322 replies to this topic

[havlicek]

No problem Frank...I got some hot stuff here that will go inline and not look out of place. You just might have to build-in a blast shield when you make the chassis

-john

[Mr. Frank]

COOOL !!! I'm game. I'll be in contact with you soon, Ray is sending some more bodies. Love to build and just love to paint.




Mr. Frank

[Maximo]

But angle winders arnt my style..

Mr. Frank, your style is good to me!
Nice - nice car build!

In-line's rule!!!!

-Max

[DirtyHairy]

hey now,,,,,what do i get???????? ima go on strike and stop posting the OLDMANS pictures

[Mr. Frank]

hey now,,,,,what do i get???????? ima go on strike and stop posting the OLDMANS pictures

Better start picketing.... son




Mr. Frank

[havlicek]

I don't know Justin. Seems like if you're nice to the "old man", he might give you his left-overs

-john

[DirtyHairy]

sorry John,,,,Dad dosnt share ,,,,or play well with others........his report card even says so!!!!

[havlicek]

-john

[Edo]

Gentlemen

in an amazing turns of events, after what seemed a personal loss of much of the passion for Thingies (perhaps even slot cars in general? Could that be possible?), a pivotal and decisive window of opportunity opened up while new toys, coupled with the ever so beautiful Miss Cristina, demurely dressed in a virginal white Zentai suit and here posing in typical Botticellian style, turned up at The Royal Studio.



Let’s unravel what certainly will please most of you honorable men, always hungry for what’s been defined by zealots of all kinds as the scandalous scourge of our times: toys and girls and girls and toys!



Indeed, here we have a small, yet splendid, creature whose body was created by our own Gene Adams:

the Hydro Kompressor, here painted by John Dilworth of BFB fame.



The chassis also is a Dilworth creation: please note how the front wheels have been resolved, surely the product of an eccentric mind, quite typical of some Englishmen!



What could the motor be, you’re asking much intrigued?



But a John Havlicek’s one, you silly wonderer!

A Mura short D can which, before Mr. Havilcek did his magic, was barely fast enough to get around one of those tiny figure 8 plastic tracks one can buy for its rugrats at Christmas.



Now it’s an exciting, veeery exciting, motor with excellent brakes which rockets around my track like there is no tomorrow!







Next, hide your children (and grandma too) ‘cause Miss C has been up to no good...

[endbelldrive]

Edo...where have you been? Anyhow, enough of that...can you send me high resolution pics of Miss Cristina?

your loyal and humble servant,
Bob

[havlicek]

Ciao Edo,

I've been wondering what ever became of that shorty Mura and...bingo! John's work is outstranding here, as always...and he should recieve a knighthood for this one Hmmm...Sir John has a nice ring to it, I may have to petition the Queen mum about this! Anyway, the chassis is an excercize in elegant simplicity and the way he handled the fronts is lovely and looks like it would also be very functional as well. His paint scheme is lovely too and ver eye-catching! A fitting addition to what already must be the world's most extensive thingie collection!

-john

[One_Track_Mind]

Hi Edo,
WOW!
You never cease to amaze my eyes with such beauty portrayed in these very pages of Slotblog.

Please, don't leave us for so long without checking in!

[Jairus]

Very nice Edo!

[chief32s]

Yes, indeed. Very nice Edo.
Lord V, or 'Sir J', should be rightly proud of that little beauty. A lovely touch with those fronts, and a chassis whose simple elegance I will oft be encouraged by hence forth, in my own stilted, erratic, but hopefully burgeoning, thingie building career.

ATB.
Al.

PS. Delayed, I know, but (I've only joined SB recently); Thanks for posting pictures of Your Majesty's Duc', Sire. ( post 195 ) She sure looks regal upon thy Royal track.

[Edo]

Thank you gentlemen, thank you on behalf of everybody involved in these builds!

It’s now about time to exibit the Jane (Jihad) Doe's body, made by Gene Adams, ready to be made into a car by John Dilworth.



