Riverside Raceway - Model Car Racing

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Live-Action Pit Stops With Digital
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Riverside
Raceway
November/December 2015
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Race Track Tests:
•BMW Z4 GT3
•Audi R18 4-Wheel Drive
•Le Mans-Winning
Mirage G8
Flip to Page 7
to compare with the real car!
Claudia Hürtgen, Stian Alexander Sorlie and Jörg Müller drove this BMW Z4 GT3 at the 2010 ADAC race at
the Nurburgring. The car carried the “press” introduction paint scheme but with a number 91. — BMW AG
Photo
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CONTENTS
ON THE COVER: The NSR 1/32 scale replica of the BMW Z4 GT3 at the
2010 ADAC round at the Nurburgring in 2010. ---BMW AG Photo
1/32 SCALE MODEL CAR RACING:
7 TRACK TEST
LeMans
NSR 2010 BMW Z4 GT3
by Marc Purdham
10 Digital Racing
Live Pit Action
by Robert Schleicher
11 Real Race Track Plans
2-Lane Mugello Circuit for Scalextric Sport, Classic,
SCX, Ninco, Carrera (with optional lane-changing) on
a 13 x 23-foot tabletop with LIVE ACTION PIT STOPS.
14 Race Tracks on a Tabletop
2-Lane Mugello Circuit for Scalextric Sport, Classic,
SCX, Ninco or Carrera on a 4 x 8-foot tabletop
17 Tech Tips
Adjusting Independent Front Wheels
18 Home Racing
Build A Wood Race Track
Part 3: Cutting The Slots & Painting
19 Tech Tips
Routing The Slots
21 Tech Tips
Fixing Routing Mistakes
23 Tech Tips
Painting The Track
25 Vintage Racing
Studio 65 1952 Ferrari 212
27 Formula 1
Scalextric 1969 Brabham BT26A-3
by Albin Burroughs
15 TRACK TEST
Supertuned Racers, Part 124:
Magnet-Free
Front “Steering” Shoot-Out
Solid vs. Independent-Rotating vs. One-Way Ball Bearings
Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8
by Marc Purdham
4 Model Car Racing
29 Historic Racing
1969 Formula 1 Grid in 1/32 Scale
32 Your Track
Gary Knabe’s 3-lane 12 x 18-foot wood
Riverside Raceway
36 Track Test DIGEST:
Summary of 16 Full Race Track Test Reports on
7 Model Racing Cars
by Marc Purdham
1/24 SCALE MODEL CAR RACING:
24 Vintage Racing
Monogram 1/24 Scale Kurtis Midgets
HO MODEL CAR RACING:
38 Home Racing
Scalextric Super Karts
by Bill Wright
42 Tech Tips
Inline, Sidewinder or Anglewinder?
44 TRACK TEST
Magnet-Free
LeMans
Slot.it 4-Wheel Drive 2013 Audi R18 e-tron quattro
by Marc Purdham
44 TRACK TEST
Magnet-Free
LeMans
Slot.it 2-Wheel Drive 2013 Audi R18 e-tron quattro
by Marc Purdham
40 Home Racing
4-Lanes with Auto World Track
47 Track Plans
4-Lane Mugello Circuit for 4 x 8-Feet
DEPARTMENTS:
6 Editorial: The Zen of Model Car Racing
48 Club Directory
49 Pit Board
50 Index, issues number 79 through 84
52 New Stuff
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54 Home Racing
Tech Tips
Painting Plastic Track
There is an Index of all of the past issues, a Digest of the results of the
first 291 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.
Model Car Racing 5
Editorial ��
The Zen Of Model
Car Racing
(Much, much more
than just racing)
We call this model car racing to make it clear that these
are cars that are designed to be raced. You already know
that but there are at least a million folks out there who
have not yet discovered that you can race model cars on
a tabletop track. You may not, however, understand as
much as you think you do about how much of the fullsize cars racing experience that these 1/32, 1/76, 1/43
and 1/24 scale model racing cars have recreated.
Do My Eyes Deceive Me?
Yes, what you see is much less than what you perceive
with these cars. There is more to this than just watching
a red or a silver block zipping around the back of a flat
black snake. All of the cars that are being produced today are exact replicas of some specific full-size car (allbe-it with a few imaginary paint schemes). You are not
just racing a car, you are racing Fernando Alonso’s 2014
Ferrari or Stirling Moss’ 1958 Mille Miglia-winning
Mercedes or, or, or. And the other cars are just as real as
yours so the action itself---the race---is as real as sitting
in a Ferrari at Daytona. But you throw away a lot of that
excitement by just standing up there and driving your
red or silver block.
It Only Looks Real If
You Take A Real Look
Our model car racing tracks are generally assembled
or built on a tabletop that is about 30-inches from the
floor. Some of us assemble tracks on the floor. With either elevation, however, you are seeing the race from
the perspective of a helicopter pilot. Yes, television converge now includes a lot of those sky high shots but the
real excitement is down there trackside. We forget that
these cars are replicas of full-size cars that we usually
only see from down beside the track. From that helicopter height, the cars blur into red ’uns and silver 'uns--the details blurred with the distance.
Most of us are looking for as much help as we can get
from experienced model car racers. Many of the folks
that have been racing for 30 or 40 years will tell you,
that if you want to see real racing, run the race near
eye level so you can actually see what’s happening down
there on the track. Try it, driving car at whatever speed
seems most realistic you---remember the full-size cars
usually take a parade lap at slow speed so that realism is
there for you recreate as well as the faster racing action.
All of our model racing cars are actually faster than
the full-size versions so you may not want to use full
power for this exercise in stepping into your alternate
universe.
You can make it a rule with your group or club that
at least one race will be held with the drivers sitting
or kneeling beside that 30-inch high table (or laying
down, if track is on the floor) so your eyes are just a few
inches above the level of the track. Your lap time most
certainly will be slower because you will not have the
depth perception you get from driving from that helicopter. And, some will be better at adapting to the new
view than others. So you may not win. If that bothers
you, do it on your own where there won’t be witnesses
to your ineptitude. Alone, though, you only have one
car in action---with two or three or four, the racing is
even more a recreation of 1/1 action.
