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Model Car Racing • 3 CONTENTS

16 LeMans: SRC (Slot Racing Company) 1973 Capri 2600RS by Albin Burroughs

18 Australian V8 Sedan Racing: Scalextric 1976 Ford Falcon XB by Robert Schleicher

20 Race Tracks on a Tabletop: 2-Lane Vallelunga Track for Scalextric Sport, Classic, SCX, NINCO or Carrera May/June 2013 Number 69 (with optional lane-changing) on a 5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop by Robert Schleicher ON THE COVER: Slot.it’s 1/32 scale replica of the TDI on its way to winning LeMans in 2011 ---LAT Photo See the video of the cover and video of the Audi R18 and other LeMans LMP1 cars in action on the 21 Real Race Tracks on a Tabletop: Laguna Seca 1/32 scale track on www.modelcarracing.com and click on the “Action Videos” at the 2-Lane Vallelunga Track for Scalextric Sport, Classic, SCX, NINCO or Carrera far left of the home page. (with optional lane-changing) on an 5 x 16-foot tabletop. 1/32 SCALE MODEL CAR RACING: by Robert Schleicher 24 Your Cars: 7 LeMans: Formula 1: Tom Dolan’s 2010 Lola B09/60 Penelope Pitlane 1964 1512 by Robert Schleicher 27 LeMans: 9 Race-Tune Your Race Car: Scalextric 2011 McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Supertuned Racers, Part 92: With Downforce Magnet by Albin Burroughs THE 6-SCREW HOP-UP; “Suspension” for Anglewinder Pods by Robert Schleicher 32 Track Test: LeMans: Carrera 2011 Audi R18 TDI 15 Vintage Racing: by Marc Purdham Strombecker 1964 Cobra Daytona Coupe by Robert Schleicher 34 Track Test: LeMans: Ninco 2012 Audi R18 e-tron ultra by Marc Purdham

36 LeMans: Slot.it 2011 Audi R18 TDI by Robert Schleicher 38 LeMans: Shoot-Out: Audi R18s DEPARTMENTS Slot.it vs. Ninco vs. Carrera vs. NSR by Robert Schleicher 6 Editorial: The Scale Effect 48 Club Directory 42 Digital Racing: 50 Pit Board Slot.it oXigen System Digital Chips for Any Car 54 New For 2013 by Robert Schleicher

46 Start Here: No-Rub Rubber by Robert Schleicher

51 Your Track: SlotMods 12 x 30-foot LeMay Museum Raceway by David Beattie

57 LeMans: Modelant 1940 Ferrari 815 by Robert Schleicher

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49 Track Plans: 4-Lane Vallelunga Track in 4 x 8-feet by Robert Schleicher

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In the late sixties, course, some of the drivers will complain- ranks of the winners? The best answer is to that chemical was simple oil of winter green --expect it to be the ones that are winning become a better driver or car setup mechan- so the slot racing shops all carried that odor. most often—but, really, every car will then ic so you have the slightest hope of winning. Soon, other additives, including STP, were have an equal chance to maximize the most But, just suppose, that most of folks that are in use. Eventually, the best description for critical tuning tool of all; traction. There’s a winning know something you do not? What racing with foam tires was “Glue Racing” good chance that the folks that were winning if they have a “speed secret”? Thankfully, because the tracks were as sticky as mask- will keep on winning but you will have done most experienced model car racers are will- ing tape thanks to the chemicals being laid all you can (to match what the winners had ing to share those secrets but you have to be down by the foam applicators (tires). been doing all along) to assure that the “best willing to ask, to listen, and to at least try The nightmare news is that foam tires of rest” will be much closer to being winners. their ideas. are back. Not only are the “Euroracers” in A “Secret” No More Spain and Italy using way-undersize “low The answers the winners provide, how- rider” tires but also many clubs now allow The dates for the 2013 National Hobby ever, will almost always be just half-truths. undersize foam tires. Now foam tires are show, the iHobby Expo, have been changed to Oc- They will tell you things like, “I true my available from Slot.it and Scaleauto. Even tober 5 and 6 and the show is now at the Renais- tires and loosen up the body screws.” Great, if you could enforce a “no chemical” rule sance Schaumburg Convention Center 1551 N. but there’s much, much more to both of for the foam tires, the range of foam com- Thoreau Dr. Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 about those “secrets” than what they have told ponents and the ability to treat the foam 20-minutes west of O’Hare Airport. The iHobby you---some of those “secrets” will be re- without leaving an odor makes them even Expo (www.ihobbyexpo.com/Public.html) has vealed in the series of articles that begin more difficult to control that with silicone, become the largest gathering in the United States on pages 9-14 testing how to find lower lap urethane or rubber tires. If you really, really for the model car racing importers and manu- times with loose or tight body-mounting have to go that fast, you can find one of the facturers. Usually, Scalextric, NINCO, SCX, and pod-mounting screws. still-surviving commercial race tracks where AFX and Auto World each have demo tracks as My personal experience is that most foam tires and glue are standard practice- well as displays of their latest products. --neither foam nor chemicals really have a of the consistent winners are winning for Volume 12, Number 3 (issue number 69) May/June 2013 two reasons: (1) He or she is a very good proper place on a home raceway. Publisher: Robert Schleicher Editor: Robert Schleicher driver and (2) The car is “tuned” to perfec- Outing the Speed Secret Design: D.D.A. tion. There are dozens of things you can do If you are racing in a group where any Technical Editor: Chris Walker Track Test Editor: Marc Purdham to “tune” your car and nearly all of them are of the members is likely to want to search Contributing Editors: on the www.modelcarracingmag.com site for a speed secret, bypass the whole is- Mark Gussin Dan Wilson under the “New to the Hobby?” link. Buried sue. Establish, now, a club rule that all cars Brad Bowman there---and hidden by half-truth answers run a specific tire. 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6 • Model Car Racing RACE-TUNE YOUR RACE CAR THE 6-SCREW HOP-UP: Supertuned Racers, Part 92: With Downforce Magnet “SUSPENSION” FOR ANGLEWINDER PODS

The 6-Screw Hop-Up: Open the box, run the car for a few dozen laps to break the car in. Oil the bearings and grease the gears lightly to get the car as quickly as it will on your track with your throttle finger. Pick the car up and loosen the screws that attach the body about a full turn so the body can just barely wiggle, then loosen all the screws (two on some cars, five on others, six on others) that hold the motor pod so the pod can wiggle about 1/64-inch or less. Your lap times should decrease by about 10-percent or more (ours dropped a half-second a lap, from 5.52 seconds to 5.04 seconds). We picked the Racer “Sideways” car with an anglewinder motor pod as an example of the faster cars. This time we tested the car with the downforce magnet in place---we’ll try it again without the downforce magnet but with silicone rear tires, and report the results in the next issue. Robert Schleicher

Four of the high-performance cars that have adjustable motor pods that have (or can be fitted with) the extended side outriggers (l. to r.): NSR (2011 Audi R18 TDI), Racer “Sideways” ( Lancia Beta Montecarlo), Slot.it “Reloaded”inline (1999 Audi R8C) and Slot.it anglewinder (2011 Audi R18 TDI). The Slot.it “Reloaded” Audi R8C has a 4-screw motor pod but Slot.it offers replacement motor pods with outriggers (with inline, sidewinder or anglewinder motor locations) to fit the R8C and their other newer chassis.

The high-performance cars from Slot.it, Racer “Sideways”, tions that can improve the cars’ performance and we tried Ninco “Lightning” and “ProRace”, Avant Slot, Scaleauto, them all…. SCX “Pro”, Mr. Slotcar and NSR have separate motor pods. The newest super-quick cars from Slot.it, Racer “Side- You can “tune” these cars for more performance by leaving ways”, Scaleauto, Mr. Slotcar and NSR have a pair of out- the motor-pod mounting screws slightly loose so the pod can riggers on the motor pods that provide two more adjusting vibrate or by tightening the screws to allow the motor pod points for the chassis, in addition to the screws at the front to reinforce the chassis. And you also have the choice (with and rear of the pod and the screws that attach the body. The any model race car) of leaving the body-mounting screws outriggers provide two additional points of adjustment but loose or tight. There’s about two-dozen different combina- do not necessarily produce any faster lap times.

Model Car Racing • 9 Four of the high-performance cars (l. to r.): NSR 2011 Audi R18 TDI, Racer “Sideways” Group 5 Lancia Beta Montecarlo, Slot.it “Reloaded”1999 Audi R8C and Slot.it 2011 Audi R18 TDI.

