by Gary C
....................only an Englishman would do this...................
When I first saw this I was, well, speechless. Simply amazing..... My kind of guy.
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#20
Posted 09 August 2003 - 07:40
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Posted 09 August 2003 - 07:59
#22
Posted 09 August 2003 - 10:32
#23
Posted 09 August 2003 - 12:30
#24
Posted 10 August 2003 - 01:08
And really really cool! WOW!
#25
Posted 11 August 2003 - 10:54
If you drill a couple of holes in the shed walls, you can have a proper Monaco tunnel! (But you'd better put a bowl of water by the chicane when Ascari's D50 is on the circuit)
Paul Mackness
#26
Posted 11 August 2003 - 14:03
You're an....interesting guy.
#27
Posted 11 August 2003 - 20:20
The Nurburgring is already drawn up and given a few more days like last week, towards the end of August I will run it.
I have a Monaco tunnel already - here it is:
#28
Posted 11 August 2003 - 20:28
Another thought...can you reproduce Innes Ireland emerging from the tunnel without his car?
#29
Posted 11 August 2003 - 21:25
Originally posted by David Beard
Wouldn't the tunnel be better in garden?...cos it's going to be a bit messy when you replicate the Loews Hotel flood....,
Doubting Thomas you are!
Everyone knows that it has to be inside... to duplicate the warmth of the Mediterranean summer near that heater in the background.
#30
Posted 11 August 2003 - 22:20
#31
Posted 11 August 2003 - 22:47
This is very, very cool!
#32
Posted 11 August 2003 - 23:18
Originally posted by Barry Boor
A heater that may be in Oz, but in Wales, it's a box of screwdrivers!!!!!
And it had such a convincingly archaic look...
We only have those in the oldest country pubs. Screwdrivers we pack differently.
#33
Posted 12 August 2003 - 06:53
Impressive!
#34
Posted 12 August 2003 - 10:13
#35
Posted 13 August 2003 - 05:14
These guys are good, but not—so to speak—on the same scale:
http://pelicanparkspeedway.com/
Frank
#36
Posted 13 August 2003 - 11:12
How are you going to do the difference in altitude? Seems to be a tricky project.....
cheers Marty
#37
Posted 13 August 2003 - 12:23
#38
Posted 04 December 2003 - 14:53
#39
Posted 04 December 2003 - 16:19
If you want to see someones obsession with 1/32 check out this page, and look at his test track...(press:**ABOUT US )
http://website.lineo...ls/MAXi_frm.htm
I'm sure you know this guy Barry...he has some great cars... and the track is...WOW!!!