6 Model Car Racing
Four Dimensions
We do what we can to present these model cars as
they truly are; exact replicas of real racing cars. You
can compare the trackside views of cars like the one
on the cover and on page 7 and you will have a tough
time determining which one is the model and which
one is the 1/1 car. Turn to page 10, however, and it
is obvious that car is a model because you are viewing it the way you would see it if you were holding
that model in your hand. The overhead shots make
it clear that these are models---the trackside views
can be mistaken for the real thing (which is precisely what the folks that made the models and our
photographers intended). But we can only offer two
dimensional views. We have created a few videos to
add the dimension of action with GT, Trans-Am,
Formula 1 and LeMans LMP1 cars racing around
the Laguna Seca track. There are two videos on the
www.modelcarracingmag.com home page, a camera
car’s view (as Modern GT cars at Laguna Seca) and
the view of a slot car driver (Real Race Car Sound)
examples.
A camera car’s view of modern GT cars racing at Laguna Seca: http://youtu.be/FdR8q3w6LKA
To see your imagination at work in two dimensions
plus action you can also rent or download the 2012
version of the movie Anna Karenina. The incredible
scenes in the movie where the toy train morphs into a
real train are repeated every time you race a model car
on a tabletop track. For more insight about how your
imagination works take a good look at the illustrations
in one of Rob Gonsalves books like Imagine A Day and
Imagine A Night. We are doing what he illustrates by
making these model cars real.
For us, this works in 3D---you can hold your imagination in your hands, rotate it to see at the same perspective you view the full-size car, and feel that the
model does, indeed, weigh about what you’d expect
it would weigh if reduced to 1/32 scale. You can race
it so you add the dimension of action; there really
is no substitute for racing the "real" thing, that 1/32,
HO, 1/43 or 1/24 scale car on a tabletop track---your
car is a three-dimensional machine with the added
dimension of action.
Zen And The Art Of
Model Car Racing 1974
You might also imagine that the most realistic view of a
race car would be from the driver’s seat. Most race car
cockpits from any given era and type of car are very
similar so you would have some trouble determining
what car you are driving from what you could see from
behind the wheel. What makes racing model cars on
tabletop so interesting is that we can actually see the
entire car that we are driving. What’s more, we have
very much the same amount of control that the driver
of the full-size car has. For a race car fan, it is the best of
both worlds---you get to be both driver and spectator
at the same time.
Robert Pirsig’s 1974 book Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance suggested that much of the joy of
riding and maintaining a motorcycle (or a car) derives
from what could be called subconscious images, you
are one with the car (that’s the Zen part). Using your
entire being to control a motorcycle is part of what
Keith Code teaches motorcycle racers and one of the
top women drivers in America, the late Denise Mc-
Cluggage, taught it as well for both race car drivers and
for ski racers in her The Centered Skier book in 1977.
That “out of body experience” comes with the game
when you are racing model cars because you really are
in two places at once, outside the car watching and “inside” using that hand controller to drive car at the limits
of it’s tire adhesion.
iHobby Expo
March 12 and 13, 2016.
The National Hobby show, the iHobby Expo, is now
at the New Jersey Expo Center, in Edison New Jersey, about 20-minutes from the Newark Airport. The
iHobby Expo (www.hmashow.com/Public.html) is the
largest gathering in the United States for the model car
racing importers and manufacturers. Usually, Scalextric, Slot.it, AFX and Auto World have demo tracks as
well as displays of their latest products.
Volume 14, Number 6 (issue number 84)
November/December 2015
Publisher:
Robert Schleicher
Technical Editor:
Chris Walker
Editor:
Robert Schleicher
Track Test Editor:
Marc Purdham
Layout & Design: Aaron Tipton - [email protected]
Contributing Editors:
Mark Gussin
Jeremy Dunning Jason Boye
Dan Wilson
Alan Schwartz
Dan Esposito
Brad Bowman
Bernard Sampson Pat Dennis
Editors Emeritus:
Rocky Russo
Bill Sipple
Jose Rodriguez Jim Russell
Bob Braverman Ron Klein
Albin Adams
Circulation & Dealer Contact:
email: [email protected]
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Digital Racing
Live Pit Action
The Pit Lanes on the 13 x 23-foot Mugello Circuit plans on pages 11-13 of this issue can
be recreated with either Scalextric or Carrera digital track sections. An article on pit walls
and timing boxes for the Scalextric Digital system appeared in the January/February 2014
number 72 issue and on the Carrera pit lanes in the March/April 2014 number 73 issue.
The Scalextric and Carrera Digital systems include track sections that you can arrange to
duplicate the pit lanes on a full-size race track, including the pit wall and timing stands that
race crews use to monitor and signal the drivers. There’s more information on the Carrera
Digital 132 pit lanes in the March/April 2010 number 50 issue and updates on latest Carrera
Digital 132 pit and race management systems in the March/April 2011 number 56 issue. All
five articles are on www.modelcarracingmag.com under the top link “Sample Issues”. .
The wall that usually separates the racing pit from the track itself is one of the
most exciting areas of any race track. The mechanics and mangers stand behind
(or on) the pit wall to display the message boards and or hand signal to the drivers during the race. With 1/32 scale digital systems you can include pit lanes and
pit stops that accurately mimic how the full-size race cars enter and exit the pits.
And, between the pits and track, you can even install accurate replicas of the pit
walls and timing stands.
One Carrera 30347 Double Lane Change allows two pits to be accessible without either
car needing to wait for the other. These pit garages are Carrera 21104 Pit Stop Lane
buildings with one of the 21105 VIP Floor on top of the neatest garage, and the official
scoring tower is two of the four stories from 21102 Press Tower with 21103 Press
Tower Extension Set on the third floor. The three Pit Walls with Timing Stands are outof-production Fly kits (that are being produced again this winter). Slot Track Scenics
(www.slottrackscenics.co.uk) now has replicas of the more modern-era stands.
