Eric Brandon Don Branson Tom Bridger Tony Brise Chris Bristow
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Fernando Alonso: ?The goal was not to lose many points to the leaders?
Fernando Alonso turned the form book upside down with his brilliant victory in Malaysia ? but the Spaniard insists that it doesn?t change the fact that Ferrari is well off the pace in normal conditions this year. In a car … Continue reading
A Pair of Deuces - Completed 3/27
This is a little project I’ve been working on for the last three weeks. While I’ve built quite a few Revell ’32 Fords for some reason I’ve only ever built one full fendered one. So I decided I’d build two at once, a chopped 3-window coupe and a roadster. The plan was to stay close to kit-stock, trying to keep them fairly similar in construction techniques, using a large box of spare parts from these kits I’ve amassed over the past few years, but still changing key elements so that they would land up being quite different in “flavor” when I was done.
Both cars are based on a kit-stock Revell ’32 Ford chassis with the front spring shaved to bring the nose down. Both cars use kit wheels, the 3-window coupe using the Torq-Thrusts that can be found in all the Revell Deuce kits, and the roadster using the steelies from the 5-window kit, but with AMT ’40 Ford Deluxe hubcaps which are shallower than the Revell kit ‘caps. Both cars use the Goodyear GT Radials rear tires from the original Roadster kit, and both cars use AMT Firestone Deluxe Champion front tires. In the case of the .coupe I used Dirk’s very cool stick-on vinyl whitewalls which totally changes the look of the tires.
The chopped 3-window coupe is a resin piece purchased on e-Bay from “gregory23c”. Flawless styrene-like white resin and very reasonably priced. Highly recommended. I used the interior from the 5-wndow coupe, along with the hemi engine from that kit, with lots of chrome and a bright Tamiya Camel Yellow (PS-19) paint job finished with Testors Wet Look clear for a 60’s car show vibe. The crummy little 4-barrels from the 5-window kit were replaced with two of the dozens of 4-barrels from the Revell Deuce small block Fords I've collected over the years. The air cleaners are of unknown origin from my parts box.
The roadster is inspired by the Jim Shelton and Gray Baskerville roadsters, both classic full fendered cars. It will have a chopped windshield like the Shelton car and the Testors Mythical Maroon paint has been finished out with Krylon semi-gloss clear for a more worn look similar to the Baskerville Deuce. The motor is a Revell Parts Pack small block Chevy with stock Chevrolet script valve covers and ram horn exhausts from an AMT kit, and the transmission from the Deuce kit small block Fords to minimize any mods to the drive train. With the blackwall tires, steelies, semi-gloss paint and plain-Jane SBC I’m going after the funky late 50’s street rod look of the Gray Baskerville roadster to contrast with the shiny slickness of the coupe.
In keeping with the roadster’s Old School vibe I modified the kit interior by raising the seat about ¼ inch in order to have the bolster on the seat back stand out above the rear deck as was so common on older roadsters. The dashboard is the kit piece but with the stock face with its cassette player and air conditioning outlets removed and the kit instrument cluster cut out and modified to fit over on the driver’s side of an otherwise plain panel.
I’m close to finished, with maybe another week of bench time to get them both done. Here are some shots of the cars so far.
Thanx for lookin’,
B.
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1008160.aspx
Jim Clark† Kevin Cogan Peter Collins Bernard Collomb Alberto Colombo
Redefining single-seater racing
If you are not an educated fan of motorsport, the junior formulae are bewildering. The journey from karting to Formula 1 used to be easy to understand: you went from Formula Ford to Formula 3, then Formula 2 and ultimately arrived in F1 – if you were good enough. Today there is so much clutter [...]
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/redefining-single-seater-racing/
John Barber Skip Barber Paolo Barilla Rubens Barrichello Michael Bartels
Xzibit does Skoda Yeti commercial - Pimp My Ride style [video]
Known for its outlandish "rags to riches" custom car conversions, Xzibit applies the Pimp My Ride approach to this Skoda commercial, capitalizing on all of the show's cliches.