1/32 SCALE SUSPENSION leave all the motor pod-mounting screws loose the pod On a modern full-size race car the chassis is stiffer than merely vibrates. However, tightening just a pair of the pod- most bridges to allow the springs and other moving chassis mounting screws allows the pod to flex or spring to provide members to be adjusted for precise handling characteristics. “suspension”. Springs, levers and a variety of shock absorbers are used If the chassis has a separate motor/rear axle pod, the at each corner of the car to keep the tires in contact with pod itself can flex as a spring, also acting much like an anti- the pavement during acceleration, cornering and braking. roll bar on a full-size car. Those extra long pod-mounting There are thousands of adjustments available on the full-size arms on the sides of the motor pods in some of the newer race cars, including such options as making the left front high-performance chassis are there to provide an additional corner stiffer than the right rear. All 1/32 scale model race pair of “suspension” adjustments to allow the motor pod flex cars also have suspension adjustments, even the cars with adjustment to be more effective. one-piece chassis. However, the cars with separate motor Most of the pods are too rigid to flex much on their own, pods provide an even broader range of chassis adjustments. however, the new extended side arms certainly can flex by twisting. Those side arms, then, offer the option of leaving THE CHASSIS AS SUSPENSION the extreme rear mounting screws and/or the extreme front- On a 1/32 scale model race car the chassis is proportion- mounting screws loose so the pod can pivot around the long ally much, much more flexible than the chassis on a full-size side-mounting arms. car. Because the chassis on any model race car flexes (an- Slot.it, Mr. Slotcar, Ninco and NSR offer coil springs so other word for spring), the chassis is an effective “suspen- you can provide spring suspension on the pods. The newest sion” system in itself. The tires’ grip or torque is transferred motor pods from Slot.it, Racer “Sideways”, Scaleauto, Mr. to the car through the motor pod and the chassis and there Slotcar and NSR have three sets of pod-mounting screws is far more force than you might imagine---plenty to flex at the front, on two side extension and at rear so there are nearly any model car chassis if the chassis is not reinforced. three pairs of possible positions for those springs. Since the chassis can flex, tightening the chassis to the The car we selected for these tests is a Racer “Sideways” body can reinforce the chassis enough to remove most of Group 5 Lancia Beta Montecarlo because it shares the same that flex. Similarly, tightening the pod mounting screws re- motor and gearing as the modern-era Slot.it cars but the inforces the chassis to limit the amount of flex. If you want Lancia Beta Montecarlo has room inside the body for a side- the chassis to flex, the body-mounting screws must be left winder motor (which the modern ultra-low LeMans cars do slightly loose. not). We will try the car with a sidewinder motor in a later article in this series. We also tried some of the tests as “con- THE MOTOR POD AS SUSPENSION trol” runs with the Slot.it modern-era Audi R18 and the results were virtually identical to those with the Lancia. The motor pod is also soft enough to flex, so both the

chassis and the pod provide possible “suspension”. If you

10 • Model Car Racing our own body-mounting system. The chassis kit has six pos- MOTOR PODS sible positions for installing the motor pod-mounting with The motor pod chassis design provides a separate plat- springs; a pair at the extreme front edges of the chassis, a form to mount the motor and the rear axle that is then pair at the extreme rear edges or a pair at the extreme rear of mounted to the remainder of chassis with two or more the chassis. screws. Those pods are designed to be raced either tightened down or left slightly loose so the motor pod can move about Mr. Slotcar (from Electric Dreams www.electricdreams. 1/64-inch or less up and down and from side to side. com/) or Professor Motor (www.professormotor.com) have Slot.it, Racer “Sideways”, Ninco “Lightning” and “Pro- shipped replicas of the 1991 LeMans Mazda 787B that we Race”, Avant Slot, Scaleauto, SCX “Pro”, Mr. Slotcar and Race Track Tested out-of-the-box in the May/June 2011 NSR offer most of their models with separate motor pods. number 57 issue and with the downforce magnet removed in Scalextric and Carrera cars are the exceptions---neither the May/June 2012 number 63 issue. The Mr. Slotcar chas- manufacturer currently offers any car with a chassis that has sis has a separate motor pod with the side outrigger mounts. a separate motor pod. Most of the Ninco cars also have a This is also available as a separate piece. Optional pods are one-piece chassis with the exception of some of the Light- available for sidewinder and inline motor installations and ning and ProRace series cars, which do have separate motor Mr. Slotcar also has springs and other chassis tuning parts. pods. All of SCX, Avant Slot, Sloter and Sloting Plus cars NSR (www.nsrslot.it/) can also supply springs, pads and have separate motor pods but they are usually mounted with special mounting screws for the extreme rear and extreme a pivoting bearing at the front and two screws at the rear. side pod-mounting posts on the motor pods in their latest Those two mounting screws (and front pivot) can be left cars including the 911 GT3 RSR (that was Race slightly loose. Even with just two mounting screws, the pod Track tested in the September/October 2012 number 65 can be used as a “tuning” tool to help isolate vibration from issue with magnet and in the November/December 2012 the tires so it does not set up additional stress, which can number 66 without the downforce magnet), the Audi R18 cause the tires to break traction and hop or slide. Some of (in the March/April 2013 number 68 issue) and the 2011 that vibration can be isolated by simply loosening the body- GT3 and 2010 Corvette C6-R. mounting screws, which works just as well on the cars with one-piece chassis as it does on the cars with separate motor RACE-TUNING CARS WITH MOTOR PODS pods. In my experience, tuning the chassis on a 1/32 scale Recently, the motor pod concept has been expanded, model race car is more of an art than a science. The pro- with outriggers on each side of the motor pod that reach to cess is complicated because each model race track offers a the edges of the chassis. Those outriggers are long enough to slightly different surface. The surfaces on Carrera, Scalex- have built-in flex so they add a “spring” option to motor pod tric Sport, SCX and Ninco track vary (in that order) from mounting that is much like a torsion bar on a full size car. smooth to very rough. The tracks that are routed in MDF The long side mounting arms are what distinguish the Slot. board are about as smooth as Carrera, but cars will corner it, Racer “Sideways”, the newest Scaleauto, Mr. Slotcar and at much different speeds on a painted Carrera track than newest NSR chassis and motor pods from the rest. on bare plastic. All of the Model Car Racing “Race Track Tests” since issue number 1 in 2002 have been performed Slot.it (www.slot.it/) motor pods are standard in all of their cars but only the newest releases have the outriggers. Slot.it also offers motor pods with the outriggers for inline and sidewinder motor installations.

Racer “Sideways” (www.racer-emmegi.it/) series of replicas of Group 5 race cars, including the Zakspeed Capri and Lancia Beta Montecarlo, are fitted with Slot.it motors and gears but the motor pods are slightly different than the Slot.it pods, with just a single mounting screws at front.

Scaleauto (http://www.132slotcar.us) has also devel- oped a new RT3 chassis that is fitted to the 2010 Honda Racing HSV-101 Super GT and will be standard on the forthcoming 2011 BMW Z4 GT3, 2006 Spyker C8 GT2R, The two screws at the extreme edges of the chassis (just in front of rear tires) retain the outriggers 1981 Pantera and BMW M1 Group 5. Scaleauto also has a on these motor pods. This is the Racer “Sideways” Lancia Beta Montecarlo, but all of the pods with the outriggers have similar mounts. Tightening the two screws (and leaving the other pod-mounting complete RT3 chassis kit (SC6615 for 77-84 mm wheelbase screws loose) can force the outriggers to act as a torsion spring for the motor pod. or SC-6616 for 81-86 mm wheelbase) but you must provide Model Car Racing • 11 We tested the car on the smooth and relatively long Carrera Laguna Seca track. First, we ran the car with the stock Racer tires and magnet and the combination of loose pod-mounting screws and a loose body produced quickest lap times. With the better traction that silicone tires of- fered, however, the car turned quicker lap times with the body mounting screws tight. The times were similar with just two rear-mounting screws tight on the pod. The combination of stock tires, with all the body-mount screws tight, and option C, with all the pod screws tight, is the setup that is on the car out-of-the-box. Just loosening the body-mounting screws actually made the car slower, in- Leaving just the two rear screws loose (and the others tight) can also force the motor pod to flex creasing the lap time from 5.35 to 5.61 seconds. Surprising- but the effect is really only noticeable on very rough track surfaces like Ninco’s. The rear axle bear- ly, tightening-down the two extreme side screws but leaving ing retainer on the Racer “Sideways” chassis is attached with two screws as well---do not loosen those two screws. all the other pod and body-mounting screw loose produced the quickest lap time we recorded with stock tires at 5.19 seconds. The combination of a loose body and the front on the compact 5 x 9-foot “Indy F1” Scalextric Classic/SCX and rear pod-mounting screws loose allowed the pod to rock (with rougher track surfaces) and Carrera (with a smoother fore and aft but the tight side screws forced the side arms to surface) tracks with a 35-foot lap length (but only a four- act like torsion springs which likely dissipated some of the foot long straight). There is a full Race Track Test of this motor’s torque rather than transferring that torque into the same Racer “Sideways” Group 5 Zakspeed Capri out-of- tires to induce slip. With the stock tires the lap times were the-box (with the downforce magnet and stock rear tires) usually better with the body tightened-down. in the March/April 2013 number 68 issue and we’ll have a Changing the rear tires to silicones did not produce full Race Track Test of the Racer “Sideways” 1979 Porsche an immediate reduction in lap times. The somewhat better 935/78 Group 5 without the downforce magnet in the next traction that silicones offer was most effective with the body issue. tight---the lap time with all the pod screws loose was 5.04 However, we wanted to see how much performance seconds and with just the rear and front pod screw loose the we could extract from a 1/32 scale car on a larger track so time was about the same at 5.09 seconds. The best times we performed this range of tests on the 53-foot lap length were produced with all of the pod screws loose. However, Carrera Laguna Seca track (the plan was in the January/ the same combination of a loose body and the front and February 2012 number 61 issue) with a 12-foot long uphill rear pod-mounting screws loose that was most effective with straight. There are 18 possible loose and tight screw com- stock tires was almost as effective with silicone tires. Appar- binations (see sidebar on page 14): nine pod screw options ently, allowing the pod to rock fore and aft but with the side (C through I), each with the body loose or tight (A or B). arms tight so they were forced to act like torsion springs can These are the combinations that produced the best lap times help the rear tires to retain traction. Some combinations with this particular car on this particular track.... of loose pods screws worked best with the body also loose, however, which could predict what might happen on track THE BEST LAP TIMES: With the downforce magnet in the forward position with stock tires: Loose Tight Body: Body: 5.19 5.28 H. Loosen four screws, the two at the front and the two at the rear

