To see this in person is to be beguiled by the amazing complexity of the engine. Drawn from a photograph taken at the BMW museum in Munich.
Engine fault…
This wire came loose on the way home today, on the highway. I noticed the car “hesitating” and thought…hmmm – carb? but when I allowed the car to coast a little the “generator” light came on and the oil pressure dropped – so I had a pretty shrewd idea of what was going next – we took the highway as close to home as possible but as soon as we came off and the car was at a stoplight it did the expected and died. Turns out it was this wee wire which runs from a housing in front of the carb… I presume that this is a ground, and that when it came off, it shorted the alternator/generator. Cleaned the wire, but couldn’t get it back in the “clamp” so I simply unscrewed the bolt and mashed it in between the washer and the clamp – and after a couple of cranks it went again.
Amazing – I fixed the fault but I have no idea how or why… 🙂
Spanish GP
Leica
Thought I’d take a break from cars… lovely piece of design this.
Frankfurt Sketch
A bit naughty of me – have been distracted by some basement renovation “excitement” that has sidetracked me, and so I am recycling a sketch that I did in the Town Square of Frankfurt last spring. An American Bloke was so fascinated by the fact that I was sketching on a pub patio that he stood me 2 beers. Lesson? Always carry your sketchbook… 🙂
ME109
As Promised (though a day late) another Messerschmitt… (a 109) it’s a quick sketch and the discriminating amongst you will complain about the elipse of the rear wheel as compared to the tail-plane… My bad. First plane I’ve sketched in a while – good fun!
May 1
Hard to believe that it’s been 19 years…
I know I’d promised a Messerschmitt today, but I’d forgotten the date. Tomorrow.
Messerschmitt K175
…I’ll bet you that if McDonnell Douglas ever built a car, it won’t be this cute… another Messerschmitt tomorrow, but this time a plane…
TR6 Concept (TR9?)
A quick sketch of a car I’d like to see updated…
I’m pretty sure that this was one of the cars upon which the Miata (Mazda MX5) was based – but, although I love the Miata, it lacks the hairy chested brutishness of the TR6… and thus, this offering…
D-Type Photoshop, in progress
Thought I’d update the sketch I did earlier this week. The sketch was imported into photoshop and I began rendering – one of the toughest things to do is to determine and limit your colour palette, I wanted this to be primarily green/blue with some minimal beige and indian red to warm it up. Playing with some new brushes, as well. This is all done with my mouse, as I have yet to upgrade to the more popular tablet…
Caught in my headlights 