I think Mr.Dilworth could've been inspired by Mr. Thigpen’s Pro Plate build, which can be seen here: Pro Plate build by Rick Thigpen

and here’s what he concocted for the (now mostly in exile) Kingie:



To complete the build, what else if not another one of Mr. Havlicek motor beauties:



A souped up can side 26D!



Mr. Dilworth completed the body with a Kosmik Falling Sky paint job, reminiscent of Christmas night:



It then was time to test it on the track...



.... but as you can see it stood still and it needed a bit of help to take off:



Mmmmh... mumble....does’nt quite work...let’s try again...



No go! How could that be possible? The Edolf wondered...

A quick look (and a lesson to be learned again and again) and we saw Kiwi Pee oil (previously used in non sparingly fashion by our assistant - who was fired instantly) gushing out of the edb side!

A good cleaning with contact cleaner and NOW it was working! And man o man, what a rocket:





Bye now.

[TSR]

Nice pelvic tubing on that chassis. But monochrome body paint? I think not.

[Edo]

Gentlemen

today We’re finally introducing Time Warp!

The body is a remake by Raynoda Werks under a suggestion by Dave Larsen, who had a chance to see the original back in the Bay Area by the end of the 60’s.

You must remember that this kind of modified Choti bodies were raced there on an oval and areodynamic experiments were quite common by then.





BTW Raynoda Master Werks provided an additional very thin sheet of PET which actually slides inside the wing once painted (paint job by Lupo Lupazzi)

John Dilworth is the master builder who made the harmonious chassis:





To which We added an ultra rare (at least here in Bigogno, our new residence) U-Go 16D:









Please note the replica front wheels made by Kai thanks to precise drawings by Rick Thigpen and here especially dedicated to you know who:



And here on the track:







And here what the Time Warp brought back from outer space:



A souvenir statue of the Thingie Goddess!

[don.siegel]

Sire, a veritable work of Art.

It is good to have you back in the Kingdom.

Don

[Jairus]

Well, now that is NOT easy to paint! A beautiful car to be sure, but, how does it run?

[Edo]

It is good to have you back in the Kingdom.

We thank you, dear Viscount of Vintage! May the red carpet roll in front of Us for years to come.

A beautiful car to be sure, but, how does it run?

Ahem... it has a great potential but on my track it tends to be a little insecure on certain curves if pushed to the max.

It behaves much better when Miss C gently yet powerfully breathes on the wing while the Time Warp passes in front of her.



Ciao, J.

E

[ravajack]

Welcome back, Kingie!
But:
Why is the setup designed to run this rare motor backwards?

[TSR]

To which We added an ultra rare (at least here in Bigogno, our new residence) U-Go 16D:

E, it is equally as rare in Timbuktu and Fresno...
Nice to have you back here to rule your Kingeedom, Sire, Your Majesty.

[32Deuce]

Hey E, great to have your presence again!

Miss C is looking better than ever, please give her my warmest regards Oh, and same goes for you m'lord!

Another work of art from the kingdom, much appreciated and it looks fabulous from every angle, very professional.

BTW, how noisy are those gears ?

Z

[Edo]

Why is the setup designed to run this rare motor backwards?

Hi Rava
it was just an instant where the troubled anxious assembler came back momentarily.
If you look at the last motor picture you might notice the set up was corrected.
You now may be reassured that the maverick in me has been reaffirmed once again.

Nice to have you back here to rule your Kingeedom, Sire, Your Majesty.

Thank you Mr. Pea
I hope I can keep up the high standard I established before my self imposed exile.

...how noisy are those gears ?

Hi 32
not as silent as our beloved Cox Nylatron.s but no more noisier than the ones on an original Asp.
Ciao for now

[One27ray]

Cool Time Warp EDO,
I did make a newer version of the Onewinger sense then, that's one of the very first one you have Edo. The wing did change as time went on. Here is the lastest version for now....now where did I put the 1/32 scale version




i-ray

PS this body is a bitch to vac