With the downforce magnet in the forward position with silicone tires: Loose Tight Body: Body: 5.12 5.04 G. Loosen all six (all four on 4-screw- mount) screws The “Sideways” motor pod only has a single screw at front, which can be tightened, (leaving the 5.21 5.09 H. Loosen four screws, the two at the other four loose) to allow the motor pod to flex from side to side. front and the two at the rear

12 • Model Car Racing with rougher surface like Scalextric, SCX or Ninco. THE 4-SCREW PODS The motor pods that lack the outriggers obviously have no means of providing the torsion bar “suspension” effect LESS BOUNCE, QUICKER LAPS that outriggers can provide---but there are still the options Bounce is not always apparent as a hopping action--- of using the flex in the pod itself or the flex in the chassis more often, the car appears to be sliding sideways through to provide some “suspension”. There are, however, six pos- corners. Any 1/32 scale car will corner quicker if you can sible motor pod adjustments with the four-screw pods (of the minimize that “bounce” with perfectly round tires and nine possible with outriggers) plus the option of tightening smooth gear mesh and isolating vibration by leaving the or loosening the body-mounting screws. It is also possible to body-mounting screws and/or the motor pod-mounting install longer pod-mounting screws to fit Ninco or Slot.it coil screws tight or loosening them slightly to allow the body to springs between the screws and the pod to include springs in rattle enough isolate some chassis vibrations. the pod-mounting. We’ll test the effect of actual coil spring One of the most visible places where bounce occurs is suspension in a later issue. when the car is accelerating from a standing start or from a very slow speed corner. It is not unusual for car to deslot SUSPENSION ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS from a standing start simply because the rear wheels have FOR 4-SCREW MOTOR PODS so much traction that the torque levers-up the chassis far Body-Mounting Screws enough to lift the pickup from the slot. Yes, a wheelie! What A. Leave all about one-turn loose (1/64-inch of “free” body is not always obvious, however, is that there may be a series movement) of wheelies as tires alternately hook-up and let go---reducing B. Tighten all mounting screws that repeated bounce is one of possible results of leaving the various motor pod-mounting screws and/or body-mounting Motor Pod: screws loose or tight. C. Tighten all 4 screws This is the first report of results of those thousands of E. Loosen only two extreme REAR screws for 1/64-inch Qualifying Lap tests. We’ll publish all the results in the next “free” movement few issues. There is a simple lesson in all this seemingly- F. Loosen only two extreme FRONT screws for 1/64-inch complex testing; “results may vary!” or, this is what worked “free” movement for us but you will have try the different combinations for G. Loosen all six (all four on 4-screw-mount) screws for 1/64- inch “free” movement yourself with your cars, your tires on your tracks to see which J. Tighten two brass spring-mount screws to allow barely per- setup works the best to produce the quickest lap times. You ceptible movement of the pod will, at least, have a place to start when you begin to run K. Tighten two brass spring-mount screws to allow barely your own Qualifying Laps to tune the car. 1/64-inch movement of pod

The motor pod in the latest Ninco “Lightning” cars, including the Audi R18 on pages 34-35, is attached with four screws; the two at the extreme front and rear can be reached from the bottom of the chassis and there are two more screws on top of the motor pod that can only be reached with the body removed. The system provides simple control over the pod rocking from side to side or back and forth. The SCX pod system provides similar adjustments. Most of the other four-screw pods, however, do not really offer much rocking control. Ninco includes a coil The car we selected for these tests is a Racer “Sideways” Group 5 Lancia Beta Montecarlo (right) spring beneath each of the two top screws to provide the option of a spring similar to the Slot. because it shares the same motor and gearing as the modern-era Slot.it cars like the 2010 Lola-Judd it, Racer “Sideways” and NSR springs. Ninco offers the number 80914 Motor Mount Springs CB09/60 (left). Kit with stiffer and lighter springs.

Model Car Racing • 13 SUSPENSION ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS Rough Tracks Body-Mounting Screws Be aware that these particular tests were all conducted on the relatively A. Leave all about one-turn loose (1/64-inch of “free” body movement) smooth Carrera track---the cars and tires will respond in very different ways B. Tighten all mounting screws on the slight-rougher Scalextric Sport track or the even rougher Scalextric Motor Pod: Classic or SCX track or the really rough Ninco track. These suspension systems C. Tighten all 6 screws were all designed to cater to the Euroracers in Spain and Italy who usually race D. Loosen only two extreme SIDE screws for 1/64-inch “free” movement on the rougher Ninco track surface. With that additional traction, the torque E. Loosen only two extreme REAR screws for 1/64-inch “free” movement reaction into the chassis will produce far more of an effect on the chassis than F. Loosen only two extreme FRONT screws for 1/64-inch “free” movement on the smoother Carrera, Scalextric Sport or even SCX track surfaces. (If the pod also has a seventh screw at the front, that screw must be loosened) If you want to recreate that Ninco-type rough surface you can do what G. Loosen all six (all four on 4-screw-mount) screws for 1/64-inch “free” model car racers did in the seventies and paint any track with flat latex wall movement paint but with fine-grind walnut shells mixed-in. Boat supply shops can usually H. Loosen four screws, the two at the front and the two at the rear for 1/64- order ground walnut shells (which are used, to help create non-skid boat and inch “free” movement patio deck finishes) like TS-631 Shell-Tex (www.topsecretcoatings.com/) or I. Loosen four screws, the two at the front and the two at the sides for 1/64- Downwind Marine offers three textures (www.downwindmarine.com) but the inch “free” movement “fine” is the one you will likely need. You will have to experiment, however, Motor Pod with Slot.it CH47B Spring Suspension installed at extreme REAR to see how many ounces of ground walnut shells are needed for each quart of with CH55A soft springs: latex paint. (To allow the springs to function all of the motor pod-mounting screws but The best setup for this 53-foot per lap unpainted Carrera plastic track the two rear spring suspension screws must be loosened to allow 1/64-inch might, or might not, be the best for you own unpainted Carrera track. The “free” movement as described in the text) chances that what worked best on this Carrera track will work best on an- J. Tighten two brass spring-mount screws to allow barely perceptible move- other brand of track are slim to none. If you have painted your Carrera track, ment of the pod this setup will very likely not be the best. Or, if you are running on unpainted K. Tighten two brass spring-mount screws to allow barely 1/64-inch move- Scalextric Sport (the newer, smoother surface), Scalextric Classic (the older ment of pod rougher surface), SCX (also rough, like Scalextric Classic) or the really rough Ninco track you will have to find your own “best” combinations of loose and THE FULL TEST RESULTS: tight screws. What you have, on these pages, is a map---it is your assignment Qualifying Lap Times (should you choose to want lower lap times) to find the quickest way around Slot.it/Racer Anglewinder motor pod in Racer Group 5 Zakspeed Capri: your track with this map as your guide to choices. WITH Magnet (in forward position), stock tires Qualifying Laps A. B. We ran over ten full-size miles of Qualifying Lap tests to determine the Loose Tight effect of each adjustment. A “Qualifying Lap” is the quickest lap you can run in Body: Body: a sequence of thirty or so and you must be able to repeat that lowest lap time 5.38 5.52 C. Tighten all 6 screws at least one more time. This is, essentially, the same procedure we use when 5.36 5.45 D. Loosen only two extreme SIDE screws for performing the full Race Track Tests on the “Indy F1” tracks. The process helps 1/64-inch “free” movement to eliminate driver error in that the large number of laps are statistically likely 5.49 5.49 E. Loosen only two extreme REAR screws for to produce at least one lap that is the best that car can do (as opposed to the 1/64-inch “free” movement best the driver can do). So, within the limits of testing, this is as fast as this 5.53 5.70 F. Loosen only two extreme FRONT screws for particular car will run with each of these chassis adjustments. 1/64-inch movement (If the pod also has a seventh screw at the front, that Tuning for Ride Height screw must be loosened) No motor pod adjustment is going remove wheel hop caused by an out of 5.39 5.35 G. Loosen all six (all four on 4-screw-mount) screws alignment chassis. Before adjusting the motor pod screws, be sure that all four for 1/64-inch movement tires are perfectly round. There are tips on sanding them on the website 5.19 5.28 H. Loosen four screws, the two at the front www.modelcarracingmag.com under “New To The Hobby?”. and the two at the rear The front axle should also be adjusted to place as much weight as pos- 5.35 5.47 I. Loosen four screws, the two at the front and sible on the pickup brushes with the tires just touching the track. The cars that the two at the sides have these adjustable motor pods usually have holes in the top and bottom of WITH Magnet (in forward position), silicone tires the oval front axle bearings to allow you to screw-in four Allen screws (the 5.53 5.85 C. Tighten all 6 screws same size that is used for the set-screw-mount gears and wheels). The screws 5.54 5.39 D. Loosen only two extreme SIDE screws for can then be turned in or out to adjust the height of the front axle from the track 1/64-inch “free” movement and how much it can move up or down. On a full-size car such adjustments are 5.38 5.47 E. Loosen only two extreme REAR screws for usually referred to as “ride height” adjustments. On a model racing car, the 1/64-inch “free” movement primary concern is that the pickup shoe blade is set to the full depth of the 5.28 5.20 F. Loosen only two extreme FRONT screws for slot in the track. The weight of car will hold the guide there against the spring 1/64-inch movement pressure from the pickup braids. The front axle must, then, be adjusted (by (If the pod also has a seventh screw at the front, that turning the Allen screws on the bottom of the front axle bearings) so the front screw must be loosened) tires do not lift the guide from the slot. The distance the front axle can travel 5.12 5.04 G. Loosen all six (all four on 4-screw-mount) screws upward is determined by the top of the oval slot that serves as the front axle 5.21 5.09 H. Loosen four screws, the two at the front and bearing. If you want to limit that amount of travel (so the car can lean only as the two at the rear far as you want it to before the outside front tire begin to lift the car) you can 5.15 5.20 I. Loosen four screws, the two at the front and tighten the Allen screws on the top of the front axle to limit the front axle’s the two at the sides upward movement.

