Crazy Christmas Carnival of Savings

The Daedalian Waxworks is slashing prices. Resin slot car bodies for $20 shipped to the US and Canada. That is a savings of $10 per body!

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The internet does video too?

Look. I'm on the You Tube.

2012 Indy Car Testing

I don't know what to think of the looks of these cars. Right now it is a love-hate thing. But the best part is that there are going to be different aero-kits and different engines. We will still have one chassis but Indy is no longer going to be a spec series. This is a good thing.

Racer Slideshow.


The Racer Article

I read the comments and think that some people will never be happy.

The Yarisdrome is Completed

Who hasn't been in this situation?

"No, Love. I'll just stay out here in the parking lot. Take your time shopping. I'm sure which ever dress & shoes you pick out will be fine."

Whoo. The coast is clear.

A quick run to the back. Open the hatch. A pretty normal looking hatch back with stuff...


Remove the carpet...


Oh ya! 9 volts of slotting glory!

The Porsche Cayman

This is a one piece 1:32 Porsche Cayman body. The resin was formed with a 2 piece mold.

$25 (US) for the body plus $5 shipping and handling to the US.
I will ship worldwide but S&H will be adjusted accordingly.
I will combine shipping for multiple items.

Paypal funds to daedalian.waxworks@gmail.com

of Le Mans 2011, Twitter & Speed TV

This might prove helpful.

https://twitter.com/#!/24hoursoflemans

Spotters Guide:
http://www.spotterguides.com/le-mans-2011-guide
http://photos.speedtv.com/gallery/Le_Mans_2011_Spotters_Guide/

Speed TV Resources:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-resource-guide/

Big week at Speed TV.
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/le-mans-coverage-highlights-diverse-lineup-on-speed-in-june/

of Indy & What You'd Love To See

Everyone and their monkey's uncle tries to pick the winner. Meh! That is a 1:33 chance. Who cares? This is what I'd like to see happen in this Indy 500.

1 - I'd love to see Paul Tracy kick everyone's ass and retire from racing. Oh & it would be sweet if he could win the race, too.
2 - Tags and the Sam Schmidt team win! This could be the start of a new dynasty in racing - or not.
3 - I like Dario. Having him win would be nice and who doesn't want to see his lovely wife in her hat running up the pit lane crying for joy? Who?
4 - Danica. OMG. Is she the new Michael-I-need-more-cheese-with-my-whine-Andretti? Goodness gracious. If she could retire the car in the first 5 laps, I'd be happy.
5 - Pippa. Wow. What doesn't she have? Let's see: a sister married to the Prince, a bum that has its own twitter page (several in fact), a fan club, AND A RACE CAR in the Indy 500?!?!!? Go Pippa!
6 - Nice weather, no controversy, and no one maimed.

of SLOP Race #1 at Galleria Palms

The first Super Little Open Proxy (SLOP) event was held this past week. We are still waiting on one car this is missing in the mail to finalize the results before we move on.

Bibbster took our cars for a spin around Galleria Palms. YouTube videos here show the cars qualifying.


The tenative results are as follows.

Race #1
Galleria Palms
30 Laps: 15 each way (690' total)

Entrant's SCI Name & Time Elapsed in Seconds
pukplyr 159.817
boopiejones 173.401
HarVWallbanger 173.869
ckouba 181.778
Hkyfanatic 183.001
LouE 183.018
borninthe50s 186.747
Danni O'Laisip 189.722
DrDiff 193.467
oldslotracer 197.111
bibbster 225.892
flying_trasgu TBD

Thanks Bibs!

HarVWallbanger generously shipped the Betta car bodies with his entry so each host will be able to pick a door prize. I can't wait to get my hands on one. The last time I had a clear bodies they were Parma's Lambo and GTP Jag. I am hoping to be converted to liking this style of car body.

Novaslot Blog

What a neat idea and the modeling skills on display are top notch.

novaslot.blogspot.com

This is Cuda67's blog and he is from Italy and around the slotting boards.

I am going to be following this.

of The Audi R18 & Sebring Testing

Ooh she is mean looking. I have nothing more to say.

ALMS: Sebring

That was fun. I loved the TV/web package. Congratulations to Oreca Matmut for the P1 win. Rahal & BMW you should be proud. Nice clean race.

Sebring gave me the excuse to run hundreds of laps with my slot cars from light into dark. Great fun.

UPDATE: I was disappointed in the ABC Sports TV recap. At 90 minutes it just didn't deliver on offering the stories behind a 12 hour race and the actual race coverage was too choppy. If I hadn't watched several hours on Saturday I would have been completely lost. The live web coverage was done very well though.

Two In The Grass Racing Launched

A bunch of racing fans that used to hang out online have decided to kick off another site just for them. With 10 authors we are bound to have some fun. Feel free to join in the fun and post your replies.

Two In The Grass Racing

Racing Calendar Added

What more do I need to say? Hopefully by tomorrow at this time tomorrow Flogs.com will be updating this site.

XLV

Oh YES!

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/games/20110206009/photos/rss.xml

Thank You Pack!

Paint Conversion Chart

Now that I can churn out as many Corvette bodies as I want, I have been doing much more painting and decal work.

I just found this cool little tool to find just the right color of nearly any brand of model paint.

paint4models.com

Scroll way down to find the links. The online converter app is a touch buggy: it brings back duplicates and doesn't always refresh. But for the price, free, it is pretty neat. This looks like it could be a huge help in finding the approximate RGB colors for decal borders and such. I will be using it for my next re-paint and decal.

There is also a link to PDF. Looks like the same data. The downside to the PDF is the 224 odd pages.

If I could only find an on-line application that converts the smell of lacquer spray in the house into let's say - cookies, I'd be all set.