Digital Formula 1 Race Car Install

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Digital Formula 1 Race Car Install
75
May/June 2014
$6.95
Alfa Romeo 1951 Formula 1 Champion
REAL Race Car Sound
Six Full Race Car Track Tests:
www.modelcarracingmag.com
USA $6.95
1967
1968
1970
2012
1999
1982
Trans-Am Ford Mustang
Trans-Am Ford Mustang
Trans-Am Dodge Challenger
Aston Martin V12 Vantage
BMW V12 LMR LeMans
Ferrari 512 BB LM LeMans
Walter Rohrl and Christian Geistdorfer
in their Audi Sport Quattro E2, on the
way to winning the 1985 San Remo,
Italy round of World Rally Cup series.
---LAT Photo
75
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CONTENTS
11 Trans-Am
TRACK TEST:
Supertuned Racers, Part 109:
Magnet-Free:
Carrera 1968 Mustang Fastback
by Marc Purdham
12 Trans-Am
ON THE COVER: The 1/32 scale Flyslot Flying Lizard Porsche 911 on its way
to win the ALMS GT2 class at Miller Motorsport Park in Tooele, Utah in 2009.
1/32 Scale Model Car Racing:
7 LeMans
Flyslot Porsche 997 GT3 RSR
by Bill Wright
8 Home Racing
Onboard Race car sound from Flyslot
TRACK TEST:
ALL-TIME SHOOT-OUT
Magnet-Free:
Scalextric vs. Carrera vs. Pioneer vs. SCX.
by Marc Purdham
13 Start Here
Chassis Setup, Part 1: Alignment
by Robert Schleicher
14 World Rally Cup
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.
19 Real Race Tracks on a Tabletop
9 Trans-Am
TRACK TEST:
Magnet-Free:
Scalextric 1970 Dodge Challenger
by Marc Purdham
10 Trans-Am
TRACK TEST:
Magnet-Free:
Pioneer 1968 Mustang Fastback
by Marc Purdham
4 Model Car Racing
2-Lane Unicorn Raceway for Scalextric Sport, Classic,
SCX, Ninco or Carrera (with optional lane-changing) on a
5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop.
20 Race Car Shop
Formula 1
Dave Jones 1950 Alfa Romeo 158
with Penelope Pitlane Chassis
by Bill Deuroen
26 LeMans
TRACK TEST:
Slotwings 1982 Ferrari 512BB LM
by Marc Purdham
28 LeMans
TRACK TEST:
NSR 2012 Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
by Marc Purdham
32 LeMans
Scaleauto 1975 De Tomaso Pantera Group 5
by Bill Wright
HO Model Car Racing:
34 GT Racing
4-Lane Paramount Ranch Track
on a 5 x 9-foot Ping-Pong Tabletop with a 4 x 4-foot table
to create a 5 x 13-foot tabletop
Scalextric 2012 Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo
by Bill Wright
35 Club Racing
Trofeo Racing
36 Supercars
Scalextric Lamborghini Aventador
by Albin Burroughs
38 NASCAR Racing
Scalextric 1970 Dodge Charger Daytona
by Albin Burroughs
40 LeMans
TRACK TEST:
Arrow Slot 1999 BMW V12 LMR
by Marc Purdham
42 Digital Racing
Slot.it oXigen Digital Chips for Formula 1 cars
49 Track Plans
Departments:
6
48
50
51
Editorial: No Coincidences
Pit Board
Club Directory
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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
Model Car Racing 5
No Coincidences
This is our 75th issue. I almost missed the significance of that and planned some other articles
for this issue. However, 75 magazines do contain
a major data base of information. We have published articles on about 95-percent of the model
racing cars that have been manufactured over
the past 12 years. The magazine is a source for
dimensions and brief histories of nearly 500
full-size race cars that are the prototypes for the
models. The basic information you will want to
get the most from model car racing is listed on
www.modelcarracingmag.com under “New To
The Hobby?” All of the articles in the first 72 issues are indexed on www.modelcarracingmag.
com and are searchable, but you will need to
search through each of twelve volumes. At the
end of the year we will post a comprehensives
index of all 78 issues.
We have Race Track Tested examples of virtually
every new chassis as they have appeared and, in
some cases, gone back after ten-years (in the case
of Scalextric sidewinder chassis on page 9 and
the Slotwings (nee-Flyslot and Fly) sidewinder
chassis on pages 26-27) and tested them again to
see if the years made any difference. We are using
the same test tracks and the same instruments to
measure the cars and their magnetic downforce.
The cars that were made ten-years ago and
more, were really excellent, the only really notable improvement in that decade plus has been
the chassis with a fully-adjustable motor pod
(like the NSR on pages 28-31, Slot.it Ford GT40
on page 57 and Arrow Slot BMW on pages 4041). These somewhat up-market examples are
also lighter than most of the older cars. Having
said that, the newer Carrera cars are heavier in
a successful attempt make them almost indestructible for 8-year olds. The Scalextric cars,
conversely are nearly identical in weight, performance and excellent detail as their 2002 cars.
In the there-are-no-coincidences department,
Arrow Slot (division of Scaleauto) has just
shipped a completely new replica of the 1999
BMW V12 LMR, We did a comparison of the
Carrera and Ninco then-new replicas of the 1999
LeMans-winning BMW V12 LMR in the first issue, January/February 2002.
The hobby itself is healthier than ever, judging
by Model Car Racing magazine’s readership. We
have more subscribers to the paper edition than
we have had in several years, plus more readers of
the internet editions, and the iPad and Amazon
tablet editions.
Although the hobby is healthy, the hobby dealers
are less so. Far, far too many folks are buying their
hobby products on eBay and Amazon. There is
a consequence; about half of the hobby shops
in North American that were in business when
our first issue appeared are gone. If you want to
be able pickup a new car, hold it and gauge its
appearance and value on the spot, you will find
fewer and fewer places to do that. My intention,
here, is not to give the gift that keeps on giving
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(that would be guilt), but to make you aware that
buying on Amazon or eBay has far more consequences than you saving a few dollars.
A Bit Of Personal History,
Again, no coincidence, but I just discovered a file
drawer that I had not opened in 15 years and inside were photos and drawings of my first permanent model car racing track. The plans and photos
of the Unicorn Raceway are on pages 45-47. I was
fortunate beyond belief because Albert Hetzel
had the skills (that I did not) to build the track.
It was one of the most challenging and enjoyable
tracks to race on, even more so with fifty-odd
years of trying other raceways.
I was also fortunate to have Al as an older racing
partner and we tested and tuned cars and raced
them in hobby shops and homes in Southern California. With very systematic testing against a “control” car, we were able to see if extra weight made
a difference, where to put that weight, how many
turns of wire to peel-off the motor armature (or
what size copper wire to try next on the armature),
what tire treatment compounds worked best and a
host of other variables. Whatever it was, it worked
because we both won more than our fair share of
races on those 1/32 and 1/24 scale home tracks.
The commercial raceways appeared about that
time but that was a completely different hobby.
