When Clarkson Encounters Batman

By admin, January 26, 2014 11:09 pm

Oh…NO…IMG_0295

CMC 2014 Coming Soon

By admin, January 25, 2014 1:46 am

Bugatti 57 SC Corsica Roadster,1938
Sports – Version
Scale 1:18
Limited Edition 1,000 pcs.
Item No.: M-129
EUR369

Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Special #19
24 Hours France, 1938
Limited Edition 3,000 pcs.
Item No.: M-131
EUR384

Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato,1961
Scale 1:18
Item No.: M-132
EUR384

Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage, #5 (Reproduction)
1,000 Km Nürburgring 1960 Moss / Gurney
Scale 1:18
Item No.: M-047
EUR279

Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage, #7
Cuba (Havana) Grand Prix,1960
Limited Editon 1,500 pcs.
Scale 1:18
Item No.: M-125
EUR289

Mercedes Benz Renntransporter, 1954 (Reproduction)
Scale 1:18
Item No.: M-036
EUR315

Mercedes Benz W196 R Streamliner, Version 1954
Scale 1:18
Item No.: M-127
EUR279

Mercedes Benz W196 R GP France, 1954
Hans Herrmann #22
Limited Edition 1,000 pcs.
Scale 1:18
Item No.: M-128
EUR289

改造F1車身涂裝及煙草水貼的方法

By admin, January 23, 2014 7:02 pm

今天在MC論壇看到Peking901關於水貼應用的文章,來的剛好,因為我就快開始幫我那些F1/Le  Mans賽車黏煙草水貼了。

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相信很多朋友不滿足于F1模型上出厂的涂裝,下面我就來跟大家分享一下我改造煙草及涂裝的方法~本人才疏學淺,還希望和大家交流,有什么更好的做法也請高人指正,獻丑啦~

本次是將18比例風火輪R25改造為法國站鳳凰涂裝~

首先是要用到的東西~

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車…….這個是廢話。工具和材料為一杯干淨的水,鑷子,剪刀,棉簽,水砂紙,郡士藍標稀料,郡士蘭蓋水貼軟化劑(帶背膠)以及金屬剝离棒(這個可以由其他東西替代,小木棒數什么的都可以)

水是用泡水貼的,鑷子用來夾取水貼,剪子不說了,水砂紙可以用來打磨不平整的地方,提高制作后效果,金屬棒可以替代手用來調整水貼。

主要說一下兩种試劑,第一,郡士藍標稀料(圖中上排右側第二個圓瓶),由于很多水貼黏附較緊,無法直接去掉,打磨法估計很多朋友無從下手,這個稀料就是一個很好的選擇了。作用方法就是在有限的時間內溶解水貼卻又不易傷害底漆,去除迅速,干淨。不過注意操作對象為塑料部件時使用要特別小心,塑料底漆附著力低,相對來說容易擦透漆面。需多加練習和掌握力度与時間。

第二,藍蓋帶背膠水貼軟化劑(圖中上排中間方瓶),這個是非常方便易用的一种試劑,用于表面不平整的地方,涂抹后將水貼放置在上面,水貼會自動軟化,并在背膠的作用下緊緊黏附于复雜形狀表面。注:另外還有一种綠蓋不帶膠水成分的軟化劑,個人感覺腐蝕性較大,質量不好的水貼會有化掉的危險,故推荐藍蓋款。

說一下水貼,有很多种樣式,質量也不同,專業厂家如FA,MSM質量較好,有位置說明,但一些特殊涂裝型號不全。此次使用的是加拿大購入的私人制水貼,質量不錯,但沒有位置說明,需要自己一塊一塊剪下來對位置貼……..

