Fancy a bash in Kent?

[80skid]

Would definately be up for one on the 27th Feb. Who else is interested?

[Brat Attacks]

Count me in. It's in my diary. Rain or shine, busted car or not, car club stuff or just slumbing it at home listening to radio 2 the Destroyed Brat, Barbie, Audi Quattro and if l get enough stuff stuff the 3 wheeled contraption thing and the Monster Martini will be there.

Stuart

[kawazx9]

well if i can sort it i will be there as well, as the last 1 was such good fun.

[gecko no more]

Me too hopefully.

enjoyed the last one, and now I know what to expect will be even better this time.

[bratman]

And me[^]

[jozza]

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Originally posted by ChrisB

If I'm lucky I may also have fitted some lights of similar power to theose on the Hummer to my Alfa GTA by then [

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id="quote">id="quote">Cool, I'm hoping to have the Pumpkin and Beetle and possibly Clod all lit up ready for some dusk time driving, didn't get the chance before the other meet.

[ChrisB]

I'm thinking maybe we should have a bit of a dusk photoshoot. I am going to bring my camera this time so I can get a good few piccies of the action.

Hopefully some of the "pro" photo guys will be there (how about it benj_sco?) []. Sadly my Canon S50 whilst it has decent reolution is a bit lacking in the zoom department - will bring my min tripod for some dusk shots though []

Chris

[scoobs]

Thanks Chris - I'd love to but I've just had my car smashed into and all my camera gear has been stolen, so the chances of me taking piccies is virtually nil I'm afraid... [:0][!][][V]

[Petrolhead]

Well, once again i'll ask my dad and see if there is anything else on that day.

Ben, thats a bummer and a half. Was it a big smash and you ok? Not much happier here either-some pikes (chavs) lobbed a brick at our car and smashed the rear light. Total cost of one light=£130. Sometimes, you just wanna kill 'em!!

[ChrisB]

Oh dear [V]. Sorry to hear about the Camera gear getting nicked and the damage to your car - Will your insurance cover it? I have had to get stuff like my camera and PDA covered as an extension to my house insurance precisely because its not covered by things like my car insurance. Its costs a bit extra every year, but at least I know its mostly covered when I'm out and about.

Chris

[bratman]

There,s some top people around isn,t there!!!absolute wasisters nothing better to do! Anyway i will take the fuji digital again but can,t post the pics, i can,t drive and shoot so take memory card and feel free to use my camera, i,ts not as good as yours 2800 zoom but takes a nice pic + 1 min video clips Hope this helps, scott

[BellysGonnaGetchya!]

Hi there Benj, if I can make it Il bring my nikon 5700 along again, I know its not an SLR but its at the top end of the fixed lense jobbies, and you more than welcome to use it. It all depends on whether or not I will be working that weekend if I can make it or not, as I dont usually find out til the thursday or friday what weekend work is on "BUMMER!"

[kawazx9]

i should be able to make it, just in case chris is working i will bring my nikon d70. you can use it if you want ben as i only take rubbish pics lol.[]

[ChrisB]

...and as of this evening the Blizzard has had its inaugaral (sp?) run, so will definitely be bringing that along. No paint or lighting as yet, but if the weather stays mild that might be done by then.

Have also just got my hands on a second NIB Alfa GTA (oops spent the Integrale money [:I]). The chassis will be for my RWD rally car project and the shell will be a spare for my existing GTA.

Really looking forward to it []

Chris

[kawazx9]

well i have just got my box trailor back, which is painted in the same colours as the aeromax so that should be done as well.

[jozza]

Looking forward to seeing that Blizzard Chris [8D]. Hopefully I will have the Superclod finished by then (some nice chassis lighting on that) and the Pumpkin is now ready to roll. Monster Beetle didn't get broken last time (there's a first) so I'll definitely be bringing that along, and the Twin Det and Wild Dagger will be there too, I'm hoping I'll be able to get some interesting lighting fitted to them.

[ChrisB]

Nice one guys - look forward to seeing all of that lot, plus I WILL remember to bring my camera this time [:I]

Chris

[jozza]

Maybe my camcorder will decide to play ball this time and allow me to switch it on. It didn't work last time, but when I got home it worked just fine [?].

[Brat Attacks]

Gentlemen....

The next bash is just over a week away [] and l can't wait. Major problems with the Brats paint so change my Brat to Lancia!!!!! And just when l sorted out the rear body mounts [8)]

i CAN'T wait.

Stuart

[80skid]

Yes, I'm looking forward to Sunday as well.

Jozza...will you be able to bring the peg board along, as I think it will make it easier for everyone if we use it. As suggested before we can just have a peg with our TC name on.

Not bringing any new cars this time but will bring the Landy, Jugg 2 (now with correct body shell), Stadium Blitzer (if the dog bones arrive in time)and a few others. Have also just fitted drift tyres to the TL01 and TT01 so will bring them along for a laugh.

See you all there (will be there about 9ish).

[jozza]

I'll see if I can borrow the pegboard again, and this time might actually get it out of the boot of the car and use it [] I've got 50 or so pegs too and a marker pen, so it will be no prob. If I can't borrow it, I'll see if I can make one up, might even see if I can put the Tamiya logo on it.

[80skid]

Guys,

just had a brain storm (a rare thing!).

Who would be interested in a mini trials event on Sunday? I thought we could run it on much the same lines as the full size event eg: a timed run through a number of gates, penalties awarded if a gate touched. We could say have ten stages with a break between each to run other cars etc so it wouldnt take up the whole day. All the xc chassis could compete and any other "scale size cars" 3 speeds, SRBs etc. Let me know if you would be interested and if there is enough interest I will make up some gates and give some thought to course layout.

[Brat Attacks]

What's this....a purpose to running our cars? Excellent idea. Makes a change from just running it because????????? well??????? because! Or there could be a track laid out and have it as a free for all to race around. l haven't raced for over 13 years.

l so can't wait. Less than 7 days to go not that l'm counting.

stuart

[ChrisB]

I think I would be up for this, as long as it didn't stop people running other cars outside of this at the same time.

Part of the attraction for me is that you can just turn up and run what you have (Frequencies permitting). The course would be a bonus as long as it doesn't restrict other activities too much [].

Might also be worth bearing in mind that last time there were some other non TC people there with Nitro trucks that were <ahem> less than considerate in terms of where they ran them and what they hit [8)]. I think a course would be OK, but don't necessarily expect other non TC people to give it due consideration if it doesn't involve them []

Cheers,

Chris

[jozza]

It might be difficult to have anything arranged that would take much time out of the day, as ChrisB points out it's nice to be able to turn up and "run what you brung" and sometimes it's not that easy to organise something in a public area.

However, it does sound good, and also I think it would be a laugh to set some sort of course out and have a few little races rather than just bashing, 6 or 8 cars round a premarked course over the bumps and bits would be fun.

I've got some football cones which I can bring with me, they are ideal for marking out gates for a race course. If anyone else has any then we could make up some sort of track layout. I would bring some boat ropes, ideal for marking a course, but I wouldn't have any room for any Tamiyas in the car if I brought that along []