May 17-18, 2014. One of the largest model car
racing gatherings in the world takes place in England
each spring at the UK Slot Car Festival (www.
ukslotcarfestival.co.uk/). There are over a dozen
tracks you can try, ranging from HO to 1/32 scale
digital, and all of the major manufacturers will be
there with, essentially, the same products they
previewed in Nurenburg a few months earlier---your
chance to see nearly all the good stuff that is coming
for the next year. October 4 and 5, 2014. The National Hobby
show, the iHobby Expo is now at the Renaissance
Schaumburg Convention Center, 1551 N. Thoreau
Dr., Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 about 20-minutes
northwest of O’Hare Airport. The iHobby Expo (www.
ihobbyexpo.com/Public.html) has become the
largest gathering in the United States for the model
car racing importers and manufacturers. Usually,
Scalextric, NINCO, SCX, AFX and Auto World have
demo tracks as well as displays of their latest
products.
Volume 13, Number 3 (issue number 75)
May/June 2014
Publisher:
Robert Schleicher
Technical Editor:
Chris Walker
Editor:
Robert Schleicher
Track Test Editor:
Marc Purdham
The Joy of Oversteer
Layout & Design: Agency Graphics, Ltd.
What the Unicorn Raceway did reveal was the
joy of oversteer. It hooked us all. There were no
downforce magnets in those days (and even if
there were, the copper or aluminum pickup tape
would not have allowed any magnetic downforce
effect). The tires were hard Veco model airplane
landing gear tires, and, later, we skimmed the
skin from the Veco foam model airplane tires
and treated them with a range of chemicals that
started with pungent smelling oil of wintergreen,
STP and progressed to some really vile stuff. You
soon learned that you had build sturdy stops to
keep the pickup from pivoting more than 45-degrees. Why? Because the tails of all the cars slid
so wide that you had to develop the skill to “lean”
the car on the pickup with the pickup at full lock.
Contributing Editors:
Jeremy Dunning Jason Boye
Mark Gussin
Dan Wilson
Alan Schwartz
Dan Esposito
Brad Bowman
Bernard Sampson Pat Dennis
Road racing prior to about 1970 was the realm
of relatively narrow tires. Virtually all of the fullsize road racing cars, from Formula 1 Lotus 49s
to D-Type Jaguars to (most especially) Corvettes
were quickest around nearly every corner if all
four wheels were sliding and, almost always, with
the rear sliding further out than the front. There’s
more information of powersliding, oversteer, understeer, push, loose, wedge and drift on page 49.
Today, you have to provoke rear end slides, in any
full-size car or, setup the car to slide for the drifting sport. Our models recreated not only the appearance of the earlier race cars themselves but
their broadsliding cornering attitude. And, yes, it
did take (or so we believed---and still do) about as
much sheer skill to drive a sliding 1/32 scale car
as it did to drive one of those narrow-tired sixtiesera 1/1 scale cars. And we can still do it!
Editors Emeritus:
Rocky Russo
Bill Sipple
Jose Rodriguez Jim Russell
Bob Braverman Ron Klein
Albin Adams
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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
GT3 racer, the LeMans and ALMS-winning Porsche, driven by Joerg
Bergmeister, Johannes van Overbeek, Patrick Long and Marc Lieb, that
was sponsored by Flying Lizard Motorsports (www.lizardms.com/) in
Sonoma, California. There’s more information on the Flyslot Porsche
997/911 GT3 RSR in the November/December 2012 number 66 issue.
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
of the last lap by the winning Ferrari 430 GT2 (that was featured in the
November/December 2007 number 36 issue). The Flying Lizard cars
have featured nearly-identical paint schemes that have appeared on the
cars at LeMans since 2006 and in the ALMS series. In addition, some of
cars that raced in Europe carried the same style graphics but in much
different color combinations. The Flyslot model is painted to recreate
the Porsche 997RSR GT2 that raced at the Laguna Seca 2010 ALMS
race, driven by Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister.
The Flying Lizard (www.lizardms.com) Porsche 911 cars have been successful
in LeMans and other GT races for nearly a decade with these results:
• 2011 Fourth in ALMS GT Driver Championship and third in
ALMS GT Team Championship
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
win the ALMS GT2 class at Miller Motorsport Park in Tooele, Utah. ----LAT Photo
• 2005 Third in ALMS GT2 Driver and Team Championship
• 2004 Second in ALMS GT2 Driver and Championship
How Fast With
Downforce Magnet?
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, so the Porsche should have similar performance. The lap times
and other test results for all of the track tests in the first 72 issues are
available on the website under “More Information”, then click on the
link “Race Car Tests”.
MODEL CAR RACING TRACK TEST “Out-of-the-box”:
Flyslot
512S
Fly
MRRC
Ford GT40 GT40
Mk. IV
MRRC
Scalextric
Chaparral Ferrari P4
2F
• 2010 First and second (Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long)
in the ALMS GT Driver Championship
Lap Time, 36-foot Scalextric Indy F1 Course:
• 2009 ALMS GT2 Driver (Joerg Bergmeister, Patrick Long) and
Team Champions
Lap Time, 36-foot Carrera Indy F1 Course:
• 2008 ALMS GT2 Driver (Joerg Bergmeister, Wolf Henzler) and
Team Champions
• 2007 Second in ALMS GT2 Driver (Joerg Bergmeister,
Johannes van Overbeek) and Team Championship
• 2006 Second and fourth in ALMS GT2 Driver (Johannes
van Overbeek and Wolf Henzler) Championship and Third in
ALMS Team Championship
4.14 sec.
4.05 sec. 3.49 sec. 3.65 sec. 3.60 sec.
3.90 sec. 4.35 sec. 4.15 sec. 3.88 sec. 3.43 sec.
Scalextric Monogram
Ford GT40 Cobra
Daytona
4.30 sec.
4.20 sec.
4.28 sec.
4.29 sec.
The Flyslot “Alpha” series 1970 Ferrari 512S Coda Lunga was Race Track Tested in the
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
46 issue, the Chaparral 2F in the May/June 2007 number 33 issue, the Scalextric Ferrari
330P4 in the May/June 2006 number 27 issue, the Scalextric Ford GT40 in the January/
February 2003 number 7 issue, and the Monogram Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe in the
March/April 2003 number 8 issue.
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
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.
The motor is the common SP-size can with plastic pinion and spur gears.
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 soundequipped version both have two downforce magnets.
Modern Le Mans Cars: MODEL CAR RACING TRACK TEST “Magnet-Free”
Flyslot 1970 Ferrari
512S
Slot.it “Reloaded”
1999 Audi R8C
Sloting Plus 2003
Reynard 2KQ LM
Scaleauto 2008
Radical SR9
NINCO 2007
Honda NSX
Super GT
Fly 1996
Ferrari F40
Scalextric
2000 Cadillac
LMP
Avant Slot
2006 Audi R10
TDI LeMans
5.52 sec.
5.52 sec.
5.83 sec.
4.55 sec.
5.24 sec.
5.38 sec.
4.34 sec.
4.62 sec.
4.26 sec.
4.79 sec.
5.56 sec.
5.27 sec.
