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NO. 436 JULY 2018 Diana Francis - Honorary Life Time President Contents A Fortnight of Fast Cars Events...................................2 s you read this I should have returned from a long weekend away Diary Dates..........................5 A at the Le Mans Classic with a few other fellow NSCC members Messages From Margate......7 and will be about to embark on another weekend visit to the excellent Carrera Corner..................17 Goodwood Festival Of Speed, both events hopefully being rain free Forza Slot.it........................20 and unseasonably warm? Chairman’s Chat...............27 Of course there is also a flurry of Formula 1 races on at this time The Gadget Show..............30 as well and I shall (to some annoyance of the wife) be getting my Bits & Pieces.......................33 money’s worth (as they say) from my Virgin “Special” upgrade Collector’s Corner..............42 package by being able to watch the Sky F1 coverage at a much Ebay Watch........................45 reduced monthly rate (six month special Mr. Naylor for your customer loyalty to Virgin Media!). There is of course also the World Cup ongoing, and whilst I don’t generally watch much football I do watch this spectacle, afterall England may surprise us and of course I have to watch my chosen team in the office sweepstake, ah........as I write this Spain have just gone out on penalties, there goes my fiver! Not sure about the rest of you, but I am also missing being able to attend a swapmeet, it is a long time until the next one in The NSCC is a member of the September, so I am having to make do with the local car boot sale, International Federation of where after a number of attendances over the weeks, last weekend I Slot Car Clubs finally got what I perceived to be a bargain in that I secured a Scalextric Accessory Set boxed (grandstand, Dunlop bridge, skid chicane, rumble track etc.) for the bargain sum of £5 (it was up for £8!) with the grandstand only missing a couple of bits, of which I had spares, and no it was not the drain pipe but was one of the seats and a speaker. There was also a couple of extra bits inside the box, being some airboxes for later ‘70s/ early ‘80s cars more people and additional crash barriers. We have already had a number of applicants for the Ramsgate weekend in November, but there are still places, so get those applications in and please do not leave it to the last minute and of course the same goes for the forthcoming IFSCC race in October. Until next time. Jeremy July 2018 1 By Pete Simpson ast month I advised that I’d continue to The latest two are both BTCC cars, complete the report on the first half year although from different generations and are Lcatalogue whilst also sharing a few more retailing at a slight premium for £45. The Ford of the H2 releases. Well, as we should now Sierra RS500 of Robb Gravett is Special expect, life doesn’t always pan out as anticipated: Edition C3781AE whilst the Honda Civic Type- just when I was confident my scheme was sound, R of Matt Neal is Special Edition C3861AE. Scalextric went and released yet more models! So, back to the original plan with details on The popularity of these two examples in the more of the cars listed in each of the catalogues. Autograph Series is likely to be polarised between the keen BTCC fans out there and H1 those who believe that turning a profit is morally Having compiled the list of cars that I’d not yet indefensible. illustrated I realised that I still couldn’t complete the task of covering all the H1 cars whilst still allowing space for a few of the second half models so it seems as though future “Messages” will continue in this vein. Next month could be predictable…or maybe not? Javelin Scalextric’s catalogue entry for this model, C3921, is a bit vague, if not inaccurate: they state the Race as Roy Woods Racing and the driver as Roy Woods. There’s no doubt that Mr. Woods had an interest in the car but he certainly didn’t host the race. A more likely summary would be that it is the Roy Woods Racing entry in the 1971 TransAm Series as driven by either Tony Adamowicz or Peter Revson: they➳ 2 very capable home racers and do come in a varied range of decorations. Although this isn’t the most complex of liveries, the plain white with big, bold race numbers and a scattering of contingency stickers seem to suit the car. Larry Drover’s Laurel Racing owned and raced this Camaro in the 1971 and 1972 TransAm series, with factory support due to the team’s shared this and the