1、這里先說一個去除水貼的另一方法,用扁片狀金屬制品直接刮除,适用于小面積塑料部件(不傷底漆),方法為沾水!后輕輕刮除。圖中車輛側箱前部分有一塊為塑料,使用稀料法容易破坏漆面,故用此法。

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2、進入主要部分,使用藍標稀料去除原水貼。
用棉簽蘸取稀料,輕輕均勻的涂抹在要去除的地方(盡量精确,以免傷到其他不需動的地方),反复輕涂直至水貼開始退色,繼續涂抹。因褪下的水貼或顏色會沾染棉簽,所以勤換一些,取新棉簽,沾稀料,涂抹。由水貼緊固程度可能需要反复操作很多次才能去干淨,水貼去干淨后可使用干淨棉簽將殘留的稀料擦除,以免損傷漆面。同理去除車身其他部位的水貼,注意塑料部件的操作一定要輕柔,迅速,否則容易損傷漆面。

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3、上新水貼
由于前鼻錐部分有無法拔除的天線等部件及凹槽,此時很難在不傷漆面的情況下將原水貼去除干淨,故此時用到了另一种水貼 —— 遮蓋水貼對于一切較難去除的部位,許多厂家會做出遮蓋水貼以降低制作難度,只需將其覆蓋在原水貼之上再加新的即可。但本人不習慣使用這种辦法,原因有二:第一,因為水貼本身具有厚度,一層遮蓋后再加一層涂裝厚度要大,效果會有折扣。第二,遮蓋水貼很難做到与漆面顏色完全一致,再考慮到后期老化變色的情況,若可不用,盡量還是不用。

由于客觀條件及手藝限制沒有他法,只能用遮蓋水貼,但為了追求更好的效果,可以盡量將原水貼去除,并用高標號砂紙(2000號以上)沾水打磨平整。

遮蓋水貼与圖案水貼使用方法相同,將遮蓋水貼剪下,放入水中。

用鑷子將水貼連同底板紙一同取出,時間以水貼能在底板紙上自由滑動為標准。注意不要直接拿水貼,沒有底板紙的支撐水貼非常容易彎折變形或皺在一起!手持水貼和底板紙接近需要貼覆的位置,對准后輕輕抽取底板紙使水貼覆在相應位置上。

用相同的方法將圖案水貼貼在相應的位置上,微調位置,等待干燥。注:如發現水貼与車輛表面的縫隙中有小气泡,用金屬棒或者棉簽滾動將其赶出。

重复以上操作,小心謹慎,一塊一塊對應位置貼好,注意在貼新的水貼時不要碰到先前貼的,以免破坏位置。各個部位均可使用水貼軟化劑以強化貼合。

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另外網上找到的一篇關於水貼的正确使用方法:

1.用濕布抹干淨模型表面

2.沿着標貼的圖案或文字用筆刀切出輪廓(這點很容易被人忽略,一般水貼制造時為了防止誤差都會留些空白的邊,這些空白處最好切除),泡在溫水里10秒左右后取出擱置在旁邊再等上几秒

3用手指或鑷子稍許移動下确定水貼是否已与紙基脫离,确定后把水貼連紙基放到模型表面待貼位置,用手指輕輕按住水貼,再用鑷子抽去紙基,讓水貼自然留在模型表面

4.用鑷子調整水貼至正确的位置,用棉棒從中間向四周輕輕把多余的水份和气泡擠壓出去

5.如果是比較复雜的曲面,可以在水貼表面涂上些水貼軟化劑,等待15秒左右后再用棉棒重复剛才的擠壓步驟,順便處理下水貼紙的周圍,确定沒有多余的膠水和棉絮后便可大功告成啦

PS:如果水貼背膠不夠足,可以先在模型待貼位置涂上水貼密着劑,也可以用白膠+水開稀來代替

好消息! Autoart 頭文字D AE86 (78797)复刻了!

By admin, January 22, 2014 10:23 am

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好消息!由于反應熱烈AUTOart代理決定加推貨品 1:18 TOYOTA SPRINTER TRUENO (AE86) INITIAL D “PROJECT D version II ” 注意貨品于三個月后推出 !

請留意訂購程序及相關條款
每部訂金最少$200,預訂全數每部HK$1170
由于重新生產,預期將于4-6月份到貨

怎麼樣﹖呵呵,之前AA之前發誓肯定只有一批的貨終於抵受不了金錢的誘惑,复刻了。

那些給了2千大洋的兄弟不知道現在怎麼想的呢﹖

車模這玩意,你認真了,就真的輸了,是真的。

我這次居然也訂多了一台了,哈哈。。。打電話問AA,職員說因為之前反應空前,為了照顧那些沒買到的顧客,所以這次破例復刻了,言下之意是打擊非法炒賣商家。

AA原來是大家都討厭的,現在好像又成了好人,AA真的不好嗎﹖對莫些人來說肯定是的,指的是那些炒家和之前摸頂的買家。相反對於絕大多數沒買到又想買的頭文字D車模粉絲們,這個絕對是個天大的喜訊!

