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Wheels & Tires.

Thanks Ray. Since the chance of getting decals for El Cid are slim and none, I thought this would be a more interesting color scheme than all black.

Well I’ve started spraying color and it’s a bit of a curve ball to what you may have been expecting. I'm still building El Cid (CSX2248), but I am modeling it in its original color: Viking Blue with a dark blue hard top. I’ll post pictures as soon as I can.

How is the glass fit on this kit?

Able to squeeze in a roll bar by standing it straight up. I suspect they had to do the same on the 1:1.

Always a good idea to post pictures of the car in question.

Formula One's new live-elimination qualifying system will be delayed until the fifth race of the year because the necessary software is not ready. F1 teams agreed to shake up the format in the hope of mixing up grids this year and making races more exciting. However, Bernie Ecclestone says the new rules will not come in to effect until the Spanish Grand Prix. "The new qualifying won't happen because we can't get everything together in time," he told The Independent. "It was going to come in at the start of this year but we are not going to be able to get all the software done in time. "So the qualifying changes will probably be in Spain. In Australia, it will be the old qualifying. All of the software has to be written so it's not easy." He added: "It's not what I wanted in the end. All I'm trying to do is muddle up the grid so that the guy that is quickest in qualifying doesn't sit on pole and disappear because why should he be slow in the race if he is quick in qualifying?" The new system is supposed to see the slowest drivers knocked out during the session at 90 second intervals, but making that clear to TV viewers could be difficult. Speaking to ESPN last week, Williams technical director Pat Symonds said much of the success of the new regulations would depend on how it is broadcast on Formula One Management's world feed. "I don't think it's going to be terribly easy to understand and that depends on what FOM do. There's an enormous amount of software needed to make this work and very little time to do it. I'm glad I don't work for FOM at the moment because it really is a task for them."

I'll bet they are close to 9000 RPM in that video

The patina is nicely done.

Very nice.

Steve I picked up a set of digital calipers on sale at Harbor Freight for $10. Not sure how I got along without them before. http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=calipers

Very nice.

Please post your build. Would love to watch it progress.

Sorry but no I still haven't finished it. I've been a bit side tracked with all my Cobra builds.

Thank you for the interest in the build. Cut out the molded closed grille and replaced it with some hardware store window screen. The grid spacing is very close to the 1:1 grille.

This was approved and they are hoping to use it this year(!). That doesn't leave them much time to sort out a timing system to accomplish this.

Great save Tommy.

Nice work George.

Nice build Steve. Would have a hard time telling its not a 1:1 bike from the photos.

Nice trading with you too Jon Haigwood. Would do so again.

Glad to see you back at this Randy, amazing work as always.

Thinking about you and your family Joe.

Yes a more accurate windscreen would be nice. From my experience a white metal frame would be far too soft to standup to any sort of polishing without deforming. Casting the frame and windscreen as a single piece of clear resin then applying BMF to the frame might work better. Any takers on fabricating one?

Great story and yeah probably not the best combination.