Okay, if anyone feels like buying me something for Christmas, HS has this full-scale replica of a 917-K with actual racing tyres, and inside you get a 1:32 LeMans slot-car track with 12 cars, including the 917-K, Ferrari 512S Longtail*, and Lola T70. Only $125,000 ( Read more... )

So, I woke up this morning with a bunch of little black plastic bead-like things in bed with me. Under magnification they resembled acutely-oblate spheroids, each about a millimetre across, and maybe a third of that thick, made from some very shiny plastic or possibly resin. I haven't a clue what they are, although I tend to blame the usual ( Read more... )