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75 May/June 2014 $6.95 1951 Formula 1 Champion REAL Race Car Sound

Six Full Race Car Track Tests: 1967 Trans-Am Ford Mustang

USA $6.95 1968 Trans-Am Ford Mustang 1970 Trans-Am Dodge Challenger 2012 V12 Vantage 1999 BMW V12 LMR LeMans

www.modelcarracingmag.com 1982 512 BB LM LeMans

Walter Rohrl and Christian Geistdorfer in their Sport Quattro E2, on the way to winning the 1985 San Remo, Italy round of World Rally Cup series. ---LAT Photo

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11 Trans-Am TRACK TEST: Supertuned Racers, Part 109: Magnet-Free: Carrera 1968 Mustang Fastback by Marc Purdham 12 Trans-Am TRACK TEST: ON THE COVER: The 1/32 scale Flyslot Flying Lizard 911 on its way ALL-TIME SHOOT-OUT to win the ALMS GT2 class at Miller Motorsport Park in Tooele, Utah in 2009. Supertuned Racers, Part 110: Magnet-Free: 1/32 Scale Model Car Racing: Scalextric vs. Carrera vs. Pioneer vs. SCX. by Marc Purdham 7 LeMans Flyslot Porsche 997 GT3 RSR 13 Start Here Setup, Part 1: Alignment by Bill Wright by Robert Schleicher 8 Home Racing 14 World Rally Cup Onboard Race car sound from Flyslot Scalextric 1985 Audi Sport Quattro E2 by Bill Wright 16 Real (Vintage) Race Track Plans: 2-Lane Unicorn Raceway for Scalextric Sport, Classic, SCX, Ninco, Carrera (with optional lane-changing) on a 9 x 17-foot tabletop. by Robert Schleicher 19 Real Race Tracks on a Tabletop 2-Lane Unicorn Raceway for Scalextric Sport, Classic, 9 Trans-Am SCX, Ninco or Carrera (with optional lane-changing) on a TRACK TEST: 5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop. Supertuned Racers, Part 107: by Robert Schleicher Magnet-Free: 20 Race Car Shop Scalextric 1970 Dodge Challenger Formula 1 by Marc Purdham Dave Jones 1950 Alfa Romeo 158 with Penelope Pitlane Chassis 10 Trans-Am by Bill Deuroen TRACK TEST: Supertuned Racers, Part 108: 26 LeMans Magnet-Free: TRACK TEST: Pioneer 1968 Mustang Fastback Slotwings 1982 Ferrari 512BB LM by Marc Purdham by Marc Purdham 4 Model Car Racing 28 LeMans TRACK TEST: NSR 2012 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 by Marc Purdham 32 LeMans Scaleauto 1975 Pantera HO Model Car Racing: by Bill Wright 49 Track Plans 34 GT Racing 4-Lane Paramount Ranch Track Scalextric 2012 GranTurismo MC Trofeo on a 5 x 9-foot Ping-Pong Tabletop with a 4 x 4-foot table by Bill Wright to create a 5 x 13-foot tabletop by Robert Schleicher 35 Club Racing Trofeo Racing Departments: by Robert Schleicher 6 Editorial: No Coincidences 36 Supercars 48 Pit Board Scalextric Lamborghini Aventador 50 Club Directory 51 New For 2014-15 by Albin Burroughs 38 NASCAR Racing On Your Tablet: Scalextric 1970 Dodge Charger Daytona Model Car Racing is now available for iPad or Kindle. Just click on the by Albin Burroughs Apple iTunes icon and search for Model Car Racing to order individual issues, subscriptions or a limited number of back issues. There’s more 40 LeMans information on page 56 of this issue. TRACK TEST: Where To Buy Model Car Racing Products: Arrow Slot 1999 BMW V12 LMR Dealers: A listing of the addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, by Marc Purdham and websites of all the dealers that carry Model Car Racing magazine appears on our website at www.modelcarracingmag.com 42 Digital Racing Manufacturers: A listing of the addresses and websites of firms that Slot.it oXigen Digital Chips for Formula 1 cars manufacture model car racing products appears on our website at by Robert Schleicher www.modelcarracingmag.com: MORE INFORMATION: There is an Index of all of the past issues, a Digest of the results of the first 257 cars in our Race Track Test series, Pros and Cons of plastic track by brand, the Pros and Cons of the four digital systems, Pros and Cons of 1/43 scale and an index of the 157 previously published track plans, by size, on our website at www.modelcarracingmag.com. READY-TO-RUN CARS YOU CAN RACE AT HOME

45 Your Track Vintage Racing: Robert Schleicher’s Three-Lane Wood 16 x 18-foot Unicorn Raceway 57 LeMans Slot.it 1968 Ford GT40 by Robert Schleicher Model Car Racing 5 No Coincidences This is our 75th issue. I almost missed the sig- (that would be guilt), but to make you aware that May 17-18, 2014. One of the largest model car nificance of that and planned some other articles buying on Amazon or eBay has far more conse- racing gatherings in the world takes place in England for this issue. However, 75 magazines do contain quences than you saving a few dollars. each spring at the UK Slot Car Festival (www. a major data base of information. We have pub- A Bit Of Personal History, ukslotcarfestival.co.uk/). There are over a dozen lished articles on about 95-percent of the model tracks you can try, ranging from HO to 1/32 scale racing cars that have been manufactured over Again, no coincidence, but I just discovered a file digital, and all of the major manufacturers will be the past 12 years. The magazine is a source for drawer that I had not opened in 15 years and in- there with, essentially, the same products they dimensions and brief histories of nearly 500 side were photos and drawings of my first perma- previewed in Nurenburg a few months earlier---your full-size race cars that are the prototypes for the nent model car racing track. The plans and photos chance to see nearly all the good stuff that is coming models. The basic information you will want to of the Unicorn Raceway are on pages 45-47. I was for the next year. fortunate beyond belief because Albert Hetzel get the most from model car racing is listed on October 4 and 5, 2014. The National Hobby had the skills (that I did not) to build the track. www.modelcarracingmag.com under “New To show, the iHobby Expo is now at the Renaissance The Hobby?” All of the articles in the first 72 is- It was one of the most challenging and enjoyable Schaumburg Convention Center, 1551 N. Thoreau sues are indexed on www.modelcarracingmag. tracks to race on, even more so with fifty-odd Dr., Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 about 20-minutes com and are searchable, but you will need to years of trying other raceways. northwest of O’Hare Airport. The iHobby Expo (www. search through each of twelve volumes. At the I was also fortunate to have Al as an older racing ihobbyexpo.com/Public.html) has become the end of the year we will post a comprehensives partner and we tested and tuned cars and raced largest gathering in the United States for the model index of all 78 issues. them in hobby shops and homes in Southern Cali- car racing importers and manufacturers. Usually, Scalextric, NINCO, SCX, AFX and Auto World have fornia. With very systematic testing against a “con- We have Race Track Tested examples of virtually demo tracks as well as displays of their latest trol” car, we were able to see if extra weight made every new chassis as they have appeared and, in products. a difference, where to put that weight, how many some cases, gone back after ten-years (in the case turns of wire to peel-off the motor armature (or of Scalextric sidewinder chassis on page 9 and what size copper wire to try next on the armature), the Slotwings (nee-Flyslot and Fly) sidewinder Volume 13, Number 3 (issue number 75) what treatment compounds worked best and a chassis on pages 26-27) and tested them again to May/June 2014 host of other variables. Whatever it was, it worked see if the years made any difference. We are using because we both won more than our fair share of Publisher: Technical Editor: the same test tracks and the same instruments to Robert Schleicher Chris Walker races on those 1/32 and 1/24 scale home tracks. measure the cars and their magnetic . The commercial raceways appeared about that Editor: Track Test Editor: The cars that were made ten-years ago and time but that was a completely different hobby. Robert Schleicher Marc Purdham more, were really excellent, the only really no- The Joy of Oversteer Layout & Design: Agency Graphics, Ltd. table improvement in that decade plus has been the chassis with a fully-adjustable motor pod What the Unicorn Raceway did reveal was the Contributing Editors: (like the NSR on pages 28-31, Slot.it Ford GT40 joy of oversteer. It hooked us all. There were no Mark Gussin Jeremy Dunning Jason Boye Dan Wilson Alan Schwartz Dan Esposito on page 57 and Arrow Slot BMW on pages 40- downforce magnets in those days (and even if Brad Bowman Bernard Sampson Pat Dennis 41). These somewhat up-market examples are there were, the copper or aluminum pickup tape also lighter than most of the older cars. Having would not have allowed any magnetic downforce Editors Emeritus: said that, the newer Carrera cars are heavier in effect). The were hard Veco model airplane Rocky Russo Bill Sipple Albin Adams a successful attempt make them almost inde- landing gear tires, and, later, we skimmed the Jose Rodriguez Jim Russell structible for 8-year olds. The Scalextric cars, skin from the Veco foam model airplane tires Bob Braverman Ron Klein conversely are nearly identical in weight, per- and treated them with a range of chemicals that Circulation & Dealer Contact: formance and excellent detail as their 2002 cars. started with pungent smelling oil of wintergreen, email address: [email protected] STP and progressed to some really vile stuff. You Model Car Racing Publications, Inc. In the there-are-no-coincidences department, soon learned that you had build sturdy stops to 6525 Gunpark Drive, Suite 370-142 Arrow Slot (division of Scaleauto) has just keep the pickup from pivoting more than 45-de- Boulder, CO 80301-3346 shipped a completely new replica of the 1999 grees. Why? Because the tails of all the cars slid website: www.ModelCarRacingMag.com BMW V12 LMR, We did a comparison of the so wide that you had to develop the skill to “lean” Carrera and Ninco then-new replicas of the 1999 Model Car Racing (USPS 020-443, ISSN 1538-9170) is published the car on the pickup with the pickup at full lock. bimonthly by Model Car Racing Publications, Inc., 6525 Gunpark Drive, LeMans-winning BMW V12 LMR in the first is- Suite 370-142, Boulder, CO 80301-3346. © Copyright 20134, Model sue, January/February 2002. prior to about 1970 was the realm Car Racing Publications, Inc. of relatively narrow tires. Virtually all of the full- The hobby itself is healthier than ever, judging Individual issue price $6.95. No current issues or back issues are size road racing cars, from Formula 1 Lotus 49s available from the publisher but a list of dealers who carry the magazine by Model Car Racing magazine’s readership. We to D-Type Jaguars to (most especially) Corvettes is on the website at www.modelcarracingmag.com. All sales and have more subscribers to the paper edition than subscriptions are not returnable. were quickest around nearly every corner if all we have had in several years, plus more readers of SUBSCRIPTION RATE: United States: 1 year (6 issues) $35.00. We can four wheels were sliding and, almost always, with the internet editions, and the iPad and Amazon only accept Canadian or foreign subscriptions for the digital version of the the rear sliding further out than the front. There’s magazine, which is $19.95 for six issues. We cannot accept subscription tablet editions. orders for the paper version of the magazine from countries other than more information of powersliding, oversteer, un- the United States. Although the hobby is healthy, the hobby dealers dersteer, push, loose, wedge and drift on page 49. EXPEDITED SHIPPING SERVICE: Not available. are less so. Far, far too many folks are buying their Today, you have to provoke rear end slides, in any POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Model Car Racing Publications, hobby products on eBay and Amazon. There is full-size car or, setup the car to slide for the drift- Inc., 6525 Gunpark Drive, Suite 370-142, Boulder, CO 80301-3346. a consequence; about half of the hobby shops ing sport. Our models recreated not only the ap- Periodicals Postage is paid at Boulder, Colorado and at additional mailing in North American that were in business when pearance of the earlier race cars themselves but offices. our first issue appeared are gone. If you want to their broadsliding cornering attitude. And, yes, it Model Car Racing assumes that all letters, new product information, photographs of any kind, and other unsolicited materials are contributed be able pickup a new car, hold it and gauge its did take (or so we believed---and still do) about as gratis whether mailed or sent electronically. Model Car Racing assumes appearance and value on the spot, you will find much sheer skill to drive a sliding 1/32 scale car no responsibility for the return of unsolicited material. Solicited articles fewer and fewer places to do that. My intention, as it did to drive one of those narrow-tired sixties- and photographs are paid for within 45 days after publication, at which time Model Car Racing obtains full publication rights. Unsolicited here, is not to give the gift that keeps on giving era 1/1 scale cars. And we can still do it! materials can be returned if adequate postage is included.