SCX Audi R8
PRO LeMans
Magnets removed and silicone tires fitted:
Lap Time, 36-foot Scalextric Indy F1 Course:
5.22 sec.
5.17 sec.
Lap Time, 36-foot Carrera Indy F1 Course:
4.97 sec.
4.75 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.
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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
on pages 16-18 on a 5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop. An index, by size,
of all the previously published track plans from Model Car Racing
magazine and the four books by Robert Schleicher on our website www.
modelcarracingmag.com.
This 5 x 9-foot Unicorn Raceway includes that track’s “signature”, an
extremely broad-radius turn running diagonally across the track. That
curve is broad enough so most magnet-stuck cars will take it at full
speed, especially so with the broad-radius entrance through turn T5. In
effect, it’s a bent straight.
turn numbers are not in sequence. On both plans, there’s a broad radius
entrance to that bent straight through turns T5 and T6 with a tight turn
T7 at the end of the “straight”. There’s a wild 3 ½-corner ess bend through
turns T1, T2, T3 and the entrance to turn T5.
When you have the space, this plan can be expanded at the joints marked
L with the 2 1/2 x 4–foot extension at top and/or the extremely radiusradius curve like that on Robert Schleicher’s wood version of the Unicorn
Raceway on pages 45-47.
The start/finish is located on the only straight and level portion of
the track on each plan. On the Scalextric Sport/Classic/SCX/Ninco
version the start-fish is located at beginning of curved-straight so the
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
2006 number 27 issue for the portion of the track through the turns T6
and T7. The Carrera and NINCO track joints and the track itself is stiff
enough to not need a plywood backing.
List Of Scalextric Classic, Sport, SCX Or Ninco Track Required For
2-Lane Unicorn Raceway On A 5 X 9-Foot Ping-Pong Tabletop:
List Of Carrera Track Required For 2-Lane Unicorn Raceway On A 5
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
O
4
Outer Curve
S
12
20571 Inner Curve R1
OO
9
Outer-Outer Curve
O
3
20572 Middle Curve R2
F
4
“Short” Straight
OO
3
20573 Outer Curve R3
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
A
2
20583 Connector Track (analog)
L
T
Track can be expanded in length by adding matched pairs of straight track sections here.
Turns on the model version of the track.
NOTES: To build the plan with NINCO track you will need about 10-percent more space
and you may need some additional short straights to get everything to line up properly.
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
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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
Brands Hatch. -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
replica of Richard Kuppins’ 2012 Championship
number 99 car and a “Super Resistant” version
with no interior of the number 7 car from 2012.
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
(but less weight) of the number 7 car from 2012.
The Trofeo series was created to provide a place for owners of raceready, but fully street-legal GT cars to enjoy their cars. The races
are designed for one-make, one-model racing with very strictlyenforced 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
hospitality area. Owners of GT4-configured GranTurismo MCs can
still take part in the Teams championship by setting up their cars
according to the 2011 GranTurismo MC Trofeo specifications. “
About 30 cars enter and the races are held at a variety of tracks,
including some of the “warm up” races for larger events so the
entrants actually have some spectators that are not relatives, friends or
mechanics.: Imola, Monza ( in conjunction with the WTCC race), Spa
(with the GT Open), Donington (with the WTCC), Valencia, (with the
WTCC), Vallelunga (with the GT) and Mugello (Italian GT).
The Scalextric 2012 Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo is a relatively
large car, larger than the Scalextric 1970 Trans-Am Dodge Challenger,
so it should prove a bit quicker without a downforce magnet. It has less
ground clearance beneath the magnet than the Dodge and, thus, more
magnetic downforce so it should be even quicker running with magnet
in place. The Scalextric Dodge Trans-Am car was Race Track Tested
with downforce magnet in the March/April 2014 number 74 issue and
there’s a test on the same car without the downforce magnet on page 9
of this issue. If you want to race the car without the downforce magnet,
the number 1105 Super Tires silicones can be used to replace the stock
tires to regain some of the lost traction. The chassis has a removable
plate for plug-in conversion to Scalextric Digital with number C8515
Easyfit Digital Plug.
Scalextric produced three or four versions of the Maserati Trofeo
Cambriocorsa cars in 2005 and 2006, but that is a completely
different car from this 2011-2013 Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo.
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Both versions of the Maserati have similar sidewinder chassis.
Spec Sheet: Scalextric 2012 Maserati
GranTurismo MC Trofeo
Length
Width
Height
Wheelbase
Track, Front
Track, Rear
Tires, Front
Tires, Rear
Weight
Weight on Front Tires
Weight on Rear Tires
Magnetic Downforce
on Carrera
Magnetic Downforce
on Scalextric
Ground Clearance
on Carrera
Ground Clearance on
Scalextric
Pickup Lead
(pivot to rear axle)
Gear Ratio
The Prototype
4,933 mm
1,903 mm
1,343 mm
2,938 mm
1,588 mm
1/32 Scale Model
6.12 in.(154.2 mm)
2.35 in. (59.5 mm)
1.62 in. (41.2 mm)
3.62 in. (91.8 mm)
1.95 in (49.6 mm)
Scalextric Model
6.20 in.(157.4 mm)
2.39 in. (60.4 mm)
1.62 in. (41.2 mm)
3.62 in. (91.8 mm)
1.93 in. (49.1 mm)
1,571 mm
255/35 ZR 20
295/35 ZR 20
1,700 kg.
NA
NA
NA
1.93 in (49.1 mm)
7.9 x NA mm
9.2 x NA mm
NA
NA
NA
NA
2.00 in (50.8 mm)
9.0 x 21.0
9.0 x 21.0
80 grams (2 3/4 oz.)
30 grams (1 oz.)
50 grams (1 3/4 oz.)
135 grams (4 3/4 oz.)
NA
NA
175 grams (6 1/4 oz.)
NA
NA
1.2 mm (.030 in.)
NA
NA
1.1 mm (.025 in.)
NA
NA
106.6 mm (4.20 in.)
NA
NA
3.27:1 (11/36)
Source: http://web.maserati.com/maserati/en/
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
where the factory supplies the car, maintains and transports it---“turn-key”
racing, for a price. There is no direct counterpart in model car racing, however,
the concept of a one-make, one-model series is common to most model car
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.
If you want to race a full-size car and you have the finances, several factories
will sell you both a car and provide an organized racing series, with the
car built and tuned to match that series’ rules, a mechanic, transport and
suitably posh dining and lodging for your personal crew. If you have the
funds, you can race a full-size car on a variety of tracks both in Europe and in
America in series like the Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo series. Most of
Trofeo events are, essentially, buy-a-racer events where you pay in advance
for the use of a car and mechanic for a season.
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
Websters Dictionary does not list it but the online www.vocabulary.com/
dictionary defines it (as a translation from a Spanish word) as “a tangible
symbol signifying approval or distinction”---rent-a-racer spoken in posh.
The Scalextric 2012 Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo on these pages is an
example of a specific type of full-size car that is designed for mass production
and to be driven daily but, with relatively minor modifications, to be used
for at least a year as a race car. There are several series for one-make onemodel cars including modern Minis, Ferraris, Lamborghini’s Gallardo LP
570-4 Super Trofeo series and Maserati’s class for their GranTurismo MC
built to their Trofeo racing specifications.