One Scalextric C7036 double-lane changer creates paths in and out of two pits. Here, the yellow Corvette has just competed its pit stop and is exiting onto the pit lane behind
the red GT car. The green Aston Martin is waiting for the blue Aston Martin to finish its pit stop before moving on into that pit. With digital, all five of these cars are under
separate control of five drivers. Meanwhile, a sixth car can be racing. You will want additional double lane-changers before and after the pits and even in front of the pits so cars
racing on the track do not collide with cars entering and leaving the pits.
10 Model Car Racing
Real Race Track Plans
2-Lane Mugello Circuit on a 4 X
8-Foot Tabletop for Scalextric Classic,
Sport, SCX, Ninco or Carrera
A 4 x 8-foot plywood or MDF panel is just large enough for a 1/32 scale race
track using any of the popular brands of track. There’s an index, by size, of the
previously published track plans from Model Car Racing magazine and from the
four books by Robert Schleicher on our website www.modelcarracingmag.com.
■■by Robert Schleicher
This Mugello Circuit looks unusual because it is only a portion of the 13 x
23-foot plan on pages 11-13. You can start with this simple 4 x 8-foot figure 8
and expand it to suit your space and your budget. You can simply add pairs of
straights at the points marked “L” on the plan or expand it five-feet to the right to
include corners T9 and a flopped T15. The turns are numbered TO match those
on full-size Mugello Circuit.
The turns at the ends are the largest radius that will fit in a 4-foot width with a
TRACK PLAN
2-Lane Mugello Circuit
on a 4 X 8-Foot Tabletop
½½ Digital Racing Systems
There is no room on this compact plan for any of digital lane changers. You
could expand it by two straights at the points marked “L” to include two double
lane changers for any of the brands of track.
List of Scalextric Classic, Sport, SCX or Ninco Track Required
TRACK PLAN
Key
Quantity
Description
Key
Quantity
Description
List of Carrera Track Required
H
0
1/2 Standard Curve
E
1
1/4-Straight
Key
Quantity
Description
Key
Quantity
Description
S
7
Standard Curve
D
2
1/2-Straight
H
2
20577 1/2 Inner Curve R1
E
1
20612 1/4-Straight
O
16
Outer Curve
B
1
Full-Straight
S
4
20571 Inner Curve R1
D
0
20611 1/3-Straight
OO
2
Outer-Outer Curve
A
2
Connector Track
O
16
20572 Middle Curve R2
B
0
20509 Full-Straight
0
“Short” Straight
OO
0
20573 Outer Curve R3
A
2
20583 Connector Track (analog)
OOO
0
20578 Outer-Outer Curve R4
F
L
Track can be expanded in length by adding matched pairs of straight track
sections here.
T Turns on the model versions of the track
tight series of right/left/right/left ess bends across center. There’s a lot of driving
excitement available, even in a space this small.
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.
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L
2-Lane Mugello Circuit
on a 4 X 8-Foot Tabletop
Track can be expanded in length by adding matched pairs of straight track
sections here.
T Turns on the model versions of the track
Jacky Ickx, in his Brabham BT26A Ford-Cosworth, leads Jean-Pierre Beltoise in his Matra MS80 Ford-Cosworth at the French round of the 1969 Formula 1 Championship at Clermont-Ferrand.---LAT Photo
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Model Car Racing 31
Your Track
Gary Knabe’s 12 x 18-Foot 3-Lane
Wood Riverside Raceway
Gary Knabe has recreated the shape of Riverside Raceway
(with the option of racing on any of three alternate courses)
and the scenery and atmosphere of the iconic race track.
■■by Gary Knabe
Riverside Raceway, in the near-desert of Southern California, flourished during the same mid-sixties-to-mid-seventies era that was the first boom period
of model car racing. The track was host to the Can-Am, Trans-Am, Formula 1,
Formula 5000, NASCAR, IMSA series and a variety of club races. Richie Ginther
won the first race at Riverside on September 22, 1957 in John Edgar’s 410 Ferrari. The track was bulldozed into the parking lot for a shopping center in 1992.
The most famous images of Riverside are the series of ess turns leading into Turn
6, the cars racing down the main straight under the Champion bridge and huge
orange Union Oil balls that were on posts above the pit areas. You'll see it al on
Gary Knabe's 1/32 scale version of Riverside.
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Riverside Raceway produced those three options for some proven reasons: the
NASCAR course had fewer corners and potentially the fastest lap times. The
“short” course was available for SCCA club and regional races where there was
a desire for shorter race times and a need for fewer corner workers. The long
course was the “star”, the route used for Times Grand Prix and a dozen other
races including Can-Am, Trans-Am and the 1960 round of World Formula 1
Championship.
Riverside is one of the most interesting tracks to recreate on a tabletop because it
is a delightful place to race with a nice balance of corners and straights. It can be
an especially wonderful tabletop track if you can build-in the option of the three
different courses. Gary Knabe routed this version of Riverside from 3/8-inch
MDF board and included all three courses. A pivoting point in the slot is set to
direct the cars onto any of three alternate courses. The points are cut from a sheet
of ¼-inch thick black ABS plastic and mounted on screws so they can be pivoted
to either of the alternate lanes. It is similar to the moving points in the digital
track systems but these points are not meant to move---the points in all three
lanes, at the entrance and exit for the chosen course, are set and screwed-down
tight. Gary has embedded some sheet steel into the track surface so scale-size
orange danger cones with magnets in their bases can be positioned on the track
to visually block-off the “wrong” course---it can be helpful to drivers because a
race schedule usually includes races on all three courses; starting, perhaps, with
the long course for Can-Am cars, with the points then reset to the fewer turns
of the NASCAR course for a NASCAR class race. The track is host to several of
the Chicago area model car racing clubs including the JYD Racing group (www.
toys4slots.com).
This diagram of Riverside Raceway originally appeared in Model Car & Track magazine in the sixties and was reprinted in the January/February 2001 number 1 issue of Model
Car Racing magazine.
