I think Gary better stay close to home. I saw saw this headline at Oregonlive:

"Goose hunting is good as it gets in Eastern Oregon"

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(5 replies, posted in Too Bad Motorplex)

Happy Birthday Bill!

603

(9 replies, posted in NASTE)

Sounds like I missed out on a rip roaring good time, but I was not feeling well and thought it better not to share.

Hudy would be another choice but I believe they are more expensive and supply seems to be limited.   ScaleAuto makes one as well but I have no info on how good they are and once again they are pricey and in short supply.

Thank you Al and Donna for hosting last night and thanks to the rest of you for kicking my behind all night.

Thanks for the New Years Eve race Bill, Dominic and I had fun and his siblings can't believe he won. 

Rico

607

(17 replies, posted in Cars)

A match made in heaven :-)

608

(17 replies, posted in Cars)

More on the mystery, I posted the car on HRW and got this from Chris Walker:

Hi Reek, nice find, and a great looking car!!

I don't want to burst your bubble. but, Cox did not produce a 2E in 1/32 scale.........The body is a SCX 2E with what appears to be an early Riko chassis, with a wing and actuator either fabricated or pirated from a Cox 1/24 2E

Attached is a pic. (small, I apologize) of an SCX 2E.

Great car regardless!!

Cheers
Chris Walker

http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo56/reek455/040206f_zpslcon8ffk.jpg

PS I just dug up a pic. of a Riko chassis that is very likely the chassis under your car..........on your car the side pans on the Riko have been removed for clearance. In their day the Riko chassis' were quite potent, and with a bit of tuning they did very well, particularly in club racing..........well sorted, they can still easily hold their own today.

http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo56/reek455/graham_riko_inline_b_zpsx15q4dfz.jpg


chrisguyw

609

(17 replies, posted in Cars)

I think you may be correct on the SCX body, it does look just like my car.  However, none of the pics I can find of the SCX version show a movable wing.  Quite the mystery have we, says Master Yoda.

610

(17 replies, posted in Cars)

I actually haven't ran a lap with it yet, most of the track is covered with boxes and stuff from Christmas.

611

(17 replies, posted in Cars)

Here is my latest: A vintage Cox 1/32 Chaparral 2E with a movable rear wing.  It does not have the original Cox chassis but it is set up for the movable wing.  How does the wing move you ask? In a few of the pics including the really blurry one you should be able to spot a small metal rod that attaches to the wing on one end and to a bracket that is attached to the motor on the other end.  So, the motor is fixed, how does this move the wing? The motor is free to rotate, moving in one direction while accelerating and the opposite while braking.  Very clever, I'd say.

http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo56/reek455/IMG_6709_zpslfxdcefr.jpg

http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo56/reek455/IMG_6711_zpspjotu7k9.jpg

http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo56/reek455/IMG_6710_zpszjwabrdt.jpg

http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo56/reek455/IMG_6712_zpsr5egyvyc.jpg

Rico

612

(5 replies, posted in Cars)

A very Merry Christmas to all.

Weird, but very cool!

614

(11 replies, posted in NASTE)

Dominic and I had a great time Saturday, thanks to Bill and Diane for being such gracious hosts once again.  Too bad we didn't race the Womps both rounds but the Slot.its were very nice too until that one decided to slow down and probably cost me a lap or two. Oh well, next time.  Have a Merry Christmas y'all.

Regards
Rico

Congrats on the anniversary!

Congratulations to the Christiansen's for a successful opening of their new track.  The races went off with only a few minor glitches that we corrected as we went along. We forgot to save the results for the first two classes but did save them for the BRM and Over 50 class but only in some weird file type that only Race Coordinator can open. We need to help Al get some form of Excel so we can save the results in a format we can read.  I believe I was able to get the printer software loaded but it was late and I did not try to print anything. 
There were some really good close battles through out the evening but none closer than the BRM class. I won the race by quite a few laps due to some mishaps by others but Goose set the fast lap 7.069 to my 7.08x.  If memory serves Big Smooth won the F1 class. I don't remember who won in CanAm and Al set the pace for the Over 50 cars.  I'm pretty sure Goose was second and Brutus came in third.

Rico

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(11 replies, posted in NASTE)

Very sorry to about hear Bob's troubles, that is NEVER good news.  Thanks Bill for filling in on short notice.

618

(220 replies, posted in Slot Talk)

wb0s wrote:

Everything I own is for sale, it's just the price that's in question!

As far as the 36Ds go, I was not aware anyone needed any!

I was referring more about the chassis than the 36D motors.

619

(220 replies, posted in Slot Talk)

Are you just hoarding these things or are any of them for sale?

I don't believe they did.

621

(220 replies, posted in Slot Talk)

wb0s wrote:

Rico, I considered that when I posted this! I should have known the thought would cross your mind too!

Not quite sure how to respond but I couldn't have been the only one who had it cross their mind.

622

(220 replies, posted in Slot Talk)

I'm pretty sure that Diane is the only one who wants to see Bill's junk.  Now, if we are talking slot cars- bring it on.

Cool, I have lots of those.

624

(19 replies, posted in Track)

Man alive, that is NICE!  Nice work Al and Mitch too.

625

(14 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)

You guys are funny.  I agree, it sometimes is difficult to achieve the required attention span needed to win or perform well.  With our zany group, it can be almost impossible to concentrate at all.