Darren Clark's Home Page

This is the front page to my website. Here you can browse over the construction of my Ford Cosworth powered Dax Rush kit car, my radio controlled model helicopters and you can also find a link to my Photography web pages and image portfolio HERE.

Some of the pages may take a little time to load fully as there are quite a few images. It's best to view my pages full screen, 1024 x 768 resolution.

Around two years ago I re-started a hobby which I used to take part in around 15 years ago. I used to fly radio controlled aircraft when I was at school and although never got very far in the hobby I always had a great interest in them. Having seen the radio controlled helicopters you can get now I decided to give that a try and am now totally hooked on them. Here are a few pictures and details of the helicopters I am now flying ......

Photography

I am a keen photographer and I'm always out and about with my Camera. Click on this link to go to my Photography web pages and image portfolio. These pages contain some of my favourite pictures and images taken locally and also from around the World. I also 'blog' for my local Evening Gazette Newspaper Website and publish some of pictures on that site each week. Click on the link to the left to find out more.

I predominantly use a 10.1 megapixel Canon EOS 1DMkIII along with a 10.1 megapixel Canon EOS 400D with BG-E3 Grip. Lenses vary depending on the shooting situation and included a Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC HSM wide angle lens, Canon EF 24-105mm f4L IS USM standard zoom lens, Canon EF 70-200 f2.8L IS USM zoom lens, Canon EF 300mm f2.8L IS USM prime lens and Canon EF 600mm f4L IS USM prime lens.

I also frequently use such items as Canon 1.4x II & 2.0x II Converters, Canon EF12 II & EF25 II Extension Tubes, Canon Speedlight 580EX Flash, Various Cokin/Kood filters. I support my equipment with a Manfrotto MagFibre Pro 055MFG Tripod or Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod along with either a 466RC2 three way head or 486RC2 ball head. I also use a Manfrotto Monopod with 234 head. Finally I haul it all around in a Lowepro Mini Trekker AW or Lowepro Lens Trekker 600AW.

Why not visit the Dax Rush Owners Club web pages for news, reviews and gossip from other owners of this fantastic car. After you've looked at my pages first of course !!

Follow this link to DJ Sportscars - the company that builds the Dax Rush and also the Tojeiro, a Cobra replica).

Also worth a visit is the North East Kit Car Club website. Here you can all the activities going on in the North East of England.


	Which Kit? Magazine wrote a feature on my Dax Rush Cosworth in their December 2000 issue. Reproduced here is the article including all the pictures as seen in the magazine.		Also included is a brief description of life offshore whilst working on various rig's in the North Sea oil industry. One or two pictures taken on rig's I've worked on are availably to view if you are at all interested! I have also included a list of Companies I have worked for along with the rig and companies I have worked for.