½½ More Information:
• The Riverside International Automotive Museum:
815 Marlborough Avenue #200
Riverside, CA 92507
951.369.6966
http://legendsofriverside.com/
• PRO SPORTS CAR RACING IN AMERICA 1958-1974, by Dave
Freidman, ISBN 0-7603-0618-4. This volume explains why tracks
like Riverside had to be created. Dave Freidman was the official
photographer for Shelby America and traveled all over the country
(and the world), so his photos and his reminiscences are right on.
• RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, A Photographic Tour of the
Historic Track, its Legendary Races, and Unforgettable Drivers,
by Pete Lyons, 202 pages, 550 illustrations, color and black and
white. Superb photographs and history from one of the “insiders”
of road racing in California in the sixties. www.petelyons.com
Gary Knabe’s three-lane 12 x 18-foot wood recreation of Riverside Raceway includes
optional routes for all three of the full-size track’s configurations.
½½ Previous Riverside Raceway Articles:
• Track Plans for Riverside Raceway, short and long courses for 8 x 20feet, 4-lane wood and for Carrera, Scalextric, SCX, Revell, Monogram,
and Strombecker track, January/February 2001 number 1 issue
• Rick Morrissette’ 8 x 16-foot Artin Riverside Raceway,
July/August 2003 number 10 issue
• Michael Smalley’s 7 x 14-foot 4-Lane Carrera Riverside
Raceway, January/February 2008 number 37 issue
• Track Plans for 2-Lane Riverside Raceway for Scalextric Sport,
Classic, SCX, NINCO or Carrera (with optional lane-changing) on an
8 x 16-foot tabletop, September/October 2012 number 65 issue
(also on www.modelcarracingmag.com under “Sample Issues”)
• Don Edward’s 4-lane 12 x 30-foot Slot Mods Raceway,
September/October 2012 number 65 issue (also on www.
modelcarracingmag.com under “Sample Issues”)
The double-hairpin turns (top) are both used for the long version of Riverside. The
two turns are bypassed by a straight across the top for the NASCAR version of
Riverside.
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The straight along the left is used for the NASCAR version of Riverside to eliminate some of the turns that could have been a challenge to sixties-era sedans.
The orange plastic pylons have magnets in the bottom and there are small circles
of sheet steel embedded in the track so the cones can be used to make it visually
obvious to the drivers that the track does not go in that direction.
34 Model Car Racing
These three Can-Am cars are exiting the turn from the short course onto the main
straight.
The black plastic points were cut from ¼-inch thick ABS plastic. The points can be set to route cars right or left. When set, the points are screwed-down tight so there’s no
chance the cars’ pickups can pick the wrong route.
The Champion bridge was scratchbuilt from 1/16-inch
thick sheet styrene with the logos copied from the
internet.
The Union 76 balls are ping-pong balls on brass rod posts with 76 decals.
All of the buildings are scratchbuilt from bass wood
and styrene sheets and strips.
Racing Trans-Am cars on the track that was host
to Trans-Am races in the period produces an extra
element of realism; “Yes, We are racing Trans-Am and,
yes, at Riverside!”
Yes, IMSA cars also raced at Riverside (as well
as at Watkins Glen). They are the only tracks that
hosted such diverse classes as SCCA Production and
Modified, Trans-Am, Can-Am, NASCAR and IMSA.
Model Car Racing 35
2015
Track Test Digest
Issues 79-84
16 Full Race Track Test Reports
on 7 Model Racing Cars
This is a digest or summary of all the track tests on 1/32 scale race cars
we have performed in the 79th though 84th issues of Model Car Racing
magazine. Most of the test results over the past 15 years would be the same
today because the majority of the 1/32 scale model cars are using identical motors, gear ratios and tires and they weigh about the same. Thus, a
Scalextric sidewinder 1969 Trans-Am Mustang with a sidewinder chassis
from 2002 should perform almost exactly like a Scalextric sidewinder 1969
Trans-Am Mustang with a sidewinder chassis from 2013 with many other
brands and models offering similar comparative performance. There were
21 Model Car Racing Track Tests in the first six issues, 27 in the second set
of six, 20 in the third set of six, 21 in the fourth set of six, 27 tests in the
fifth set of six, 23 tests in the sixth set, 21 tests in the seventh, 28 tests in
the eighth, 24 tests in this ninth, 17 in the tenth,16 in the eleventh, 12 in
the twelfth,18 in the thirteenth and 16 in the fourteenth set of issues so the
total now stands at 291. In some tests, there were errors or omissions in the
numbers, which we have tried to correct for this compilation. Individual
back issues are not available. The results of all 291 tests are also on www.
modelcarracingmag.com
½½ Model Car Racing Track Test Results
With Downforce Magnets (by brand):
• Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8, Issue #81
• Flyslot (Slotwings)/Avant 1982 Ferrari 512BB LM, Issue #81
• Ninco Seat Leon Cup Racer, Issue #83
• NSR 2010 BMW Z4 GT3, Issue #84
• ScaleAuto “Homeset” 1980 Porsche 935, Issue #81
• Slot.it 4-Wheel Drive 2013 Audi R18 e-tron quattro, Issue #83
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½½ Track Tests Of “Supertuned” Cars
Magnet-Free (No Traction Magnets)
with silicone tires (by brand):
• Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8, Issue #82
• Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8 w/Slot.it front wheels, Issue #84
• Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8 w/fixed front wheels, Issue #84
• Flyslot (Slotwings)/Avant 1982 Ferrari 512BB LM, Issue #82
• Flyslot (Slotwings)/Avant 1980 BMW M1 (inline), Issue #83
• Ninco Seat Leon Cup Racer, Issue #83
• ScaleAuto “Homeset” 1980 Porsche 935, Issue #81
½½ 2015 Issues:
• #79 January/February 2015
• #80 March/April 2015
• #81 May/June 2015
• #82 July/August 2015
• #83 September/October 2015
• #84 November/December 2015
Model Car Racing Track Test:
Cars With Traction Magnets (stock tires):
36-foot Scalextric Indy F1 Course:
36-foot Carrera Indy F1 Course:
ISSUE #81 Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8 PERFORMANCE:
3.47 sec.