看來這次誰都沒有絕對地對或者絕對地錯,非黑即白這種理論似乎又一次被印證過時了。

今天消息一出,市場馬上做出了調整:

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另外發現原來之前AA還推出過一款限量1千台的頭文字D漫畫版Toyota Sprinter Truneo Initial D Comic Version,只在日本本土發售、標號為78794。所以即使78797推出了已經有一段時間,依然沒能動搖78794的二手市場天價地位。

兩者的主要分別是78794車頭有水杯,引擎蓋不是黑色碳纖,再版78797的引擎是第2代4A-GE Twin Cam。

最後AA今年年底還會推出一個終極漫畫版78798,這款可以說是最終改良版,多了車尾的豆腐箱子和前後車牌號碼,此刻不得不再次佩服AA的賺錢方法真的太到家了。

日本本土頭文字D漫畫版 78794 (限量1千台)

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Autoart的黑白AE86全部版本

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賽車油畫的藝術天堂

By admin, January 20, 2014 2:25 pm

如果你和我一樣喜歡50到80年代的Grand Prix和Le Mans,那麼這個網站絕對不容錯過。

當然另外還有一個比較業余性質的汽車運動油畫網站也很不錯。

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Various Trouble Shooting Notes

By admin, January 11, 2014 7:38 pm

Yesterday was like a long fight, different parts started to fall apart within a few hours, first it was one of the ESX host, then Equallogic, finally Group Manager and iDrac problem, people say Shxt happens, this fits exactly to my case!

One thing I’m glad that Dell fulfilled it’s promise this time and fixed everything within the 4 hours pro-support contract (hardware wise of course), poor guy has to go to NOC twice and worked till almost mid-night with me working remotely.

So please let me list them accordingly:

1. ESX Host:
I suddenly received a host fail alert, vCenter shows the problem host got disconnected, all the VMs on it also went grey out. Funny thing is all VMs can be still pingable and function perfectly normal as if there is nothing wrong.

Telnet/SSH Even Console hung completely, there was no way to login using root, openmanage doesn’t load. Later I found out a 15K 146GB disk failed in a RAID1 configuration from iDrac system log.

Worst enough, the replaced disk did not start to rebuild. Later Dell’s technician went into Megaraid BIOS utility and found out he has to manually add back the disk. I suspect the problem is due to the replaced disk is a Fujisu where as the faulty disk is a Hitachi, that’s why they don’t work together initially. (they should in theory, but in reality NO)

At this stage, since there is no way to remove the live VM or do a vMotion, I have no choice but to power down the host manually. Even more strange, HA didn’t kick in, all the VM did not restart on other hosts in the cluster even after 5 mins.

The whole rebuild took about 15 minutes, thanks to RAID1. The rebuild status in Openmange shows it’s always 33% while the disk light stopped blinking (meaning completed), funny! After reboot again, the optimal status can be verified in Megaraid BIOS, also reflects in Openmanage later, so this means Openmanage takes time to fetch the status from different hardware parts.

So I still have no clue why the faulty disk in a RAID1 caused the ESX host to be non-responsive.

2. Equallogic:

I received the following notice multiple times via Email, Group Manager shows it’s Information type and it’s in Green, I’ve sensed there must be something wrong, so I called Dell EQL support, as expected, the local support knows nothing about it.

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INFO event from storage array eql01
subsystem: SP
event: 14.2.22
time: Fri Jan 10 12:10:30 2014

I/Os containing bad blocks were read from drive 10 and successfully reconstructed in the last 8 minutes.
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After approximately 6 hours, the following faulty alert confirmed my previous worry.

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ERROR event from storage array eql01
subsystem: SP
event: 14.4.22
time: Fri Jan 10 20:11:15 2014

Disk drive 10 failed in RAID LUN 0.
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So the previous notice is actually EQL’s Predictive Failure in Action!!!

