Scuderia_Turini Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Hello all, The cars have arrived in Scotland. Will do a shakedown session this evening :- ) Leo Quote Like Scuderia Turini on Facebook Please Vote Up my postings - green arrow at top right :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Thanks Leo, glad to hear they made it across the pond ok! Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ember Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Wondered what the running plan was. Quote Computers. They'll never catch on. Tiny Tyers Targa - The build saga continues - Aging wood - A recipe for staining wood - Don't take a fence - Step by step paling fence - An old shed for my new cars - Wooden garage under construction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia_Turini Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Yo Ember, Wales is next. Hope to run the Scottish round soon, but my regular crew are at Le Mans right now. Leo Quote Like Scuderia Turini on Facebook Please Vote Up my postings - green arrow at top right :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ember Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Lucky buggers. I thought there was another Aussie round before the overseas trip. But obviously I was mistaken in that idea. Quote Computers. They'll never catch on. Tiny Tyers Targa - The build saga continues - Aging wood - A recipe for staining wood - Don't take a fence - Step by step paling fence - An old shed for my new cars - Wooden garage under construction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Mel had problems that we couldn't fix in time, so the cars were shipped to Leo Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ember Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Fairy Nuff. Besides, things are on catchup after the IoM cars were delayed anyway. Quote Computers. They'll never catch on. Tiny Tyers Targa - The build saga continues - Aging wood - A recipe for staining wood - Don't take a fence - Step by step paling fence - An old shed for my new cars - Wooden garage under construction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia_Turini Posted June 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) Hello all, I gave the cars a quick look over and then ran them in the shakedown session to see how they run. I ran each car for three minutes, aiming to set a best lap time to give an indication of the cars' potential, to check their road-worthiness and to enjoy myself driving them. Results are below, but first the bad news. The first car I unpacked had damage to the rear roof pillars. Being Phil Kalbfell's Ford Focus I was pretty dismayed that for the second year, his car has suffered in transit. The pieces (rear window, side windows and tail-lights) were all in the carefully wrapped individual packaging. No obvious signs of damage to the overall box. Looks like this is last year's car repaired, but the repair has not withstood the journey from Australia to Scotland. I will make the car look presentable, but ran it as it was. The Gazza and Martyn/Snurfen cars have light lenses missing but no sign of them so I assume they started out in this state. I recorded the session which you can find on YouTube link below. Its an hour and a half long, but you can reasonably easily find your own car by doing a bit of maths and jumping to the time-line. Running Order is: 2, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 25, 27. 35, 36, 46, 49, 59, 66, 72, 81, 88, 82, 111. Each car runs for 3 minutes plus an introduction. Apologies for the commentary and cinematography (LOL), I'll try to do better next time. In reality, sorting out the video has taken about three times the time involved in running the session, so I'm not promising to record the stages. Hope to run 4 stages over the next couple of weeks before moving the cars onwards to Wales. Leo Scotland Shakedown times:- Phil's Ford Focus:- The Shake, Shake, Shake (sorry, couldn't resist referencing Taylor Swift): - Edited June 14, 2015 by Scuderia_Turini Quote Like Scuderia Turini on Facebook Please Vote Up my postings - green arrow at top right :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalbfellp Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Two years and two wrecked cars! This body was donated by Gazza,just as well that he does not want it back! Looks like any Focus I build has the Colin McRae jinks! What ever you do don't send it buy Helicopter. Quote Phil https://www.hobartminiaturecarclub.com/ Email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 WTF 2 years in a row, at least last years was on the return leg, this one on the way out, someone at one of the post offices enjoys playing foot ball with a box from Oz Not a very clear picture, but you can see everything is intact during Craig's round See if you can patch it up, one of the rear tail lights was missing off mine from the start, and i think the same was with Martyns Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia_Turini Posted June 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Have managed to get Phil's Ford looking OK and fairly robust. Not as neat as Phil's own handywork, but presentable. Have fitted a strut inside to hold the roof up as I think it was flexing and hence pushed out the lights and tail-glass. Apologies to Phil but I have messed up the near-side windows a bit where the glue reacted with the window decal. Hence photo below shows the good side... Hoping to get the first stage run tomorrow evening (Tuesday) with my brother doing the driving and another on Thursday evening with 1:1 car friend Willie helping whilst I do the driving. Phil's