number 69 car for the success in 1970. Although Larry himself drove season. Either way, Scalextric have done well to in some races, it was also shared between Larry find a second livery for the Javelin that isn’t red, Dent, Larry Bock, Hiroshi Fushida, and white and blue, albeit this is probably one of the Carmon Solomone. In 1971 the car was badly cars that went on to be repainted in AMC damaged when crashed by Hiroshi Fushida but colours for 1972, not dissimilar to C3875. was fully restored and continues to race today. From images I’ve found it all looks to be correct, The car is now owned and raced by Stephen the American Motors Dealers logo on the rear Sorenson: this model, C3922, depicts it as seen wing places it towards the end of the 1971 in 2016. Alas, although it is a HD release, as a season possibly as raced at Donnybrooke race car it won’t include working headlamps but International Speedway where Peter Revson it does have rear lights. finished second. ANZ Sierra RS500 Chevrolet Camaro Oops, another minor catalogue error, sorry but the race had been renamed the year this car competed. James Hardie’s sponsorship of the race ended in 1987: for 1988 Tooheys assumed the role. This model is of the car in which Klaus Niedzwiedz, Allan Moffat and Gregg Hansford competed the famous race at the Mount Panama Circuit near Bathurst. Unfortunately, they failed to finish although the similar car of The cars from the Historic TransAm series Tony Longhurst and Tomas Mezera won and continue to be good sellers: doubtless they have became the first turbocharged winner of the a special appeal in the USA but they are also “Bathurst 1,000”: it was also the first four- July 2018 3 race car as seen on TV. There’s been a few of these VWs released so far but they sell well and cylinder winner since Bob Holden and Rauno each offers a new, distinctive colour scheme. Aaltonen’s achievement in a Morris Cooper S in This model, C3918, represents the TAG 1966. Despite the erroneous catalogue entry, the Racing’s Team HARD car as driven by Jake car is adorned in the correct race livery: in this Hill. His standing at the end of the season was instance it has been tampoed rather than water 20th having had a few respectable results in the printed and looks crisp with the “ANZ” logo top ten but unfortunately having lost too many nicely laying into the door shut lines. C3910 points through non-finishes. should be readily available as it has now been in the shops for a couple of months. TAG Passat All of this year’s current BTCC racers were announced in January so there’s no excuse not Turkington BMW to emulate last year’s grids once all are in the The final BTCC car for this year is the BMW shops. I’ve previously shown factory renderings Series 1 NGTC of Colin Turkington, C3920, in of this model but here’s a couple of photos of which he came second in 2017, twenty one the actual prototype: I couldn’t spot any obvious points behind the championship winner Ashley deviations from either the CAD images or the Sutton’s Subaru Levorg GT. It won’t be possible to recreate the whole grid as the Subaru and a few others haven’t (yet?) been produced as slot➳ 4 be found, pretty impressive when added to the initial announcements. I can’t be certain, but considering the number of models I saw when I visited Sandwich in April and the additional prototypes on display at Gaydon in May, we should expect most, if not all, of these by the year end. Ferrari 412P Scalextric bring us another Ferrari sports cars but the overall impression can be achieved prototype, but not the one predicted: originally due to the range of entries that Scalextric have the word was that we could expect C3946 to be created. a yellow P330P4 as raced by Ecurie Francorchamps but the model to be released is H2 Releases this 412P instead. It represents the number nine The following subjects are all now listed on the car, chassis number 0854, of Maranello Scalextric website but a July-December Concessionaries Ltd. as seen at Brands Hatch in catalogue will be required to review the full the 1967 BOAC International 500 when driven extent of the second half year releases. The by Richard Attwood and David Piper to seventh catalogue won’t break the bank but, just in case place. Although there were minor body changes a copy can’t be located, take a look at between the 330P4 and 412P the main www.scalextric.com, go to the New for 2018 difference was the engine: the 330P4 has fuel section and then follow the drop down link for injection and three valve heads whereas the the H2 releases.