3.79 sec.
ISSUE #81 Flyslot(Slotwings)/Avant 1982 Ferrari 512BB(sidewinder) PERFORMANCE:
4.66 sec.
4.73 sec.
ISSUE #81 ScaleAuto “Homeset” 1980 Porsche 935 PERFORMANCE:
3.71 sec.
3.98 sec.
ISSUE #83 Slot.it 4-Wheel Drive 2013 Audi R18 e-tron quartto PERFORMANCE:
3.31 sec.
3.69 sec.
ISSUE #83 Slot.it 2-Wheel Drive 2013 Audi R18 e-tron quattro PERFORMANCE:
3.04 sec.
3.21 sec.
ISSUE #83 Ninco Seat Leon Cup Racer PERFORMANCE:
3.64 sec.
3.94 sec.
ISSUE #84 NSR 2010 BMW Z4 GT3 PERFORMANCE:
4.17 sec.
3.82 sec.
“Supertuned” Cars Magnet-Free (No Traction Magnets) With Silicone Tires:
36-foot Scalextric Indy F1 Course:
36-foot Carrera Indy F1 Course:
ISSUE #81 ScaleAuto “Homeset” 1980 Porsche 935 PERFORMANCE:
4.66 sec.
4.13 sec.
ISSUE #82 Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8 PERFORMANCE:
4.09 sec.
4.25 sec.
ISSUE #82 Flyslot (Slotwings)/Avant 1982 Ferrari 512BB LM (sidewinder) PERFORMANCE:
4.89 sec.
4.77 sec.
ISSUE #83 Flyslot (Slotwings)/Avant 1980 BMW M1 (inline) PERFORMANCE:
4.70 sec.
4.16 sec.
ISSUE #83 Ninco Seat Leon Cup Racer PERFORMANCE:
5.22 sec.
4.90 sec.
ISSUE #84 Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8 w/Slot.it front wheels PERFORMANCE:
NA
4.19 sec.
ISSUE #84 Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8 w/fixed front wheels PERFORMANCE:
NA
4.60 sec.
3.83 sec.
4.11 sec.
3.81 sec.
4.05 sec.
Model Car Racing Track Test:
Model Car Racing 37
Race Tracks For
Your Home:
HO 4-Lane Mugello Circuit
For a 4 X 8-Foot Tabletop
This plan is based on the full-size Mugello Circuit on pages 11-13 of this issue.
This plan compresses the track to fit on a 4 x 8-foot panel but you could expand
it by 30-inches (two pair of 15-inch straights) at Turn T15 and between turns T8
and R9 to create a walk-in race track. This a plan for those that relish acceleration and braking, with tight curves at turns T1/T3 and T8, for point-and-shoot
racing. Turns T8, 9, 12 and 13 are the fastest broadest turns in HO.
The AFX terminal/connector section can be substituted for any of the 15-inch
straights on the track. You can install one on one side of the track and the second
on the opposite side of the track so the drivers can also serve as corner marshals.
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 as compact as possible and hope that you’ll expand them to 4 x 10 or 4 x
24-feet to get those exciting 20-foot straightaways. Most of the plans are marked
with “L” letters indicated just where to insert the additional sets of straight track
sections to expand the track to any length.
TRACK PLAN
HO 4-Lane Mugello Circuit
to fit a 4 x 8-foot Area
AFX Track Sections Required
Quantity
Description
Quantity
Description
2
3-inch Straight
0
9-inch 45-degree Curve
0
6-inch Straight
4
4
9-inch Straight
8
36
15-inch Straight
10
0
10
Model Car Racing 47
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.
class where extra magnets are allowed 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.
The clubs that are listed here are groups whose main interest is to race out-ofthe 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
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.
California, Los Angeles (Glendale): OTHG – Farrout
Slot Car Club. Contact Stephen Farr-Jones
818-416-9188, www.farroutslotcars.com/
Illinois, Central area: Hotslots 1/32 Slot Car Shop,
1809 A. Philo Road, Urbana, IL 61802 (217) 3552277, [email protected]
Missouri, St. Louis area: (Carl Shorle) gsra@
swbell.net
California, Fresno area: Insane SCRC,
Joe Cabral [email protected]
Illinois, Chicago area: Bolingbrook Speedway, Karl
Staehlin, [email protected]
California, North San Diego County: Nomad Slot
Racing Club, Jim Cunningham (760)492-4619
[email protected] www.NomadSlotRacing.com
Illinois, Chicago area: Great Lakes Slot Car Club,
contact:
www.greatlakesscc.com
California, North San Diego County, Escondido
- “The Slot Outlaws” 760-747-4511 or email:
[email protected]
California, San Jose area: Devin Mauldin web@
flyinghump.com
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/
Illinois, Chicago Area: JYD Racing, contact www.
toys4slots.com
Illinois, Peoria/ Metamora area: Peoria Model Car
Raceway,
(309) 573-1027, [email protected],
(309)712-3299 [email protected]
Indiana, Indianapolis area: (Jeremy Dunning)
[email protected]
Indiana, Terre Haute area: Otter Creek Slot Racing
Association,
Bob Redman [email protected]
Iowa, Cedar Rapids area: Iowa Model Area Racers,
http://imar.us/
Indiana, Fort Wayne area: Wallace Dale Monroe,
[email protected]
Iowa, Cedar Rapids area: ERASR (Ecurie Road
America Scale Racers) Art (319)626-6374
Iowa, Swisher area: IMAR (Iowa Model Auto Racing), Jerry Hightshoe [email protected]
Colorado, Denver area: Front Range Vintage
Slotcar and Historical Racing Club, http://monovell.
proboards.com/index.cgi
Kentucky, Louisville area: Derby City Slot Car
Club, www.derbycityslotcarclub.proboards.com/ [email protected]
D.C., Washington area: The Capital Racing
League,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tcrl, contact:
[email protected]
Louisiana, Lake Charles area: Lake Area Slot Car
Auto Racing, Julian Guillory, http://groups.yahoo.
