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You all got me bang to rights, chaps. Xylon production had ground almost to a halt. Now seems to have lost momentum altogether. Was briefly having more fun making my M7A. Slightly less fun trying to earn a living and keep Mrs H in the style to which she is accustomed. Do you realise how much those Ferrero Rocher choccies cost? Lately all usable slot car time has been eroded to almost zero by constant demands of Howmet jr, Mk I and II. By some very careful planning on someone's part, Cricket, Tennis and various music lessons are contrived to occur at opposite ends of the borough on every evening of the week. School runs take care of remaining freedom. Three times have I laid devious plans to sneak out to East Molesey to gawp at a proper track. Three times have I been deflected by parent teacher meetings, selfish clients of my own discreet professional services, and lastly an emergency visit to the vet. Not for me. A hamster past it's sell by date. I ask you.
Attic layout has gathered a thin but very even veil of dust. The roast bison is beginning to give off an unpleasant odour.
I've got five more minutes on the Forum before I have to start work for the day. Not even time to warm up the soldering iron. Please, people- make it fun!
And by the way, BJ. Jackie Stewart never drove the Xylon wearing a three armed sweater. Mrs H couldn't manage the tartan stripes he demanded. When he had the audacity to complain, she threw a terrible wobbly that scared Jackie so much he feared for his life. Having survived Mrs H's tantrum (and few do...) he began to think carefully about further risks to his mortality, and how he might emeliorate them. Not a lot of people know this, but he later began a crusade for safety in racing. This was largely as a result of his encounter with Mrs H and her needles, during which (according to an unbroadcastable interview he later gave to Sir Jimmy Saville), his whole life flashed before his eyes.
Attic layout has gathered a thin but very even veil of dust. The roast bison is beginning to give off an unpleasant odour.
I've got five more minutes on the Forum before I have to start work for the day. Not even time to warm up the soldering iron. Please, people- make it fun!
And by the way, BJ. Jackie Stewart never drove the Xylon wearing a three armed sweater. Mrs H couldn't manage the tartan stripes he demanded. When he had the audacity to complain, she threw a terrible wobbly that scared Jackie so much he feared for his life. Having survived Mrs H's tantrum (and few do...) he began to think carefully about further risks to his mortality, and how he might emeliorate them. Not a lot of people know this, but he later began a crusade for safety in racing. This was largely as a result of his encounter with Mrs H and her needles, during which (according to an unbroadcastable interview he later gave to Sir Jimmy Saville), his whole life flashed before his eyes.
It was Fang, actually, not Harry. And he never made it back from the vets. An hour in the waiting room when I could have been slotracing. No sympathy from me for the cursed little blighter. A nine days wonder for howmet jr, which then kept us awake all night in his little wheel. All those hours cleaning his cage when I could have been scratchbuilding. Time that will never come back to us....
And believe me, the Jackie Stewart story comes straight from the horse's mouth, although Mrs H hates me calling her that.
A twisted version of the same incident came to the ears of Jim Hall, who was looking for someone who could steer, change gear, and operate movable aerodynamic devices at the same time in his radical new Chaparral. When Jackie managed to explain to him that he didn't actually have three arms, Jim developed the 2J instead. The fan being on constant speed, it didn't require so many limbs to drive it.
Oh-oh. There goes the phone again. Another customer ringing to complain, I expect.
And believe me, the Jackie Stewart story comes straight from the horse's mouth, although Mrs H hates me calling her that.
A twisted version of the same incident came to the ears of Jim Hall, who was looking for someone who could steer, change gear, and operate movable aerodynamic devices at the same time in his radical new Chaparral. When Jackie managed to explain to him that he didn't actually have three arms, Jim developed the 2J instead. The fan being on constant speed, it didn't require so many limbs to drive it.
Oh-oh. There goes the phone again. Another customer ringing to complain, I expect.
Oh the shame, the shame of it! Everywhere I look BJ's posting something with that hideous reminder of my failings. There's so much salt in my wounds I could open a crisp factory.
You said it, Kevin.
You said it, Kevin.
Rancid Bison, I'm afraid.
On the other hand, I could finish my plastic shell, fill it with putty and pull a vaccie from it.
The mind reels at the proliferation of Xylons in this innocent and unsuspecting world.
Hey! How about a Xylon prox..........(sound effects of a rotting bison carcass falling through ceiling and crushing smart arse slotracer beneath debris).
The mind reels at the proliferation of Xylons in this innocent and unsuspecting world.
Hey! How about a Xylon prox..........(sound effects of a rotting bison carcass falling through ceiling and crushing smart arse slotracer beneath debris).
Mine came this a.m. too. Isn't it small?
My own scratchbuilt measures out a litle wider than Russell's, so I suspect I'd be disqualified from a proxy race...
I was building the dark blue monster myself. I think the orange wheels look great in a 'Granny takes a trip' kinda way.
Great work- and very generous of you, Russell! I now have my own squadron of Xylons. How many people in the world can say that?
My own scratchbuilt measures out a litle wider than Russell's, so I suspect I'd be disqualified from a proxy race...
I was building the dark blue monster myself. I think the orange wheels look great in a 'Granny takes a trip' kinda way.
Great work- and very generous of you, Russell! I now have my own squadron of Xylons. How many people in the world can say that?
No, Bill- it's actually quite tiny. Unless you go for the BCRA-approved Howmet Handling version...
Work progresses millimetre by millimetre, BJ. Mind, that's quite fast on a car this small. I've started work on my radical ebony chassis. Nothing if not authentic, the wood grain on the original ash chassis scales down to fine grain ebony in 1/32. Although the colour is not quite right, I may be able to bleach it a little.
Work progresses millimetre by millimetre, BJ. Mind, that's quite fast on a car this small. I've started work on my radical ebony chassis. Nothing if not authentic, the wood grain on the original ash chassis scales down to fine grain ebony in 1/32. Although the colour is not quite right, I may be able to bleach it a little.
Have ample supplies of boxwood logs too! Brilliant idea!
Thanks, EM
Thanks, EM
Can you post some enlargements, JP- I can barely see that thing...
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