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  • 1:32nd scale interior details for race and drift cars

    Posted on June 23, 2017 7:09 pm by Ian Pattinson Comment

    Another new 3D product designed by me. I’ve got a bunch of 1:32nd scale car models in the to-build pile, many of them Japanese. So I’ve designed some interior parts inspired by drifters and Kanjo street racers. There are extended gear shifters (one based on a samurai sword), a hydraulic hand brake, battery isolation switches and digital data loggers.


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  • Going sideways. Sipping champagne.

    Posted on January 25, 2016 5:03 pm by Ian Pattinson

    2015-Rolls-Royce-Drift-by-Paddy-McGrath-1-1200x800

    I don’t understand the rules of competitive drifting, but I do love the spectacle of it*. I also appreciate the humour an No-Fucks-Given attitude of many of the participants. Particularly when the result is something like this stealth black Rolls Royce drift car, built for a pro drifter as part of a TV documentary.

    What I always wanted to see was a chopped, sectioned and channelled Roller, kustom style. The nearest I’m going to get to that is building one as a kit. I started one based upon one of these Minicraft Silver Cloud IIs, but butchered it. I need to buy another and have a go again.

    *Motorsport could be considered a guilty pleasure for a Green. I don’t care.


    1:1 Drifting Reference Rolls Royce
  • Mad Max going sideways

    Posted on January 23, 2012 6:11 pm by Ian Pattinson

    Gotta love a good drift video.

    via Battlestance


    Drifting YouTube
  • Sideways on the back lot

    Posted on August 30, 2011 6:21 pm by Ian Pattinson

    Lunacy in Hollywood from Ken Block.

    You can do Gymkhana style driving in the latest game from the Dirt series.


    Drifting XBox YouTube
  • Drifting at the Trafford Centre

    Posted on April 29, 2010 8:28 pm by Ian Pattinson

    Drifting at the Trafford Centre

    It may be wrong for an eco-worrier such as I to enjoy motorsport, but I do. I’ve been fascinated by drifting for a while. I blame Need For Speed and Initial D. The rules of drifting must make it the only motorsport which is scored on style. Mostly I was happy to see cars going sideways and I didn’t mind who won.

    Drifting at the Trafford Centre

    Drifting at the Trafford Centre

    Drifting at the Trafford Centre

    Motorsport doesn’t often come this close to the centre of Manchester. That the course could be laid out with mini cones on the Trafford Centre’s overflow carpark must have helped. Practice was on the Saturday, but I went for the racing on the Sunday. There was other entertainment laid on- a monster truck and motocross stunts- and a number of interesting cars in the car park. By the end of the day I was covered in flecks of tyre rubber, a side effect of standing on the apex of the corners. There are more pictures in the Drifting at the Trafford Centre set.


    Drifting inspiration Reference Trafford Centre
  • Drifting 101

    Posted on February 26, 2008 7:14 pm by Ian Pattinson

    Some hints on how not to drift a car around a corner. As we now have Need for Speed Pro Street we should take notes.


    Drifting video games

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