Another Great Weekend for Wickens

Wickens Lausitz

Robert Wickens had a great time at the Lausitzring last weekend, finishing third in both races and vaulting to the top of the DTM championship in the process.  Congratulations Robert!

Sorry this is a bit late – only saw the races on Wednesday. Better late than never though – eh?

Rendering Practice

Rend prac

A quick side view and some renders of same – did these for some of my students who are interested in doing a little early summer sketching practice – they’ve been tasked with the same thing. Next up? Front three quarter views… much more challenging.

Fiat 500 in progress

Fiat Up

Another car in the works at Ricci Collision – this one a lovely Fiat 500 in (now) pristine condition, that looks like it only needs the wheels to be added to go…

First marker rendering I’ve done in a bit. Thought it might be a little quicker than the usual line work I do – wasn’t. 🙂 Must be out of practive.

Alfa Romeo GTV

Alfa GTV Ricci
Remember the dent my Alfa Spider received? Well, I’ve got it in the shop for repairs now. I was concerned that the work be done correctly, so sought advice from my mechanic who sent me to “Ricci Collision” Their garage was reassuringly full of old Alfas and Fiats (amongst others) in various states of progress. Thanks to Paolo (one of the proprietors) for allowing me to toddle around the garage with my camera!

Above we have a GTV t1750 or 2000 that looked not far off (in spite of the way I sketched it) being ready for paint. Behind is a Duetto, half covered by a tarp, already painted a beautiful red.

Robert Wickens, Hockenheim

RW

Congratulations to Robert Wickens – 2nd in Race 1 and 6th in Race 2 (DTM at Hockenheim) – 2nd overall in the new season – great start! Click for larger image…

Italians in a garage

underfiat

An old Fiat under a Duetto. This is what I found when I took my Alfa in for service. Reassuring.

More stuff from the basement of wonders…

Metralla Hub

The rear hub of a Bultaco Metralla… well – a bit of a “Faux-taco Metralla”. Or would that be “Bultaco Faux-tralla”?  Gerald is building a Metralla he can ride and park regularly without concern, and thus, rather than making a stock bike, is cobbling bits together from different sources, while keeping the appearance of the original. Can’t wait to see the outcome.

Bultaco 360 Astro engine

<Bultaco Astro

From Gerald’s basement, again. A wealth of sketching opportunity there… 🙂

Click to enlarge. Am trying to remember to futz with the HTML so this works.

Half an engine…

Half engine

… is better than none…

More stuff from Gerald’s basement.

Gerald’s Basement

G2

A wall in Gerald’s (the proud owner of the Metralla in the dining room) basement – apparently he’s watched the same movies as I have – references anyone?

🙂