com/group/LASCAR
D.C., Washington area (Alexandria): Classic Slot
Car Association (CSSA), John Roberts, (703) 5825504, [email protected]
D.C., Washington Metro area: Old Dominion Slot
Car Club, 5322 Graystone Rd., Warrenton, VA
20187, contact: Chris Bowles (540)341-1405 or,
[email protected],
www.nascarslots.com or www.metalracer.com
Maryland, Baltimore area: (Allan Schwartz)
[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/
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
California, Bay area: M.S.C.R.C. - Model Slot
Car Racing Club www.mscrc.orgemail: info@
mscrc.org
California, Bay area: Shaunadega Racing www.
shaunadega.com
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: Front Range HO (FRHO)
48 Model Car Racing
Missouri, St. Louis area: Monaco Grand Prix
Miniature Racing Club, www.mgpmrc.org, email:
[email protected]
New York, Binghamton Area: Tri-County Slots,
Contact: [email protected]
New York, Watkins Glen area: The Slot Car Club
Of The Twin Tiers, Contact: Frank Spena, Jr., [email protected]
North Carolina, Winston-Salem area: Road
America Racers, King City, North Carolina, Tom
Brooks, (336) 985-3867 or [email protected]
Ohio, Columbus area: 1/32 Slot Car Racers of
Central Ohio, Randy Horton, http://groups.yahoo.
com/group/1-32SlotCarRacersOfCentralOhio
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
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg area: Homestead
Speedway, Landisville, Pennsylvania. Ken Falco at
[email protected]
Pennsylvania, Manheim area:
D & B Raceways, Don Noll [email protected]
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: Mt. Airy Racing
Association, Herbert Bigelow (215) 868-4464,
[email protected]
Texas, Eastern area: East Texas Slot Car Association,
Tyler , TX 75771, (903)882 0965 ETXSCA@
hotmail.com
Texas, Houston (Northwest Harris County): Houston Scale Auto Racing Club (HSARC), www.hsarc.
net, (281)807-4026.
Northern Virginia-Metro DC area: Northern
Virginia Digital Slot Racers, contact: Hayes Lewis,
[email protected]
Vermont, Burlington area: Burlington Slot Dorks,
Daniel, [email protected]
Williamsburg Virginia area: The Barn Burners”
Contact: Joseph Brimer [email protected]
Washington, Auburn area: Rainier Raceways,
Greg Gaub [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) luf@
telus.net
1/24 scale racing clubs:
Oregon, Eugene area: Pelican Park Speedway
(541)349-0917 htm210@comcast.
Digital Racing Clubs:
Phoenix, Arizona area: DSCRC-Phoenix, Carrera
1/32 & 1/24 only, email [email protected]
Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre Area: NEPA Slot Car
Club, 570-903-9182, nepaslotcars.com
Ohio, Mansfield area: Mid-Ohio 1/32 Scale
Racing Club, [email protected], John Chorpening
(419) 289-6563
Pennsylvania, Wyoming Valley Area: Wyoming Valley Slot Car Association, Nanticoke, Pennsylvania,
wvsca.blogspot.com
Northern Virginia-Metro DC area: Northern
Virginia Digital Slot Racers, contact: Hayes Lewis,
[email protected]
to be utilized by small round robin groups by invitation or as groups of friends.
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.
club. http://www.scaleracers.com/FrontRangeHO/
default.asp
Missouri, Kansas City area:
http://home.kc.rr.com/jhabernal/mahor/
Illinois, Chicago area: http: nitro-racing.4t.com/
Missouri, St. Louis area: [email protected]
Indiana, Fort Wayne area: Wallace Monroe,
[email protected]
Ohio, Columbus area:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/colohhoscc/
messages
Kentucky / Virginia area: http://www.thunderjetracing.com/
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area:
http://vintagehoracing.mr-bigstuff.com/
Michigan, Lansing area: NASAR, Richard Leeper
(517) 290-9952 or [email protected]
Pennsylvania, Wilkes Barre Area: NEPA Slot Car
Club, 570-903-9182, nepaslotcars.com
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia area: Mt. Airy Racing
Association, Herbert Bigelow (215) 868-4464,
[email protected]
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
Pit Board #84 ��
Car Hop?
Die Cast Cars You Can Race
I would like to try running some of my cars without downforce magnets but ,when I
removed the magnet from my Scalextric Camaro, the car hopped and skidded through
corners uncontrollably. I did buy a pair of 1102R Super Tires and they helped a lot but the
car still bounces around on some corners and when accelerating down the long straight. Is
the motor too powerful for the tires?
Please help. I am a beginner at this but want to start out. I do have three slot cars and I
am not sure which one is analog and which one is digital:
Thank you for any advise you can offer, Carl Jacobs
Monogram Mancuso Corvette #76
SCX 1/32 Renault Formula 1 2010 “Kubica”
SCX 1/32 Lancia Delta S4 (Gold and Black livery)
My suspicion is that only the “Kubica” is digital but I am not 100% sure.
I could have selected a better title than “Car Hop” but I just could not resist. If you
have to ask why...… Meanwhile, the most probable cause of the car hopping is an
out-of-round wheel. A poor-fitting or out-of-round tire is more usual but you have
already eliminated that by fitting a different set of rear tires. It is, of course, possible
an out-of-round front tire causes that hop so it would be wise check them. There’s
an article in the July/August 2015 number 82 issue (also on www.modelcarracingmag.com under “Sample Issues) on how to “true” the wheels. Tire hop can also be
the result of the motor and/or the rear axle bearings being loose in the chassis. The
motor may not be seated tightly in its mounting notches and it is possible that one
or both rear axle bearings have been dislocated partway out of their notches. You
can be sure the problem will not occur by snapping-out the motor and rear axle and
applying a thin bead of metal-filled epoxy in each of the notches in the chassis that
retain the motor and rear axle bearings. Snap the motor and rear axle back, and be
sure they are seated properly, then wait 24 hours for the epoxy to cure completely.
