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The Scalextric Westfield is now finished. Just need to get some track out and go for a blat.

History is littered (no pun intended) with things that at the time were seen as a good thing but in hindsight were not. Asbestos in lagging and buildings killed people but at the time it was a wonder material. Same with plastic, great idea but with hindsight rally bad overall and no one cannot be appalled by the sight of plastic in the oceans and rivers, but we can do something about it but as always it is at a cost. We use reusable bags and as they wear out are using hessian ones, they cost more but housewives in the past never had anything but proper shopping baskets and bags that lasted years. The biggest issue is how we deal with waste. Eu rules on landfill tax has meant we in the west export our rubbish and then are shocked to see it simply tipped into the sea at the other side of the world. We need to start having more incinerators and use the heat to create power and then the ash goes to landfill as it is inert by then and with carbon capture technology better than the alternatives. Reduce our consumption of all goods and push suppliers to use alternatives.For example our magazine comes in a plastic bag, my wife's WI magazine is a clear bag made out of potato starch that is 100% biodegradable. We have the technology to reverse many of the issues, so long as we the consumer is prepared to pay or to alter our ways which may be a little more inconvenient and those who deliberately pollute are held to account.

Here's some advanced notice. The provisional dates are 26-28 July 2019 which will be confirmed in early December, once the FIA has met to ratify the F1 calendar for 2019. Tickets will be available as before as a package with two adult tickets and one infield display pass for the WSCC area. I've asked for slightly more space than last year but, in any event, the space allocated will be based on cars registered when booking opens and our club code is generated. I've requested a parade lap to celebrate the 20th year of the FW400. Tickets will go on sale in early November, here are provisional car club prices. Super Early Bird Car Club Display Packages Prices from early November until 31st December 2018 Friday £43 Saturday £72 Sunday £60 2-Day Fri/Sat £82 2-Day Sat/Sun £94 3-Day Weekend £99 Early Bird Car Club Display Packages Available 1st January until 31st March 2019 Friday £45 Saturday £75 Sunday £62 2-Day Fri/Sat £92 2-Day Sat/Sun £101 3-Day Weekend £102 Standard Car Club Display Packages Available 1st April until 31st May 2019 Friday £52 Saturday £79 Sunday £67 2-Day Fri/Sat £102 2-Day Sat/Sun £112 3-Day Weekend £120 I'll post more information as it comes through.

The 3 models together,

I numbered all the leaves in my trees so I can stick them back on next year.

Just testingtesting twotesting threetesting four Thanks Ian I think I'v got the hang of it now Thanks again Jeff

I may have spent about two hours last night watching the first few episodes - there go my next few evenings!

It's there now.

Hi , will be great to meet you all, put some faces to names , and see the cars for real ,and have a holiday too. Cheers Jim .

It's an ECO lamp, tells you when you're not driving economically.

Saturday 3rd, Sunday 4th November, the Bath & West showground hosts the above event. An eclectic mix of classic vehicles, with kit cars in a separate hall, plus an assortment of accessories, spares, tools and second hand vehicle parts. Dorset area will have a stand at this event again this year. There will be a number of cars on display, representing a variety of Westfield models. Please come and say hello, we allways enjoy meeting fellow owners, prospective owners, or anyone interested in our cars, promise not to bore you too much! Wear your thermals if it's cold, the halls (cattle sheds!) can be chilly. More info via https://cvrs.bristolclassiccarshows.com/

Came across this event yesterday and (as I'm a bit of a rally fan) wondered if anyone from the South West would be interested in a meet on Sat 20th October at Wiscombe? Weather dependant for me as I have no weather gear but will keep my fingers crossed for no rain. http://lombardrallybath.co.uk/spectators-where-to-watch/

Anyone want photos of their car last weekend? Free to a good home!

Military Chopper came for a look and followed alongside breifly ....Llandegley area

That’s the WSCC Committee helicopter. I remember it well. Happy days.

@Steve (sdh2903) I've seen several of the different systems in my day job (building control) and if done right there's no reason why they can't be built to pass the Building Regulations approval (which would be required BTW) and then be fully legal but to do so you need to think about all aspects of the roof. That is to say that if you are insulating then you also need to consider the potential condensation risk and therefore ventilation. Likewise the existing roof structure was only designed to carry lightweight panels so any works or insulation could significantly increase structural loading onto the glazing frames. i've seen two roofs today but both very different in their design and approach. The first was a guardian roof system whist the second involved removing all the existing roof structure and replacing with timber and lightweight composite slates.