Many model car racers enjoy building their own cars or super-tuning the
ready-built ones, then placing their machines in competition with others.
These proxy races are designed to allow you send your car to a dozen different
tracks around the country and around the world to see if your car is any
quicker than the rest. Trofeo races for model cas can take that one step further
and stipulate that only the most minor changes can be made to the car. To an
expert builder, that is even more of a challenge because it eliminates special
motors, gearing and tires and focuses everything on the most minor details.
Few of us are that expert, so there’s an alternate “Trofeo” series for modelers;
this one you can do at home or strictly with your local club): pick one brand
and one model car for a “Trofeo” series (formerly know as one-make-one
model racing). 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
better handling than others so, often, the Ninco “Classics” class become a class
for 1957 Corvettes because they are bigger and, all else being equal, will handle
far better than the 356 Porches. So, create a Ninco Classic “Trofeo” class and
limit it to the Ninco car your group can agree on---make it class limited to
Ninco Porsche 356 cars, for one example. It works just as well with any car
from any period, from those fifties era 356 Porches, to Scalextric D-Type
Jaguars, to Carrera Cheetahs to Slot.it 962C LH Porches. It’s best to stick cars
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.
Racing Classes
Specific Class:
All cars from a designated period and full-size category are included; for example,
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.
One-Make Class:
To simplify competition, many clubs establish classes for one particular brand and for some
specific models within that brand like Slot.it Group C cars (Porsche 956 and 962, XJR12
Jaguars, Lancia LC85 and others) or a Ninco Classic Class for any of the fifties and sixtiesera cars from Ninco like the XK120 Jaguar, Austin Healy 3000, Porsche 356 and others.
Trofeo (One-Make, One-Model) Class; Where just one brand and one prototype
are eligible like a class for Ninco XK120 Jaguars or Slot.it 962C LH Porsches or
Scalextric Maserati Trofeos.
IROC:
One car on each lane and every driver drives each car for same number of laps--the class to determine the “best” driver.
Proxy Races:
You build a car and send to other tracks for other drivers to race---a class to
determine the best builder.
NOTE: There’s more information on racing classes in the #72, 73 and 74 issues and these three
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
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.
oXigen Digital system on Scalextric Sport track, and lane-changers,
in the March/April 2013 number 68 issue (the article is also on
www.modelcarracingmag.com under “Sample Issues”).
The Slot.it oXigen Digital system currently offers two chips to convert
most 1/32 scale cars to the oXigen Digital system. The article in the
in the July/August 2013 number 69 issue (which is also at www.
modelcarracingmag.com under “Sample Issues) describes how to install
the Slot.it oXigen SIO201a (Type A or “Type 1” on the Slot.it website)
chip (Slot.it calls it an “In Car Controller”) in a typical modern era GTclass Audi R8. Slot it also offers the smaller number SIO201b (Type B
or “Type 2” on the Slot.it website) chip. We were able to fit the SIO201b
chip into a Scalextric 2010 McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 car. There is a
newer version of Type B chip that is just a fraction narrower at the back
and longer (1 mm---about 1/32-inch) than the current chip and so it
should install in the same space as the one in the photos.
The installation is not as complex it might appear from the photographs--you are simply removing all the plastic tabs and braces (and the driver’s
body from the elbows and armpits down) inside the cowl area of the
Formula 1 car to leave space for the oXigen Digital chip. You will need to
know how to solder because the wire connections in the analog car must
be unsoldered and removed so the wires from the oXigen Digital chip can
be connected directly from the pickup braids to the chip and from the
chip to the motor.
The Slot.it oXigen Digital System is the ultimate in digital race control
but it is somewhat more expensive than the other systems and it takes
a bit of effort to learn all the options. The oXigen system utilizes a
constant 18-volts of current to the track rails, with the car’s speed
and brake regulated by 2.6GHz frequency radio control from Slot.
it controllers. There’s information on installing and operating the
Be aware, too, that the Type B In Car Controller (chip) responds only
to DC, which is fine if you are powering your track from a separate
transformer. However, you can run the Slot.it oXigen Digital-equipped
cars on a Scalextric Digital track which has 18 volts of AC power you
must use the larger oXigen Digital In Car Controller; the SIO201a
(Type A or “Type 1” on the Slot.it website).
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Racing oXigen-Equipped Cars
on Analog Tracks
The oXigen-equipped cars will not respond to conventional analog
controllers. To run a car with an oXigen Digital chip on any brand of
analog track you must use the same Slot.it SISCP01F Controller 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, the analog controller for your lane must be
plugged-into the track with the throttle trigger held full-on with a rubber
band (or, on a Scalextric or Ninco track, you can prepare a Radio Shack
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
article is also on www.modelcarracingmag.com under “Sample Issues”).
That provides full power to that lane. Your oXigen-equipped car is then
controlled only by the Slot.it oXigen-equipped controller. When you
move to another lane, remove the rubber band from the throttle on the
first lane (or remove your special plug) and wrap the rubber band around
the analog throttle trigger for the second lane (or reinsert the modified
plug) to apply full power to the second lane.
The half-round boss that accepts the screw on the Scalextric
chassis must also be removed. Again, use diagonal cutters or a
hobby knife.
We fitted the Slot.it SIO201b (Type B or “Type 2”) chip into a
Scalextric 2010 McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 car. The installation
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
car with Slot.it’s oXigen system you must install the Slot.it oXigen
In-Car Controller (chip).
Unsolder the wires from the motor tabs.
Scrape the top of the chassis with a hobby knife to remove any
leftover burrs.
Remove the body and front axle. Look closely at the car before you
remove the parts because refitting them is a bit of a Chinese Puzzle.
The wires from the Slot.it number SIO201b oXigen Digital chip must
be connected to place the chip in the electrical circuit between the
pickup brushes and the motor tabs.
Pry the driver from the chassis.
The Slot.it oXigen Digital chip must rest on the floor of the chassis
so the vertical L-brackets on the front of the chassis must be
removed. You can use flush-cut diagonal cutters or slice the clips
off with a hobby knife.
Use diagonal cutters to cut the two slim legs connecting the front
suspension to the rear of the chassis. The front portion of chassis
will be secured with the original mounting screws when you
reassemble the model.
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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.
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
of the pickup so you can unsolder the original wires. Then solder
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.
Cut-off the last half-inch of ribs from front suspension to clear the
oXigen Digital chip.
Use a razor saw to cut off the lower portion of driver just above
the elbows.
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.
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 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 sensor must be angled upwards at least 45-degrees. The sensor will
not function properly if simply laid flat or with the beveled side up. Cement
the sensor to the chassis with Shoe Goo or low temperature hot glue with
the sensor angled up 45-degrees.
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 original trapdoor cover plate can be reinstalled to hide part of
the oXigen Digital chip but the rear ½-inch of that cover plate must
be removed with a razor saw to clear the chip.