Focus after the plastic surgery... the rear was all in pieces so a bit fragile to work with. Quote Like Scuderia Turini on Facebook Please Vote Up my postings - green arrow at top right :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalbfellp Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Great effort,thank you very much. This entry has been a drama, after last years body was decapitated, Gazza sent me a replacement, that took some time to arrive! I managed to build this one from the two bodies. Maybe should have tried to rebuild the old Pug! Quote Phil https://www.hobartminiaturecarclub.com/ Email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Am The Walrus Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Maybe this is the slot car version of Steven Spielberg's classic "Duel". Somewhere out there is an ugly brown prime mover slot car! Quote A wise man once said... "Its not the mistakes you make , its how you respond to them that matters." (It wasn't me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Thanks Leo Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamredracing Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Hey Leo , how was the box looking as I put enough packing around the inside of it. Bloody postal mob . Not good when cars get damaged.Good work on fixing Phils car. Cheers Craig Quote Craig "You can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia_Turini Posted June 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Yo Craig, the box is undamaged and the individual packaging was all sound including the Focus. I think its just the way that Phil had stripped and rebuilt his car - the glue didn't hold to the plastic of the bodyshell. Looks like someone read the declaration note, but tore the top corner. If you can send me the source document, I will print a new one. Email address via PM. Leo Quote Like Scuderia Turini on Facebook Please Vote Up my postings - green arrow at top right :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia_Turini Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Hello All, We ran Stage 1 on Tuesday evening with my brother Adrian doing the driving and me on admin and marshalling. No serious "offs" just a few de-slots so all went OK. I got some photographs but have not had time to crop and tidy them. I'll mention Ember's car with the F1 champions - I asked Adrian to identify them and he got Graham Hill immediately, had to give him a hint that the driver was Australian and when he came back with "Mark Webber", I scowled and he said "Jack Brabham". This could turn in to a side-competition... Will post up photos soon, meanwhile here are the times. Congratulations to all, no cars gave us any hassle. We just ran another stage this evening, will post up the results in wee while. Leo Quote Like Scuderia Turini on Facebook Please Vote Up my postings - green arrow at top right :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquakiwi Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Thanks for running the round, seems I have work to do on my entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Thanks Leo great job for the first stage ...... have you had your wee yet Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ember Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Can't believe he thought Sir Jack was Mark Webber. Mark is almost as angular as Mr Hill was. Happy to know that my little car is keeping the elves entertained. It's certainly not doing it by performance. Congrats to the first Stage winners, Keith, Chas and Snurf. Quote Computers. They'll never catch on. Tiny Tyers Targa - The build saga continues - Aging wood - A recipe for staining wood - Don't take a fence - Step by step paling fence - An old shed for my new cars - Wooden garage under construction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia_Turini Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 OK, here are the few snaps I got from Stage 1 - sorry but not all cars are included. They are all genuine action shots. This stage consisted of two rally "loops" with track laid down between them to form the layout. Quote Like Scuderia Turini on Facebook Please Vote Up my postings - green arrow at top right :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia_Turini Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 WRP 2015 - Scotland Stage 1 Quote Like Scuderia Turini on Facebook Please Vote Up my postings - green arrow at top right :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia_Turini Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 WRP 2015 Scotland Stage 2 This ran on my permanent Ninco track, with myself driving and marshalling and friend Willie doing the admin and marshalling. Results:- Quote Like Scuderia Turini on Facebook Please Vote Up my postings - green arrow at top right :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia_Turini Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 (edited) Posed pictures from Stage 2:- Edited June 20, 2015 by Scuderia_Turini Quote Like Scuderia Turini on Facebook Please Vote Up my postings - green arrow at top right :- ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branco Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Excellent photos. My car preferred stage 2, hopefully stages 3,4,5,6 &7 will be run on the same stage!!!!! Quote 2019 NZ RTR Nationals Gt 3rd 2017 NZ RTR Nationals NSR Classic 2nd 2017 NZ RTR Nationals Group C 3rd 2017 NSR Classic Challenge 3rd 2015 NSR Classic Challenge 2nd 2014 NSR Classic Challenge 3rd 2015 Garden City Invitation Overall Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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