Worrying developments in Bahrain

The press lunch in London to promote the Bahrain Grand Prix gave the impression that all was well in the Gulf kingdom. Within hours, however, there was street fighting again and the country’s leading human rights campaigner was arrested. Nabeel Rajab of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights has long been seen as untouchable because [...]

Source: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/worrying-developments-in-bahrain/

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1987 -ish Mustang GT - The New Monkees kit

The car that introduced me to a sensation of being pressed back into your seat, when conspicuously roaring away from a stoplight... a graphite grey '85 Mustang GT convertible that was so new it still smelled like the showroom, owned by my uncle, and piloted by my older cousin who offered to take the youngsters for a ride...

Only a couple years later, Monogram released The New Monkees Mustang GT Convertible kit in 1:24 scale, and it was plastered across K-Mart's model kit section, and Kay-Bee Toys even carried it.  Back then I built it in black with a grey interior, and for a kid's attempt it came out alright.  At the time, my uncle was still alive and well and my cousin quickly inherited the Mustang - compared to the '79 Continental Town Car that he traded in for the ponycar, the ride in the Mustang was so rigid that he kept spilling coffee.  He then found a Chrysler New Yorker Mark Cross to have suitable yacht-like characteristics. 

In the 1980s it didn't matter to me that the kit's interior, chassis and engine were incorrect for the newly re-styled 1987 Fox platform Mustang.  In 2012, it still didn't matter... it's a fun kit because everything seems to fit where it's intended, and it makes for a satisfying build despite the technical inaccuracies.  Accumulating reference material was tricky, because of the need to switch from pre-86 to post-87 images for different detailing steps.  Many years after this kit's introduction, after my uncle's passing and more recently Davey Jones from the original Monkees, a tribute car seemed fitting... great experiences along the way, and great memories.

 

 

Source: http://cs.scaleautomag.com/SCACS/forums/thread/1010249.aspx

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Who remembers the 1988 Australian Grand Prix?

We are not too far away from the 2012 Australian Grand Prix and everyone is rightly excited. You can check out the drivers that need to deliver in 2012 right here. However, we are going to be building up to Melbourne with a series of videos from races gone by. To begin with, do you [...]

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Formula1Fancast/~3/GhtjeKpc8QY/who-remembers-the-1988-australian-grand-prix

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Fernando Alonso: “The goal was not to lose many points to the leaders”

Fernando Alonso turned the form book upside down with his brilliant victory in Malaysia – but the Spaniard insists that it doesn’t change the fact that Ferrari is well off the pace in normal conditions this year. In a car … Continue reading

Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2012/03/26/fernando-alonso-the-goal-was-not-to-lose-many-points-to-the-leaders/

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