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
vertical as possible so you will need to check to be sure that body or the
interior does not interfere with the antenna.
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Assemble the front suspension and wing under the nose with
original screws.
The oXigen Digital In Car Controllers SIO201a Type A (top) and
SIO201b Type B (bottom). Slot.it is developing additional chips for
even smaller installations.
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 smoothersurface 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
in Southern California during 1963 and 1964. When I moved Al built
(and I completed and sceniced) the Paramount Ranch Raceway that
was featured in the SLOT CAR BIBLE.
The detail on the cars of the sixties was primitive by today’s standards but the track was as good as it
gets (if the aluminum tape was kept oxide-free). The cars, here, are 1/32 scale with a Knight-bodied
(by the late Ron Klein) Aston Martin DB2 (from a tin Scalextric model), a 1962 Ferrari 246SP, an Auto
Hobbies fiberglass-bodied Lotus 19 (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,
with beige for the verges and two model railroad trees for “shade”. The Scintilla 12-volt model railroad
power pack is visible in the lower right.
Looking back up the 4-foot wide portion of the track with the 1/32 scale Ferrari, Aston and Lotus in
action. The photos were shot with a hand-held box camera using 620 film so the quality is poor.
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 Chevrolet
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 brakeslide 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.
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scraps of wood temporarily attached with flathead wood screws. We
scaled-off the locations of the curve centers, then used a three-foot
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
length of 1x4 to guide the router down the straights. The massive curve
is a 104.5/108.0/111.5-inch set of radii, the hairpin 5.5/6.0/6.5-inch
radii and the other curves ranged from 12- to 20-inch radii. We elected
(wisely) to not include the chicane on the main straight.
The slots were cut with a 5/32-inch router bit (the 5/32-inch bits lasted
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
main straight was 17-feet long and the lane length was 70-feet in any of
the three lanes. The lanes were spaced 3 1/2-inches apart with 5-inches
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
a 1/8-inch aluminum “dam” in the slot. When the routing work was
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
then painted with three coats of latex interior wall paint. When the
paint was dry, the pickup strips were applied using the ¼-inch wide
aluminum tape that Strombecker offered.
Initially we used a Scintilla-brand 12-volt DC model railroad power
pack and throttle but the rewound motors kept popping the fuse. We
adopted what became the standard power supply for the decade, a 12volt automobile battery with a trickle charger and, most necessary, a
4-amp fuse between the battery and the track. The controllers were
state-of-the-art in 1963 thumb-operated blue MRRC units modified
with a third wire to provide a brake circuit.
Sources for Building Wood Tracks:
General Information:
Luf Linkert:
www.oldslotracer.com
Old Weird Harold:
www.slotcartalk.com/slotcartalk/showthread.php?27236-TrackBuilding-Online-Resources
1/32 Scale Wood Track Builders:
Brads Tracks:
www.bradstracks.com
Slot Mods, David Beattie:
www.slotmods.com
Routing and tape-laying tools:
Luf Linkert:
Copper tape:
Most modelers who assemble their track from MDF board use
copper tape for pickup strips. It works great but dramatically lacks
realism. The advantage is that the glue on some of the brands of
tape is electrically conductive so breaks in the tape can be repaired by just covering the break with a short piece of fresh tape.
Copper Tape (like Scotch 1181 copper with conductive adhesive)
“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
bulletin board of Don Thomson’s Temple City Raceway to sell the track so it could be replaced with the
Paramount Ranch Track in 1964.
Wizard High Performance:
148 Deer Oak Lane, Bedford, PA, 15522 - wizzardho.com
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Pit Board
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
Chicago every October.
4. There is no specific trade organization for slot cars.
Oversteer vs. Understeer.
The caption on page 30 of the January/February 2014 number 73 issue
describes the 1968 Lotus 49B as being driven with an “understeer” attitude. However, all four tires are slipping so what difference does it make
what the fronts are doing?
Regards, James Holt
It is difficult to believe that you can control a full-size race car with all four
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
true that the majority of control over a car with all four wheels sliding is
done with the throttle pedal causing the rear tires to slide more or less to
maintain the desired path around corner. The rear tires, however, are not
just pushing against the pavement, they are also pushing against the grip
generated by the front tires. So, changing the angle of drift of front tires
does make a difference. Tabletop model racing cars are able to recreate the
look and feel (all-be-it remote) of those full-size cars.
With model cars, the pickup blade provides a major portion of the
control and, obviously, dictates the path car will follow. However, the
rear tires are pushing against the front of the car (the pickup on the
model rather than the front tires). That pushing force can actually help
keep the car in the slot. The delicate balance between just enough grip
that results from just enough weight, the proper weight distribution
and perfectly aligned (tuned) chassis does make an incredible
difference in how fast the car will corner before either rising out of the
slot or deslotting---the driving skill you are developing is to keep the
car balanced on that knife edge between sliding and deslotting.
The road racers refer to a car’s performance in slightly different terms
than NASCAR mechanics.
Action:
Road Racing:
NASCAR
Front tires turn-in sharper than corner
understeer
plow
Front tires turn out away from corner
oversteer
push
Four-wheel drift with front tires straight
drift
loose
The Size Of The Hobby
I have more familiarity with the die-cast model car world, so my questions
somewhat come from that perspective........
1. The die-cast car industry describes itself (the non-toy part) as a
billion dollar a year industry. What about slot cars?
2. Last time I checked, the annual sales of die-cast cars were flat, year on
year, though the number of "users" was slowing increasing. And for
slot cars?
3. The major trade show for die cast cars is Nurenburg Toy Show.....and
for Slot cars?
4. Is there an industry association for slot car product manufacturers ?
Thanks, Dr. Kelly Silverthorn 1. and 2. There are no reliable business reporting statistics for either
die-cast or slot cars. If you believe that die-cast sales are a billion
dollars that would make slot cars about 200 million---which is possible
worldwide. The number of unique visitors to our website has actually
been growing by an average of 15-percent a month (compared to the
same month in the previous year) for the past two years. The slot car
business has been steady for the past few years, faring far better than
the die-cast market.
48 Model Car Racing
Please take a look at our website, www.modelcarracingmag.com
especially the “About Us” link. The typical enthusiast races at home
with a track on a tabletop the size of a ping-pong table or larger. The
vast majority of new slot car set sales are digital sets that allow up to 6
cars to race on two lanes. The track is assembled from interchangeable
plastic sections and some of the tracks have scenery as detailed as
SlotMods offerings.
White-Haired Tires?
What's the best way to preserve the original tires that have began to turn
powdery white? The problem is occurring mostly on the Scalextric brand.
Thank you, Debbie Weber
It should just be a surface coating, likely caused by whatever they use to
make it easier to pop them out of the mold. Try rubbing them lightly with
a rag dampened with lighter fluid or lacquer thinner (work outdoors).
If the residue reappears try one of the tire cleaners like Parma's (www.
slotcarcorner.com/) or AJ's T'NT. Most hobby dealers can order them.
We Will Try To Make It Better
As a long term reader, couple of suggestions 1. Reviews of products might give a little more explicit product guidance
- giving items a score out of 100 based on various criteria including
value for money would assist readers.
