2022 Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1 #19 Pilots: S. Loeb / I. Galmiche Team: M-Sport Ford WRT Race: 1st overall (RC1 class) at the Monte Carlo Rally 2022 Spark - S6697 (resin)
Review HERE
2022 Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1 #19 Pilots: S. Loeb / I. Galmiche Team: M-Sport Ford WRT Race: 1st overall (RC1 class) at the Monte Carlo Rally 2022 Spark - S6697 (resin)
Review HERE
1969 Porsche 917 PA Spyder #0 Pilots: M. Minter Team: Vasek Polak Racing Race: 5th overall at Road Atlanta (Can-Am) in 1971 Spark – US160 (resin)
Review HERE
1977 Chevron B36 #26 Pilots: R. Stirling, R. Hyett, D. Shead Team: Racing Organisation Course (ROC) Race: 6th overall (1st in S 2.0 class) at Le Mans in 1977 Spark - S9410 (resin)
Review HERE
1986 MG Metro 6R4 #58 Pilots: G. Fielding / J. Robinson Team: Sanyo-Comet Race: DNF at the Lombard RAC Rally in 1986 Ixo - RAC361A (diecast)
Review HERE
Been a while since I posted an update about how my small shop is shaping up. The big news is that I finally (!) bought a router 🤩! From Makita and battery-operated (18v), the DRT50Z is a very decent piece of kit. I also bought a set of bits from Bosch, which I think will cover most of my needs. However, these bits are 1/4″, and Makita ships the DRT50Z with two collets, in 6 and 8 mm sizes 🙄. Therefore, I had to order a 1/4″ (6,35 mm) collet, that arrived today. This afternoon I tried it out on some scraps of wood and the end result looked great.
Can’t say I have any specific job for a palm router right now, yet I’m looking forward to making wood chips fly 😁.
1965 Ferrari 312P Berlinetta #18 Pilots: P. Rodriguez, D. Piper Team: SpA Ferrari SEFAC Race: DNF (P 3.0 class) at Le Mans in 1969 Tecnomodel - TM43-005B #032/140 (resin)
Review HERE
2014 Audi R18 e-Tron quattro #2 Pilots: A. Lotterer, M. Fässler, B. Tréluyer Team: Audi Sport Team Joest Race: 1st overall (LMP1 class) at Le Mans in 2014 Spark - 43LM14 (resin)
Review HERE
Well, Turn10 fixed most (all?) of the stability issues. Therefore, currently it’s totally playable without you wanting to throw the XBox out the window. There still are some “missing” features, like no damage in single player – if you flip (!!) the car nothing breaks 🙄. Frustrating, if you want more realism. Graphics are still sketchy in some parts, and the livery editor is the same neolithic thing of 10 years ago. Yet, worse of all, is if you setup a race session with multiple cars, sometimes a few cars are rendered like a chassis base with four wheels with the pilot sitting inside 😣. Totally ridiculous.
With all that, and specially having EA WRC at hand, I’m not playing much. The game is (now) essentially OK, however I got so pissed at it in the beginning that currently I can’t be bothered about it 😕.
As a 1:43 model manufacturer, Ixo is one of the so-called “budget brands”. That group consists of brands like Altaya, CMR, Schuco (they also have a premium line), HighSpeed, Brumm, Herpa, etc. Its a long list. I’m never shy in saying that you shouldn’t judge the model by the brand, however in general terms, budget brand models are not very good. In fact, they’re usually poor. Of course, to be a rule there has to be exceptions (I always cite Brumm in this case).
Ixo, however, has been consistently the exception to the budget-brand-means-bad-model rule. Their current models are truly good, to the point that they can rival Spark, in terms of bang-for-the buck. Click HERE if you want to read a little more about this.