[BAracer]

#58

A Proper Chat

Paul started off Show & Tell with his genuinely dodgy Batmobile. He followed that with his Fly T70 that flies round his track (once you replace everything but the body with performance parts).

JohnK was back with a potential Gulf Porsche, but maybe it was more Orangina than petrol company. He then showed off his latest product line...figure to go on things that need figures on them. So he was prompted by the  need for a rider to sit on one of his prop motorcycles, and he was soon taking orders on for go-kart drivers.

Alan Nonfractal showed off his refurbished TR7, and was praised for the paintwork to the body. He didn't quite get the same response for his choice of motor, which seemed to be more suited to a drag strip than a rally circuit. But Alan explained that it was inline with his tuning mantra "Start with too much power, and then find some more!". Leo Turini then showed us Alan's proxy Capri that has reached Scotland in the Brighton/JOG Proxy. The driver still had the cigarette in his mouth, and the furry dice were still hanging round the rear view mirror. Nice...

Dennis has gone all HO with his latest build, but still with a brass chassis. That brought out all the secret HO geeks in the Chat, which then introduced a whole new slot car dialect to the Chat. Couldn't understand most of it, but it seems the cars are way faster than 1/32, mainly because their drivers have no problem with keeping the magnets in them!

Antony AB showed of some vintage glass fibre bodied sports cars which go everyone nostalgic about front engined racers. Greg showed off all his TV/film cars, JohnK spotted an opportunity to add Robin to his figurine list, and Brian showed us what happens when you take money to a slot car swap meet. And to finish off, we had some great examples of scenery made out of empty Ferrero Roche boxes. That's a win/win build process in my mind.

And then we had a chat, a long, flowing, chat about everything and nothing. It started off with a discussion on magnet tuning and drifted off into the dusty corners of our hobby. Different track characteristics, car set up choices, tyre tips, and lots of other topics too interesting to note down.

And as Greg trying to run down the clock to the end of the video, he got called out to show us his latest attempt at decorating a car body in an 'art car' manner. By his own admission, he didn't enjoy it and it didn't go as planned...but regardless, everyone thought it was Jackson Pollocks.