2. Have you ever done or might you consider any stories on the great
slot car collections and collectors?
Still enjoying the mag almost 75 issues on. Hope you still enjoy putting it
together as much as I do the reading.
Cheers, Bob Bennett, Canberra
Thank you for your suggestions about improving the magazine.
We have considered a rating system but, honestly, most of these are
someone’s opinion – I do not believe that my opinion or that of any
of our writers is more important than the opinion of each reader so,
wherever, possible we try leave those opinion judgments to the reader.
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
accurate 1/32 scale, too heavy, lacks magnetic downforce (or has too
much), or if the car is too slow, the numbers are there and the photos
(often side-by-side comparisons with the full-size car) give you
the opportunity to make your own judgment if the model really is
reasonable replica. Value is another example because some folks would
consider getting a 1/32 scale model of (for instance) a Lotus 11 for $150
a bargain but would not pay $20 for a Corvette.
NEW TO THE HOBBY?
There’s more information on page 13 of this issue. There are some
basic tune-up tips that are needed for every model race car on our
website www.modelcarracingmag.com under the “New to the
hobby?” link. There are 13 tips including: How To Get Started in
Model Car Racing, Two Driving Techniques, Perfect Pickup Braid,
Tire Mounting, Cleaning Track Rails, Cleaning Track, Avoiding
Disaster: Oil & Grease, Controllers, Race Program Set Up: Color
Coding & Racing classes, Reliable Wires, Chassis Set Up, Carrera
Guide Shoe Mods. There’s lots more you can do, including changing
to silicone rear tires with better grip, loosening the body-to-chassis
screws and more.
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
Most of the plans we have published for HO scale race tracks are
designed to fill a 4 x 8-foot board. However, every plan includes the
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
add track section make it wider. So every one of those 4 x 8-foot plans
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
74 issues.
The plan for the HO 4-Lane
Paramount Ranch Track to fit a
5 x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop with
a 4 x 4-foot extension.
AFX TRACK SECTIONS REQUIRED
Quantity:
Description:
This plan, from the September/October 2013 number 71 issue,
however was designed to fit a minimum 5 x 9-feet and we promised we
would publish an expanded version. The plan on this page is designed
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
of 4 x 8-foot plywood or MDF (some building supply firms sell half
sheets of 4 x 8-foot MDF or plywood), You can support extension on a
card table or install folding legs.
4
3-inch Straight
16
6-inch Straight
2
9-inch Straight
22
15-inch Straight
0
6-inch 45-degree Curve
2
6
This version of the Paramount Ranch includes, of course, the overpass
and the ess bends between turns T2 and T3. Turns T1, T2, T5 and T7
all feature large-radius 12/15-inch curves with a 120-degree ”sweeping”
turn through T10 leading onto main straight. All of the straights are
15-inch unless marked.
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Model Car Racing 49
Club Directory
Most model car racers prefer to race at home on their own tracks with a few friends. There
are hundreds of model car racing clubs in the world but some of them are groups who race
very highly modified cars on tracks routed from wood or PVC. The model racing cars you
see on the pages of this magazine are all designed to be raced on plastic tracks (although
they can be raced on most wood or PVC tracks) from Scalextric, Sport, Carrera, NINCO,
SCX, Riggen or Artin or the older Strombecker, Revell or Monogram tracks 1/32 scale
tracks or Tomy AFX or Mattel/Tyco HO tracks.
The clubs that are listed here are groups whose main interest is to race out-of-the box cars
and mostly on plastic tracks (although the club may also race on one or two hand-routed
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
Stephen Farr-Jones (818) 260 9192, [email protected]
website: http://www.farroutslotcars.com/
California, Fresno area: Insane SCRC,
Joe Cabral [email protected]
California, North San Diego County: Nomad Slot Racing Club, Jim
Cunningham (760)492-4619 [email protected]
www.NomadSlotRacing.com
California, North San Diego County, Escondido - “The Slot Outlaws”
760-747-4511 or email: [email protected]
California, San Jose area: Devin Mauldin [email protected]
California, South Bay (Los Angeles): Stan Smith (310)812-1866
[email protected]
California, South Bay (Los Angeles): ITG - In The Groove Slot Car racing,
324 W. Florence Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301. Contact: Marc Natividad
(310) 200-6300. [email protected]
Colorado, Denver area: Rocky Mountain Slot Car Club (RMSSC)
http://rmscclub.proboards.com/index.cgi
Colorado, Denver Area, Colorado Slot car Club, contact:
http://coslotcarclub.proboards.com/
Colorado, Denver area: Front Range Vintage Slotcar and Historical
Racing Club, http://monovell.proboards.com/index.cgi
D.C., Washington area: The Capital Racing League,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcrl, contact: [email protected]
D.C., Washington area (Alexandria): Classic Slot Car Association (CSSA),
John Roberts, (703) 582-5504, [email protected]
D.C., Washington Metro area: Old Dominion Slot Car Club, 5322
Graystone Rd., Warrenton, VA 20187, contact: Chris Bowles (540)3411405 or, [email protected] ,
www.nascarslots.com or www.metalracer.com
Illinois, Central area: Hotslots 1/32 Slot Car Shop, 1809 A. Philo Road,
Urbana, IL 61802 (217) 355-2277, [email protected]
Illinois, Chicago area: Bolingbrook Speedway, Karl Staehlin,
[email protected]
Illinois, Chicago area: Great Lakes Slot Car Club, contact:
www.greatlakesscc.com
or different bodies. We try to NOT list the clubs that primarily race cars with hand-made metal
chassis and clear plastic bodies---those clubs are listed on various internet sites or you can find
most of them through the Old Weird Harold site at http://www.oldweirdherald.com.
There are hundreds of dealers in the country that have operating tracks in the store. We
cannot list them all, but you can contact the ones in your area from the list of dealers that
carry Model Car Racing magazine www.modelcarracingmag.com.
If your group races out-of-the-box 1/32 scale or HO scale cars, with only occasionally
events for modified cars) send us the information at www.modelcarracingmag.com and
we’ll try to include your club in the next issue.
Indiana, Indianapolis area: (Jeremy Dunning)
[email protected]
Pennsylvania, Manheim area:
D & B Raceways, Don Noll [email protected]
Indiana, Terre Haute area: Otter Creek Slot Racing Association,
Bob Redman [email protected]
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: Mt. Airy Racing Association, Herbert
Bigelow (215) 868-4464, [email protected]
Iowa, Cedar Rapids area: Iowa Model Area Racers, http://imar.us/
Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre Area: NEPA Slot Car Club,
Indiana, Fort Wayne area: Wallace Dale Monroe, [email protected]
570-903-9182, nepaslotcars.com
Iowa, Cedar Rapids area: ERASR (Ecurie Road America Scale Racers)
Art (319)626-6374
Pennsylvania, Wyoming Valley Area: Wyoming Valley Slot Car
Association, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, wvsca.blogspot.com
Iowa, Swisher area: IMAR (Iowa Model Auto Racing),
Jerry Hightshoe [email protected]
Texas, Eastern area: East Texas Slot Car Association, Tyler , TX 75771,
(903)882 0965 [email protected]
Kentucky, Louisville area: Derby City Slot Car Club, www.
derbycityslotcarclub.proboards.com/ [email protected]
Texas, Houston (Northwest Harris County): Houston Scale Auto Racing
Club (HSARC), www.hsarc.net, (281)807-4026.