6 Model Car Racing Le Mans Flyslot “Alpha” With Real Racing Sound 2010 “Flying Lizard” Porsche 997/911 GT3 RSR The Flyslot Porsche 997 GT3 RSR is the first of a series with built-in sound. The model is also available without sound in their lower-cost “Alpha” series. By Bill Wright

Flyslot has shipped the most famous modern era Porsche 997/911 The Flying Lizard Porsche 911, with Patrick Long and Joerg Bergmeister driving, won the GT2 class in the American LeMans Series in 2009. This is the car on its way to GT3 racer, the LeMans and ALMS-winning Porsche, driven by Joerg win the ALMS GT2 class at Miller Motorsport Park in Tooele, Utah. ----LAT Photo Bergmeister, Johannes van Overbeek, Patrick Long and Marc Lieb, that was sponsored by Flying Lizard Motorsports (www.lizardms.com/) in • 2005 Third in ALMS GT2 Driver and Team Championship Sonoma, California. There’s more information on the Flyslot Porsche 997/911 GT3 RSR in the November/December 2012 number 66 issue. • 2004 Second in ALMS GT2 Driver and Championship The Flyslot model is a replica of the car that finished second in the GT2 class at Sebring in 2007 after a fender-banging exit from the last corner How Fast With of the last lap by the winning Ferrari 430 GT2 (that was featured in the Downforce Magnet? November/December 2007 number 36 issue). The Flying Lizard cars have featured nearly-identical paint schemes that have appeared on the The Flyslot “Alpha” series cars all have essentially the same inline cars at LeMans since 2006 and in the ALMS series. In addition, some of chassis with SP-size motors as the Flyslot 1970 Ferrari 512S Coda cars that raced in Europe carried the same style graphics but in much Lunga that was Race Track Tested in the July/August 2012 number 64 different color combinations. The Flyslot model is painted to recreate issue, so the Porsche should have similar performance. The lap times the Porsche 997RSR GT2 that raced at the Laguna Seca 2010 ALMS and other test results for all of the track tests in the first 72 issues are race, driven by Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister. available on the website under “More Information”, then click on the link “Race Car Tests”. The Flying Lizard (www.lizardms.com) Porsche 911 cars have been successful MODEL CAR RACING TRACK TEST “Out-of-the-box”: in LeMans and other GT races for nearly a decade with these results: Flyslot Fly MRRC MRRC Scalextric Scalextric Monogram • 2011 Fourth in ALMS GT Driver Championship and third in 512S Ford GT40 GT40 Chaparral Ferrari P4 Ford GT40 Cobra ALMS GT Team Championship Mk. IV 2F Daytona • 2010 First and second (Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long) Lap Time, 36-foot Scalextric Indy F1 Course: in the ALMS GT Driver Championship 4.14 sec. 4.05 sec. 3.49 sec. 3.65 sec. 3.60 sec. 4.30 sec. 4.20 sec. • 2009 ALMS GT2 Driver (Joerg Bergmeister, Patrick Long) and Lap Time, 36-foot Carrera Indy F1 Course: Team Champions 3.90 sec. 4.35 sec. 4.15 sec. 3.88 sec. 3.43 sec. 4.28 sec. 4.29 sec. • 2008 ALMS GT2 Driver (Joerg Bergmeister, Wolf Henzler) and The Flyslot “Alpha” series 1970 Ferrari 512S Coda Lunga was Race Track Tested in the Team Champions November/December 2012 number 66 issue, Fly Ford GT40 (sidewinder) in the March/April 2004 number 14 issue, the MRRC 1967 Ford GT40 Mk.IV in the July/August 2009 number • 2007 Second in ALMS GT2 Driver (Joerg Bergmeister, 46 issue, the Chaparral 2F in the May/June 2007 number 33 issue, the Scalextric Ferrari Johannes van Overbeek) and Team Championship 330P4 in the May/June 2006 number 27 issue, the Scalextric Ford GT40 in the January/ • 2006 Second and fourth in ALMS GT2 Driver (Johannes February 2003 number 7 issue, and the Monogram Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe in the van Overbeek and Wolf Henzler) Championship and Third in March/April 2003 number 8 issue. ALMS Team Championship

Model Car Racing 7 The Sound of Racing!

Finally, the hills are alive with the sound of thrashing pistons and valves. Sound has been an integral part of the model railroad hobby for decades and some trackside sound devices have been offered for model car racing. Now, Flyslot has fitted a sound chip inside the car with an onboard speaker and rechargeable (through the USB jack) battery to power it. The sound is programmed for acceleration (including longer time intervals between the gear changes as the acceleration increases), cruising and stopping (the sound of blipping throttle plus flashing lights). The sound is a realistic recreation of a modern turbocharged GT car (like the prototype of the Flyslot Porsche). Fortunately, the gears in the Flyslot model are relatively quiet so the “real car” whine is the predominant sound. The sound-equipped car also has working headlights but not tail lights.

If you have been waiting for sound, here it is. Do not, though, expect sound to be miniaturized enough to have no effect on the car’s performance and do not expect sound to be inexpensive. The years of experience that the hobby manufacturers have with model railroad sound has effectively reduced both the size, and, the weight, but, it is still bulky (because of the necessary speaker) and sound systems effectively double the price of a model railroad locomotive and more.

The sound equipment does, of course, affect the car’s performance because there is the added weight of the battery, speaker and circuit The motor is the common SP-size can with plastic pinion and spur gears. system. The model has two downforce magnets that, with the extra weight, allow the car to corner very rapidly but with somewhat less braking. It would be reasonable to want to race a sound-equipped car against another sound-equipped car so the performance of the two would be equal. How Fast?

The Flyslot “Alpha” series cars all have essentially the same inline chassis with SP-size motors as the Flyslot 1970 Ferrari 512S Coda Lunga that was Race Track Tested in the July/August 2012 number 64 issue out-of-the-box and in the September/October 2012 number 65 issue magnet-free, so the Porsche should have similar performance.

This the conventional (no sound) version of the Flyslot Porsche chassis (here) and sound- equipped version both have two downforce magnets. Modern Le Mans Cars: MODEL CAR RACING TRACK TEST “Magnet-Free” Flyslot 1970 Ferrari Slot.it “Reloaded” Sloting Plus 2003 Scaleauto 2008 NINCO 2007 Fly 1996 Scalextric Avant Slot SCX Audi R8 512S 1999 Audi R8C Reynard 2KQ LM Radical SR9 Honda NSX Ferrari F40 2000 Cadillac 2006 Audi R10 PRO LeMans Super GT LMP TDI LeMans Magnets removed and silicone tires fitted: Lap Time, 36-foot Scalextric Indy F1 Course: 5.22 sec. 5.17 sec. 5.52 sec. 5.52 sec. 5.83 sec. 4.55 sec. 5.24 sec. 5.38 sec. Lap Time, 36-foot Carrera Indy F1 Course: 4.97 sec. 4.75 sec. 4.34 sec. 4.62 sec. 4.26 sec. 4.79 sec. 5.56 sec. 5.27 sec. 4.96 sec.