There is one more possible cause of hop on a sidewinder car like the Scalextric Camaro, there may be too much side-to-side movement or “play” at the rear axle. If
the rear axle can slide more than about .005-inches (the thickness of three magazine
pages) you should insert a plastic washer between the back of the wheel opposite
the gear and bearing. Pull the assembled rear axle and slice one half of an .005-inch
thick plastic washer so you can bend it, and snap it over the axle. The .005-inch thick
number SS13 plastic polymer washers from Slick 7 (Slot Sports--- www.slick7.com)
are perfect for this use. There’s an article on the process in the January/February
2010 number 49 issue (again, on www.modelcarracingmag.com).
Poor Power
Hello,
I have a Scalextric Sport track assembled on two 4 x 8s connected in a T shape. I cannot
get even power all the way around the track. In some places the cars come to a crawl. I
have done the obvious; checking the connections and even using a volt meter in the slow
spots, but nothing helps. Is there something I am missing? Is there a second power source
that can be attached elsewhere on the track
Love your magazine, Julius Steuer,
Dirty track is a more common cause of poor performance than poor connections.
Polish the track rails with one of the red rough-weave mechanics cloths or something
similar. Do not use steel wool or emery paper because it will scratch the rails to make
corrosion return sooner. If the rails are badly oxidized, you can polish them with the
hard rubber erasers sold to clean model railroad track.
If you are checking the rails with a voltmeter, there should be slightly less power the
further you are from the connector track. There is always a slight power loss at each
joint and a loss through the each foot of the length of the metal rails. Scalextric offers
a pair of C8248 Sport Track Power Booster Cables that snap onto the metal tabs on
the bottom of the pickup rails beneath the track. The cables are 3 meters (about 6 1/2
feet) long, which would suggest that Scalextric believes you might need them for every
6 1/2 feet of track (although there is no reason other than tidiness to run the cables
beneath the track---they can go right across (or under) the tabletop. Connect the two
clips of one of the cables to two of the metal tabs from track rails on the bottom of the
connector track section and connect the clips on the opposite end of the cable to the
track section that is about 6 feet away. The wires are color coded black and red so be
sure that you always connect (say) the red wires to the bottom of the right rail. If the
track is longer than 13-feet per lap, add a second pair but connect them to the track
section nearest 6 1/2-feet in the oppose racing direction. If the track is longer than 21feet per lap you can add a third (or fourth) set of cables connecting from the previous
track section. If the track is 40-feet or longer, it would be wise to make you own cables
with 18-gauge wires so you do not have a power loss through the connector cables.
I bought the cars in Atlanta, Georgia (Hobby Town) by mistake, thinking these are just
quality scale models to find out at home that these are in fact slot cars. Now I am in love
with these things.
I am looking to buy a track you can fit in a “normal” living room so would help if you can
point me to a specific brand and type for a beginner while considering the cars I have.
Thank you so much from Romania, Lucut Boborama
We have been telling folks for 15 years that these are "die-cast cars that run" and asking “Why would you want a model car that you could not race?”. The SCX Digital cars
have a 1/8-inch long vertical sliding tab in the middle of the pickup or guide shoe
blade. That tab is spring loaded and the "digital" signal moves it down below the depth
of the slot to engage the SCX lane-changer lever. The car can be converted to analog
but the digital copper tabs must be removed and wires connected from the pickup
directly to the motor tabs. The pickup itself is OK as-is. There's a five-page "Pros and
Cons" about the best track on www.modelcarracingmag.com under the top tab "More
Information", then "Plastic Track" on the sidebar. The "best" is usually what is most
readily available where you live.
Carrera Track vs. Scalextric
My cars run just fine on my Scalextric track but when I try to race them on a friend’s
Carrera track, the cars often stall and stop running on some portions of the track. Aren’t
all brands of cars supposed to operate on all brands of 1/32 scale track? Is there some
adjustment I should make or do I need buy special guide shoes for my Scalextric cars so I
can race them on Carrera track?
Thank you for your help, Pete Ross
Yes, all brands of 1/32 scale cars should run on all brands of 1/32 scale track. There
are a couple of “ifs”, however; Carrera track has the plastic on the sides of the slot
extended up to the level of the metal pickup rails. If the pickup brushes are adjusted
so they are brushing the sides of the pickup blade on the car, that plastic on the sides
of the Carrera slot may keep the braid from contacting the metal pickup strips on the
track. There are photos of correctly-adjusted braid for Carrera track on www.modelcarracingmag.com under the left “New To The Hobby” link (there’s also an article
there about trimming the Carrera guide shoe so it will not jam on Scalextric curves).
The only other problem you might encounter would be with some of the older cars
from the seventies and with any car that is designed run on a commercial race track.
Those older cars often had open-frame motors (see “Motor Brushes” letter, above) that
drew as much as two amps of electrical current, while today’s motors usually need less
than a half-amp. Those older cars and cars from the commercial race tracks can easily
trip circuit breaker or fuses on most model car racing power packs.
New To The Hobby?
There’s more information on pages 42-43 of this issue. There are some basic tune-up
tips that are needed for every model race car on www.modelcarracingmag.com under
the “New to the hobby?” link. There are 13 tips including: How To Get Started in
Model Car Racing, Lap Counting, Two Driving Techniques, Perfect Pickup Braid, Tire
Mounting, Cleaning Track Rails, Cleaning Track, Avoiding Disaster: Oil & Grease,
Race Program Set Up: Color Coding & Racing classes, Reliable Wires, Chassis Set Up,
Carrera Guide Shoe Mods and Gearing setups. There’s lots more you can do, including
changing to silicone rear tires with better grip, loosening the body-to-chassis screws
and more.