SANHQ also generated the similar alert.

Warning conditions:

  • 1/10/2014 8:10:50 PM to 1/10/2014 8:12:50 PM
    • Warning: Member eql01 RAID Set Is Degraded
      • Warning: Member eql01 RAID set is degraded because a disk drive failed or was removed.
    • Warning: Member eql01 RAID More Spares Expected
      • Warning: Member eql01 The current RAID configuration requires more spare drives then are currently available.
    • Warning: Member eql01 has a failed drive in slot 10

With the replacement disk, reconstruction immediately took place, and the process took about 1 hour to complete, again, thanks to RAID1.

3. EQL Group Manager

As I need to verify if the replaced EQL disk has successfully changed to a hot spare, then I found out I can no longer login to EQL Group Manager due to some strange Java error, no matter if it’s IE or Firefox. The Java version is v7 u45, then I’ve tried different versions until I figured out only v7 u17 worked. My conclusion is EQL firmware plays a big role in this case, as I am still using v5.2.2, so EQL probably hard coded the requirement into their application, anyway, Java JRE verion always produces nasty problem in my environment one way another, so I’ve decided not to upgrade it for sure.

4. iDrac

Back to the Disconnected Host with faulty disk, I found I can no longer login to iDrac Web UI, IE works but producing all sorts of problem, not to mention the console doesn’t show up at all with its ActiveX stuff. I’ve even tried to removed the iDRAC cert from advanced option, reboot the managed machine, won’t help at all, and it turns out a simple Content Cache Clear in Firefox solved the problem completely! Ridiculous Really!

If it still doesn’t work, do a soft rest by “racadm racreset soft”

5. Veeam

Yes, it’s not finished yet, I also found Veeam’s schedule job stopped working as I am still using V5.0.1, there is a Veeam KB and an update (v5.0.2) for this issue, but I can’t explain why it’s been working for 3+ years and suddenly stopped working with no reason, so I’ve removed all the old backup and created a New Full Backup, truth will tell by tomorrow morning and I shall verify the Schedule Job again by then.

Update: I have to install the update in order to solve the schedule job doesn’t run problem. Also do remember to close all the extra TPC/UDP ports that’s been re-enabled by the upgrade of Veeam B&R program. (Potential Risk: Veeam Agent, NFS and Windows Shares in particular)

Updated:

Restarting the management agents on ESX may help:

  1. Log in to your ESX Server as root (by su -) from either an SSH session or directly from the console of the server.
  2. Type “service mgmt-vmware restart”.
    Caution: Ensure Automatic Startup/Shutdown of virtual machines is disabled before running this command or you risk rebooting the virtual machines.
  3. Press Enter.
  4. Type “service vmware-vpxa restart”.
  5. Press Enter.
  6. Type “logout” and press Enter to disconnect from the ESX host.

Autoart: 授權許可絕非小事一樁 (轉文)

By admin, January 11, 2014 5:35 pm

AA這篇最新的通訊講的全是事實。我也相信這種密集式的手工製作工業產品價格應該不會向下調,所以說早買早著,最近BBR/HPI見無利可圖早已宣佈退出了合金車模市場。

另外我也同意尤其是那些高端的精密車模產品肯定會不停地隨着時間而增值,因為以後根本沒廠商再肯投資去生產這種利潤微薄的商品。這個現象可以從國際拍賣網站近年來屢創新高的成交價體現出來,世界各地的車模收藏家們用他們的實際行動投下了信任的一票。

唯一不解的是為何Exoto多年來都沒版權,但仍然可以屹立不倒﹖

汽車模型的製作,常常牽涉到授權的問題。模型製造商在生產汽車模型的時候,需要向汽車製造商支付版權費。在1990年以前,知識產權未獲廣泛重視,模型商只要向汽車製造商要求准許製作有關的車款,那時候,版權這個內容很少被触及到。汽車製造商樂於看見這些汽車模型在市場上銷售時,可以同時推廣真正汽車的形象。他們尤其熱衷於玩具汽車模型,皆因這些產品能夠起到教育下一代的作用,吸引小孩子長大成人之後,會成為汽車的真正買家。當年草擬的汽車模型製作許可協議的內容,往往只有寥寥數頁,僅僅描述了汽車製造商提出的基本條件而已。