All being well I'll be there again

Now the guys are on it full time, they’re coming through much faster. Not weekly, to be sure, but not yearly now either!

Looks like you found some good roads John. I'll make sure I'm there next time.

We may be joining you for this but I'm not sure I can follow the rules about the hot water bottle!

Ah I see , at least that's a start then , someone up on Webcon seems to be what you need then .

Hi Jeff, Write some words. upload your pictures to the uploaded images area: Then put the cursor in the words were you wish to add the pic (e.g. Mine is placed after the colon:), then click the + symbol on the image you wish to insert. Then write some more words. Leave the cursor where you want the image to appear in your post and again click on the + symbol of the next pic Here's a few test pics from me I hope this helps?

Well done to all the winners (and runners up!) I've really enjoyed my first (rather limited) season and I'm looking forward to doing many more of the events next year. Thanks to everybody who has provided invaluable guidance and help particularly @John and @terry everall Tony

Other option is having 2nd set cut down windscreen pillars with persex/carbon between cut to height preferable to you.

Thanks for the reminder Adge for some reason it's not in the "upcoming events calendar"! This is the only kit car related show in the West Country now. It was great to meet you and your lovely car last year.

Hoping to attend especially if my half hood is made/fitted by then :-) Will be good to meet some more club members.

We shall be there! Be aware that Wiscombe parking is in a field and if it is wet or has been raining a lot the day before it does have a tendency to turn into a quagmire! One year we had to be pushed out. All adds to the fun though Likewise re the weather gear at the moment. Planning to get there for 10.

Yes my standard one is Ap also. It's not ap racing just standard ap. It still works fine as my earlier post

From the Standard Lucas wiring colours for comparison, Green would be ignition switch live (which you could check and confirm) and Yellow/Green is alternator rectifier.

Yes mine is also an ap but I don't think they are the upgraded ap racing ones.

Neither the Westfield style double bubble, nor the Caterham style blade screen is a particularly easily interchangeable screen. (Unlike on a Caterham, where swapping from the blade to conventional screen is quite straightforward) Essentially, it’s not possible with the currently available aero screens to have a set up that won’t show lots of mounting holes, one way round or the other. Unlike on a Caterham, where common mounting holes are used, and those that aren’t required are pretty much covered by the aeroscreen. On a Westfield, there are pretty much no common holes, and some of the biggies, aren’t covered when you put the windscreen back, or vice versa. Those that do want to swap regularly, generally, end up getting a spare scuttle, so that you have one with a windscreen, wipers etc and one with just an aeroscreen. Of course, this does also mean making sure all the parts normally mounted on the scuttle that would need to stay on the car, are mounted elsewhere. It can be done very effectively though.

Could be! No but just asked the previous owner and they said they never bothered to see what it was for but noticed it was always a mild glow, I think it’s alternator light like you say.... on plus side my handbrake light is identified and wasn’t working..... now it is thanks wd40

