[Russell Sheldon]

Beejay won the prize for nominating the world's ugliest car, the Xylon, in the "Howmet's Happy Hour Part II" thread, which Howmet undertook to build. I was blown away by Beejay's nomination and have been patiently but anxiously waiting to see Howmet's progress.

It's been a while and I think that even Beejay has given up waiting, having removed his taunting (or should that be haunting?) signature picture. No doubt progress is being made in secret as every now and then there are some references to the project by Howmet, the most recent being a reference to Jackie Stewart's rear-end. The problem, I think, is that Howmet builds all his projects in the same closet where he stores his collection of Razzle.

Hopefully my own version won't take as long... the body is being made by Derick Thesnaar from Cape Town:-

The mould just needs to be cleaned up a bit before vacuum-forming gets underway. There will be a couple of 'pulls' for you too, Howmet and Beejay, in exchange for a pullover, of course!

Here's a reminder of what the real car looks like:-

Did I mention that it's a really tiny car?

Kind regards,

Russell

 

[Russell Sheldon]

Just a quick update

And another picture of the real car:-

Did I mention that it's really tiny?

Ok Howmet, I've shown you mine, now please show us yours

Kind regards

Russell

 

[Russell Sheldon]

Hi Swiss

This is a chassis which I built for an Airfix Mini body. I'll probably do something similar for the Xylon:-

Sell the bodies? Hell, no! I'll give them away! My friend Derick Thesnaar will be making 6 in white Plasticard (with separate vac-windows) and 6 in PETG. One of each are for Howmet, Beejay and myself -- there are 3 of each still available for any other unsuspecting victims out there....

Someone mentioned a Xylon proxy race? I can picture is now.... a Xylon speed orgy.... or perhaps a Xylon pile-on?

Did I mention that it's really tiny?

With kind regards

Russell

 

[Russell Sheldon]

QUOTE I feel Russell is enjoying himself distributing these monsters from his Command post in Dubai, and it is somehow part of an evil plot to sabotage the Slot Racing centres of the world.

"Is this civilization strong enough to help us defeat the Cylons?"
- Commander Adama.

Cylons? I thought he said Xylons!

 

[Russell Sheldon]

After all the agonising over the lack of decent pictures showing the rear of the Xylon, you won't believe what I just found.....

Tiny, isn't it?

Kind regards

Russell

 

[Russell Sheldon]

Thanks for the photo's, Phil! I wish that you had posted them earlier.... before the mould was made...

Still, I think that Derick did a great job given the lack of documentation at his disposal.

JP, the second last photo in Phil's post clearly shows the exhaust pipe on the right hand side of the car.

It sure is tiny!

With kind regards,

Russell

 

[Russell Sheldon]

Alan and JP -- most impressive!

As a result of your committment, Bath and Stockport have been spared from invasion.... I can't say the same for Twickenham....

In fact, the advance force - suitably disguised as rugby fans - are entering the stadium as we speak....

Size does not matter....