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[Edo]

More arrivals:

Gar Vic Sonic Needle with a beautiful rare non Gar Vic chassis:





A 1/32 "rare" Ford Capri Thingie:



The Capri is a 4 wheel drive (another one beside Don's)!



A 1/32 J-Lo by Lowrider:



With very rare unknown chassis dating back from the 21 century



Still to come: Tom's Tarantula, Endbell's Shinodas, my La Bostella and a 1/32 TSRF Face Addict Longpig
Kind regards
Edo

[Edo]

Hi Guys
in Zürick I had the opportunity to photographs the last Thingies entries:

Riggen Mach 1:





Pactra Vulture:





On board is Philippa De La Smith Von Galles:



SuperCuc:





Classic Astro:





Carrera La Bostella painted by Markus and assembled-tuned by me:





The 1/32s were a "Anything goes" open category

Here a very well tuned1/32 Lil' Cuc:





A 1/32 Howmet's DoubleCross painted by Swissracer:



With Scholer Chassis:



My Howmet's LongPig very modestly "painted" in Face addict colors:



1/32 TSRF chassis:



Comments on how they drove and who won soon....

[Edo]

A TSRF thingie! Pure blasphemy. :twisted: Shame on you.

I know Richard, I know! Wait til the Evil Dokk sees that
But I wanted to enter in the 1/32 "Anything goes" cat also and I was running late so I did choose a easy solution. Actually that car came in 2nd in the 1/32 race, so it goes to show you that it was a pretty good choice for a modern Thingie.

I do love that blue eyed devil driver. 8)

Thanks! Believe it or not is my first attempt to paint a slotcar, although the decal was made by Tom Andersen

Kind regards
Edo

[tjsguns]

:x :x Edo the suspense is KILLING me!! RESULTS from the 1st race PLEEZE!!!

[Edo]

Here it is !
The line up:



Results:

1/32 Anything goes:

1 DOUBLE CROSS
2 LONG PIG
3 LIL CUC
4 FAT CAPRI
5 MR AMERICA
6 J-LO
7 BLUE EMERALD

1/24 Classic:

1 RENEGADE
2 LA CUC LOGO
3 HORNET
4 LA CUC STRIPES
5 VULTURE
6 SUPER CUC
7 ASTRO V
8 ASP
9 GRC SPITFIRE
10 MANTA RAY

1/24 Fast&Scratchbuilt:

1 ELFIN
2 STINGER 2
3 SUPERAERODINAMICA
4 SONIC NEEDLE (scratchbuilt chassis)
5 SHINODA
6 LA BOSTELLA
7 MACH 1
8 MONZA

As Swissracer put it:
"we ran the races by having each of us stay on the same lane throughout and then rotate the cars.
Each driver got totally used to his lane and the cars were easier to settle in with, especially after Friday nights practicing.
The race was a total novelty for us and we found we really enjoyed the format. Effectively we were not racing each other so the competitive element that often causes errors was minimalised. We were simply racing three minutes with each car, driver versus car and not driver versus driver.
We found it a completely relaxing and fun way to drive on top of the fact we could concentrate on each car in a way they deserved without having to consider the differences of each lane."

We also had a black out due to the worst storm in years in the middle of the scratchbuild race:



And poor Markus was facing a bad journey home and had to leave.



He got home 6 hours later crossing Switzerland to Germany!
The man deserves a Thingie Hero Medal
Would you like my comments on the various cars?

[TSR]

Names! We want NAMES!

[Edo]

Dokk
you're asking the wrong question! In our Kingdom we have no identity.Only Thingies have names. If you were reading attentively, like you used to do once upon a time, you would have seen that we were not racing pilot vs pilot but Thingie vs Thingie.
Also you would have noticed that even a tiny piece of yourself is taking part of this Thingie Revolution. And that tiny part of your being came in 2nd in the 1/32 "Anything goes" cat.
Please compliment me for conceiving such victory which, no doubts, will help promote the...how can I say this...the "goodness" of your TSRF chassis.
Best
Edo

[TSR]

In our Kingdom we have no identity

All right, Number Two, I understand.

[Edo]

Thanks Richard
If you need just one I have a spare which I can send to you. Just PM me.
Kind regards
Edo

[TSR]

Edo, while you are in such a generous mood, how about sending me a box of Swiss chocolates so that I have some energy food for the Convention? 8)

[Edo]

Dokk, am I reading between the lines or you really just want chocolate?
:mrgreen:

[tjsguns]

8) 8) My theory wuzz Kerrekkt!! The Elfin won!! I knew that chassis and motor combo would KILL :twisted: :twisted: I am ANXIOUSLY waiting for TRANTULA to have a go at her! (MILDLY similar chassis engineering) What is the next track like??
NICE PICS AND REPORTING EDO!! Markus YOU DA MAN!!! (SNOW MAN that is!!) Looks like and average winter day where I live!!

[Edo]

Hi Tom
I'll be curious to see how will the Tarantula behave in the race!
Anyway here a few personal takes on the various cars:

1/32



Howmet's bodied cars behaved very well (being the bodies very light).
Pity J-Lo lost first a rear wheel and then the guide came off. But it was a pleasure to drive as my LongPig-TSRF was.
Double cross was very fast and stuck to the track. Difficult to keep up to it on the fast Nebendal track
Blue Emerald was...how can I say that...very challenging to drive...
It did certainly have a very sophisticated chassis but the 4 wheel drive system was not helping in the curves.



The Capri was very drivable, the 4 wheel drive was not getting in your way in the curves like the Blue Emerald. I liked it very much.
The Lil' Cuc was a joy to drive, extremely well tuned, pretty fast and very stable except once in a while she just would deslot without knowing why. Detailed pics of some tuning solution coming soon!
Captain America, beside being really great looking (I wish it was mine was very stable, consistent and enjoyable although not very fast.
Next The Classic....