14 • Model Car Racing : SRC (SLOT RACING COMPANY) 1973 FORD CAPRI RS2600 The Capri was imported to America as a compact two-door sedan. In Europe, however, the Capri was publicized as a true GT car, a smaller-size Mustang GT350. These Capris were raced on all the important circuits of Europe including LeMans. Albin Burroughs

Ford wanted to establish the Capri as the Mustang of Europe and, to enhance the car’s image, a few dozen Capris were modi- fied for competition. The Capri 2600RS won the 1971 and 1972 European Touring Car Championships (http://touringcarracing. net/) racing against Ford Escorts, BMW 2002s, BMW 2800CSs, Fiat 128 Coupes, Sunbeam Imps(!) and GTAs. The Capris also captured first and second places in their class (10th and 11th overall) at LeMans in 1972. During this period the Ca- pris still retained the stock body with mild fender flares and just a small chin spoiler (diaplane, in those days) and, of course, the widest tires they could squeeze under the fenders. This SRC model is a replica of the Capri 2600 RS racers that won the 1972 European Touring Car Championship; this

The SRC Capri has a single downforce magnet just in front of the motor. one the car that Jackie Stewart and Francois Cevert drove to second overall in the 6 Hour race on the Paul Ricard circuit. It 16 • Model Car Racing was not unusual, in the seventies, for Formula 1 drivers like gutters and windshield is actually plated on the SRC Capri. Stewart to compete in other forms of racing but it is hard to The Capri has a sidewinder-style chassis with the downforce imagine Sebastian Vettle even considering to compete in the magnet located just ahead of the motor. The chassis has a sprung 2013 GT3 series. SRC is also producing replicas of one of the pickup shoe to help keep the pickup brushes in contact with cars that competed at LeMans in 1972 the rails over bumpy track. The downforce magnet is relatively The SRC Capri captures the shape of the series I Capri weak but its effect is further minimized by the rather high ground 2600 RS very nicely. The windshield wipers are etched metal clearance. Since the weight and gearing are nearly identical to (something that should be “standard” on all 1/32 scale models) most Scalextric models, the SRC Capri should match their per- and the wheel inserts are also etched-metal. There is a full in- formance. If you want to race the Capri without the downforce terior with driver and a full rollcage. Most of the bright trim on magnet you will want to fit silicone rear tires like the number 1/32 scale cars is simple paint but the trim on the rear, the rain 1105 Super Tires to regain some of the lost traction.

SPEC SHEET: Slot Racing Company (SRC) 1973 Capri 2600 RS: The Prototype* The size the model The dimensions of the (the real cars): should be in 1/32 scale: SRC model: inline front engine NA sidewinder rear Length: 164.8 in. 5.15 in. (130.8 mm) 5.07 in.(128.8 mm) Width: 64.8 in. 2.03 in. (51.4 mm) 2.21 in. (56.2 mm) Height: 49.7 in. 1.55 in. (39.4 mm) 1.54 in. (39.1 mm) Wheelbase: 100.8 in. 3.15 in. (80.0 mm) 3.15 in. (80.0 mm) Track, Front: 54.2 in. 1.69 in. (43.0 mm) 1.65 in. (41.8 mm) Track, Rear: 53.2 in. 1.66 in. (42.2 mm) 1.72 in. (43.8 mm) Tires, Front: NA NA 8.2 x 19.6 mm Tires, Rear: NA NA 9.4 x 20.4 mm Engine: 2,637cc V6 NA SP Can Horsepower: NA NA NA Weight: 2,329 lbs. NA 68 grams (2 3/8 oz.) Weight on front tires: NA 28 grams (15/16 oz.) Weight on rear Tires: NA 40 grams (1 7/16 oz.) Magnetic Downforce (on Carrera): 42 grams (1 1/2 oz.) Magnetic Downforce (on Scalextric): 50 grams (1 3/4 oz.) Ground Clearance (on Carrera): 1.9 mm (.075 in.) Ground Clearance (on Scalextric): 1.8 mm (.070 in.) Pickup Lead (pivot to rear axle): 83.3 mm (3.28 in.) Gear Ratio: 3.27:1 (11/36) SOURCE: http://www.olecars.com/ Note: The width of the race car is slightly wider than the production Capri. The SRC Capri has a sidewinder motor, which leaves the front of the car open to allow a full interior and driver figure.

Model Car Racing • 17 RACE TRACKS ON A TABLETOP: VALLELUNGA TRACK IN 4 x 8-FEET FOR SCALEXTRIC CLASSIC, SPORT, SCX, NINCO OR IN 5 x 9-FEET FOR CARRERA WITH (OPTIONAL) LANE-CHANGING You can fit most of the turns from the Vallelunga Track on pages 22-23 onto a 4 x 8-foot tabletop for Scalextric Sport, Classic, SCX or Ninco track or onto a 5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop for Carrera. These compact tracks can, however, be expanded infinitely---the versions on pages 22-23 fill about twice the length. There’s an index, by size, of all the previously published track plans on our website www.modelcarracingmag.com. by Robert Schleicher These versions of the Vallelunga Track are designed for a 4 x --you can add at least two more of the double-crossing straight 8-foot tabletop for Scalextric Classic, Sport, SCX and Ninco lane-changers at any of the places marked with an “X” to pro- and, for Carrera, a 5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop. Most of the vide the optimum number of chances for passing. race track plans that are published in Model Car Racing maga- There are four positions for lane-changers on the Carrera zine include the letters “L” to indicate that pairs of straight version and they are shown as single-lane changers (numbers track sections can be added these points (one straight on each 30343 and 30345), but I would recommend you opt for Car- opposite side of track). On these plans, there are four parallel rera’s number 30347 double lane-changers at these locations. straights so you can add four track sections (about a gain of The track plans indicate two positions for the controller- four-feet per lap) for every foot you can to lengthen the table- connector track (“A” on the plans) so the drivers can be posi- top. The extended versions are on pages 22-23. tioned at different areas of the track on the two inner lanes for DIGITAL RACING SYSTEMS conventional analog cars. If you are using the digital systems, Both plans include suggested positions for the Scalextric only ONE connector track can be used on the two digital lanes. Sport Digital, Ninco N-Digital or Carrera Pro-X or Carrera If you try to use two, you will likely burn-out some of the cir- Digital 132 lane-changers. You may discover that you want to cuits in one or both of the connector tracks. SCX does offer a relocate the lane changers or use lane-changers to route the cable to allow the second set of three controller connections cars in a different direction after you have raced on the track (the SCX 25000 Control Unit) to be positioned a few feet for a few hours. away from the first three but, again, only ONE terminal track On the Scalextric Classic, Sport, SCX and Ninco version (where the transformer is plugged-in) can be used. there are two possible locations for the curved lane changers--

LIST OF SCALEXTRIC CLASSIC, SPORT, SCX OR NINCO TRACK REQUIRED FOR 2-LANE VALLELUNGA TRACK IN 5 X 9-FEET WITH (OPTIONAL) LANE-CHANGING LIST OF CARRERA TRACK REQUIRED : FOR 2-LANE VALLELUNGA TRACK IN 5 x 9-FEET Key Quantity Description WITH (OPTIONAL) LANE-CHANGING H 0 1/2 Standard Curve Key Quantity Description S 16 Standard Curve H 6 20577 1/2 Inner Curve R1 O 8 Outer Curve S 11 20571 Inner Curve R1 OO 0 Outer-Outer Curve O 0 20572 Middle Curve R2 F 2 “Short” Straight OO 0 20573 Outer Curve R3 E 5 1/4-Straight OOO 0 20578 Outer-Outer Curve R4 D 6 1/2-Straight E 3 20612 1/4-Straight B 4 Full-Straight D 4 20611 1/3-Straight A 2 Connector Track B 11 20509 Full-Straight L Track can be expanded in length by adding matched pairs of straight track sections here. A 2 20583 Connector Track (analog) T Turns on the model versions of the track L Track can be expanded in length by adding matched pairs of straight track sections here. X If you are assembling the track with Scalextric Digital, 1 1/2 straights at these T Turns on the model versions of the track points can be replaced with the C7036 double-crossover straight lane-changer plus a half straight. If you are using the Carrera Digital 132 lane-changing system any adjoining pairs of If you are using NINCO N-Digital, the 40207 double Lane-changers can be substituted standard-length straights (“B”) may be placed with Carrera Digital 132 lane-changing tracks. The for any standard straight. plan indicates some suggestions for the Carrera Digital 132 single-lane changers but these would To build the plan with NINCO track you will need about 10-percent more space and be better replaced with double lane-changers. You will also need to replace both 20583 controller/ you may need some additional short straights to get everything to line up properly. connector tracks with just ONE 30344 Digital 132 “Black Box” OR one 30352 Control Unit controller/connector track and one more piece of 20509 straight track.

