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By admin, May 9, 2011 10:30 pm

它的出現無疑代表了林寶堅尼在60年代的顛峰之作﹐作為中置引擎先軀的它可惜卻在1971年4月的一場“無聊”意外中完全焚毀﹐更可惜的是林寶堅尼的技師Bob Wallace只生產了這一台而已﹐所以它的真身永遠地在超級跑車的歷史軌道上消失了﹗但值得一喜的是它不朽的精神反而從此永存在喜愛它的人們心中。

它是誰﹐它就是鼎鼎大名的1970年Lamborghini Jota SVR﹗直至現在還是有很多Miura的發燒車主把他們的愛車改成Jota樣子來體現他們對Jota的衷愛﹗更可喜的是傳聞2012年Jota又即將以王者的姿態再度降臨代替現在的大牛Murcielago系列﹐大家肯定會拭目以待﹗

這款Jota可以說是先進車模製造技術廠京商近10年的代表作﹗Jota明顯比Miura的引擎室複雜精緻得多﹗記得第一次看到Jota那誇張的V12一堆引擎活塞時感覺就像管絃樂器般好看﹐具體說應該像12隻麥克風發出動人的歌聲般美妙﹐如果真車還在世的話﹐發動機的聲音肯定會咆哮震天﹐引人注目﹗另外真車那非常寬大的Campagnolo後輪胎也在這車模上完全體現了出來﹗雖然是2002年出品的﹐但活動的入油蓋竟然也做出來了﹐要換到現在﹐京商居然把這個小把戲也算進那些法拉利升級版如250GTO和F40內﹐好像有了這個活動的入油蓋車模就馬上身價百倍﹐真好笑和可悲﹗

認識我的朋友幾乎馬上會說“你這次肯定又是因為它那性感的屁股對不﹖”哈哈。。。這個還用說嗎﹖Jota車身低的幾乎就是趴在地上﹐而且寬的特別誇張﹐我認為唯一可跟它相比的是60年代福特的GT40。

當然自己認為最好看的方位應該是從後面打側看去﹐就如附圖上的那台黑色Jota一樣﹐意大利式的肌肉原來也是那麼地好看﹐跟老美的完全是另外一種風味。

收集了那麼多的經典車﹐自己越來越喜歡60-70年代的汽車設計﹐如250 GTO﹑GT40等幾乎令人窒息的優美線條簡直就是巧奪天工﹐奠定了日後超級跑車樣子的設計框架。

其實近幾年一直有留意Jota﹐但因為之前不太喜歡它﹐所以錯過了幾個機會。但經典的東西是耐看的﹐懂得它的人始終會Fall in Love。今年推出的紅色Jota復刻版內室居然是詭異的金色﹐怎麼看怎麼都覺得不對勁﹐所以當時也沒買。最近用散包的優惠價一次過收了兩台最喜歡的Jota SVR顏色紅和黑﹐無奈都將近十年了﹐車頭難免有點起泡﹐而且車頂的天線已經不翼而飛﹐但我最關心的盛臀完全沒事﹐哈哈。。。

1/18 Kyosho Lamborghini Jota SVR (Red/Wing Red) & (Black/Gold)

最後完成此篇之前﹐突然挺到樓下一陣動人的歐洲豪車引擎聲﹐整個人像觸電般彈起馬上向樓下看去﹐原來是台銀灰色的Bentley Mulsanne﹗﹗﹗跟我那台廠版的一模一樣﹐說時遲﹑那時快﹐我用了3秒的極速拿出和打開相機﹐但是那Mulsanne已經像風一般快的駕駛走了﹐可惜啊﹗﹗﹗

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By admin, May 9, 2011 3:21 pm

Tiki Chan is from Hong Kong, he is excellent in photography and model car making, he often surprise the viewers with his astonishing techniques in photo shooting.

His equipment includes Canon 5D Mark II and Leica APO R100 F/2.8 Macro and M65 F/3.5 Macro, these two lenses are really legendary and the quality is beyond words!

Tiki also got a web site for his complete photo collections and make sure you also visit his 1:8 Ferrari 126 C2 model building blog.