到了九十年代中期,汽車市場的競爭日見熾熱。新車售价只能往下調,以迎合競爭。汽車製造商在各個製造環節中,努力節省成本之餘,更力求開拓增加收入的途徑。從九十年代中期開始,製作汽車模型所需支付的版權費,漸漸被汽車製造商确認為一個額外收入的來源。

在那個年代,中國工人的工資成本非常低,非熟練工人每月的工資只有大約40美元;這令汽車模型得以价廉物美地製作,一輛一比十八的壓鑄合金汽車模型,零售价低於20美元,可以動輒賣出數十万部之多。汽車製造商意識到,當模型汽車開發商能夠售出大量汽車模型的時候,他們是時候出手了。就是從那時候開始,申請模型製作授權時,不再是簡單的許可憑證,收取多少比率的版權費,成為了重點。

汽車製造商初時只是要求一個細數目的百分比,作為象徵式的版權費,這不會對模型汽車整体製造成本帶來負擔。可是,隨著玩具界的巨人,Martell公司開始玩金錢遊戲,向「法拉利」一擲數百万美元,取得「法拉利」壓鑄合金模型汽車獨家製作授權之後,其他汽車製造商察覺并相信模型汽車製作及銷售是「盆滿砵滿」的生意,紛紛提高模型製作的版權費比率。在千禧年代中期,有些薄有名气的跑車品牌,汽車製造商要求的版權費比率,已經進入兩位數字!有些例子,情況更坏,汽車製造商甚至要求先行支付六位數字的訂金,才能确保取得許可,去製作汽車模型。

許多輪胎和汽油公司,一向支付巨額金錢去贊助賽車,在車身張貼它們產品的標誌或色彩,以達到宣傳推廣的目的。製作這些賽車模型時,這些公司樂於看見它們的色彩及標誌出現在模型車身上,因為可以同樣起到宣傳效果。但是一些公司卻意識到這些標誌原來可以衍生收入的時候,授權許可及版權費,馬上又成為了製作賽車模型的另一個問題。這還不止,好些籌備賽車活動的机构,也趁机加入要求索取版權費的行列,因為每輛參加比賽的賽車,都貼有主辦者的標籤或大會貼紙。

一輛模型賽車,一旦牽涉到電影人物和帶有公司的標貼,出現在特別的賽道上,這就需要支付更多的版權費用了。這种多樣化的版權費,分別支付給汽車製造商、電影人物、汽油公司標誌、輪胎公司標誌,与及主辦机构的標籤及貼紙。細算下來,這個複合的版權費比率,往往超過百分之二十之數。

當中國工人的最低工資在2006年坐上火箭升空之後,模型汽車製作再不是一門盈利的生意。製造跑車模型是耗資甚鉅的工序,它往往需要大量的人手上色加工,若再加上這額外的版權費成本,只會令模型製造商卻步,製造跑車模型將變得無利可圖。近年越來越少的高質素跑車模型在市場推出,這些產品變得越來越昂貴,甚少收藏者愿意支付購買。

雖然中國工人的工資成本正坐上火箭升空,但汽車製造商要求的版權費比率仍在上升的趨勢。汽車授權部門常常受到管理層的壓力,以爭取更多的收入,他們往往在授權協議中,添加更嚴厲的條文,和更嚴格的控制,令整個協議變得更加複雜,動輒厚達二十至三十頁。協議的條文彷彿是一面倒的,只有獲授權的一方會動輒得咎。授權机构,即汽車製造商,可以常態地查核模型製造商的賬目,以找出任何不符合授權協議的小節,而這些小節往往可以取得巨額的賠償金。對於某些汽車製造商而言,透過這些授權,查核獲授權方的賬目,已成為一個額外收入的來源了。也正因為這些核數行為,模型製造商都成為了受害的一方,他們無法在苛刻的條文之下,再承諾製造汽車模型下去,除非這是一個确保有利可圖的項目。如此一來,以往汽車製造商及模型製造商构建出來的商業關係,因為這种核數常態,而變得彼此冷漠,彼此再不触及未來新的開發項目了。