Louisiana, Lake Charles area: Lake Area Slot Car Auto Racing, Julian
Guillory, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LASCAR
Northern Virginia-Metro DC area: Northern Virginia Digital Slot Racers,
contact: Hayes Lewis, [email protected]
Maryland, Baltimore area: (Allan Schwartz) [email protected]
Vermont, Burlington area: Burlington Slot Dorks,
Daniel, [email protected]
Michigan, Grand Rapids area: Rivershore International Raceway, Alto,
Michigan, Stephen Thomas,
(616) 891-1632. email: [email protected]
Michigan, Kalamazoo area: West Michigan Slot Car Group, John
Lacko (269) 344-5588, [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/
groups/205657316120426/
Missouri, St. Louis area: (Carl Shorle) [email protected]
Missouri, St. Louis area: Monaco Grand Prix Miniature Racing Club,
www.mgpmrc.org, email: [email protected]
New York, Watkins Glen area: The Slot Car Club Of The Twin Tiers,
Contact: Frank Spena, Jr., [email protected]
Washington, Seattle/Tacoma area: PSSRA (Puget Sound Slot Car
Racing Association) http://pssra.webhop.net/ or Tony Kuljis,
[email protected]
Washington, Seattle/Tacoma area: NMRL (Northwest Model Racing
League). John MacKenzie (206)295-9980, [email protected]
Toronto, Canada area: Scale Sloters 1/32, [email protected]
Vancouver, Canada area: (Luf Linkert) [email protected]
Ohio, Columbus area: 1/32 Slot Car Racers of Central Ohio, Randy
Horton, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-32SlotCarRacersOfCentralOhio
1/24 scale racing clubs:
Oregon, Portland area: Beaverton Area Slot Car Club (B.A.S.C.C.),15430
SW Gull Ct., Beaverton, Oregon 97007, 503-330-6907
Pennsylvania, Allentown-Reading area: Allen & Allen Motor Speedway
Racing, (610) 520-7247, [email protected]
Pennsylvania, Chambersburg area.
Sherman Collings [email protected] (717) 377-1435
Illinois, Peoria/ Metamora area: Peoria Model Car Raceway,
(309)573-1027, [email protected],
(309)712-3299 [email protected]
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg area: Homestead Speedway, Landisville,
Pennsylvania. Ken Falco at [email protected]
HO Clubs: The majority of HO racing on a club level in the US is home sectional tracks,
using hard bodies and largely stock equipment. The majority are Thunderjet focused, although
many do run the Life-Like, Auto World, Playing Mantis, G-Plus and Mattel/Tyco cars, these
mass produced magnet cars tend to be utilized by small round robin groups by invitation or
as groups of friends.
Oregon, Eugene area: Pelican Park Speedway
(541)349-0917 htm210@comcast.
Digital Racing Clubs:
Ohio, Mansfield area: Mid-Ohio 1/32 Scale Racing Club, chorp@ohio.
net, John Chorpening (419) 289-6563
Northern Virginia-Metro DC area: Northern Virginia Digital Slot Racers,
contact: Hayes Lewis, [email protected]
There are some excellent clubs across the US racing basically stock hardshell T-Jet cars for the
most part on sectional home tracks. This is only a partial listing. If you have 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/
California, Bay area: San Francisco HO Racing Association, www.
sfhora.org/home.html
Indiana, Fort Wayne area: Wallace Monroe,
[email protected]
California, Bay area: M.S.C.R.C. - Model Slot Car Racing Club www.
mscrc.orgemail: [email protected]
Kentucky / Virginia area: http://www.thunderjetracing.com/
California, Bay area: Shaunadega Racing www.shaunadega.com
Michigan, Lansing area: NASAR, Richard Leeper (517) 290-9952 or
[email protected]
California, South Bay (Los Angeles): ITG - In The Groove Slot Car racing,
324 W. Florence Ave.
Missouri, Kansas City area:
http://home.kc.rr.com/jhabernal/mahor/
Inglewood, CA 90301. Contact: Marc Natividad (310) 200-6300.
[email protected]
Missouri, St. Louis area: [email protected]
50 Model Car Racing
Washington, Auburn area: Rainier Raceways,
Greg Gaub [email protected]
North Carolina, Winston-Salem area: Road America Racers, King City,
North Carolina, Tom Brooks, (336) 985-3867 or [email protected]
Illinois, Chicago Area: JYD Racing, contact www.toys4slots.com
Colorado, Denver area: Front Range HO (FRHO) club. http://www.
scaleracers.com/FrontRangeHO/default.asp
Williamsburg Virginia area: The Barn Burners”
Contact: Joseph Brimer [email protected]
Ohio, Columbus area:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colohhoscc/messages
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area:
http://vintagehoracing.mr-bigstuff.com/
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: Mt. Airy Racing Association, Herbert
Bigelow (215) 868-4464, [email protected]
Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre Area: NEPA Slot Car Club,
570-903-9182, nepaslotcars.com
Winston-Salem/Greenville, South Carolina area: Upstate HO Slot Car
Club, 403 Hill Lane, Mauldin, SC 29662
(864)967-7865 Richard Tabb at [email protected] or
Steve Lorch at [email protected]
United Kingdom, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Burning Rubber, www.burningrubber.net
All New
For 2014-2015 From The Toy Fair
Most of the model car racing manufacturers introduced the products
that will be shipped in 2014-15 at the Nurenburg International Toy
Fair in early February, which is about the time you receive the March/
April 2014 issue. If you subscribed to either the free internet edition or
asked for the full internet edition with your paper copy subscription,
you will have received this as well as seeing it in print in the May/
June 2014 issue. There are dozens of new paint schemes on existing
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
reached the prototype stage---the cars shown here were on display
at the Nurenburg Toy Fair. Where possible we have listed the make,
model designation and year of the car so you can look at the image
of the full-size car by doing a Google search under ‘Images” for that
description on the Internet. All photos are courtesy Pendle Slot Racing
(www.pendleslotracing.co.uk/).
There’s a new scenic accessory timing tower. A special connector pod for
a Bluetooth App for race management will be available for Digital 132.
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,
Renault 5 Maxi Turbo, 2012 Formula 1 HRT, 1993 Formula 1 McLaren
MP4/8 and 1987 Williams Formula 1
Scalextric (images at http://scalextric.hornby.com): Late-sixtiesand-seventies Formula 1 cars! Five new bodies including the 1970
Lotus 72C, 1973 Lotus 72E, McLaren M7C, 1971 Tyrell, 1972 Tyrell
003 and new paint schemes on the 1978 McLaren M23 and Gold Leaf
versions of the 1968 Lotus 49B. Plus the 2013 WRC Champion VW
Polo WRC, 2014 Bentley Continental GT3, 1986 Lancia Delta S4
WRC, Volkswagen Campervan Type 1b, and 2012 Lotus Exige R-GT.