The Flyslot “Alpha” series 1970 Ferrari 512S Coda Lunga was Race Track Tested in the September/October 2012 number 65 issue, the Slot.it “Reloaded” 1999 Audi R8C in the May/June 2012 number 73 issue, the Sloting Plus 2003 Reynard 2KQ LM and Scaleauto 2008 Radical SR9 in the March/April 2011 number 56 issue, the NINCO Lamborghini Gallardo with 2.38:1 gearing in the September/October 2010 number 53 issue, the NINCO Honda NSX Super GT car with Slot.it 3.60:1 gearing in the September/October 2006 number 29 issue, the Fly Ferrari F40 in the September/October 2008 number 41 issue, the Scalextric Cadillac Northstar LeMans LMP in the May/June 2006 number 27 issue, the Avant Slot Audi in the November/December 2007 number 36 issue, and the SCX Audi R8 PRO in the July/August 2007 number 34 issue.

8 Model Car Racing Tracks on a Tabletop: 2-Lane Unicorn Raceway For A 5 X 9-Foot Ping-Pong Tabletop For Scalextric Classic, Sport, SCX Or Ninco, And For Carrera With (Optional) Digital Lane-Changing

You can recreate some of the signature features the Unicorn Raceway turn numbers are not in sequence. On both plans, there’s a broad radius on pages 16-18 on a 5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop. An index, by size, entrance to that bent straight through turns T5 and T6 with a tight turn of all the previously published track plans from Model Car Racing T7 at the end of the “straight”. There’s a wild 3 ½-corner ess bend through magazine and the four books by Robert Schleicher on our website www. turns T1, T2, T3 and the entrance to turn T5. modelcarracingmag.com. When you have the space, this plan can be expanded at the joints marked This 5 x 9-foot Unicorn Raceway includes that track’s “signature”, an L with the 2 1/2 x 4–foot extension at top and/or the extremely radius- extremely broad-radius turn running diagonally across the track. That radius curve like that on Robert Schleicher’s wood version of the Unicorn curve is broad enough so most magnet-stuck cars will take it at full Raceway on pages 45-47. speed, especially so with the broad-radius entrance through turn T5. In effect, it’s a bent straight. To support the overpass with Scalextric Sport/Classic/SCX track it should be mounted on 1/8-inch plywood as shown in the May/June The start/finish is located on the only straight and level portion of 2006 number 27 issue for the portion of the track through the turns T6 the track on each plan. On the Scalextric Sport/Classic/SCX/Ninco and T7. The Carrera and NINCO track joints and the track itself is stiff version the start-fish is located at beginning of curved-straight so the enough to not need a plywood backing.

List Of Scalextric Classic, Sport, SCX Or Ninco Track Required For List Of Carrera Track Required For 2-Lane Unicorn Raceway On A 5 2-Lane Unicorn Raceway On A 5 X 9-Foot Ping-Pong Tabletop: X 9-Foot Ping-Pong Tabletop Key Quantity Description Key Quantity Description H 1 1/2 Standard Curve H 2 20577 1/2 Inner Curve R1 S 19 Standard Curve S 12 20571 Inner Curve R1 O 4 Outer Curve O 3 20572 Middle Curve R2 OO 9 Outer-Outer Curve OO 3 20573 Outer Curve R3 F 4 “Short” Straight E 1 1/4-Straight OOO 2 pr. (4) 20578 Outer-Outer Curve R4 D 2 1/2-Straight E 3 20612 1/4-Straight B 1 Full-Straight D 5 20611 1/3-Straight A 2 Connector Track B 0 20509 Full-Straight

L Track can be expanded in length by adding matched pairs of straight track A 2 20583 Connector Track (analog) sections here. L Track can be expanded in length by adding matched pairs of straight track sections here. T Turns on the model version of the track. NOTES: To build the plan with NINCO track you will need about 10-percent more space T Turns on the model version of the track and you may need some additional short straights to get everything to line up properly.

Model Car Racing 19 30 Model Car Racing Andrew Howard and Jonathan Adam drove the Beechdean Motorsport sponsored Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 to the 2012 British GT championship. Here, they are competing at . -LAT Photo

Model Car Racing 31 GT Racing Scalextric 2012 Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo

By Albin Burroughs

Scalextric is producing two versions of the 2012 Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo, a fully-detailed Scalextric is producing two versions of the Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo, a fully-detailed replica of Richard Kuppins’ 2012 Championship number 99 car and a “Super Resistant” version with no interior replica of Richard Kuppins’ 2012 Championship (but less weight) of the number 7 car from 2012. number 99 car and a “Super Resistant” version with no interior of the number 7 car from 2012.

The Trofeo series was created to provide a place for owners of race- ready, but fully street-legal GT cars to enjoy their cars. The races are designed for one-make, one-model racing with very strictly- enforced rules. It is, relatively speaking, a reasonable cost venue to enjoy racing with minimum financial risk and little personal time invested. Maserati created just such a series for their GranTurismo MC Trofeo cars.

The “entry” information for the Maserati Trofeo series for 2012 is interesting: “The Trofeo package allows drivers to compete individually or in a pair and as part of a team for the entire season or in single races. The all-inclusive costs range from €155.000 (plus tax) to €158.000 (plus tax) depending on the options chosen. The cost includes the logistical management of the car, technical assistance at the circuit, clothing for the track and paddock and access to the Both versions of the Maserati have similar sidewinder chassis. hospitality area. Owners of GT4-configured GranTurismo MCs can still take part in the Teams championship by setting up their cars Spec Sheet: Scalextric 2012 Maserati according to the 2011 GranTurismo MC Trofeo specifications. “ GranTurismo MC Trofeo The Prototype 1/32 Scale Model Scalextric Model About 30 cars enter and the races are held at a variety of tracks, Length 4,933 mm 6.12 in.(154.2 mm) 6.20 in.(157.4 mm) including some of the “warm up” races for larger events so the Width 1,903 mm 2.35 in. (59.5 mm) 2.39 in. (60.4 mm) entrants actually have some spectators that are not relatives, friends or Height 1,343 mm 1.62 in. (41.2 mm) 1.62 in. (41.2 mm) mechanics.: Imola, Monza ( in conjunction with the WTCC race), Spa 2,938 mm 3.62 in. (91.8 mm) 3.62 in. (91.8 mm) (with the GT Open), Donington (with the WTCC), Valencia, (with the Track, Front 1,588 mm 1.95 in (49.6 mm) 1.93 in. (49.1 mm) WTCC), Vallelunga (with the GT) and Mugello (Italian GT). Track, Rear 1,571 mm 1.93 in (49.1 mm) 2.00 in (50.8 mm) The Scalextric 2012 Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo is a relatively Tires, Front 255/35 ZR 20 7.9 x NA mm 9.0 x 21.0 large car, larger than the Scalextric 1970 Trans-Am Dodge Challenger, Tires, Rear 295/35 ZR 20 9.2 x NA mm 9.0 x 21.0 so it should prove a bit quicker without a downforce magnet. It has less Weight 1,700 kg. NA 80 grams (2 3/4 oz.) ground clearance beneath the magnet than the Dodge and, thus, more Weight on Front Tires NA NA 30 grams (1 oz.) magnetic downforce so it should be even quicker running with magnet Weight on Rear Tires NA NA 50 grams (1 3/4 oz.) in place. The Scalextric Dodge Trans-Am car was Race Track Tested Magnetic Downforce NA NA 135 grams (4 3/4 oz.) with downforce magnet in the March/April 2014 number 74 issue and on Carrera there’s a test on the same car without the downforce magnet on page 9 Magnetic Downforce NA NA 175 grams (6 1/4 oz.) of this issue. If you want to race the car without the downforce magnet, on Scalextric the number 1105 Super Tires silicones can be used to replace the stock Ground Clearance NA NA 1.2 mm (.030 in.) tires to regain some of the lost traction. The chassis has a removable on Carrera plate for plug-in conversion to Scalextric Digital with number C8515 Ground Clearance on NA NA 1.1 mm (.025 in.) Easyfit Digital Plug. Scalextric Pickup Lead NA NA 106.6 mm (4.20 in.) Scalextric produced three or four versions of the Maserati Trofeo (pivot to rear ) Cambriocorsa cars in 2005 and 2006, but that is a completely Gear Ratio NA NA 3.27:1 (11/36) different car from this 2011-2013 Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo. Source: http://web.maserati.com/maserati/en/

34 Model Car Racing Club Racing Trofeo Racing, Part 2

The prototypes for the Scalextric 2012 Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeos are raced at a number of different tracks. One-make, one-model racing is as close as model car racer get to recreating the Trofeo series. By Robert Schleicher