另外,在授權合約內容內,汽車製造商要求的產品製作審批程序,越來越加複雜,并且涉獵到細小的環節,這包括包裝設計、標誌的位置、大小及字型;產品推廣的物料和在線設計等等,都需要逐一審批。待确認無誤之後,才可以進入一個工序。這還不止,授權一方要求在產品包括盒上面張貼全息鐳射標貼,已越加普遍了。所有這些複雜的要求,往往會延長模型汽車的製作耗時,同樣地帶動了製作成本的上升。

產品保險金是另一個窒礙模型汽車製造的問題。每一個授權合約,需要提交約一千万美元的產品保證,以保障授權一方。如果產品銷售市場包括有美國的話,這個保險費用,動輒是上万美元。和玩具產品可能會傷害小孩子不同,一輛精品模型汽車的銷售對象是成年人,絕不會對收藏者帶來傷害。可是,在沒有理由之下,也要支付這些保險金的時候,只會令模型車的成本一直高企。

近期模型汽車的零售价一直往上調整,主要是來自中國工人的薪金上升所致,從昔日每月四十元美金,增長至現在的四百美元。中國政府的目標,是在未來五年內,再替工人的工資翻兩番。授權許可的事宜,只會令模型汽車變得越來越价格高昂,導致模型汽車製作行業在未來的經營,愈加困難。

MC論壇darkangelfbi會員的回應:

其实这些所谓的高端模型,说白了就系一些高级玩具吧了。在行外人的眼里等同于给儿童玩的玩具车。行业成本的增加是真实的。但除了楼主上面方法外,更简单一些是:通过提高销售量去降低成本。一款模型的开模成本起码要卖2000台以上才能保本吧。当然啦,高姿态之后不肯走回头路也是可以理解。但一个合金的模型,长时间放在包装盒里就会出现油漆变异。虽然,这点autoart的质量还是可以,起码可以挨过2—3年。反观kyosho的产品3年后就不能直视了。一个企业无论生产出来的产品有多么好,总有10%—20%的产品是不好卖的。企业的盈利应该是长期稳定的才有利于企业本身的生存和发展。打个比方,就我自己来说,现在200+台模型,其实我要求的工艺同做工不需要你达到什么CMC,EXOTO的水平。你就保持在03年那个时候就可以了。最近autoart的官方微博都在推荐自己的产品用了如何那样多的零件,工艺是多么复杂。用在下不思进取的见解,做这么多也是白搭。每个人玩模型的出发点都不同。但最基本的一点是对汽车的热爱,或者具体地对某一款车的热爱。简单来说,你选对了车型去出模型车,就算是龟车都一样有人买。不信你可以生产一下EVO1—5代,就出龟车,保证比什么86好卖。

就我本人而言,买新的模型回去就这么往柜子一放就完事了。虽现在玩模型的人多,但每日回去玩那么30分钟以上的有多少个呢?到最后的最终结果就是用于静态展示。其次,1:18的模型的确很占空间收藏。好多人收藏几十台后就会转方向了。只能通过不断吸引新的爱好者才能继续下去。之前autoart用过手表来做比喻,我现在也比喻一下:就好像普通的工薪阶层想买块手表戴戴,一般买款精工就算了,你非要把手表的档次一下提升到哥丝丹顿的档次,那么就这能不戴手表了。

這些罕見的Exoto人偶在那裡﹖

By admin, January 9, 2014 6:24 pm

以下4個Exoto人偶向來都是神龍見首不見尾,我從來就沒見過,如果你哪裡遇見過,請告訴我。

RLG18041 (Ken Miles), RLG19040S (Mario Andretti), RLG19042 (Chris Amon), RLG18105 (Rolf Stommelen), RLG18145S (Hap Sharp)

So far 只找到Porsche 935 RLG18105 (Rolf Stommelen)

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更新: 有朋友告訴我其實以上的都是出自一間美國專業製作人偶Racing Dioramics工作室的產品。

Exoto除了早期那些人偶產品如002 Tyrrell Cevert、Lotus 49和Ferrrari 312B外,大部份的人偶都是由一名叫Crittenden的Racing Dioramics女藝術家在南加州設計然後在中國大陸批量生產的,真是巾幗英雄!