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By admin, May 9, 2011 1:44 pm

午飯後無聊的時候﹐總會到本地網上拍賣場閑逛﹐突然發現剛好2個鐘頭前有人以難以想象極低的價錢發售此精品﹐當機立斷馬上買了下來﹐並立即約好了當天晚上交收。

拿到貨後﹐稍微用碧麗珠清潔了一下﹐果然不出我所料﹐桃木盒子馬上重現出應有的貴氣﹐尤其是那深褐色光潔明亮的漆面散發出賓利木製品的獨特英倫優雅﹐真是越看越喜歡。

因為之前見過也摸過賓利真車的桃木裝飾﹐所以我一下子就認出來了這真的是Bentley的桃木表盒﹐這下可真淘到寶了﹗要知道任何Bentley桃木的精品至少都要近萬的﹐但這個漂亮盒子才2位數字﹐所以說可能是我近10年來大海撈針中最為值得的一件物品。

唯一不解的是近代的Bentley表都是由Breitling代工的﹐所以應該印有Breitling才對﹐難道這個盒子根本就不是用來裝表的﹖還是這個Bentley桃木表盒本身就是個古董﹖以前的表盒的確是印Bentley而不是Breitling的﹖

PS﹕今天也正式開啟了我收藏汽車品牌精品的道路。

更新﹕Sep-15, 2011

今天看見同樣款式的表盒出現在最新賓利的慈善拍賣上﹐價錢貴得驚人﹐再次證明淘到了寶貝。

更新﹕Aug-9, 2012

今天又看見賓利禮品網站上有一個這樣價值不凡的訂做表盒。

Walnut Valet Box, £1,200.00

*** Please note this item is made to order only – Delivery lead time approximately 8 weeks***

The highest quality of craftsmanship makes this valet box an item to be treasured. A perfect repository for your watches and jewellery. Hand-crafted in Burr Walnut with ebony beading and inlaid Bentley Wings, lined in dark blue crushed suedette and finished with gold-plated fit.

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By admin, May 8, 2011 2:37 pm

The installation of vCloud Usage Meter OVF Appliance is very easy, just remember to assign its network NIC to your vCenter subnet and then browse to http://vCloudUsageMeter:8080/serviceprovider, add vCenter and configure all the email settings.

I found vCloud Usage Meter is very useful even you are not using vCloud Director, it serves as a good measurement of your virtual infrastructure and you can generate reports to have a better understanding of your VM usage, best of all, it’s a free!

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By admin, May 8, 2011 12:57 pm

I really enjoy cooking this kind of stuff on a quiet Sunday morning. I still remember Nonna (Grandma in Italian, my land lady) used to cook this yummy dish every Sunday during my 2 years stay in Chichester, West Sussex, England, wow…that was 20 years ago.

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By admin, May 7, 2011 10:55 pm

Back in the 60 and 70s, there are so many musical groups with real music for real people, the following are some of the them I love the most!

Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul and Mary

California Dreaming by The Mamas & The Papas

Sound Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel

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By admin, May 6, 2011 11:00 pm

Although I am not particularly like Country Music, but this song is the one that moves me, and it’s also the one Leslie Cheung performed in year 2000 CRHK IDClub Concert, Good Taste, GorGor!

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By admin, May 6, 2011 1:50 pm

AA終于即將推出東瀛站神的始祖KPGC10﹐一如既往﹐白色的版本(77383)還是留到最後才會推出。

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By admin, May 5, 2011 6:19 pm

It’s like a totally new re-discovery for me. I just came to know about Roberta Flack only yesterday after going through the list of Grammy’s Best Song of the Year, and surprisingly found she was the original singer of “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1973) and “Killing Me Softly” (1974)

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (1973), it’s such a Beautiful song!

Killing Me Softly (1974), definitely a classic! Roberta said she wrote this song after seeing Don McLean of American Pie fame in concert.

Enjoy!

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By admin, May 4, 2011 6:06 pm

I accidentally discovered the following on Wiki today, simply copy and paste the song into Youtube, then you had your magically Pandora Box.

Grammy Award for Song of the Year

Grammy Award for Record of the Year

I just can’t stop loving the great music from the 60 and 70s, and those are the real music for real people.

Btw, I came to know Roberta Flack only by today and found out she’s also the original writer and singer for Killing Me Softly (1973)

Enjoy!