Gerhard Berger Eric Bernard Enrique Bernoldi Enrico Bertaggia Tony Bettenhausen
Friday, 30 March 2012
Team Lotus Launch Their 2011 Machine The T128
Team Lotus (the one who raced last year) have become the second team to officially pull the covers off their new 2011 car. The green and yellow liveried machine will start be raced by Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen this season under the name of Team Lotus as the management’s row with Group Lotus, now [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/team-lotus-launch-their-2011-machine-the-t128/
Art Bisch Harry Blanchard Michael Bleekemolen Alex Blignaut Trevor Blokdyk
Ferrari Launch Their 2011 Car The F150
Ferrari have become the first team to launch their 2011 Formula One car – named the F150. Thw F150 name comes from the fact it is 150 years since Italian unification, the flag bearer for the nation decided it was important to increase exposure of the major event in the country’s long history. �The cars [...]
Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/ferrari-launch-their-2011-car-the-f150/
Enrico Bertaggia Tony Bettenhausen Mike Beuttler Birabongse Bhanubandh Lucien Bianchi
Range Rover Evoque Bollinger by Aznom [video]
Customized by Italian specialty builder/tuner Aznom, the Evoque-Bollinger was presented at the Vinitaly 2012 fair on April 28 in Verona, Italy. 
Luca Badoer Giancarlo Baghetti Julian Bailey Mauro Baldi Bobby Ball
Bernie?s Concorde announcement gets paddock talking
Bernie Ecclestone?s announcement that a majority of teams had agreed terms for the new 2013-2020 Concorde Agreement stirred up a lot of interest in the Sepang paddock, not least because by naming McLaren Bernie was making it clear that it … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2012/03/25/bernies-concorde-announcement-gets-paddock-talking/
Art Bisch Harry Blanchard Michael Bleekemolen Alex Blignaut Trevor Blokdyk
Mercedes CLS Shooting Break spied on Nurburgring
The model continues to wear the same camouflage as we have seen on previous sightings which only acts to cover the rear end design lines. 
Art Cross Geoff Crossley Chuck Daigh Yannick Dalmas Derek Daly
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Spring break Challenger T/A wip
Well it sspring break and the kid is starting his T/A. Why he gravitates away from Chevy is beyond me. I signed up for the BMF and thats it. He layed down the Panther Pink real nice but got heavy on the clear. He used the Wet Look Testors and it did flow out pretty good outside thank goodness. The wetlook is really shiny...very little orange peel but there is no depth of color so I gave him the 3M and some flannel and had him compound it lightly and it came out near perfect. This is a 2in1 kit and he noticed after paint that he put the wrong rear valance on so he has to go back and get that done. The engine can be built either 440 or 340 but the provision is for a front distributor which will have to be dealt with....here are some initial pics...more to come as it progresses. I hope to be starting my 62 Bonny convert soon so I get to watch another build and no XBox !!
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1009246.aspx
John Cordts David Coulthard Piers Courage Chris Craft Jim Crawford
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Volksworld Show 25th March '12
I went to one of the largest VW shows in Europe on Sunday. It was a super day out so I thought I'd take some pics, enjoy.
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Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1008956.aspx
Adrián Campos John Cannon Eitel Cantoni Bill Cantrell Ivan Capelli
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Revell-Germany 1/24 Ferrari California
Wellp, the other day I decided to crack open this kit. I have mixed feelings about the looks of the actual car. The front I can live with, but the rear is... well...
So far I have the engine almost done, and I have sprayed the chassis pan and suspension parts. There are a few more parts to paint, then hopefully I will have the bottom half of the car done. Not sure how I want to paint the brake rotors. Need to find out if they all are ceramic, or if that is only an option. I may keep the plated rims, but apply a semi-gloss clear over them. Not sure... Thoughts?