找到了 RLG18041 (Ken Miles) 和 RLG19040S (Mario Andretti)

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Dan Gurney with Porsche 804 Grand Prix France 1962

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Mario Andretti’s 1967 Sebring win with Bruce McLaren in the yellow GT40 MK IV.

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加拿大車模朋友Will de Boer提供了 RLG18145S (Hap Sharp)的照片,但是還是找不到任何RLG19042 (Chris Amon)的線索,應該從未推出過。

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80年代的網壇巨星…

By admin, January 9, 2014 4:12 pm

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想不到短短一個月內80年代的網壇巨星都成了新一代天王的教練,難道是去年Andy Murray溫網奪冠的啟示﹖最神奇的是Edberg和Becker同時幾乎宣佈成為世界頂尖球手的教練。

同樣的在2013年12月,張德培也成了日本一哥錦織圭的顧問教練,還有就是Goran Ivanisevic最近也成為了Marin Cilic的長期教練。看來這些昔日的巨星們再次找到其用武之地,希望通過新一代把過往的對壘從80年代一直延伸下去。

27 December 2013

Six-time Grand Slam winner Stefan Edberg has joined Roger Federer’s coaching team ahead of next month’s Australian Open in Melbourne.

The Swede was Wimbledon men’s singles champion in 1988 and 1990, and reached number one in the world rankings.

The last of 32-year-old Swiss Federer’s 17 Grand Slam titles was his 2012 Wimbledon triumph over Andy Murray.

“Stefan was my childhood hero, and I am really looking forward to spending time with, and learning from, him,” he said.

“I’m really excited to be part of Roger’s team and I hope together we can bring out his best tennis,” said 47-year-old Edberg.

The former Davis Cup winner will begin working with Federer ahead of 2014’s first major, which begins on 13 January.

World number two Novak Djokovic recently appointed Boris Becker, who faced Edberg in three consecutive Wimbledon finals, as his head coach.

Wimbledon champion Andy Murray began working with Ivan Lendl, who Edberg replaced as world number one in 1990, late in 2011 and went on to claim his first Grand Slam title at the US Open in the following year.

18 December 2013

World number two Novak Djokovic has appointed six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker as his head coach.

The 26-year old Serb, who has also won six major titles, will start work with Becker before the Australian Open, which starts on 13 January.

Djokovic’s long-time coach Marian Vajda will continue as part of his team.

“I am proud Novak invited me to become his head coach. I am sure we can achieve great things together,” said former Wimbledon champion Becker, 46.

Defending Australian Open champion Djokovic has been with Vajda since 2006 but other coaches have come and gone on a regular basis during that period.

“Boris brings a fresh approach and together with Vajda he will make a winning combination,” said Djokovic.

“Boris is a true legend, someone who has great tennis knowledge, and his experience will help me win new trophies, Grand Slams and other tournaments.

“He is a great person too, and I am sure he will fit in our team in the best possible way. The team is now strengthened and we hope for maximum results.

“My goal for 2014 is to play my best tennis and to get in shape for the grand slams and Masters 1000. These tournaments have the most weight in our sport, and I want to prove my worth at them.”

ecker first shot to prominence by winning Wimbledon as an unseeded 17-year-old in 1985.

During a 15-year professional career, the German won 64 ATP Tour titles, including three Wimbledon singles crowns.

Djokovic will be hoping to reclaim his world number one spot from Spain’s Rafael Nadal in 2014.

Vajda, who has worked with Djokovic since 2006, will attend events in Indian Wells, Madrid, Toronto and Beijing as part of his scaled-back role, but welcomed Becker’s arrival.

“I realised that Novak needed a new head coach in order for him to continue improving certain parts of the game,” said Vajda.

原來延續下一代有著這樣層次的意義

By admin, January 9, 2014 2:49 pm

今天在電視節目裡聽到了以下這一段,原來延續下一代有著這樣層次的意義,我之前從來都沒這樣想過。

“父母總有一天會離開我們,他們的血液一直都在我們的身體裡流淌、他們的生命在我們身上得到延續,一直陪伴著我們,所以我們並不感到孤單。”

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