[Edo]

My personal take on the Classic 1/24:



Well, I knew my Dynamic Renegade was going to do well as, although not very fast (plain and simple OEM 36D motor) it's such a secure car, very drivable and stable, the Dynamic chassis was one of the best commercial chassis of the 60's and works well on all tracks.
The Cuc's were no surprise, always a great pleasure to drive them, very consistent although not extremely fast they are easy to get them to pull laps after laps without driving them standing on eggs (although we were in Egg .
Cbr's striped one has a slight disadvantage being the rear wheels a little bigger and narrower than Lowrider's, which BTW had amazing brakes so I had to loosen up the brake pot on the controller completely. The SuperCuc was faster than both of them but suffered because of the sponge tires which we tried to clean with the right cleaner to no avail.



The Asp was very fast but too light on the front, it even came out on the straight a couple of times. It had a great 26D and 2 enormous heavy Ortmann's at the back which probably gave too much traction for the light front. Difficult car...
The Astro was great, pretty fast and rather well tuned by Swissracer who did not know he had a great car in his hand until we told him after we tried it
The Pactra Vulture was a good honest car I enjoyed very much despite the foam tires that were not up to the task on the wood. Philippa DeLa Smith von Galles was a great touch in a otherwise male populated race



Now the Hornet: this is a car that has enormous potential, incredibly fast but the sponge tires made it impossible to manage the power that it had! The orange bell Pactra Hemi is a bloody speed monster and the car was spinning his wheels anytime you would step on the gas a bit. We cleaned the tires (we did do clean all the sponge tires with proper liquids) but it just would not hold long enough til the end of the race. Still it did pretty good because of the way it's been set up.



The Manta Ray was quite a disaster, tall gearing, absolutely no brakes and too much of a motor. Hopefully it will do well on a King track...
The Spitfire, a surprise if I may say so, was a pleasure to drive, very controllable with the right power and good tires. An enjoyble simple car which unfortunately had problems with the set screw wheels.

Next the 1/24 Fast and scratchbuilts...

[Edo]

Let's just make clear that the criteria for the 1/24 Fast and Scratchbuilt category was:
if scratchbuilt car-chassis AND if the motor was above the 3Amp draw on Swissracer's track.



The Carrera La Bostella was an amazing car on that track.Period.It took me days to find the right axle-contrate-pinion combination and in the end I thought it was geared to tall. But on the Nebendal wooden track it was smoking!
The Riggen Mach 1 was another one of those beautiful speed monster which I personally could not handle well because of the sponge tires. It could easily be a contender with the right track-tires combination. We'll see in the future...
The Monza was a very difficult car as it was geared very tall, had a too powerful Champion 707 motor with no brakes AND the car is way too high from the track thus making tipping very easy.
What can I say about the Elfin? Sheer pleasure.Period.



The Classic Stinger was well set up but could have used a much taller gearing. It would just pull RPMs to the top with rage anytime you would press the trigger. I feared it would blow up his pistons any moment But then again it was glued to the track.
The Shinoda was something else! What a motor! It would be kicking in with a turbo when the straights were almost over. It is so low and stuck to the ground! Unfortunately it had a couple of failures which prevented it to shine. Definetely a contender like the Hornet on the right big tracks.
The Sonic Needle has an amazing chassis and a powerful motor, behaved very well but personally I did not feel at home with it. I do not know why, probably because it needs a more experienced driver than me.
The Unicar Superaereodinamica "Barchetta" is just the "right" car and I bet we will see more of it in the next few races!
We're now waiting for Endbell's Shinodas and the Tarantula which, no doubts, will spice up the next races!!!
Kind regards
Edo

[obnoxious001]

Kool Kars!

One question, how is the Capri a Thingy?

[proptop]

Wicked awesome Edo 8)
Nice write-up and great photography...as usual :mrgreen:

What type of paint was used on that track?

[ravajack]

Kool Kars!
One question, how is the Capri a Thingy?

I think that one falls under the Thingie rule "anything goes"...

[Edo]

Kool Kars!
One question, how is the Capri a Thingy?

Well Barry, it musst be a Scandinavian thing(ie)
I begged Kai (he's Danish) so much about entering the proxy that he came up with that.
You should take a look at the chassis though, it has the whole front pivoting and has a 4 wheel drive. I guess it's a sort of a Thingie version of the Capri and anyway we said to ourselves: it's the exception that confirms the rule

Tom
I asked Swissracer what kind of paint is that but he said the builder won't tell that secret. Apparently it's some kind of acrilic paint mixed with polymers and it is sprayed on the wood. The Nebendal tracks are built to order in Germany where they are very successful.
I keep dreaming about having one but in order to get it I should get off Ebay, stop buying THINGIES and begin to save
Kind regards
Edo

[tjsguns]

8) 8) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: GREAT JOB EDO!!!
I repeat: Where, when and what type of track is next?

[don.siegel]

Hold your horses Tom.

Next race in two weeks at Edo's in Switzerland, on his 4-lane Carrera - a whole new ballgame I believe! And if you thought the spongies slipped on a wooden track, wait till you see them on plastic.

Hope your Tarantula has Ortmann's or similar...

There are substances that will make spongies stick on almost anything, but they're banned in 39 States plus the District of Columbia!

Don

PS: Edo, I have new Spitfire rear wheels, with set screws that work...

[TSR]

Actually I use such compouds on my dried-up vintage Dunlop tires on the full-size cars, but Trinity makes uh, some "revitalizing" liquids for sponge tires...