[Gordon Steadman]

Minus one car as a choice for Bordo next month!

I've been playing about with rattle chassis of late and with Dynamic frames, it's dead easy to make them adjustable. Old Yeller was a bit tippy on the limit so I decided to increase the amount of rattle.

Put it on the track to test and the motor just stuttered and wouldn't run properly. Being a lazy person, I couldn't be bothered to go and pick it up and just ran it round to the driving position.....or at least, attempted to. Half way down the main straight, the motor suddenly cleared and Old Yeller ended up hitting the viewing platform at the end with what, even for my non working lugholes, was a very loud thump. The poor guy with the binoculars ended up on the floor about 5 feet away.

I rather suspected that Old Yeller would be written off but, as ever, I am really impressed with the strength of superglue impregnated balsa wood. I would have expected damage to plastic or even a blob at that speed, hitting straight into a wooden board (stupid boy had removed the foam to make packing for the car box for Bordo  ). It's no longer going to win any concours event but the damage is repairable when I have the inclination. Just quickly superglued it up. I have plenty of paint left and two sets of the decals so no problem there.

Down to three choices for the racing then!