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#331 Post by UKJeeper »

Loving this! 8-) All his creations are hand built wood bodies.

Jeep Grand Wagoneer

Ford Escort Mk1 Rally car

Series 3 Lardy
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#332 Post by JPB »

:shock: Woah.. I had to play the Escort one time & again as I was so sure that it couldn't possibly be a scale replica. It's easier to get the shape right the larger the scale, but then the detail has to be so much better and this lad has it down, right to the way the thing handles. I'll be looking at more from his channel now.
Even more impressive is that he's managed to make that Wagoneer manage almost as well as the S3 on the trial route, in spite of its being beached on a few occasions. And the noise from the Landy; so familiar to anyone who ever drove one with a totally dry transfer box! He's obviously studied his subject from every angle, why is this man not employed by Land Rover?
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#333 Post by rich. »

:thumbs:
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#334 Post by TerryG »

You lot should all be subscribed to bad obsession motorsport so posting this should be irrelevant but Binky episode 14 is on YouTube and they have developed an alternative to GRP which will make John and Rich "very excited"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB4NXA_vNWs
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#335 Post by rich. »

:lol: :lol:
if they are using the car for rallying, will the arches be reinforced?
also i bought genuine wings for my mg & they didn't fit either.. several hours to work out the captive nut was just out of place & wouldn't line up... much swearing was involved :roll:
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#336 Post by gazza82 »

Not sure they are planning to rally it. I'm sure I heard Nick saying that he was putting in roll cage plates but that was just "in case" .. as is his want many times .. future proofing.
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#337 Post by TerryG »

I think they are building it as a road car but have put in the roll cage mounts "just in case" as it was silly not to while the shell was stripped.
I think the most interesting bit they have done so far is fixing the steering geometry but it's worrying how they have attached the steering arms to the dampers.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#338 Post by rich. »

as it was recently your birthday John, is this you ;) :scared:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kALGhbTxdg
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#339 Post by JPB »

B4574RD!

:lol:

My little car isn't remotely hairy either! Imagine that eh, a hairy car..

https://youtu.be/RiOPyqNwQ9Q

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#340 Post by rich. »

JPB wrote:B4574RD!

:lol:

My little car isn't remotely hairy either! Imagine that eh, a hairy car..

https://youtu.be/RiOPyqNwQ9Q

:|
is that the registration for your hairy little car? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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