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Post by pnance26 on Feb 16, 2020 15:29:42 GMT -8
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Post by afx on Feb 16, 2020 18:02:50 GMT -8
Alfa Romeo C39
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Post by afx on Feb 17, 2020 4:07:35 GMT -8
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Post by Joel_W on Feb 17, 2020 8:07:08 GMT -8
Adrian,
I'm really impressed by not only your decision about staying the course with us, but the whys, and then even mentioned some of us by name. For me, I'm truly humbled, but I really don't deserve those kinds of accolades. I'm really just one of the guys here. And like everyone of us said, we're auto model builders. Doesn't matter what each of us currently are addicted to, just that we are. What's important is that we do take the time to read just about every build post, and reply when we have something to say and or share. Your work is exceptional and should be shared for us to learn and admire.
And Paul, I'm taking the 5th on the Revell purchases.
Joel
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Post by Joel_W on Feb 17, 2020 8:13:22 GMT -8
pnance26 & JC,
Thanks for your posts. The Williams just gets further and further away from the glory days of the Canon cars.
As for the 2021 specs, the whole mission statement has been focused on putting the racing back into F1. The car is certainly radical in design and scope. Just the new 18 inch tires will be hard enough to get use to. Less Aero, but still more downforce through the use of the bargeboard design over the current little winglets and angles everywhere. I'm truly looking forward to 2021, while hoping that this current season will produce some exciting racing.
Joel
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Post by afx on Feb 17, 2020 8:18:40 GMT -8
Williams has decided against any "fundamental concept changes" with its new FW43 Formula 1 car, despite the difficulties it faced last season.
The Grove-based outfit is hopeful that its new 2020 car, which was revealed on Monday morning, will help it bounce back from a difficult 2019 campaign where it finished last in the constructors’ championship.
But although the FW42 picked up just a single point across 21 races, the outfit says that it has decided not to create a completely different car this season so that it can instead focus more on the areas of the car where there are big performance steps to be found.
Doug McKiernan, Williams’ design director, said: “We have paid significant attention to understanding the problem areas of the FW42 and we have carefully chosen parts of the car to develop, those that would give us the most performance for the resources we have.
“The main concept behind the FW43 is that it is a continuous development of the FW42, with no fundamental concept changes to the layout. The most important indicator that we are on the right path will be the level of correlation we have between the tool kit we use to design the car and what the track data is telling us.
“There has been a healthy development rate in the wind tunnel, and we have found reasonable improvements in the cooling efficiency. The team has addressed the mechanical issues that affected it in 2019, these include the brakes and the overall weight of the car. We have made some good progress across these areas and will continue to focus on them during the season.”
Adam Carter, who was made chief engineer following the arrivals of David Worner from Red Bull and Jonathan Carter from Renault, was clear that allowing the team to focus on areas where big gains can be made was the right approach.
“The decision to retain some of the core architecture of the FW42 means there has been less resource invested in developing new concepts, which in turn has rewarded the design team with greater bandwidth to optimise their work, evident in both packaging and component detail,” he explained.
“By preserving some key parameters, it has allowed for an uninterrupted development programme within aerodynamics in order to maximise the efficiency of the resources.
“As we head towards the pre-season tests and then onto the race season, the most important measure will be the progress relative to our peers, along with our intention of continuing our recent record of reliability.”
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Post by Joel_W on Feb 17, 2020 8:37:42 GMT -8
JC, I was just reading this on the Racer Magazine site. Basically the only thing new on the FW42 for 2020 is the name change to the FW43. Honestly, I have zero faith in this updated version being any more competitive then the FW42 was. After all, the other 9 teams have new cars that all claim are better overall then their last year's cars. So even if Williams does correct many of the basic faults of their flawed design, they'll be no closer to competitive to even the back of the grid then they were last year. Someone should tell Clair that they're not going to be racing the 2019 field.
Honestly, for the life of me, I can't understand why they continue to bang their collective heads against the F1 wall, when they'd most likely struggle to be mid pack in F2.
Joel
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2020 10:28:29 GMT -8
Well I must say, the way I felt about this forum yesterday to the way I feel about it this morning is what I guess you could term a 360 degree turn around.
I just got into work and I opened my laptop - I spend most of my 9 hour shift staring at this computer screen. I deliberately set it up so that any post notices from this Forum would show up in my work e-mail folder lol ... cheating I know, but hey I'm a Gemini so what can I say. I truly thought that this forum was a ghost town for a builder like myself - what I mean by that is a builder who literally thinks and breathes modeling on a 24 hour basis ...and loves to talk anything modeling related to anyone who will listen.. much to my lovely wife's Chagrin.. bless her heart. However I just read the 3 posts here from AFX (would love to know your real name at some point) Tatocorvette, John, and becoming my favorite - Joel.