20 • Model Car Racing 30 • Model Car Racing This Scalextric McLaren MP4-12C GT3 is replica of the Gulf-sponsored car that finished third at Macau in 2011. ---LAT Photo

Model Car Racing • 31 DIGITALDIGITAL RACINGRACING SLOT.IT oXigen SYSTEM CHIPS FOR ANY CAR Each car that is to be controlled with the Slot.it oXigen wireless radio control system must be fitted with an oXigen In- Car Controller (chip) as shown here. There’s more information on digital racing (including “Pros and Cons” of the basic systems) on the www.modelcarracingmag.com website under “Digital Car Racing Tips”. Robert Schleicher

The Slot.it oXigen Digital In Car Controllers (chips) can be installed in any 1/32 scale car that is large enough accommodate the chip. We fitted the SIO201a (Type A or “Type 1” on the Slot.it website) chip into a Scalextric Audi R8 GT3. The Slot.it oXigen Digital System is the ultimate in digi- and the slimmer number SIO201a (Type B or “Type 2” on the tal race control but it is somewhat more expensive than the Slot.it website http://www.slot.it/INGLESE/Oxigen_Manuals. other systems and it takes a bit of effort to learn all the options. html). The Type A chip is designed to function with either AC The oXigen system utilizes a constant 18-volts of current to the or DC power, which means it will function on a Sport Digital track rails, with the car’s speed and brake regulated by 2.4GHz track (which supplies 18 volts of AC to rails) as well as on Car- frequency radio control from Slot.it controllers. There’s infor- rera or Ninco (which supply 18 volts of DC to the rails). mation on installing and operating the oXigen digital system For operation on Scalextric track you will need to use the on Scalextric Sport track and lane-changers in the March/ Type A chip if you are using either Scalextric Digital power or April 2013 number 68 issue (the article is also on www.model- the Scalextric analog C8217 or C8271 Power & Control track carracingmag.com under Previous Issues). (and two analog controllers with two of the Scalextric P9203 Slot.it offers two sizes of oXigen Digital In Car Control- transformers---the “Good” power option for racing oXigen on lers; the SIO201a (Type A or “Type 1” on the Slot.it website) Scalextric Sport track from the March/April 2013 number 68

42 • Model Car Racing issue. The Type B In Car Controller (chip) responds only to the analog controller for your lane must be plugged-into the DC and can be used if you are supplying DC power to race track with the throttle trigger held full-on with a rubber band digital cars on Carrera Digital 132 track. (or, on a Scalextric or Ninco track, you can prepare a Radio We used the SIO201a (Type A) for these photos but the Shack number 274-0284 1/8-inch Stereo Phone Plug to pro- process is the same to install either chip. The installation is vide full power as described on page 42 of the March/April simple enough but the wire connections in the analog car must 2013 number 68 issue). That provides full power to that lane. be unsoldered and removed so the wires from the oXigen chip Your oXigen-equipped car is then controlled only by the Slot.it can be connected directly from the pickup braids to the chip oXigen-equipped controller. When you move to another lane, and from the chip to the motor. remove the rubber band from the throttle on the first lane (or Racing oXigen-Equipped Cars on Analog remove your special plug) and wrap the rubber band around Tracks the analog throttle trigger for the second lane (or reinsert the The oXigen-equipped cars will not respond to conven- modified plug) to apply full power to the second lane. tional analog controllers. To run a car with an oXigen chip on any analog track you must use the same Slot.it SISCP01F Con- troller with SIO202A oXigen Digital Cartridge (and SIO205A oXigen Digital Battery Holder for Radio Cartridge) that you use on an oXigen-fitted track. To run on another analog track,

On most Scalextric cars there is plate that is designed to be replaced with the Scalextric Digital chip but that chip will only function with the Scalextric Digital system. To operate the car with Slot.it’s oXigen system you must install the Slot.it In-Car Controller (chip). Remove the plastic plate.

The half-round boss that accepts the screw on the Scalextric chassis must also be removed. Again, use diagonal cutters or a hobby knife. Shave the top of the chassis to remove any leftover burrs.

The Slot.it chip must rest on the floor of the chassis so the pegs on the front of the opening must be Test-fit the Slot.it oXigen Digital chip to determine if there are any other tabs on the chassis that must removed. You can use flush-cut diagonal cutters or slice the clips off with a hobby knife. be removed so the face of the Slot.it chip can rest firmly on the top of the chassis.

Model Car Racing • 43 Solder each of the two wires from the front (the tab-shaped end) of the Slot.it oXigen Digital chip to the metal clips from Scalextric pickup. Reassemble the clips and install the pickup in the chassis. Unsolder the wires from the Scalextric motor.

Solder the two wires from the rear of the Slot.it oXigen Digital chip to the metal 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- Remove the single screw that retains the Scalextric pickup so you can slide the metal clips and wires fitted track. If the car runs backwards, reverse the connections to the motor tabs out from the sides of the pickup.

Unsolder the wires from the two metal clips. Use Shoe Goo or low temperature hot glue to hold the oXigen Digital chip to the top of the chassis.

44 • Model Car Racing The chip will be visible from the bottom of the car. 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 sensor can “see” the lane-changing receivers in the track.

The unipolar ‘Hall’ sensor on the left side of the chip (attached with white, 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 wwww.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 sensor must be angled upwards at least 45-degrees. LIGHTING The sensor will not function properly if simply laid flat or with the beveled side up. Cement the sensor If the original car is fitted with lighting, those wires must be removed. However, the lighting can to the chassis with Shoe Goo or low temperature hot glue with the angled face down and the sensor be connected direct from the pickup wires to the motor tabs but be aware that, with the track’s full angled up 45-degrees. power, the lights will always remain fully-on which can shorten their life. Slot.it offers their own If the sensor does not provide proper lap detection when changing lanes, the reason is the sen- number SISP11 lighting kit for analog cars that can also be used but, again, the wires must be con- sitivity of the Hall sensor, which can also detect the magnetic field of the lane-changing mechanism’s nected direct from the braid and not touch the oXigen chip. The is no brake light option with these coil during lane changing. Bend the sensor up more (or add some spacers underneath the sensor) until lighting systems. 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 vertical as possible so you will need to check to be sure that body or the interior does not interfere with the antenna.

Test-fit the body to be sure that interior does not contact the chip, the Hall sensor or the antenna. In most cars you can move the oXigen Digital chip far enough forward to avoid hitting the interior. If the chip is near the front axle (as it is on the Audi) place a piece of black electric tape over the chip so there is no chance the front axle can hit the chip and cause a short circuit to burn-out the chip. In some cars, however, you may need to remove the lower ¼-inch or so of the interior to clear the oXigen The oXigen Digital In Car Controllers SIO201a Type A (top) and SIO201b Type B (bottom) are shown digital chip. There was no need to modify the interior in the Audi. here but there are more being developed for even smaller installations. Model Car Racing • 45 Start Here NO-RUB RUBBER One of the more common causes of poor race car performance is so simple you can miss it...the tires are rubbing the body! Usually, the rubbing tire is not obvious except that car may not corner as quickly as similar models or it may have slower speeds through one corner than another. Typically, you can pick up the car and turn it over and there seems be at least 1/64-inch clearance between edges of each of the four tires and the edges of the body. What you cannot see is that the body may be shifting when the car is running and/or, the rear axle may be moving sideways far enough so one or both of the rear tires rub the body. Or, the front axle may have so much upward movement that the tires can rub. You may need to round the tire edges and/or shave the wheel cutouts slightly to allow room for the body to move even 1/64-inch for that “loose body” performance tweak. Robert Schleicher

When you have the car upside down, tilt the body on the chassis to see if it rubs on any of the four tires. With the body tilted as far as it can go, move the rear axle from side to side and the front axle up and down to see, if under these extreme conditions, any tires rub. If the body is tilting too far the solution is easy, tighten the body-mounting screws just a bit more.

The article on pages 9-14 of this issue describes the results of running a car with the body-mounting screws slightly loose. This is often a simple step to reduce rear wheel hop to allow the car to turn quicker lap times. However, if the body is too loose, it can lean enough to rub the tires through the corners. Note that on most Scalextric cars, you must also loosen the two screws that retain the interior to the chassis to loosen or remove the body.

46 • Model Car Racing You can insert spacer washers on the rear the axle without removing the wheels or gear but the rear axle assembly with bearings must be snapped-out of the chassis. The side play can be reduced by It is common for cars with sidewinder motors to have too much side-to-side axle play. It’s hard to inserting a nylon washer. The DuBro number 635 nylon 4-40 flat washers are just under 1/16-inch spot unless you move that axle. Here, you can see that there is almost 1/32-inch between the large thick. spur gear on the axle and the face of the bearing---way too much side-to-side play. Turn the car over, loosen the body-mounting screws just enough to allow the body to rattle slightly (with no more If you have less side-to-side play you can file the washers thinner or, better, buy some of the .005- than 1/64-inch movement), then move rear axle from side to side. You may discover that the tires inch thick number SS13 plastic polymer washers from Slick 7 (www.slick7.com). Your hobby dealer rub the edge of wheel cutout. You can usually correct that by installing a thin washer between the may have some similar-size nylon washers. Use a hobby knife to cut one diagonal split on just one bearing and the back of wheel opposite the one that is rubbing (to move the offending wheel inboard. half of the nylon washer. Hold the washer with needlenose pliers while you bend it over the axle so the cut washer acts like a horseshoe. When the washer snaps over the axle use the pliers to flatten washer. Snap the axle back into the chassis to be sure that the washer you installed is not too thick- --there should be just a barely perceptible amount of side-to-side movement (about .005-inch or the thickness of a magazine page).

