[tDI_Fahrer]

What does a man do that has no room yet for his permanent slot-track...

... that exactly knows how that track will look like when he's got the room to make it...

...that has to rest and get in his bed early because it's his bachelors-party tomorrow (and needs some sleep to survive that night)...

... that goes to the 24 hours of Spa next weekend... (damn... again no sleep) with also FIA ETCC and Alfa 147 Cup on the programm...

Well... he makes a few pictures with the possibilities he has for now... to make a Spa-testday on 1/32...

Let's see the result (off-course the cars don't match, but the models do drive all in the FIA GT Championship)

The sign that will stand at the gate of my Petit-Spa:

This is the layout of my Petit-Spa like we drive it now:

The pits: every team getting ready for their first test-laps:

Team Marcos:

Team BMW (I painted more details after this photo-session). In the box next to BMW you see the Viper-team standing ready for the car to come in:

 

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Team Seikel Porsche getting the car ready:

Some campers who are very early and want a good spot for their tent:

 

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On the track: The Seikel Porsche during some test-laps:

The night falls: The Viper training and testing during the night!

Viper-lights shining on the back of the Porsche during the night:

 

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The Beemer coming back in during the night-training:

A Beemer pilot very thirsty after his night-stint:

Team Seikel during their night-session:

A Marcos driver waiting to take the wheel for his next stint:

A few spectators looking at what happens in the pits during the night!

Well... I hope I didn't bore you guys with the amount of pictures, but I had fun taking them...

Next weekend in the 1:1 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps I'll take lots of pictures too... If you guys want to see them, I'll post them in the "Events" section.

If you guys want to see some 1:1 pictures of Test-days on Spa... click here...

Greetz and sleep tight... I'll try to do that too... and I'll try to survive my bachelors party tomorrow!

Gunther

 

[Doug]

QUOTE (tDI_Fahrer @ 23 Jul 2004, 23:17)What does a man do that has no room yet for his permanent slot-track...
Well, it's simple. You buy a house with a bigger basement.

QUOTE ...that has to rest and get in his bed early because it's his bachelors-party tomorrow (and needs some sleep to survive that night)...
Hey Congratulations are in order!

I hope that you wife-to-be likes slot cars

BTW people, Gunther with his Digital Olympus has given us a new wallpaper image of that nice little Porsche: here.

 

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@ Nuro:

Well... next month our house we're building will be finished, and we can move from the little appartment to our house (with space for a 5m by 2.5m permanent-track)...

And thanks for the congrats... and yes my wife-to-be likes cars in general... once in a while she even races with the slotcars too!

 

[BEEJAY7]

Congratulations Gunther!......................I for one love your pictures and look forward to the Spa shots. I hope you have as much fun at Spa as we did at Le Mans.

Regards

Alan

 

[fast lucky]

Congratulations Gunther !

And it appears that you are quite lucky that the wife-to-be likes slot cars ...

Are you going to be at Spa ? (what a daft question, ETCC will be there !)

Me too !

 

[bacardibeast]

Congrat's Gunther. All the best to you & your wife-to-be!

& Thanks for showing us the pictures, they're GREAT!

They are really inspiring. Hope I can do half as well once I've got the decorating done and finally get around to laying a out perminent track in the attic.

 

[tDI_Fahrer]

Thanks for the positive replies guys!
I really appreciate this!

PS: I survived my bachelor party, and it was great!!! We left saturday at 5 o'clock in the morning... and I was at home at 11 o'clock sunday morning!

@ FastLucky:

Yes, I'm going to Spa, we'll be there from friday night untill sunday night with our mobil-home... (Or camper, or what do you guys say?) so I can see the qualification of the ETCC's on friday night too...

Greetz

Gunther