I'm 48 years old but I am told I look 25 - which is terribly funny because I have no secret to disclose whatsoever ... just have a baby face.
I was pleasantly surprised to read your response AFX, mainly because I suppose secretly you are the one I hope to get the most feedback from - so thank you. Unfortunately for some reason I can never view your builds - so I am yet to see one. I hope to figure this out, and soon, I really do.
Tatocorvette, hearing from you was cool because I know you have skills. Start up that Nascar build again and lets share notes - you'll have fun I promise, even thought it's not a Corvette. Hey you know what? We can hunt down a resin Stingray body shell for you and you can do a 'What if Corvette Nascar Model' 
John, hearing from you was very special not just because we are fellow Canucks, but hearing that I contributed to your purchase of a Nascar model is very cool indeed. I would love to follow your build and share tips going forward And remember - before I started these Nascars I was only building F1 Models in both 1/18 and 1/12th Scale.
Joel, I think you know at this point that you are my favorite voice here, you always have taken the time to respond to me and we have shared some fun stories together. You truly are the reason I haven't given up and left, thank you sir. I would love nothing more than to hear that you did indeed purchase a Nascar Model  .. and please, no more talk about making it to next year - you're not going anywhere - and that's an order!
I will post some of what is currently on my bench at the moment here later today for anyone who is interested.
Thank you again gentlemen for making my Sunday
JC is my name and here are two of my NASCAR builds: Benny Parsons' '71 Mercury Cyclone; race-car-models.proboards.com/thread/471/71-mercury-cyclone-benny-parsonsJoe Ruttman's '82 Buick: race-car-models.proboards.com/thread/824/82-buick-joe-ruttman2 pretty clean builds JC - thank you for sharing the photos. I love the '82 Buick - I'm in the middle of doing yellow rims on my Mustang and it's a challenge. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2020 10:31:40 GMT -8
Williams is lost, and it breaks my heart .. much in the same way that Mclaren was for so long, and only now hopefully getting back to form (despite the ugly livery Ughh)
2021 will be interesting.. that's all I'm willing to say at this point - I've read and studied all the changes coming in and I'm not convinced that it's going to produce closer racing, BUT I hope I'm wrong
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Post by Joel_W on Feb 17, 2020 11:06:39 GMT -8
JC,
As usual, your previous builds that you say are basically OOB, have way more then enough details for even my eyes to pick out. Engine wiring, fuel & coolant lines all are up to your usual high standards. Both builds truly bring me back to the days when stock cars were basically stock cars, so what won on Sunday, sold on Monday for sure.
Joel
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Post by Joel_W on Feb 17, 2020 11:12:32 GMT -8
Adrean,
I'm a huge McLaren fan since their days in the Can Am. Met Bruce & Denny at the 1967 & 1968 Bridgehampton Can AM's. My God were they the class of the field. Well, with the exception of Jim Hall's Chapparal's which always managed to break down with that semi automatic transmission.
I kind of like their livery as it Transends both F1 & Indy Car. But I liked last years F1 better. With that said, Sainz and Norris should both have stellar seasons and I'm hoping that they're the top of the mid pack or maybe even the back of the top 3: Mercedes, Ferrari, & Red Bull. But my favorite driver by far is Mad Max Verstappen, then it Hamilton without any doubt.
Joel
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Post by afx on Feb 17, 2020 17:57:37 GMT -8
JC, I was just reading this on the Racer Magazine site. Basically the only thing new on the FW42 for 2020 is the name change to the FW43. Honestly, I have zero faith in this updated version being any more competitive then the FW42 was. After all, the other 9 teams have new cars that all claim are better overall then their last year's cars. So even if Williams does correct many of the basic faults of their flawed design, they'll be no closer to competitive to even the back of the grid then they were last year. Someone should tell Clair that they're not going to be racing the 2019 field. Honestly, for the life of me, I can't understand why they continue to bang their collective heads against the F1 wall, when they'd most likely struggle to be mid pack in F2. Joel It is sad what Williams has become. They were already several seconds of pace last season and to go into this campaign with effectively the same car - could be really ugly. |
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Post by Joel_W on Feb 18, 2020 6:10:29 GMT -8
JC,
What I also can't see is why any sponsor, especially, the title sponsor would spend that kind of money on a known last place back marker. why would any sponsor want to be associated with that kind of a team?
Joel
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Post by afx on Feb 18, 2020 8:23:33 GMT -8
JC, What I also can't see is why any sponsor, especially, the title sponsor would spend that kind of money on a known last place back marker. why would any sponsor want to be associated with that kind of a team? Joel How do you make a small fortune in racing? Start with a large one. |
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Post by Joel_W on Feb 18, 2020 8:52:38 GMT -8
Exactly
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.. and please, no more talk about making it to next year - you're not going anywhere - and that's an order!