If the tires still rub, you can either sand the outer edges of the tires or shave away slivers of the edge of the offending wheel cutout to clear the tire. Model Car Racing • 47 one or two hand-routed wood or PVC tracks). The group may have a modified CLUB DIRECTORY class where extra magnets are allowed or different bodies. We try to NOT list Most model car racers prefer to race at home on their own tracks with a few the clubs that primarily race cars with hand-made metal chassis and clear plastic friends. There are hundreds of model car racing clubs in the world but some of bodies---those clubs are listed on various internet sites or you can find most of them are groups who race very highly modified cars on tracks routed from wood or them through the Old Weird Harold site at http://www.oldweirdherald.com. PVC. The model racing cars you see on the pages of this magazine are all designed There are hundreds of dealers in the country that have operating tracks in to be raced on plastic tracks (although they can be raced on most wood or PVC the store. We cannot list them all, but you can contact the ones in your area from tracks) from Scalextric, Sport, Carrera, NINCO, SCX, Riggen or Artin or the the list of dealers that carry Model Car Racing magazine www.modelcarracing- older Strombecker, Revell or Monogram tracks 1/32 scale tracks or Tomy AFX or mag.com. Mattel/Tyco HO tracks. If your group races out-of-the-box 1/32 scale or HO scale cars, with only The clubs that are listed here are groups whose main interest is to race out- occasionally events for modified cars) send us the information at www.modelcar- of-the box cars and mostly on plastic tracks (although the club may also race on racingmag.com and we’ll try to include your club in the next issue.

California, Los Angeles (Glendale): OTHG – Farrout Indiana, Indianapolis area: (Jeremy Dunning) jeremydunning@ Club. Contact Stephen Farr-Jones (818) 260 9192, sfarrjones@ hotmail.com Pennsylvania, Harrisburg area: Homestead Speedway, Landisville, earthlink.net website: http://www.farroutslotcars.com/ Pennsylvania. Ken Falco at [email protected] Indiana, Terre Haute area: Otter Creek Slot Racing Association, California, Fresno area: Insane SCRC, Joe Cabral Joe_Cabral@ Bob Redman [email protected] Pennsylvania, Manheim area: D & B Raceways, Don Noll comcast.net [email protected] Iowa, Cedar Rapids area: Iowa Model Area Racers, http://imar.us/ California, North San Diego County: Nomad Slot Racing Club, Indiana, Fort Wayne area: Wallace Dale Monroe, wallmonroe@ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: Mt. Airy Racing Association, Jim Cunningham (760)492-4619 [email protected] www. aol.com Herbert Bigelow (215) 868-4464, [email protected] NomadSlotRacing.com Iowa, Cedar Rapids area: ERASR (Ecurie Road America Scale Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre Area: NEPA Slot Car Club, California, North San Diego County, Escondido - “The Slot Racers) Art (319)626-6374 570-903-9182, nepaslotcars.com Outlaws” 760-747-4511 or email: [email protected] Iowa, Swisher area: IMAR (Iowa Model ), Jerry Pennsylvania, Wyoming Valley Area: Wyoming Valley Slot Car California, San Jose area: Devin Mauldin [email protected] Hightshoe [email protected] Association, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, wvsca.blogspot.com

California, South Bay (Los Angeles): Stan Smith (310)812-1866 Kentucky, Louisville area: Derby City Slot Car Club, http:// Texas, Eastern area: East Texas Slot Car Association, Tyler , TX [email protected] derbycityslotcarclub.proboards.com/ [email protected] 75771, (903)882 0965 [email protected]

California, South Bay (Los Angeles): ITG - In The Groove Slot Louisiana, Lake Charles area: Lake Area Slot Car Auto Racing, Texas, Houston (Northwest Harris County): Houston Scale Car racing, 324 W. Florence Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301. Contact: Julian Guillory, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LASCAR Auto Racing Club (HSARC), www.hsarc.net, (281)807-4026. Marc Natividad (310) 200-6300. [email protected] Maryland, Baltimore area: (Allan Schwartz) compass@bel- Northern Virginia-Metro DC area: Northern Virginia Digital Colorado, Denver area: Rocky Mountain Slot Car Club latlantic.net Slot Racers, contact: Hayes Lewis, [email protected] (RMSSC) http://rmscclub.proboards.com/index.cgi Michigan, Grand Rapids area: Rivershore International Raceway, Vermont, Burlington area: Burlington Slot Dorks, Daniel, Colorado, Denver Area, Colorado Slot car Club, contact: Alto, Michigan, Stephen Thomas, (616) 891-1632. email: sbbtho- [email protected] http://ssscc.proboards.com/ [email protected] Williamsburg Virginia area: The Barn Burners” Contact: Joseph Colorado, Denver area: Front Range Vintage Slotcar and Histori- Michigan, Kalamazoo area: Kalamazoo Area Slot Car Group, John Brimer [email protected] cal Racing Club, www.monovell.proboards84.com Lacko (269) 344-5588, [email protected] Washington, Auburn area: Rainier Raceways, Greg Gaub ggaub@ D.C., Washington area: The Capital Racing League, http:// Missouri, St. Louis area: (Carl Shorle) [email protected] ggaub.com groups.yahoo.com/group/tcrl, contact: [email protected] Missouri, St. Louis area: Monaco Grand Prix Miniature Racing Washington, Seattle/Tacoma area: PSSRA (Puget Sound Slot D.C., Washington area (Alexandria): Classic Slot Car Associa- Club, www.mgpmrc.org, email: [email protected] Car Racing Association) http://pssra.webhop.net/ or Tony Kuljis, tion (CSSA), John Roberts, (703) 582-5504, [email protected] [email protected] New York, Watkins Glen area: The Slot Car Club Of The Twin D.C., Washington Metro area: Old Dominion Slot Car Club, Tiers, Contact: Frank Spena, Jr., [email protected] Washington, Seattle/Tacoma area: NMRL (Northwest Model 5322 Graystone Rd., Warrenton, VA 20187, contact: Chris Bowles Racing League). John MacKenzie (206)295-9980, jicemanmac@ (540)341-1405 or, [email protected] , www.nascarslots.com or North Carolina, Winston-Salem area: Road America Racers, King msn.com www.metalracer.com City, North Carolina, Tom Brooks, (336) 985-3867 or mrnova@ alltel.net Toronto, Canada area: Scale Sloters 1/32, [email protected] Illinois, Central area: Hotslots 1/32 Slot Car Shop, 1809 A. Philo Road, Urbana, IL 61802 (217) 355-2277, [email protected] Ohio, Columbus area: 1/32 Slot Car Racers of Central Ohio, Vancouver, Canada area: (Luf Linkert) [email protected] Randy Horton, Illinois, Chicago area: Bolingbrook Speedway, Karl Staehlin, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-32SlotCarRacersOfCentralOhio 1/24 scale racing clubs: [email protected] Oregon, Eugene area: Pelican Park Speedway (541)349-0917 Oregon, Portland area: Beaverton Area Slot Car Club htm210@comcast. Illinois, Chicago area: Great Lakes Slot Car Club, contact: www. (B.A.S.C.C.),15430 SW Gull Ct., Beaverton, Oregon 97007, greatlakesscc.com 503-330-6907 Digital Racing Clubs:

Illinois, Chicago Area: JYD Racing, contact www.toys4slots.com Pennsylvania, Allentown-Reading area: Allen & Allen Motor Ohio, Mansfield area: Mid-Ohio 1/32 Scale Racing Club, chorp@ Speedway Racing, (610) 520-7247, [email protected] ohio.net, John Chorpening (419) 289-6563 Illinois, Peoria/ Metamora area: Peoria Model Car Raceway, (309)573-1027, [email protected], (309)712-3299 Pennsylvania, Chambersburg area. Sherman Collings modelersc@ Northern Virginia-Metro DC area: Northern Virginia Digital [email protected] comcast.net (717) 377-1435 Slot Racers, contact: Hayes Lewis, [email protected]

HO Clubs: The majority of HO racing on a club level in the US is home robin groups by invitation or as groups of friends. sectional tracks, using hard bodies and largely stock equipment. The majority are Thun- There are some excellent clubs across the US racing basically stock hardshell T-Jet derjet focused, although many do run the Life-Like, Auto World, Playing Mantis, G-Plus cars for the most part on sectional home tracks. This is only a partial listing. If you have and Mattel/Tyco cars, these mass produced magnet cars tend to be utilized by small round an active group racing hard-bodied T-Jet-style cars, let us know. Arizona, Phoenix area: http://ahora.homestead.com/ahora.html Illinois, Chicago area: http: nitro-racing.4t.com/ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: http://vintagehoracing.mr- California, Bay area: San Francisco HO Racing Association, bigstuff.com/ www.sfhora.org/home.html Indiana, Fort Wayne area: Wallace Monroe, [email protected] Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: Mt. Airy Racing Association, California, Bay area: M.S.C.R.C. - Model Club Kentucky / Virginia area: http://www.thunderjetracing.com/ Herbert Bigelow (215) 868-4464, [email protected] www.mscrc.orgemail: [email protected] Michigan, Lansing area: NASAR, Richard Leeper (517) 290- Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre Area: NEPA Slot Car Club, 570- California, Bay area: Shaunadega Racing www.shaunadega.com 9952 or [email protected] 903-9182, nepaslotcars.com

California, South Bay (Los Angeles): ITG - In The Groove Slot Missouri, Kansas City area: http://home.kc.rr.com/jhabernal/ Winston-Salem/Greenville, South Carolina area: Upstate HO Car racing, 324 W. Florence Ave. mahor/ Slot Car Club, 403 Hill Lane, Mauldin, SC 29662 (864)967-7865 Inglewood, CA 90301. Contact: Marc Natividad (310) 200-6300. Richard Tabb at [email protected] or Steve Lorch at youneedje- [email protected] Missouri, St. Louis area: [email protected] [email protected]