The 2009 Lotus Formula 1 and McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 cars will
be available with 2014 liveries. Scalextric will also be offering a pair of
Monster (Crusher) trucks but only in a set.
There’s a new Scalextric control system called RCS with three options.
All three systems have the ability to use the RCS App for full race
control and race car performance options such as pit stops, refueling as
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
communicate with a SMART device using the common platforms and
an open source mini USB socket is included.
• RCS “One” has wired controllers for analog cars with race
control managed by an App.
• RCS “Air” has wireless throttles for analog cars with race
control managed by an App.
• RCS “Pro” is a fully Scalextric Digital system.
Slot.it: 2012 Audi R18 with four-wheel-drive, Matra MS670B (that
finished 1-3 at LeMans in 1974, with similar MS670B cars finishing
1-3 in 1973), 1989 Nissan R98C Group C and lighter a faster Porsche
956 and 962 Group C cars. Reprogrammed lane-changers for the Slot.it
oXigen Digital system will be available for Scalextric Digital and a new
and slimmer oXigen Type B chip is coming.
Policar: Lotus 72, 1970 March 701 and 1971 March 711 Formula
1 cars with a double gear reduction using a pair of idler spur gears
parallel to the rear axle, a Ferrari F40 and Ferrari 312PB.
Carrera: 2013 Ferrari F138 and 2013 Red Bull RB9 Formula 1 cars,
VW Beetle with Group 5 fender flares, C7R Corvette, 2012 Green GT
H2 LeMans, 2013 Ferrari “LaFerrari” street car, and the Porsche 904 GTS
and 2010 Porsche Carrera GT will be available as individual models.
Ninco: Seat Leon, a new chassis for many of the cars and a new WiCo wireless control for the Ninco N-Digital system.
SCX: 2014 McLaren MP4-29 Formula 1, 2013 Ford Fiesta RS WRC
and 1959 Austin Healey 3000
Racer “Sideways” range: 1979-1985 Group 5: BMW 320,
Porsche 935L IMSA, Porsche 935/77, Mustang GTP, Kremer 935K3,
Lancia Stratos Turbo, Nissan Skyline and Toyota Celica.
Scaleauto: 1979 Porsche 935 and 2011 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R,
2010 Spyker C8 GT2 and 1981 BMW M1 Group 5.
Arrow Slot: 2007 Saleen S7R LeMans
Pioneer (www.pioneerslotcars.com): 1967-68 Camaro TransAm, British “Legends” dirt track coupes, 1965 MGB hardtop, 1970
Plymouth Barracuda Trans-Am, and 1970 Javelin Trans-Am
Auto Art: 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 2011 Lamborghini
Murcielago LP670-4, 2012 Lamborghini Reventon, 2012 Lamborghini
Gallardo LP570-4 and 2011 Ford Shelby Cobra GT500.
Flyslot: 2011 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R, 1969 Porsche 907K Targa
Florio, 1968 Porsche 917L LeMans and 1980 LeMans Rondeau M379.
1979/80 Renault RS10 Grand Prix, 1985 Peugeot 205 T16 rally car,
1986 MG Metro 6R4, Porsche 997 RSR and 2008 Lamborghini Diablo.
Slotwings (division of Flyslot): Every F1 car (19 of them, over
the next five-years) that Ayrton Senna drove. The first release is a
replica of the 1983 Williams FW08C (Flyslot previously released the
1979 Williams FW07 so this will be all new), 1970 Porsche 914/6, 1965
Ferrari 330 P2 and 1967 Ferrari 330 P3
MRRC: 1963 Corvette Stingray fastback
MSC: 1985 Rothmann’s Porsche 959 Dakar car, 1976 DeTomaso
Pantera Group 3, 1987 Peugeot 205 and 1990 Peugeot 405 Paris-Dakar,
2012 Dakar Mini “X-Raid (Countryman) and “Africa Legends” series:
Peugeot 1987 205 T16 Grand Raid, 1988 Peugeot 405 T16 Grand Raid,
1981 Range Rover Dakar, and 2000 Subaru Impreza Rally Safari
Mr. Slotcar: 1985 Porsche 962C IMSA, 1989 Nissan R89C LeMans,
1995 McLaren FI LeMans and 1969 Lola T70
NSR: to be announced later in 2014
Cartrix: 1960 Scarab and 1961 Ferguson P99 Grand Prix cars
Le Mans Miniatures (cast resin): 1976 Porsche 935 LeMans,
Rondeau M379 LeMans, 1973 Porsche 911 RSR and 1974 Matra 670B
SRC (Slot Racing Company): displayed computer-printed
prototypes of their forthcoming injection-molded plastic models
including a 1977 Porsche 935/77, 1980 Porsche 935J, 1972 Matra 670,
Model Car Racing 51
1973 Matra 670B, Lola T600 IMSA, Renault RS10 F1 1979, Ferrari
312T4 F1 1979, Porsche 914/6-R race car and 914-6 street. A Red Bull
raid buggy (Dakar) is also coming
F Slot: A new company will be offering the seventies era Tyrell P34
and Tyrell 007 Formula 1 cars.
Original Slot Cars (OSC): 2005 Citroen Xsara and 1986 Lancia
Delta S4 as kits
Scaleauto: 2011 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R, 2009 Audi R8 LMS and
2011 BMW Z4
1/43 Scale:
Carrera Go!!!: 2013 Ferrari and Red Bull Formula 1 cars and Formula
E Grand Prix cars,
SCX Compact: 2010 BMW M3 and 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Spirit: Resuming production of cars like the 1981 Porsche 936 and
BMW 635CSI with new liveries.
Kyosho: 2013 Toyota GT86 and 1998 Porsche 911 GT1-98
LeMans-winner
Revell/Monogram: Neither the German or American divisions
have any new 1/32 scale race cars planned for 2014
Ho Scale:
Top Slot (cast resin): 1954 Pegaso Z102 Bisiluro, 1954 Pegaso
Spyder Montjuich, Pegaso Spyder Touring and Pegaso Berlinetta Enasa.
1/30 Scale:
Racemasters AFX: Racing liveries on the NASCAR Ford Fusion
and Chevrolet SS, Camaro Z/28 and Mustang Boss, and new deco
releases on LeMans and Group C cars Auto World: Vintage Funny Cars
from the Don Prudhomme era
Racer (cast-resin): 1964 Ferrari 250 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
52 Model Car Racing
The Top Slot (cast resin) 1954 Pegaso Spyder Touring
The Slot.it Matra MS670B (that finished 1-3 at LeMans in 1974,
with similar MS670B cars finishing 1-3 in 1973),
The Scalextric C3479A 1972 Tyrrell 003 and 1973 Lotus 72E are
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
set with track.
The Scalextric 2013 Champion VW Polo WRC
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 Team Lotus 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
new race-prepared chassis.
The F Slot seventies era Tyrell P34 Formula 1
The F Slot seventies era Tyrell 007 Formula 1
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
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