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1007777.aspx
Gianmaria Bruni Jimmy Bryan Clemar Bucci Ronnie Bucknum Ivor Bueb
GP+ is ready. Two hours and 20 minutes after the race
A full 70-page magazine with all the news and stories from the Malaysian GP - Jean-Eric Vergne interviewed - The Concorde Agreement explained - Tazio Nuvolari - Plus great photography and a full race report from Sepang For more information go to www.grandprixplus.com
Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/coming-soon-just-hour-after-the-race/
Jean Alesi Jaime Alguersuari Philippe Alliot Cliff Allison Fernando Alonso
1/24 scale Max, from the Road Warrior ( mad max 2)
Hey guys, since I've posted my finished "last of the v8's " interceptor. I brought a couple of ulrich minimen figure kits to build the driver of the interceptor, Mad Max himself ! Here is a pic of the kit,
and here is my progress so far,
basically, I've been able to get most of the body assembled, and the joints puttied.
And I pretty much finished the leg brace. thanks for looking ,any questions or comments are welcome.!
Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1007354.aspx
Chris Amon Bob Anderson Conny Andersson Mario Andretti Michael Andretti
Video: World's Fastest Camaro Hits 253.1mph at Texas Mile
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The 2012 Texas Mile run was an enormous success this year, which is evident in the number of records that were broken. We’ve already reported on the Hennessey Twin-Turbo Ford GT that now holds the new world record at the Texas Mile for standing mile, but it’s the Camaro’s turn to take its spot on the podium. A fourth generation Camaro has become the fastest standing mile Camaro in the world with an impressive top speed of 253.1 mph. It doesn’t beat out the Ford for fastest standing mile, but at least it broke the record for its own model.
This was obviously not a stock Camaro. It was built by Late Model Racecraft, owned by Kelly Bise, and driven to success by driver Josh Ledford. The car is powered by a twin-turbocharged engine that will deliver an amazing 1,809 horsepower.
The video shown here includes the impressive run, a series of in-car run images, and some burnouts. Enjoy the video and let us know what you think about the 2012 Texas Mile!
Video: World's Fastest Camaro Hits 253.1mph at Texas Mile originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 26 March 2012 20:00 EST.
Alberto Ascari Peter Ashdown Ian Ashley Gerry Ashmore Bill Aston
Monday, 26 March 2012
Mercedes SL500 R231 Tuningpremiere by Wheelsandmore
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In case there was ever a question in anyone’s mind, German tuner Wheelsandmore is considered one of the best in the tuning business for their impeccable versatility in tuning sports cars. These guys don’t discriminate with their work, and that’s no more evident in their latest project involving the all-new Mercedes SL500 R231. Fresh off the press, Wheelsandmore’s program for the SL500 R231 is billed as "Tuningpremiere," and like everything the tuner does these days, the program comes chalk full of amenities.
To begin with, Wheelsandmore wrapped the Mercedes roadster in an aluminum-silver-gray finish that adds a vestige of mystique to the car’s overall look. In addition to that, the tuner also fitted the SL500 with a new set of 20" 6Sporz� wheels that can be wrapped in Continental Sport Contact 5P tires.
The car’s suspension was also tweaked, courtesy of a fully adjustable suspension module called LowMaXX. As always, the final piece to the tuning puzzle deals with engine modifications. Thanks to a remapped ECU system, Wheelsandmore managed to increase the engine output of the SL500 R231 to an impressive 505 horsepower and 590 lb/ft of torque, an increase of 70 ponies and 74 lb/ft of torque.
Mercedes SL500 R231 Tuningpremiere by Wheelsandmore originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 26 March 2012 13:00 EST.
Bill Aston Richard Attwood Manny Ayulo Luca Badoer Giancarlo Baghetti
Ferrari 599XX Evolution first shakedown at Suzuka [video]
Ferrari unleashed a stable of 599XX Evos at the Ferrari Racing Days in Suzuka Japan for the first official shakedown. 
Luca Badoer Giancarlo Baghetti Julian Bailey Mauro Baldi Bobby Ball
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