Colorado, Denver area: Front Range HO (FRHO) club. http:// Ohio, Columbus area: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colo- United Kingdom, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire: www.scaleracers.com/FrontRangeHO/default.asp hhoscc/messages Burning Rubber, www.burningrubber.net:

48 • Model Car Racing RACE TRACKS FOR YOUR HOME: HO 4-LANE VALLELUNGA TRACK FOR A 4 x 8-FOOT TABLETOP This Vallelunga Track is based on the full-size raceway on pages 21-23. The HO version includes four par- allel straights with 180-degree curves at the end of each straight. The track should be more fun to drive than the 1/32 scale versions because this HO Vallelunga Track has a more interesting array of curves, with broad-radius 180-degree sweepers at turns T1 and T6 and a smooth ess bend through turns T4 and T5. There are none of the 6-inch turns on the track so you’ll get to sample all the large-radius curves that AFX offers. The majority of the HO plans in the magazine cram as much track as possible into that 4 x 8-foot area. Any of them would be more enjoyable to race on with the straights longer than the typical six-feet or so. It can be difficult to design a plan for, say, 4 x 16-feet that can be shrunk to fit a 4 x 8-foot area. So we present them all uptight and hope that you’ll expand them to 4 x 10 or 4 x 24-feet to get those wondrous 20-foot straight-aways. Most of the plans are marked with “L” letters indicating just where to insert the additional sets of straight track sections to expand the track to any length. You can see how the extra length affects the plan by comparing the 1/32 scale versions of the Vallelunga Track on page 20 and pages 22-23 of this issue.

The plan for the HO 4-Lane Vallelunga Track in Italy to fit a 4 x 8-foot area. TRACK SECTIONS REQUIRED Quantity: Description: Quantity: Description: 4 3-inch Straight 2 9-inch 45-degree Curve 2 6-inch Straight 4 9-inch 90-degree Curve 2 9-inch Straight 10 12-inch 45-degree Curve 14 15-inch Straight 10 15-inch 45-degree Curve 0 6-inch 45-degree Curve 10 18-inch 45-degree Curve

Model Car Racing • 49 PIT BOARD Ground Clearance? ery car must pass this test: the car is placed on piece of When you report the Ground Clearance on your spec Carrera track and the track is turned upside down. If the sheet, where do you measure the clearance? On page 15 of car falls off the track, it passes. If the car remains stuck to the March/April 2013 number 68 issue you have the ground the track (which, essentially, means the magnet is producing clearance for the Slot.it Audi on Scalextric track at .030”. In more downforce than the weight of the car), the car fails. Fit- fractions that is not quite 1/32-inch! I have all kinds of Slot. ting larger tires or a weaker magnet can reduce that down- it cars, which I run on a wood track and I do not come close force or, if it is just slightly too “stuck”, some add a fraction to that measurement. My cars usually have around .050 to of an ounce of weight. The Carrera track is essential to the .060-inches of ground clearance. One Gee Rule because the Carrera rails have less iron con- Thanks for your time, Larry Arnt tent---using Scalextric, Ninco or SCX track (all with more We measure the ground clearance at the lowest point on iron content in the rails) for the test results in cars with too the chassis, which is usually (but not always) just below the much downforce. The whole One Gee process is described on magnet. Not all Slot.it cars have the same ground clearance. the Nomad website (www.NomadSlotRacing.com) and in the Some have smaller-diameter tires; others have the motor off- September/October 2010 number 53 issue. set to lower the chassis. One of the results of using undersize tires (as do Slot.it, Printed Magazines Avant Slot, Ninco Lightning, NSR and the other Euroracer There are a lot of publications that are suggesting that cars) is that reduced ground clearance. The Slot.it Audi R18 the reader might prefer to purchase the online version. I per- TDI is one of those “Euroracer” cars and, yes, it does only sonally feel that having a printed issue has more collector have .030-inches of ground clearance, thanks the vastly un- value and it has a resale value. Also, you can read it as often dersize tires. as you want without starting up your computer, and it is less Some clubs specify a minimum .060-inch ground clear- time consuming, because the Editor has already gathered all ance, which forces the use of larger (and, usually, correct the important news of one or two months into one magazine scale) tires on the cars with too little ground clearance. In as a summary. You can give away issues to friends, so there is some cases, though, the car already has the largest possible more a promotional advantage for readers to become familiar tires and still has less than .060-inches of ground clearance with American magazines in Europe. so the club may make an exception if that car has no particu- Printed issues are treated more seriously than online lar performance advantage. content---the online information is fast but also easily re- Some clubs that race only magnet-free cars also enforce placed and therefore wiped out because there is such a flood ground clearance rules because the lower the car, the quick- of information traffic coming your way. er it can corner because of the reduced center of gravity. And, But maybe it will take not that long before everybody the ground clearance rules also provide means of preventing can print out their own slot car with a 3D printing machine. the use of those way-undersize tires. Best regards, Henk de Ruiter, The Netherlands The closer the magnet is to the rails, the more downforce You can buy printed copies from any dealer in the world it exerts, but ground clearance is only one factor that effects on our website (www.modelcarracingmag.com under “More how much downforce the magnet can exert so we check the Information”, then “Dealers”) and get them shipped when- magnetic downforce with two custom-made weighing scales ever you buy a car or part. converted from a Scalextric Classic track section (with rails Model racing cars have already been created and raced that have maximum iron content are, thus, more “attractive” with 3D printed bodies. SlotMods created a track for Audi in to the magnet) and from a Carrera track section (which has Canada and they also produced replicas of the Audi “street” rails that have less iron content). These scales function very A6 so the spectators could actually drive a new Audi on a much like the “truck scales” used to measure the weight of race track using their smart phones with video links from full-size trucks. Our track scales actually measure how much in-car cameras---meanwhile, being able watch their car that magnet is trying to lift in ounces and grams so both the racing around a fully-scenicked 1/32 scale race track. Try force of the magnet and its distance from the track rails are that with your video game! It’s on this link: http://glossyinc. included. Often, the same brand of car will have significantly com/?p=11824 less ground clearance but far more magnetic downforce than NEW TO THE HOBBY? There’s more information on pages 46-47 of a car from the same maker with the same magnet but more this issue. There are some basic tune-up tips that are needed for every ground clearance. model race car on our website www.modelcarracingmag.com under Most clubs that allow cars to run with magnets have the “New to the hobby?” link. There are 13 tips including: How To some rules to insure that all of the cars have nearly equal Get Started in Model Car Racing, Two Driving Techniques, Perfect downforce because the stronger the downforce, the faster the Pickup Braid, Tire Mounting, Cleaning Track Rails, Cleaning Track, car will corner. To avoid the controversy that results from Avoiding Disaster: Oil & Grease, Controllers, Race Program Set discovering “cheater” magnets or reduced magnet height Up: Color Coding & Racing classes, Reliable Wires, Chassis Set Up, from the rails, some clubs use a simple “One Gee” rule that Carrera Guide Shoe Mods. There’s lots more you can do, including changing to silicone rear tires with better grip, loosening the body-to- Jim Cunningham devised. To enforce the One Gee rule, ev- chassis screws and more.

50 • Model Car Racing YOUR TRACK: 12 x 30-FOOT FOUR-LANE SLOT MODS LE MAY MUSEUM TRACK SlotMods has worked their creative magic again. This time they have created a giant four-lane track for the LeMay Museum (www.lemaymuseum.org) in Tacoma, Washington. You can visit this one yourself and see one of the largest vintage automobile collections in the world. Photos by David Beattie

The museum visitors’ first look at the LeMay Raceway with controller stations along the front edge of the track.

SlotMods (www.SlotMods.com) built this track for the Le- Auto World or Life-Like in HO, to recreate the track. You will, May Museum in Tacoma, Washington; The track is designed to of course, need to assemble your own tabletop. The SlotMods be operated by visitors to the museum so it is especially rugged. tables are built like patio decks with 2 x 4 braces to support the The museum wanted features that their visitors might recognize 1/2-inch thick MDF track surface. You can skip that by simply so the SlotMods crew included a dozen vignettes that have be- using one or two or more ping-pong tables or by having a local come “signature”” pieces on the ultra-realistic SlotMods tracks carpenter assemble your table for you. The scenery between including Jimmy Attard’s scratchbuilt replica of the wood- the tracks is shaped from stacks of 2-inch thick extruded pink beam hexagonal official tower, the triangular illuminated score or blue Styrofoam, carved to create the hillsides and valleys. tower, the Dunlop tire pedestrian bridge and the superb chain The Styrofoam surface is covered with Woodland Scenics Plas- link spectator-protection fences from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the downhill ess curves from Pacific Raceways. SlotMods provides a track-building service that delivers a ready-to-race track complete with scenery, power supplies, controllers and, if you wish, even the cars. The prices are what you would expect from what are three-dimensional works of art with hundreds of hours of skilled hand labor. If you like the realism you can certainly build your own using the same techniques that are applied by the SlotMods crew. The track surfaces are 1/2-inch thick MDF board with the slots cut with a power router including trimming notches for the braid that is used for electrical pickup. You can use track from Scalextric, Carrera, Ninco or SCX and others in 1/32 scale or from AFX, The LeMay Raceway depicts “signature” vignettes from America’s most famous tracks. The tire bridge is one of the historic sights at LeMans as well as at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Model Car Racing • 51 ter Cloth and painted with flat latex paint, then textured to simulate dirt or grass. Trees and bushes are added from firms like JTT, (www.modelrectifier.com/scenery), Woodland Sce- nics, Bachmann SceneScapes and others. The ground foam is held firmly in place by flooding it with a mixture of water and Artist Matte Medium that retains the texture but dries with a flat finish.