Trofeo racing for full-size car is, essentially, a one-make-one-model racing Few of us are that expert, so there’s an alternate “Trofeo” series for modelers; where the factory supplies the car, maintains and transports it---“turn-key” this one you can do at home or strictly with your local club): pick one brand racing, for a price. There is no direct counterpart in model car racing, however, and one model car for a “Trofeo” series (formerly know as one-make-one the concept of a one-make, one-model series is common to most model car model racing). racing clubs. What makes Trofeo racing for full-size cars different is that you buy not just the car, but, all the maintenance and transportation to the races. One of most popular series is for Ninco Classics like the Austin Healey 3000, Porsche 356, XK120 Jaguar and others but some of these cars are inherently If you want to race a full-size car and you have the finances, several factories better handling than others so, often, the Ninco “Classics” class become a class will sell you both a car and provide an organized racing series, with the for 1957 Corvettes because they are bigger and, all else being equal, will handle car built and tuned to match that series’ rules, a mechanic, transport and far better than the 356 Porches. So, create a Ninco Classic “Trofeo” class and suitably posh dining and lodging for your personal crew. If you have the limit it to the Ninco car your group can agree on---make it class limited to funds, you can race a full-size car on a variety of tracks both in Europe and in Ninco Porsche 356 cars, for one example. It works just as well with any car America in series like the Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo series. Most of from any period, from those fifties era 356 Porches, to Scalextric D-Type Trofeo events are, essentially, buy-a-racer events where you pay in advance Jaguars, to Carrera Cheetahs to Slot.it 962C LH Porches. It’s best to stick cars for the use of a car and mechanic for a season. that have been offered in several paint schemes (unless you have a few painters in your group) so the racing field will not have all-green D-Types. The term trofeo has become part of common usage among international race fans much as Grand Prix did nearly a century ago. My ancient paper Racing Classes Websters Dictionary does not list it but the online www.vocabulary.com/ Specific Class: dictionary defines it (as a translation from a Spanish word) as “a tangible All cars from a designated period and full-size category are included; for example, symbol signifying approval or distinction”---rent-a-racer spoken in posh. a Modern LeMans GT class where cars from any model car maker that are replicas of cars that raced in full-size GT races from about 1999 to the present are eligible. The Scalextric 2012 Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo on these pages is an One-Make Class: example of a specific type of full-size car that is designed for mass production To simplify competition, many clubs establish classes for one particular brand and for some and to be driven daily but, with relatively minor modifications, to be used specific models within that brand like Slot.it cars (Porsche 956 and 962, XJR12 for at least a year as a race car. There are several series for one-make one- Jaguars, Lancia LC85 and others) or a Ninco Classic Class for any of the fifties and sixties- model cars including modern Minis, , Lamborghini’s Gallardo LP era cars from Ninco like the XK120 Jaguar, Austin Healy 3000, Porsche 356 and others. 570-4 Super Trofeo series and Maserati’s class for their GranTurismo MC Trofeo (One-Make, One-Model) Class; Where just one brand and one prototype built to their Trofeo racing specifications. are eligible like a class for Ninco XK120 Jaguars or Slot.it 962C LH or Scalextric Maserati Trofeos. Many model car racers enjoy building their own cars or super-tuning the IROC: ready-built ones, then placing their machines in competition with others. One car on each lane and every driver drives each car for same number of laps--- These proxy races are designed to allow you send your car to a dozen different the class to determine the “best” driver. tracks around the country and around the world to see if your car is any Proxy Races: quicker than the rest. Trofeo races for model cas can take that one step further You build a car and send to other tracks for other drivers to race---a class to and stipulate that only the most minor changes can be made to the car. To an determine the best builder. expert builder, that is even more of a challenge because it eliminates special NOTE: There’s more information on racing classes in the #72, 73 and 74 issues and these three motors, gearing and tires and focuses everything on the most minor details. articles are also available at www.modelcarracingmag.com under “Sample Issues” on the top bar.

Model Car Racing 35 Digital Racing: Slot.it oXigen System Chips For Formula 1 Cars By Robert Schleicher

The Slot.it oXigen Digital number SIO201b chip is the smallest currently available. We found a way to fit it inside a Scalextric 2010 McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 car. Each car that is to be controlled with the Slot.it oXigen wireless radio control system must be fitted with one of these oXigen In-Car Controllers (chips), as shown here. There’s much more information on digital racing (including “Pros and Cons” of the basic systems) on the www.modelcarracingmag.com website under “Digital Car Racing Tips”.

The edges of the oXigen Digital chip will be barely visible from the top of the car. The Slot.it oXigen Digital system currently offers two chips to convert oXigen Digital system on Scalextric Sport track, and lane-changers, most 1/32 scale cars to the oXigen Digital system. The article in the in the March/April 2013 number 68 issue (the article is also on in the July/August 2013 number 69 issue (which is also at www. www.modelcarracingmag.com under “Sample Issues”). modelcarracingmag.com under “Sample Issues) describes how to install the Slot.it oXigen SIO201a (Type A or “Type 1” on the Slot.it website) The installation is not as complex it might appear from the photographs- chip (Slot.it calls it an “In Car Controller”) in a typical modern era GT- --you are simply removing all the plastic tabs and braces (and the driver’s class Audi R8. Slot it also offers the smaller number SIO201b (Type B body from the elbows and armpits down) inside the cowl area of the or “Type 2” on the Slot.it website) chip. We were able to fit the SIO201b Formula 1 car to leave space for the oXigen Digital chip. You will need to chip into a Scalextric 2010 McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 car. There is a know how to solder because the wire connections in the analog car must newer version of Type B chip that is just a fraction narrower at the back be unsoldered and removed so the wires from the oXigen Digital chip can and longer (1 mm---about 1/32-inch) than the current chip and so it be connected directly from the pickup braids to the chip and from the should install in the same space as the one in the photos. chip to the motor.

The Slot.it oXigen Digital System is the ultimate in digital race control Be aware, too, that the Type B In Car Controller (chip) responds only but it is somewhat more expensive than the other systems and it takes to DC, which is fine if you are powering your track from a separate a bit of effort to learn all the options. The oXigen system utilizes a transformer. However, you can run the Slot.it oXigen Digital-equipped constant 18-volts of current to the track rails, with the car’s speed cars on a Scalextric Digital track which has 18 volts of AC power you and brake regulated by 2.6GHz frequency radio control from Slot. must use the larger oXigen Digital In Car Controller; the SIO201a it controllers. There’s information on installing and operating the (Type A or “Type 1” on the Slot.it website).

42 Model Car Racing Racing oXigen-Equipped Cars band (or, on a Scalextric or Ninco track, you can prepare a Radio Shack on Analog Tracks number 274-0284 1/8-inch Stereo Phone Plug to provide full power as described on page 42 of the March/April 2013 number 68 issue---the The oXigen-equipped cars will not respond to conventional analog article is also on www.modelcarracingmag.com under “Sample Issues”). controllers. To run a car with an oXigen Digital chip on any brand of That provides full power to that lane. Your oXigen-equipped car is then analog track you must use the same Slot.it SISCP01F Controller with controlled only by the Slot.it oXigen-equipped controller. When you SIO202A oXigen Digital Cartridge (and SIO205A oXigen Digital Battery move to another lane, remove the rubber band from the throttle on the Holder for Radio Cartridge) that you use on an oXigen-fitted track. To first lane (or remove your special plug) and wrap the rubber band around run on another analog track, the analog controller for your lane must be the analog throttle trigger for the second lane (or reinsert the modified plugged-into the track with the throttle trigger held full-on with a rubber plug) to apply full power to the second lane.

The half-round boss that accepts the screw on the Scalextric We fitted the Slot.it SIO201b (Type B or “Type 2”) chip into a chassis must also be removed. Again, use diagonal cutters or a Scalextric 2010 McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 car. The installation hobby knife. would be similar for any modern-era Formula 1 car. Remove the motor and rear suspension piece.

The plastic plate that is fitted to all the recent Scalextric cars is designed to be replaced with the Scalextric Digital chip but that chip will only function with the Scalextric Digital system. To operate the Unsolder the wires from the motor tabs. car with Slot.it’s oXigen system you must install the Slot.it oXigen In-Car Controller (chip).

Scrape the top of the chassis with a hobby knife to remove any leftover burrs.

The wires from the Slot.it number SIO201b oXigen Digital chip must Remove the body and front axle. Look closely at the car before you be connected to place the chip in the electrical circuit between the remove the parts because refitting them is a bit of a Chinese Puzzle. pickup brushes and the motor tabs.

The Slot.it oXigen Digital chip must rest on the floor of the chassis Use diagonal cutters to cut the two slim legs connecting the front so the vertical L-brackets on the front of the chassis must be suspension to the rear of the chassis. The front portion of chassis removed. You can use flush-cut diagonal cutters or slice the clips will be secured with the original mounting screws when you Pry the driver from the chassis. off with a hobby knife. reassemble the model.

Model Car Racing 43 Test-fit the Slot.it SIO201b chip to be sure it lies flat on the chassis. Attach the chip to the chassis in the position shown with hot glue. Cut-off the last half-inch of ribs from front suspension to clear the oXigen Digital chip.

Remove the single screw that retains the Scalextric pickup so you can slide the metal clips and wires out from the sides of the pickup. Slide the metal tabs (that hold the pickup wires into the pickup) out Use a razor saw to cut off the lower portion of driver just above of the pickup so you can unsolder the original wires. Then solder the elbows. the two wires from the Slot.it SIO201b chip to the two Scalextric metal tabs. Reassemble the clips and install the pickup in the front of the chassis. The small diverter flaps can be installed to help hide the oXigen Digital chip but the center brace between the tabs must be removed and the tabs simply hot-glued to the chassis in their original positions.

Cement the driver into the cockpit with hot glue or Shoe Goo. The components are now ready to be reassembled.

