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By admin, November 7, 2015 11:21 pm

One is already a knock out! Two is definitely amazing! So 15 of these is…may I know the word please?

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By admin, November 5, 2015 5:46 pm

自從TSM早前換了代工廠後，品質就直線下降。這台最新的樣板外型明顯有問題，尤其是後窗走型的老問題。這麼多年來根本就沒有任何改進，看來老模具是不可能隨便更改的了。

另外無論是漆面、輪胎和各個細節都給人強烈的塑料感，而且不少細節的劃線都不夠工整，邊緣位置毛刺比較多等的問題均暴露了這個新代工廠的質量跟以前完全沒得比。

江湖傳聞笑稱之前的P34和蓮花78T應該是TSM最後一批QC合格的合金產品了，現在越想就越覺得有道理，看看最近那些品質不怎麼樣的Mclaren GTR還有那MP4/6就說明了這點。

記得中學時候，先生曾經提醒過我 「學如逆水行舟，不進則退」。

看來這次眾多的Martini收藏家都會被迫自動放棄了，實在很可惜。

也難怪人家Exoto的保時捷934/935 Martini能夠連續十幾年繼續保持冠軍姿態了。

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By admin, November 4, 2015 1:14 pm

這是我最近認識的一位美國車模收藏家前輩的書櫃，從頭到腳都明顯地散發出他對賽車文化的熱愛和其深厚的底蘊。

根據他所說，從80年代中就開始收集，現在已經超過2千輛1比18了，多數都是以各大Motor Racing的賽車為主，幾十年的毅力實在令人佩服，當然也令我們一眾後輩羨慕不已!

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By admin, November 1, 2015 9:59 am

這位名叫Vincent Preston的收藏家於1967年在南非觀看了人生第一次F1格林披治大賽後，就完全著迷了。雖然他的1比18收藏歷史並不很長(2006年才開始)，但已經收齊了各種經典的F1賽車，尤其以PMA的Mclaren MP4和的Exoto Tyrrell P34為主。

當然最吸引人的是他有個偌大的展廳，讓我們這些在香港的收藏家羨慕不已。

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By admin, October 31, 2015 10:22 pm

Well, you didn’t mis-read the above! Yes, I finally managed to get both (W2K12R2 & Win10) running under the old daddy VMWare ESX 4.1 with the latest VMTools installed, not supported? Huh? You must be kidding me.

1. Basically, in order to run your OEM copy of Windows Server 2012 R2, you will need to select Windows Server 2008 R2 as the OS template. Also you need the latest SLIC 2.3 ROM, the correct Dell Cert and of course a valid OEM Key.

2. De-select the default video driver (ie, WDDM) when installing VMware Tools or you will get a black screen immediately. At least this is true on Windows 10, but somehow no problem with W2K12R2. Details please refer to this blog article. (Update: actually you don’t need to install VMware Tools here)

3. Still, you will find the mouse isn’t working smoothly in W2K12R2 and Win10, this happens to both Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 as well, and the solution is simple, download and install the latest VMWare Tools which comes with the updated drivers for video (VMware SVGA 3D), disk controller (PVSCSI) and network cards (VMnet3).

4. Again, after you have successful upgraded your VMWare Tools, then you will need to create a 1MB hard disk and select the SCSI to 1:0 and change the secondary controller type to Paravirtual, restart the VM, shut it down, change the primary hard disk controller to Paravirtual as well, finally remove the 2nd disk and controller. Viola, there is your lightening fast PVSCSI disk!

5. The other things I discover W2K12R2 and WIN10 keeps crashing for every 3-5 hours without any reason, then I found this KB which solved the problem, and make sure you applied all the windows updates.

6. Another tips is to turn off the Sleep Mode under Power Option in Windows 10, or you will face VM constantly went to sleep and hence VMTools status always shows “Not Running”.

7. Finally I discover you can install the latest Linux CentOS 7.x and Ubuntu 15.x without any problem on ESX 4.1 although it’s not listed as supported OS…strange, but working perfectly fine which leads me to think we can in fact install any updated OS on the much older ESX 4.1. One hint is to download the latest VMTools and install it! (Actually you don’t need as somehow CentOS 7-1611 comes with VMTools automatically somehow)

8. I also noticed those Linux VMware Tools status shows as “Unmanaged”!  That’s actually ok, as the tools is installed from the latest package instead of using the default attached CD-ROM (which the version doesn’t work anyway), so you can safely ignore it.

So who said these two latest OS from Microsoft aren’t supported on ESX4.1? Think again.

Update: May 15, 2017

Tested the latest CentOS 7-1611 also worked perfectly on ESX4.1.

Update: Oct 10, 2017

Problem found W2K12 constantly hangs, finally identified it’s the old anti-virus program Symantec Endpoint Protection that’s causing the conflicts, you will need the version at least v14.0.2415 in order for the OS to be stable.

Update: Dec 25, 2017

It turns out Windows Server 2016 follows exactly the above step and I can confirm W2K16 is running happily on ESX 4.1 without any problem! Except you need to have SLIC 2.4 BIOS!

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By admin, October 27, 2015 2:28 pm

今天在MC論壇看得會員ty5566這套出色的作品，他竟然可以把這個外型稍微帶有缺陷的CMC 250加州拍得是如此美麗動人，驚喜的是他最後加插更令人心動的捷豹E-Type，所以這次一定要給個讚!

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By admin, October 26, 2015 1:24 pm

雖然Z-Tune已經復刻(這裡我們姑且不談品質下降的問題)，這麼多年過去了，這台罕見的超絕版AA R34 Nur. 版(限量1000台)依然十分保值，而且每次出現必成為當日截標的搶手貨品。

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By admin, October 26, 2015 1:10 pm

不用問，一看包裝就知道全部都是1比8的大傢伙! 看來近年Amalgam動作頻繁，積極推廣，已經成功爭取進入到了各個汽車陳列室和展覽會場中。

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By admin, October 25, 2015 1:12 pm

只能用驚嘆來表示。