Ty Croes 6th/7th Oct 2018 Well the was the long awaited finale to the 2018 season. Most of the year had seen John Loudon and myself as leaders in the overall championship and Simon Waterfall pushing for at least Novice championship honours in the ex Kev Bamber car. After celebrating our 50thwedding anniversary Margaret and I booked a one week cruise to the Greek Islands and I would be back just in time for ANGLESEY. Whilst I was away John Loudon and Howard (I am sneaking up on you) Gaskin scored well at Curborough and suddenly there was 3 people in with a chance of the title. Despite the threat of rain the weather was very cold but dry all weekend and there was a good entry of 13 Westfields and 5 class J2 cars. Early excitement was when Mick Skidmore executed an excellent manoeuvre of his trailer (having offloaded his car) but due to his motorhome he had limited visibility and he reversed it into the carbon fibre nose cone of his car. I have to say that the grey duct tape repair was not nice to look at and I thought he should have used black tape for a far better visual impact. After the bar closed early at 2200hrs we had overnight rain that cleared up quickly on Saturday morning. Mark Anson was back out in his Jedi after an engine rebuild but he needed a last minute session of trying to balance his brakes. Sat – 1 lap of National circuit. In P1 there was a spin by Tony Smiley at Rocket in his Busa and so I got red flagged at the so that was a bad start. I also recollect that Simon Waterfall spun at Rocket in T1 so he was clearly pushing hard and trying to learn the circuit which was new to him. At the start of the top 12 run offs, Mark’s Jedi suffered a regulator failure and my bother Steve and I plus the paddock marshal Dorran pushed him to the start and its surprising how heavy that car is ………when Mark is sitting in it ! Luckily he had a spare regulator so we did not have to use our muscles again. Garry Bunn’s car sheared an alternator mounting bolt and damaged the dry sump pump belt but it was quickly repaired. A good day for most with 2 practice and 5 timed runs by our friends at LDMC. As well as setting a new class G record, I was quickest Westfield and second FTD in National B and I think Tony Smiley got best Novice despite his coolant issues which seemed to be related to not having a fan fitted and maybe a blown water pump fuse. It was good to see a few friends including Scott Beeland (original owner of the boghouse blue car), John Hoyle, Stephen Herbert and Sally, and later Paul Aspden and Jill. A few rough calculations by me suggested that Howard Gaskin had just squeezed in front of John Loudon and myself as he beat the target time and dropped a previous low score. There was confusion though as Alex Gaskin still believed his John Loudon was leading. Several of us retired to the bar for food and drinks and a bad omen for me was that I was given order number 13 which I tried, unsuccessfully, to pass to John and Howard. As usuakl the Westfield crowd were the last ones to be thrown out of the bar and get ready for tomorrow. Sun – I lap of International circuit It is fair to say that the targets (records) for this layout are very difficult and we doubted the ability to beat them and score well as the track was cold and we were on old rubber. In P1 John Loudon reported possible clutch slipping and in P2 Tony Smiley had the front edge of his rear undertray come loose, I suffered from flatshifter upshifts not working for some bizarre reason and then I stripped the threads on a wheel nut but luckily Derek Hodder had a spare. Garry’s car was now pushing out a lot of water from the header tank and he spun as the water sprayed onto the rear tyres. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a suspected blown head gasket. T1 saw John Loudon put in a great time of 88.70 secs which was as close a she got to the target of 88.02secs. garry Bunn spun at the final hairpin and Howard overshot the corner at the same place. I could not believe the buffeting the cars were experiencing at high speed particularly down the long back straight from Church to Rocket. In T2 Charlotte Phelps spun as did Simon Waterfall who lost it at the first corner and nearly hit the tyre wall. Adam Phelps was going very quickly and was quickest in class H chased by Chris Griffiths in his Millington Diamond powered car. Best novice prize went to Simon Waterfall. I have missed out a lot but I could not be everywhere so I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend including Mark Bishop and Ian Davenport in classes A and C. So where did it all finish? Howard Gaskin was indeed our overall champion by a ridiculously small margin with John Loudon second and me 3rd. Simon Waterfall wrapped up a great season by winning the Novice title and also winning class A. Once again the Speed Series produced a season where it came down to the very last event of 37 to decide positions. In class J2 Steve Broughton just pipped Matt Hillam on both days. Roll on next year… I cant wait. Hope to see many of you at the award night. Terry Everall Class G competitor

Derby and Notts have done rather well this year

Eventually we found each other. Billy no mates. Found something interesting. Here we all are. Many thanks Jeff for organising this, what a great turnout on a great day, nice meet friends old and new

You've been spotted by my son!

+1 for nilfisk here too

Another switch to Nilfisk after Karchers failing on me too many times, I’ve also had a number of things from the Cleanstore, linked to above, now, including the Nilfisk and wet/dry Hoover’s etc. they’ve been very good to deal with.

I've used a nilfisk for the past few years with no complaints as I was sick of my karchers failing. Used these guys with great service http://www.cleanstore.co.uk

The tyre itself has nothing in the construction that prevents it from being run 'backwards', except for the tread pattern as has been said (but only in the wet). If you are wearing tyres that unevenly I would suggest there is a setup issue somewhere. If you can post a well-lit and in focus photo of each tyre, I can tell you what changes are needed.

Hi all After reading that average Caterham owners don't often modify their cars, or keep them them for very long I thought you might like a look at this link found by one of my mates at work: https://www.adrianflux.co.uk/forever-cars/seven-heaven-the-teenage-dream-that-never-died/?utm_source=c12w2fccaterhamsevenlink&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=c12w2 Perhaps I'd get out in the sunshine this week... Gary

Can't make this one I'm afraid.