Solder the two wires from the rear of the Slot.it oXigen Digital chip to the motor tabs on the Scalextric motor. Use the Slot.it SISCP01F Controller with SIO202A oXigen Digital Cartridge (and SIO205A oXigen Digital Battery Holder for Radio Cartridge) to see if the car runs in the proper direction on an oXigen-fitted track. If the car runs backwards, reverse the connections to the motor tabs Paint the small portions of the oXigen Digital chip that protrude from the sides of the chassis flat black.

Assemble the rear portion of the chassis into the body with driver in cockpit but be sure that the body does not contact the chip, the Hall sensor, or the antenna.

If you are installing a chip in a another brand of car that does not have the Scalextric removable plate, it will be necessary to drill a ¼-inch hole in the chassis directly below the tiny white square sensor so that The unipolar ‘Hall’ sensor on the left side of the chip (attached with white, sensor can “see” the lane-changing receivers in the track. black and red wires) is the lap and finish line detector. This sensor senses the magnetic field from the magnets that you placed beneath the track (as shown in the number 68 issue---also on the www.modelcarracingmag. com) at the finish line and pit lane. The sensor must be fixed to the chassis of the car so the front face of the sensor (the beveled one) is facing down. The original trapdoor cover plate can be reinstalled to hide part of The sensor must be angled upwards at least 45-degrees. The sensor will the oXigen Digital chip but the rear ½-inch of that cover plate must not function properly if simply laid flat or with the beveled side up. Cement be removed with a razor saw to clear the chip. the sensor to the chassis with Shoe Goo or low temperature hot glue with the sensor angled up 45-degrees. If the sensor does not provide proper lap detection when changing lanes, the reason is the sensitivity of the Hall sensor, which can also detect the magnetic field of the lane-changing mechanism’s coil during lane changing. Bend the sensor up more (or add some spacers underneath the sensor) until the problem goes away. The Hall sensor is also a current sensor, so keep it away from the wires leading from the pickup to the chip, and from the chip to the motor. The stub-ended black wire is the antenna that receives radio signals from the oXigen-equipped controller. That wire should be positioned as near The oXigen Digital In Car Controllers SIO201a Type A (top) and vertical as possible so you will need to check to be sure that body or the Assemble the front suspension and wing under the nose with SIO201b Type B (bottom). Slot.it is developing additional chips for interior does not interfere with the antenna. original screws. even smaller installations.

44 Model Car Racing Your Tracks Vintage Racing: Robert Schleicher’s 16’ x 18’ Three-Lane Wood Unicorn Raceway One of the earlier 1/32 scale home tracks from 1963. In the early sixties I was racing every week with an older friend, the late Albert Hetzel, who was an engineer by trade and a talented model maker by avocation. He fabricated 1/48 scale steam locomotives from bits of brass rod and sheet with a few castings. He was also an accomplished carpenter. We had both been experimenting with Strombecker plastic track and Masonite board for extensions for the straights. Somewhere, we heard that you could use particle board (today, the much smoother- surface MDF board would have been the choice) so I drew a plan and he routed his first track. There are three photos of that track in the September/October 2009 number 47 issue that I identified as the 11 x 18-foot Pal Mal Raceway in that issue. Memory is fallible at best and I had misidentified the track in the photos, it was a much smaller three-lane 3 ½ x 14 ½-foot track that was the predecessor for Al’s 4 ½ x 16-foot three-lane version of Suzuka that was featured in the SLOT CAR BIBLE (out of print). The plan in that number 47 issue was a preliminary version of the Unicorn Raceway on this page. We’ll publish Al’s first track plan in later issue.

A few months later, in 1963, Al built the track on these pages in my garage in Temple City, California. The horned-shape suggested that the track could be called the Unicorn Raceway. The slots were cut 3 ½-inches apart so we could race either 1/24 or 1/32 scale cars. The track was one that was used by an informal model car racing group The detail on the cars of the sixties was primitive by today’s standards but the track was as good as it in Southern California during 1963 and 1964. When I moved Al built gets (if the aluminum tape was kept oxide-free). The cars, here, are 1/32 scale with a Knight-bodied (and I completed and sceniced) the Paramount Ranch Raceway that (by the late Ron Klein) Aston Martin DB2 (from a tin Scalextric model), a 1962 Ferrari 246SP, an Auto was featured in the SLOT CAR BIBLE. Hobbies fiberglass-bodied (these first three with Pittman 704 motors) and a repainted VIP 1959 Cooper F1. The Unicorn Raceway was designed to fit in a two-car garage while leaving room for two cars. The cars’ hoods went under the widest portion and the main straight was on a 2-foot wide shelf down one side

Scenery on some of the earlier model car racing tracks was basic green latex paint represented grass, Looking back up the 4-foot wide portion of the track with the 1/32 scale Ferrari, Aston and Lotus in with beige for the verges and two model railroad trees for “shade”. The Scintilla 12-volt model railroad action. The photos were shot with a hand-held box camera using 620 film so the quality is poor. power pack is visible in the lower right.

Model Car Racing 45 of the garage, leaving enough room for a mid-size car and a compact— and a race track. The track was elevated 48-inches above the floor to clear the cars’ hoods and to provide a more realistic viewing angle. Corner marshals stood on 2-foot high boxes to be able to (almost) reach the cars on the 4-foot wide portion of the track. The three drivers usually stood near the extreme right end to avoid blocking each other’s view of the track but there was a second control position near the overpass.

Driving on this track was the first time I had the chance to really experience how incredibly realistic a model race car can look when the size of the curve is a close match for the scale of the car. That broad sweeper was the place to get down and watch real race car drifting. The car I remember most vividly was the 1/24 scale Lister in brilliant yellow with twin green stripes in some of these photos. The track was just as much fun to race counterclockwise as clockwise. Either way, the cars would slam into the tight hairpin chicane under full braking, enough so the car reversed direction during the brake- slide to be ready to power out back up the adjacent straight. The chicane was one of the methods used to recreate the “racing line” where there was only room for one car on the “fast line”. The overpass was a separate piece of particle board fitted over the lower level track. Building Unicorn Raceway The Unicorn Raceway was assembled like a model railroad (or a patio deck) with open-grid 1x4 bench work supports placed on edge about two-feet apart. At the overpass, 1x4s were attached to the sides of the bench work grid to support the elevated portion of the track. The track was planned on paper (that’s the plan Al used on this page) with the curve centers and lanes marked with pencil on the 1/2-inch particle board surface. The top of the track was assembled from a 4 x 8-foot and a 4 x 6 ½-foot set of particle boards and the long straight was cut from a 2 x 8 and a 5-foot set of ½-inch particle boards. The particle boards were laid on the garage floor and clamped edge-to-edge with

Looking down the main straight at the overpass. The three exposed bolts on the edge of the table are the attaching posts for the controllers’ alligator clips. Guard rails (to keep cars off the floor) are 2-inch wide strips of 1/8-inch Masonite set in 1/8-inch slots cut into the tabletop with a router.

This is plan Al Hetzel used to build the Unicorn Raceway. The chicane in the middle of he straight was not included (wisely) and the lanes in and out of the hairpin were cut with more gentle curves. The 4-foot wide portion of plan was really too wide for efficient corner marshalling but the garage was needed to house the family cars. About 32-inches of straight was added at the point marked “A” when track was built so the straight was actually much longer than it appears on the plan.

The hairpin turn a was also a chicane. The track was usually driven in a clockwise direction up that massive 8-foot radius curve so the drivers had to brake sharply at the end of the main straight, throw out the cars’ tails, then accelerate up the massive curve. Some pieces of 2-inch thick foam helped lessen damage to the cars when he drivers overestimated their cars’ braking ability. The cars are 1/24 scale for this race with a Knight clear plastic bodied 1961 Maserati Birdcage, a motorized Merit D-Type Jaguar and a Knight-bodied 1958 Lister Chevrolet.

46 Model Car Racing scraps of wood temporarily attached with flathead wood screws. We scaled-off the locations of the curve centers, then used a three-foot Sources for Building Wood Tracks: long brass rod with one end bent and pointed to use as a compass or trammel to guide the router around the curves and a straight 8-foot General Information: length of 1x4 to guide the router down the straights. The massive curve Luf Linkert: is a 104.5/108.0/111.5-inch set of radii, the hairpin 5.5/6.0/6.5-inch www.oldslotracer.com radii and the other curves ranged from 12- to 20-inch radii. We elected (wisely) to not include the chicane on the main straight. Old Weird Harold: www.slotcartalk.com/slotcartalk/showthread.php?27236-Track- The slots were cut with a 5/32-inch router bit (the 5/32-inch bits lasted Building-Online-Resources about 20-times longer than the 1/8-inch bits) with a 5/16-inch depth to insure a minimum ¼-inch even if the router bounced slightly. The 1/32 Scale Wood Track Builders: main straight was 17-feet long and the lane length was 70-feet in any of Brads Tracks: the three lanes. The lanes were spaced 3 1/2-inches apart with 5-inches www.bradstracks.com of skid area on the outside of all the curves. Mistakes made with the router bit were corrected with globs of Plastic Wood filler retained with Slot Mods, David Beattie: a 1/8-inch aluminum “dam” in the slot. When the routing work was www.slotmods.com completed, the ½-inch particle board was attached to the top edges of the 1x4 bench work grid with 1 ½-inch wood screws. The surface was Routing and tape-laying tools: then painted with three coats of latex interior wall paint. When the Luf Linkert: paint was dry, the pickup strips were applied using the ¼-inch wide www.oldslotracer.com aluminum tape that Strombecker offered. Copper tape: Initially we used a Scintilla-brand 12-volt DC model railroad power Most modelers who assemble their track from MDF board use pack and throttle but the rewound motors kept popping the fuse. We adopted what became the standard power supply for the decade, a 12- copper tape for pickup strips. It works great but dramatically lacks volt automobile battery with a trickle charger and, most necessary, a realism. The advantage is that the glue on some of the brands of 4-amp fuse between the battery and the track. The controllers were tape is electrically conductive so breaks in the tape can be re- state-of-the-art in 1963 thumb-operated blue MRRC units modified paired by just covering the break with a short piece of fresh tape. with a third wire to provide a brake circuit. Copper Tape (like Scotch 1181 copper with conductive adhesive) www.oldslotracer.com “Silver” tape: I prefer silver-colored tape because it looks more like the grey of concrete (especially if you match the “road” color to the grey of the tape) and it oxidizes less than pure copper. The nickel silver tape is an alloy similar to copper but there is more nickel content, in addition to brass and tin (to give the tape the look of silver-- -there is no silver in it). The disadvantage is that the glue is not conductive so any breaks must be repaired by covering the break with a short piece of fresh tape then soldering the ends of the fresh top strip to the bottom strip. Nickel Silver tape: Artists Supply Source, S3 Stores: www.artistsupplysource.com/brand/2029/venture-tape part number PPF-VT1660H003 Venture Tape Silver Foil Tape: 1/4” x 36 Yard - $16.36 PLUS $12.75 shipping Magnetic Braid: Magnatech, P. O. Box 29931, San Antonio, TX. 78229-0931 HO Track Builders: Brads Tracks: www.bradstracks.com TKO Tracks: 460 Dividing Ridge Road, Halifax, PA 17032 (717) 827-3028 www.cnccustomcutting.com