The top of the iconic “Corkscrew” turn at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is one of the scenes on the LeMay Museum Track.

The downhill ess turns are recreations of one of the most memorable features of Pacific Raceways. Jimmy Attard’s scratchbuilt replica of the wood-beam hexagonal official tower at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is one of the dozen signature scenes on the LeMay raceway.

The LeMay Raceway scenes include this replica of the triangular illuminated scoring tower from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. 52 • Model Car Racing The SlotMods tracks are routed from 1/2-inch thick MDF board with pickup strips of plated copper braid. The turns are designed so the cars can power through them smoothly without any of the unrealistic jogs that are found on some plastic home track raceways.

The realistic SlotMods chain link spectator-protection fences are not just scenery; they keep wild cars from leaving the tabletop! LeMans and 1980 LeMans Rondeau M379. Still due from 2012: 1979/80 RS10 Grand Prix, 1985 Peugeot 205 T16 rally ALL NEW FOR 2013-2014 car, 1986 MG Metro 6R4, Ferrari 512BB, 2012 “street” Porsche 997 RSR and 2008 Diablo. Most of the model car racing manufacturers introduce the products Slotwings (division of Flyslot): Every F1 car (19 of them, over that will be shipped in 2013 at the Nuremburg International Toy Fair the next five-years) that Ayrton Senna drove. The first release is a in early February, which is about the time this magazine is already in replica of the 1983 Williams FW08C (Flyslot previously released your hands. A few of the manufacturers announce what will be com- the 1979 Williams FW07 so this will be all new, 1970 Porsche ing earlier. About a fourth of the cars that were announced in February 914/6, 1965 Ferrari 330 P2 and 1967 Ferrari 330 P3 2012 are yet to be shipped but most of those February announcements MRRC: 1979 Toyota Celica LB Group 5 with new sidewinder were long-term introductions so you will not see some of them until chassis. Still due from 2012: 1963 Corvette Stingray fastback 2013. Several of the model car manufacturers were forced to tempo- MSC: Still due from 2012: 1985 Rothmann’s Porsche 959 Da- rarily stop production in 2012 because the Chinese factories they were kar car, 1976 DeTomaso Pantera Group 3, 1987 Peugeot 205 using closed, however, all of the manufacturers have set up production and 1990 Peugeot 405 Paris-Dakar, 2012 Dakar Mini “X-Raid with new Chinese sources. There are dozens of new paint schemes on (Countryman) and “Africa Legends” series: Peugeot 1987 205 existing bodies coming for 2013 but the only ones listed below are cars T16 Grand Raid, 1988 Peugeot 405 T16 Grand Raid, 1981 Range made form new tooling. Here’s what’s coming: Rover Dakar, 1985 Porsche 959 Dakar and 2000 Subaru Impreza 1/32 SCALE: Rally Safari Scalextric (images at http://scalextric.hornby.com): Trans-Am Mr. Slotcar: Still due from 2012: 1985 Porsche 962C IMSA cars! 1970 Trans-Am Dodge Challenger in Sam Posey’s brilliant and 1989 R89C LeMans green and the 1967 Mercury Cougar XR7 (from the cover of the NSR: 2011 DBR9, 1965 Ford GT40 Mk.I and #61 issue) and vintage NASCAR as a 1969 Dodge Charger Day- 1972 with fins tona (the wing and shovel nose version), 2011 Lotus Evora, 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4, 2003 Trofeo, Ford Es- Cartrix: 1948 Talbot Lago. Still due from 2012: 1960 Scarab cort RS1800 MK2, 1983 Audi Sport S1 Quattro and the (wider) and 1961 Ferguson P99 Grand Prix cars 1985 Audi Sport E2 Quattro Le Mans Miniatures (cast resin): 2011 and 2012 Audi R18s, Slot.it: 2012 Audi SR18 with four-wheel-drive, Matra MS670B 1965 Ford GT40 (long nose), 1969 Porsche 917K, 1976 Porsche (that finished 1-3 at LeMans in 1974, with similar MS670B cars 935 LeMans, 1974 Porsche RSR, 1962 Panard CD LeMans, `969 finishing 1-3 in 1973), 1970 McLaren M8D Can-Am and 1985 Alpine Renault A220, 1976 Renault R5 Alpine, 1973 Porsche Porsche 962C IMSA. 911 RSR and 1974 Matra 670B Carrera: Three 2012 DTM cars: , AMG Mercedes C- SRC (Slot Racing Company): 1975 Alfa Romeo 33TT12, 1973 Coupe and BMW M3 plus 2012 Green H2 LeMans, 2012 Aston Matra 670B LeMans, 1980 Porsche 935J, 1980 Renault RE20 6 Martin V12 Vantage GT3, 2013 Ferrari “New Enzo” street car and Formula 1, more 1968 Porsche 907K and 907L and 1973 Capri 1964 Porsche 904 GTS and the 2010 Porsche Carrera GT street RS 2600 paint schemes. Cast-resin 1979 Ferrari 1979 312 T4 and car but the two will only be available in “Porsche 75th 1979 Renault RS10 Formula 1 cars Anniversary” sets with track Original Slot Cars: 1985 Peugeot 205 EVO1 Monte Carlo Revell/Monogram: Neither the German or American divisions Spirit: Resuming production of cars like the 1981 Porsche 936 have any new 1/32 scale race cars planned for 2013 and BMW 635CSI with new liveries. Ninco: 1977 Lancia Stratos 1/24 SCALE: SCX: 1965 Austin Healey 3000, 2012 Mercedes DTM and BRM: 1997 McLaren F1 GTR 2012 Audi A5 DTM, 2009 Morgan Aeromax Super Sports, 2012 Auto Art: Still due from 2012: 2004 BMW M3 GTR, 2005 Citroen DS3 WRC and 1963 Renault 4L Monte Carlo and 2011 Dodge Viper and 2005 Peugeot 307 WRC Audi R18 and Limited Edition plated 1959 Cooper F1 Auto World: More cars from the AMT series of 1/25 scale Racer “Sideways”: 1979-1985 Group 5 BMW 320, Sauber cars with metal chassis with ”high-performance” set-screw-mount BMW M1, Porsche 935L IMSA, Porsche 935/77, Mustang GTP, aluminum wheels and crown gear with brass pinion gear for motor. Kremer 935K3, Porsche Moby Dick, Lancia Stratos Turbo, Nissan Carrera: 1970 Ferrari 512S Berlinetta and 2012 Mercedes-Benz Skyline, Ferrari 512BB Silhouette and Toyota Celica. SLS AMG GT3 1979 Porsche 935 and 2011 Dodge Viper SRT GTS- Scaleauto: Scaleauto: 2011 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R. Still due from 2012: R. Still due from 2012: 2011 BMW Z4 GT3, 2010 Spyker C8 2009 Audi R8 LMS and 2011 BMW Z4 GT2R, 1981 BMW M1 Group 5, 1976 Pantera Group 3 1/43 SCALE: Arrow Slot: 1999 BMW V12 LMR and Saleen S7R Carrera Go!!!: Three 2012 DTM cars, Audi A5, AMG Mer- Avant Slot: 2012 Nissan Delta Wing Prototype LeMans cedes C-Coupe and BMW M3 plus 2011 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R, Pioneer (www.pioneerslotcars.com): Still due from 2012: 1967- 2012 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 and Ferrari F12 street car 68 Camaro Trans-Am, British “Legends” dirt track coupes, 1965 SCX Compact: Still due from 2012: 2010 BMW M3 and 2011 MGB hardtop, 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Trans-Am, and 1970 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Javelin Trans-Am Kyosho: 2013 Toyota GT86 and 1998 Porsche 911 GT1-98 Auto Art: Lamboghinis: 2012 Aventador LP700-4, 2011 Mur- LeMans-winner cielago LP670-4, 2012, Reventon and 2012 Gallardo LP570-4, and 2011 Ford Shelby Cobra GT500. HO SCALE: Flyslot: 2011 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R, 1972 Ford Capri Racemasters AFX: New cars to be announced late summer RS2600, 1969 Porsche 907K Targa Florio, 1968 Porsche 917L Auto World: Vintage Funny Cars from the Don Prudhomme era

54 • Model Car Racing Scaleauto 1979 Porsche 935

SRC is producing a series of replicas of the 1968 Porsche 907/8L coupes. We’ll have a full article on the cars in the next issue.

Scaleauto 1976 Pantera Group 3

LeMans Miniatures 1965 Ford GT40 (long nose)

Scaleauto 2011 BMW Z4 GT3 (IN 1/32 and 1/24 scale) Slot.it Matra MS670B (that finished 1-3 at LeMans in 1974, with similar MS670B cars finishing 1-3 in 1973)

LeMans Miniatures 1967 Ford M1

Racer “Sideways” Porsche 935/78 NSR 2011 Aston Martin DBR9

Racer “Sideways” 1979 BMW M1

Racer is producing a 1/30 scale cast-resin ready-to-race replica of the 1962 Ferrari SWB Drogo “Breadvan” that was featured the November/December 2011 number 60 issue.

The photos from the Nuremburg Toy Fair courtesy Sean Fothersgill and Pendle Slot Racing (http://pendleslotracing.co.uk/) our dis- tributor in the U.K. This the Slot.it 2012 Audi R18 e-tron ultra with four-wheel-drive. Scaleauto 2010 Spyker C8 GT2R Scalextric 2011 Lotus Exige

Model Car Racing • 55