This is a more accurate depiction of the completed Unicorn Raceway. It was an “ad” placed on the Wizard High Performance: bulletin board of Don Thomson’s Temple City Raceway to sell the track so it could be replaced with the 148 Deer Oak Lane, Bedford, PA, 15522 - wizzardho.com Paramount Ranch Track in 1964.

Model Car Racing 47 3. The Nurenburg Toy Fair is also the major trade show for slot cars although most of American importers display at the iHobby show in Pit Board Chicago every October. 4. There is no specific trade organization for slot cars. Oversteer vs. Understeer. Please take a look at our website, www.modelcarracingmag.com especially the “About Us” link. The typical enthusiast races at home The caption on page 30 of the January/February 2014 number 73 issue with a track on a tabletop the size of a ping-pong table or larger. The describes the 1968 Lotus 49B as being driven with an “understeer” atti- vast majority of new slot car set sales are digital sets that allow up to 6 tude. However, all four tires are slipping so what difference does it make cars to race on two lanes. The track is assembled from interchangeable what the fronts are doing? plastic sections and some of the tracks have scenery as detailed as Regards, James Holt SlotMods offerings. It is difficult to believe that you can control a full-size race car with all four White-Haired Tires? tires sliding around the curve. It would seem that turning the front wheels in or out, once they are already siding, would make little difference. It is What's the best way to preserve the original tires that have began to turn true that the majority of control over a car with all four wheels sliding is powdery white? The problem is occurring mostly on the Scalextric brand. done with the throttle pedal causing the rear tires to slide more or less to Thank you, Debbie Weber maintain the desired path around corner. The rear tires, however, are not It should just be a surface coating, likely caused by whatever they use to just pushing against the pavement, they are also pushing against the grip make it easier to pop them out of the mold. Try rubbing them lightly with generated by the front tires. 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Front tires turn-in sharper than corner understeer plow We have considered a rating system but, honestly, most of these are Front tires turn out away from corner oversteer push someone’s opinion – I do not believe that my opinion or that of any Four-wheel drift with front tires straight drift loose of our writers is more important than the opinion of each reader so, wherever, possible we try leave those opinion judgments to the reader. The Size Of The Hobby We include all of the important dimensions for scale and weight and have tested at least one example of most of the cars. If the car is not I have more familiarity with the die-cast model car world, so my questions accurate 1/32 scale, too heavy, lacks magnetic downforce (or has too somewhat come from that perspective...... much), or if the car is too slow, the numbers are there and the photos 1. The die-cast car industry describes itself (the non-toy part) as a (often side-by-side comparisons with the full-size car) give you billion dollar a year industry. What about slot cars? the opportunity to make your own judgment if the model really is reasonable replica. Value is another example because some folks would 2. Last time I checked, the annual sales of die-cast cars were flat, year on consider getting a 1/32 scale model of (for instance) a Lotus 11 for $150 year, though the number of "users" was slowing increasing. And for a bargain but would not pay $20 for a Corvette. slot cars? 3. The major trade show for die cast cars is Nurenburg Toy Show.....and NEW TO THE HOBBY? for Slot cars? There’s more information on page 13 of this issue. There are some 4. Is there an industry association for slot car product manufacturers ? basic tune-up tips that are needed for every model race car on our Thanks, Dr. Kelly Silverthorn website www.modelcarracingmag.com under the “New to the 1. and 2. There are no reliable business reporting statistics for either hobby?” link. There are 13 tips including: How To Get Started in die-cast or slot cars. If you believe that die-cast sales are a billion Model Car Racing, Two Driving Techniques, Perfect Pickup Braid, dollars that would make slot cars about 200 million---which is possible Tire Mounting, Cleaning Track Rails, Cleaning Track, Avoiding worldwide. The number of unique visitors to our website has actually Disaster: Oil & Grease, Controllers, Race Program Set Up: Color been growing by an average of 15-percent a month (compared to the Coding & Racing classes, Reliable Wires, Chassis Set Up, Carrera same month in the previous year) for the past two years. The slot car Guide Shoe Mods. 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48 Model Car Racing Race Tracks For Your Home: HO 4-Lane Paramount Ranch Track (Revisited) For A 5 X 9-Foot Ping-Pong Tabletop With A 4 X 4-Foot Extension By Robert Schleicher

Most of the plans we have published for HO scale race tracks are The plan for the HO 4-Lane designed to fill a 4 x 8-foot board. However, every plan includes the Paramount Ranch Track to fit a option of expanding it, with the letter “L” indicating where to add track sections to make the plan longer and the letter “W” indicating where to 5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop with add track section make it wider. So every one of those 4 x 8-foot plans a 4 x 4-foot extension. could be expanded to 5 x 9-feet by merely adding two pairs of 6-inch straights at all of the points marked “L” and “W” on any plan in the last AFX TRACK SECTIONS REQUIRED 74 issues. Quantity: Description: This plan, from the September/October 2013 number 71 issue, 4 3-inch Straight however was designed to fit a minimum 5 x 9-feet and we promised we 16 6-inch Straight would publish an expanded version. The plan on this page is designed 2 9-inch Straight to fit on a standard 5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop with a 4 x 4-foot extension on the right edge. That 4 x 4 can be cut from a ½-inch piece 22 15-inch Straight of 4 x 8-foot plywood or MDF (some building supply firms sell half 0 6-inch 45-degree Curve sheets of 4 x 8-foot MDF or plywood), You can support extension on a 2 9-inch 45-degree Curve card table or install folding legs. 6 7-inch 90-degree Curve This version of the Paramount Ranch includes, of course, the overpass 27 12-inch 45-degree Curve and the ess bends between turns T2 and T3. Turns T1, T2, T5 and T7 14 15-inch 45-degree Curve all feature large-radius 12/15-inch curves with a 120-degree ”sweeping” 3 18-inch 45-degree Curve turn through T10 leading onto main straight. All of the straights are 15-inch unless marked.

Model Car Racing 49 Club Directory Most model car racers prefer to race at home on their own tracks with a few friends. There or different bodies. We try to NOT list the clubs that primarily race cars with hand-made metal are hundreds of model car racing clubs in the world but some of them are groups who race chassis and clear plastic bodies---those clubs are listed on various internet sites or you can find very highly modified cars on tracks routed from wood or PVC. The model racing cars you most of them through the Old Weird Harold site at http://www.oldweirdherald.com. see on the pages of this magazine are all designed to be raced on plastic tracks (although There are hundreds of dealers in the country that have operating tracks in the store. We they can be raced on most wood or PVC tracks) from Scalextric, Sport, Carrera, NINCO, cannot list them all, but you can contact the ones in your area from the list of dealers that SCX, Riggen or Artin or the older Strombecker, Revell or Monogram tracks 1/32 scale carry Model Car Racing magazine www.modelcarracingmag.com. tracks or Tomy AFX or Mattel/Tyco HO tracks. If your group races out-of-the-box 1/32 scale or HO scale cars, with only occasionally The clubs that are listed here are groups whose main interest is to race out-of-the box cars events for modified cars) send us the information at www.modelcarracingmag.com and and mostly on plastic tracks (although the club may also race on one or two hand-routed we’ll try to include your club in the next issue. wood or PVC tracks). The group may have a modified class where extra magnets are allowed

California, Los Angeles (Glendale): OTHG – Farrout Slot Car Club. Contact Indiana, Indianapolis area: (Jeremy Dunning) Pennsylvania, Manheim area: Stephen Farr-Jones (818) 260 9192, [email protected] [email protected] D & B Raceways, Don Noll [email protected] website: http://www.farroutslotcars.com/ Indiana, Terre Haute area: Otter Creek Slot Racing Association, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: Mt. Airy Racing Association, Herbert California, Fresno area: Insane SCRC, Bob Redman [email protected] Bigelow (215) 868-4464, [email protected] Joe Cabral [email protected] Iowa, Cedar Rapids area: Iowa Model Area Racers, http://imar.us/ Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre Area: NEPA Slot Car Club, California, North San Diego County: Nomad Slot Racing Club, Jim Indiana, Fort Wayne area: Wallace Dale Monroe, [email protected] 570-903-9182, nepaslotcars.com Cunningham (760)492-4619 [email protected] www.NomadSlotRacing.com Iowa, Cedar Rapids area: ERASR (Ecurie Scale Racers) Pennsylvania, Wyoming Valley Area: Wyoming Valley Slot Car Art (319)626-6374 Association, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, wvsca.blogspot.com California, North San Diego County, Escondido - “The Slot Outlaws” 760-747-4511 or email: [email protected] Iowa, Swisher area: IMAR (Iowa Model ), Texas, Eastern area: East Texas Slot Car Association, Tyler , TX 75771, Jerry Hightshoe [email protected] (903)882 0965 [email protected] California, San Jose area: Devin Mauldin [email protected] Kentucky, Louisville area: Derby City Slot Car Club, www. Texas, Houston (Northwest Harris County): Houston Scale Auto Racing California, South Bay (Los Angeles): Stan Smith (310)812-1866 derbycityslotcarclub.proboards.com/ [email protected] Club (HSARC), www.hsarc.net, (281)807-4026. [email protected] Louisiana, Lake Charles area: Lake Area Slot Car Auto Racing, Julian Northern Virginia-Metro DC area: Northern Virginia Digital Slot Racers, California, South Bay (Los Angeles): ITG - In The Groove Slot Car racing, Guillory, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LASCAR contact: Hayes Lewis, [email protected] 324 W. Florence Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301. Contact: Marc Natividad (310) 200-6300. [email protected] Maryland, Baltimore area: (Allan Schwartz) [email protected] Vermont, Burlington area: Burlington Slot Dorks, Daniel, [email protected] Colorado, Denver area: Rocky Mountain Slot Car Club (RMSSC) Michigan, Grand Rapids area: Rivershore International Raceway, Alto, http://rmscclub.proboards.com/index.cgi Michigan, Stephen Thomas, Williamsburg Virginia area: The Barn Burners” (616) 891-1632. email: [email protected] Contact: Joseph Brimer [email protected] Colorado, Denver Area, Colorado Slot car Club, contact: http://coslotcarclub.proboards.com/ Michigan, Kalamazoo area: West Michigan Slot Car Group, John Washington, Auburn area: Rainier Raceways, Lacko (269) 344-5588, [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/ Greg Gaub [email protected] Colorado, Denver area: Front Range Vintage Slotcar and Historical groups/205657316120426/ Racing Club, http://monovell.proboards.com/index.cgi Washington, Seattle/Tacoma area: PSSRA (Puget Sound Slot Car Missouri, St. Louis area: (Carl Shorle) [email protected] Racing Association) http://pssra.webhop.net/ or Tony Kuljis, D.C., Washington area: The Capital Racing League, [email protected] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcrl, contact: [email protected] Missouri, St. Louis area: Monaco Grand Prix Miniature Racing Club, www.mgpmrc.org, email: [email protected] Washington, Seattle/Tacoma area: NMRL (Northwest Model Racing D.C., Washington area (Alexandria): Classic Slot Car Association (CSSA), League). John MacKenzie (206)295-9980, [email protected] John Roberts, (703) 582-5504, [email protected] New York, Watkins Glen area: The Slot Car Club Of The Twin Tiers, Contact: Frank Spena, Jr., [email protected] Toronto, Canada area: Scale Sloters 1/32, [email protected] D.C., Washington Metro area: Old Dominion Slot Car Club, 5322 Graystone Rd., Warrenton, VA 20187, contact: Chris Bowles (540)341- North Carolina, Winston-Salem area: Road America Racers, King City, Vancouver, Canada area: (Luf Linkert) [email protected] 1405 or, [email protected] , North Carolina, Tom Brooks, (336) 985-3867 or [email protected] www.nascarslots.com or www.metalracer.com Ohio, Columbus area: 1/32 Slot Car Racers of Central Ohio, Randy 1/24 scale racing clubs: Illinois, Central area: Hotslots 1/32 Slot Car Shop, 1809 A. Philo Road, Horton, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-32SlotCarRacersOfCentralOhio Urbana, IL 61802 (217) 355-2277, [email protected] Oregon, Eugene area: Pelican Park Speedway Oregon, Portland area: Beaverton Area Slot Car Club (B.A.S.C.C.),15430 (541)349-0917 htm210@comcast. Illinois, Chicago area: Bolingbrook Speedway, Karl Staehlin, SW Gull Ct., Beaverton, Oregon 97007, 503-330-6907 [email protected] Pennsylvania, Allentown-Reading area: Allen & Allen Motor Speedway Digital Racing Clubs: Illinois, Chicago area: Great Lakes Slot Car Club, contact: Racing, (610) 520-7247, [email protected] www.greatlakesscc.com Ohio, Mansfield area: Mid-Ohio 1/32 Scale Racing Club, chorp@ohio. Pennsylvania, Chambersburg area. net, John Chorpening (419) 289-6563 Illinois, Chicago Area: JYD Racing, contact www.toys4slots.com Sherman Collings [email protected] (717) 377-1435 Northern Virginia-Metro DC area: Northern Virginia Digital Slot Racers, Illinois, Peoria/ Metamora area: Peoria Model Car Raceway, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg area: Homestead Speedway, Landisville, contact: Hayes Lewis, [email protected] (309)573-1027, [email protected], Pennsylvania. Ken Falco at [email protected] (309)712-3299 [email protected]

HO Clubs: The majority of HO racing on a club level in the US is home sectional tracks, There are some excellent clubs across the US racing basically stock hardshell T-Jet cars for the using hard bodies and largely stock equipment. The majority are Thunderjet focused, although most part on sectional home tracks. This is only a partial listing. If you have an active group many do run the Life-Like, Auto World, Playing Mantis, G-Plus and Mattel/Tyco cars, these racing hard-bodied T-Jet-style cars, let us know. mass produced magnet cars tend to be utilized by small round robin groups by invitation or as groups of friends.

Arizona, Phoenix area: http://ahora.homestead.com/ahora.html Illinois, Chicago area: http: nitro-racing.4t.com/ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: http://vintagehoracing.mr-bigstuff.com/ California, Bay area: San Francisco HO Racing Association, www. Indiana, Fort Wayne area: Wallace Monroe, sfhora.org/home.html [email protected] Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: Mt. Airy Racing Association, Herbert Bigelow (215) 868-4464, [email protected] California, Bay area: M.S.C.R.C. - Model Slot Car Racing Club www. Kentucky / Virginia area: http://www.thunderjetracing.com/ mscrc.orgemail: [email protected] Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre Area: NEPA Slot Car Club, Michigan, Lansing area: NASAR, Richard Leeper (517) 290-9952 or 570-903-9182, nepaslotcars.com California, Bay area: Shaunadega Racing www.shaunadega.com [email protected] Winston-Salem/Greenville, South Carolina area: Upstate HO Slot Car California, South Bay (Los Angeles): ITG - In The Groove Slot Car racing, Missouri, Kansas City area: Club, 403 Hill Lane, Mauldin, SC 29662 324 W. Florence Ave. http://home.kc.rr.com/jhabernal/mahor/ (864)967-7865 Richard Tabb at [email protected] or Inglewood, CA 90301. Contact: Marc Natividad (310) 200-6300. Missouri, St. Louis area: [email protected] Steve Lorch at [email protected] [email protected] Ohio, Columbus area: United Kingdom, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Colorado, Denver area: Front Range HO (FRHO) club. http://www. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colohhoscc/messages scaleracers.com/FrontRangeHO/default.asp Burning Rubber, www.burningrubber.net

50 Model Car Racing All New For 2014-2015 From The Toy Fair Most of the model car racing manufacturers introduced the products There’s a new scenic accessory timing tower. A special connector pod for that will be shipped in 2014-15 at the Nurenburg International Toy a Bluetooth App for race management will be available for Digital 132. Fair in early February, which is about the time you receive the March/ Ninco: April 2014 issue. If you subscribed to either the free internet edition or Seat Leon, a new chassis for many of the cars and a new Wi- asked for the full internet edition with your paper copy subscription, Co wireless control for the Ninco N-Digital system. you will have received this as well as seeing it in print in the May/ SCX: 2014 McLaren MP4-29 Formula 1, 2013 Ford Fiesta RS WRC June 2014 issue. There are dozens of new paint schemes on existing and 1959 Austin Healey 3000 bodies coming for 2014 but most of the ones listed below are cars made from new tooling. Most of the cars announced for 2014-205 have not Racer “Sideways” range: 1979-1985 Group 5: BMW 320, reached the prototype stage---the cars shown here were on display Porsche 935L IMSA, Porsche 935/77, Mustang GTP, Kremer 935K3, at the Nurenburg Toy Fair. Where possible we have listed the make, Lancia Stratos Turbo, Skyline and Toyota Celica. model designation and year of the car so you can look at the image Scaleauto: 1979 Porsche 935 and 2011 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R, of the full-size car by doing a Google search under ‘Images” for that 2010 Spyker C8 GT2 and 1981 BMW M1 Group 5. description on the Internet. All photos are courtesy Pendle Slot Racing (www.pendleslotracing.co.uk/). Arrow Slot: 2007 Saleen S7R LeMans 1/32 Scale: Avant Slot: 2012 Nissan Delta Wing Prototype that raced at LeMans, 1999 Toyota GT1 LeMans, Audi 1 Group B WRC, Lancia Delta S4, Scalextric (images at http://scalextric.hornby.com): Late-sixties- 5 Maxi Turbo, 2012 Formula 1 HRT, 1993 Formula 1 McLaren and-seventies Formula 1 cars! Five new bodies including the 1970 MP4/8 and 1987 Williams Formula 1 Lotus 72C, 1973 Lotus 72E, McLaren M7C, 1971 Tyrell, 1972 Tyrell Pioneer (www.pioneerslotcars.com): 003 and new paint schemes on the 1978 McLaren M23 and Gold Leaf 1967-68 Camaro Trans- versions of the 1968 Lotus 49B. Plus the 2013 WRC Champion VW Am, British “Legends” dirt track coupes, 1965 MGB hardtop, 1970 Polo WRC, 2014 Continental GT3, 1986 Lancia Delta S4 Plymouth Barracuda Trans-Am, and 1970 Javelin Trans-Am WRC, Volkswagen Campervan Type 1b, and 2012 R-GT. Auto Art: 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 2011 Lamborghini The 2009 Lotus Formula 1 and McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 cars will Murcielago LP670-4, 2012 Lamborghini Reventon, 2012 Lamborghini be available with 2014 liveries. Scalextric will also be offering a pair of Gallardo LP570-4 and 2011 Ford Shelby Cobra GT500. Monster (Crusher) trucks but only in a set. Flyslot: 2011 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R, 1969 Porsche 907K Targa There’s a new Scalextric control system called RCS with three options. Florio, 1968 Porsche 917L LeMans and 1980 LeMans Rondeau M379. All three systems have the ability to use the RCS App for full race 1979/80 Renault RS10 Grand Prix, 1985 Peugeot 205 T16 rally car, control and race car performance options such as pit stops, refueling as 1986 MG Metro 6R4, Porsche 997 RSR and 2008 Lamborghini Diablo. well as a pace car for both analog (RCS One and RCS Air) and Digital (RCS Pro) All have their own specific Powerbase and Bluetooth to Slotwings (division of Flyslot): Every F1 car (19 of them, over communicate with a SMART device using the common platforms and the next five-years) that drove. The first release is a an open source mini USB socket is included. replica of the 1983 Williams FW08C (Flyslot previously released the 1979 Williams FW07 so this will be all new), 1970 Porsche 914/6, 1965 • RCS “One” has wired controllers for analog cars with race P2 and 1967 Ferrari 330 P3 control managed by an App. MRRC: 1963 Corvette Stingray fastback • RCS “Air” has wireless throttles for analog cars with race control managed by an App. MSC: 1985 Rothmann’s Porsche 959 Dakar car, 1976 DeTomaso Pantera Group 3, 1987 Peugeot 205 and 1990 Peugeot 405 Paris-Dakar, • RCS “Pro” is a fully Scalextric Digital system. 2012 Dakar Mini “X-Raid (Countryman) and “Africa Legends” series: Slot.it: 2012 Audi R18 with four-wheel-drive, Matra MS670B (that Peugeot 1987 205 T16 Grand Raid, 1988 Peugeot 405 T16 Grand Raid, finished 1-3 at LeMans in 1974, with similar MS670B cars finishing 1981 Range Rover Dakar, and 2000 Subaru Impreza Rally Safari 1-3 in 1973), 1989 Nissan R98C Group C and lighter a faster Porsche Mr. Slotcar: 1985 Porsche 962C IMSA, 1989 LeMans, 956 and 962 Group C cars. Reprogrammed lane-changers for the Slot.it 1995 McLaren FI LeMans and 1969 oXigen Digital system will be available for Scalextric Digital and a new and slimmer oXigen Type B chip is coming. NSR: to be announced later in 2014 Policar: , 1970 and 1971 March 711 Formula Cartrix: 1960 Scarab and 1961 Ferguson P99 Grand Prix cars 1 cars with a double gear reduction using a pair of idler spur gears Le Mans Miniatures (cast resin): 1976 Porsche 935 LeMans, parallel to the rear axle, a Ferrari F40 and Ferrari 312PB. Rondeau M379 LeMans, 1973 Porsche 911 RSR and 1974 Matra 670B Carrera: 2013 Ferrari F138 and 2013 Red Bull RB9 Formula 1 cars, SRC (Slot Racing Company): displayed computer-printed VW Beetle with Group 5 fender flares, C7R Corvette, 2012 Green GT prototypes of their forthcoming injection-molded plastic models H2 LeMans, 2013 Ferrari “LaFerrari” street car, and the Porsche 904 GTS including a 1977 Porsche 935/77, 1980 Porsche 935J, 1972 Matra 670, and 2010 Porsche Carrera GT will be available as individual models.

Model Car Racing 51 1973 Matra 670B, IMSA, Renault RS10 F1 1979, Ferrari Scaleauto: 2011 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R, 2009 Audi R8 LMS and 312T4 F1 1979, Porsche 914/6-R race car and 914-6 street. A Red Bull 2011 BMW Z4 raid buggy (Dakar) is also coming 1/43 Scale: F Slot: A new company will be offering the seventies era Tyrell P34 and Tyrell 007 Formula 1 cars. Carrera Go!!!: 2013 Ferrari and Red Bull Formula 1 cars and Formula E Grand Prix cars, Original Slot Cars (OSC): 2005 Citroen Xsara and 1986 Lancia Delta S4 as kits SCX Compact: 2010 BMW M3 and 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Spirit: Resuming production of cars like the 1981 Porsche 936 and Kyosho: 2013 Toyota GT86 and 1998 Porsche 911 GT1-98 BMW 635CSI with new liveries. LeMans-winner Revell/Monogram: Neither the German or American divisions Ho Scale: have any new 1/32 scale race cars planned for 2014 Racemasters AFX: Racing liveries on the NASCAR Ford Fusion Top Slot (cast resin): 1954 Pegaso Z102 Bisiluro, 1954 Pegaso and Chevrolet SS, Camaro Z/28 and Mustang Boss, and new deco Spyder Montjuich, Pegaso Spyder Touring and Pegaso Berlinetta Enasa. releases on LeMans and Group C cars Auto World: Vintage Funny Cars 1/30 Scale: from the Don Prudhomme era Racer (cast-resin): 1964 GTO64, 1962 Ferrari SWB Drogo “Breadvan” and 1966 Ferrari 275GTB. 1/24 Scale: BRM: 1997 McLaren F1 GTR and Mercedes Sauber C9 Group C Auto Art: 2004 BMW M3 GTR, 2005 Dodge Viper and 2005 Peugeot 307 WRC Auto World: More cars from the AMT series of 1/25 scale cars Carrera: 2012 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3

The Scalextric 1969 McLaren M7C

The Scalextric 1969 McLaren M7C with high wings

The MSC “Africa Legends” series Peugeot 1987 205 T16 Grand Raid The Top Slot (cast resin) 1954 Pegaso Spyder Touring

52 Model Car Racing The Slot.it Matra MS670B (that finished 1-3 at LeMans in 1974, The Scalextric C3479A 1972 Tyrrell 003 and 1973 Lotus 72E are with similar MS670B cars finishing 1-3 in 1973), sold in this set of two.

The Slot.it 2012 Audi SR18 with four-wheel-drive

The Policar Lotus 72 Formula 1 car The Slot.it Porsche 956C KH Mugello 1000km 1983 Group C car The double gear reduction in the Policar Lotus 72 Formula 1 car

The Scalextric pair of Monster trucks are only available in a race The Scalextric 2013 Champion VW Polo WRC set with track.

The Ninco Seat Leon with a new chassis for many of the cars with new paint schemes.

The Scalextric 1986 Lancia Delta S4 WRC

The Scalextric 2012 Lotus Exige R-GT

The Ninco Wi-Co wireless control for the Ninco N-Digital system. The Scalextric Volkswagen Campervan Type 1b

Model Car Racing 53 The Scalextric C3542A 1970 Type 72C. ---all photos courtesy Pendle Slot Racing (www.pendleslotracing.co.uk/)

The Carrera 2013 Ferrari F138 Alonso Formula 1 The SRC (Slot Racing Company) displayed computer-printed prototypes of their forthcoming injection-molded plastic models including this Renault RS10 F1 1979 The Scaleauto 2010 Spyker C8 GT2

The Carrera 2013 Red Bull RB9 Formula 1 car The Carrera 2012 Green GT H2 LeMans The Carrera 2013 Ferrari “LaFerrari” street car

The Carrera 1965 Porsche 904 GTS The Carrera Digital 132 Timing Tower The Slotwings (division of Flyslot) 1983 Williams FW08C

The MRRC 1963 Corvette Stingray fastback The Scalextric C3482 1971 Tyrell #12 The Le Mans Miniatures (cast resin) 1976 Porsche 935 LeMans

54 Model Car Racing The Slot.it 1989 Nissan R98C Group C

The Le Mans Miniatures (cast resin) Rondeau M379 LeMans With a The F Slot seventies era Tyrell P34 Formula 1 The F Slot seventies era Tyrell 007 Formula 1 new race-prepared chassis.

The Scaleauto 1981 BMW M1 Group 5 The SRC (Slot Racing Company) Ferrari 312T4 F1 1979 The SRC (Slot Racing Company) Lola T600 IMSA

The SRC (Slot Racing Company) Porsche 914/6-R racecar The Scalextric 2014 Bentley Continental GT3 The Top Slot (cast resin) 1954 Pegaso Z102 Bisiluro

Racer (cast-resin---1/30 scale) 1966 Ferrari 275GTB. The BRM 1/24 scale 1997 McLaren F1 GTR The BRM Mercedes Sauber C9 Group C Model Car Racing 55 1:64 SCALE 14’ ELECTRIC SLOT CAR RACE SET

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