Model Car Racing 49
Model Car Racing Magazine 2015
Volume 14 - Issues 79 through 84 Index
1/32 Scale
Model Car
Racing:
Body Shop::
(also see "Race Car Shop")
•Dave Jones 1964 BM P261
Formula 1, Issue #74
Can-Am:
•Slot.it 1970 McLaren M8D, Issue #73
Club Racing:
•Handicap Racing Equality, Issue #81
•The Constructor (see Race Car Shop):
Digital Racing:
(Note: Every issue also has track plans
that include locations for lane-changers
for Scalextric Sport Digital and Carrera
Pro-X track---see "Race Tracks on a
Tabletop" and "Real Race Track Plans")
•Scalextric Digital Chip Installation
in Carrera F1 cars, Issue #79
•Carrera Digital 132 Wireless+
Control, Issue #80
•Carrera Digital 132 Reliable LaneChanger Location, Issue #81
•Carrera Digital 132 Race
Management App, Issue #82
•More Speed?, Issue #83
•Live Pit Action, Issue #84
Editorials:
•Racing With An App, Issue #79
•Race Car Rewards, Issue #80
•It’s My Sandbox, Issue #81
•Slot Cars, Issue #82
•The Ultimate Race, Issue #83
•The Zen of Model Car Racing, Issue #84
Formula 1:
•Carrera 2013 Ferrari F138, Issue #79
50 Model Car Racing
•Scalextric 1970 Lotus 72C, Issue #79
•Ninco “Formula” Cars, Issue #79
•Scalextric 1969 McLaren
M7C, Issue #80
•Scalextric 1968 Lotus 49B, Issue #80
•Scalextric 1958 Maserati 250F,
Carrol Shelby’s F1 Car, Issue #82
•Flyslot (Slotwings) 1975
Brabham BT44B, Issue #83
•Scalextric 1971 Tyrrell 003, Issue #83
•Scalextric 2014 McLaren
MP4, Issue #83
•Vintage Racing: Strombecker
1954 Maserati 250F, Issue #83
•Cartrix 1955 Ferrari-Lancia
D50, Issue #83
•Scalextric 1969 Brabham
BT26A-3, Issue #84
Historic Racing Classes:
•LeMans 1959 In 1/32 Scale, Issue #79
•LeMans 1972 in 1/32 Scale, Issue #81
•LeMans 1951 in 1/32 Scale, Issue #82
•1975 Formula 1 Grid In
1/32 Scale, Issue #83
•1969 Formula 1 Grid in
1/32 Scale, Issue #84
Home Racing:
•Race Management with an App,
Scalextric ARC One, Issue #80
•Build Your Own Race Track Part
1: The Table, Issue #82
•Tech Tips: Build A Model Car
Racing Table, Issue #82
•Carrera and AFX Buildings For
Your Race Track, Issue #83
•Build A Wood Race Track Part 2:
Planning the Track, Issue #83
•Tech Tips Design Your Own
Racetrack, Issue #83
•Tech Tips How To Use Track
Plans for Plastic Track to Build a
Wood Raceway, Issue #83
•Build A Wood Race Track, Part 3:
Cutting The Slots & Painting, Issue #84
•Tech Tips: Routing The Slots, Issue #84
•Tech Tips: Fixing Routing
Mistakes, Issue #84
•Tech Tips: Painting The Track, Issue #84
•Scalextric Super Karts’, Issue #84
•Tech Tips: Painting Plastic
Track, Issue #84
Le Mans Racers:
•Race Car Shop: TDR Innovations
3D Printed 1959 Aston Martin
CBR1/300 with Slot Classics or
PCS-1 Chassis, Issue #79
•ScaleAuto Home Set 1980
Porsche 935J, Issue #79
•Ninco 1958 Porsche 356, Issue #79
•Scalextric 2013 Bentley GT3, Issue #80
•Modelant 1947 Alfa Romeo
8C2900B , Issue #80
•Slot.it 1974 Matra MS670B, Issue #80
•Slot Classics 1938 Alfa Romeo
8C2900B , Issue #80
•Track Test: Avant Slot 1975
Mirage G8, Issue #81
•Track Test, Supertuned Racers, Part
117, Magnet-Free: Flyslot/Avant
1982 Ferrari 512BB LM, Issue #81
•SRC (Slot Racing Company)
1981 Lola T600, Issue #81
•Track Test: ScaleAuto “Homeset”
1980 Porsche 935, Issue #81
•SRC (Slot Racing Company) 1972
Matra MS670B , Issue #81
•SRC (Slot Racing Company) 1971
Porsche 914/6GT, Issue #81
•Track Test, Supertuned Racers,
Part 119, Magnet-Free: Avant Slot
1975 Mirage G8, Issue #82
•MMK 1951 Cad-Allard
LeMans, Issue #82
120 Magnet-Free SHOOT-OUT:
•Flyslot/Avant vs. Slotwings 1982
Ferrari 512BB LM, Issue #82
•Slot.it 1989 Nissan R89C , Issue #82
•Track Test Supertuned Racers, Part
121 Magnet-Free: Flyslot/Avant
•Slot.it 4WD 2013 Audi R18
e-tron quarto , Issue #82
•Track Test: Slot.it 4WD 2013 Audi
R18 e-tron quattro , Issue #83
•LeMans Slot.it 2-Wheel Drive 2013
Audi R18 e-tron quattro, Issue #83
•Track Test Supertuned Racers,
Part 123, Magnet-Free: Flyslot/
Avant 1980 BMW M1, Issue #83
•Track Test: LeMans NSR 2010
BMW Z4 GT3, Issue #84
124 Magnet-Free, Front “Steering”
Shoot-Out: Solid vs. independentrotating vs. One-Way Ball Bearings:
Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8, Issue #84
Part 125, Magnet-Free LeMans
Slot.it 4-Wheel Drive 2013 Audi
R18 e-tron quattro, Issue #84
Part 125, Magnet-Free LeMans
Muscle Cars:
•1970 Dodge Challenger, Issue #82
Race Car Shop:
•LeMans: TDR Innovations 3D Printed
1959 Aston Martin CBR1/300 with Slot
Classics or PCS-1 Chassis, Isaac #79
•Pattos 1961 Lotus 19 on Slot.
it HRS/2 Chassis, Issue #81
Race Tracks on a
Tabletop Plans:
All plans are designed for Scalextric
Sport, Classic, SCX, NINCO or Carrera
track (most with optional lane-changing)
•2-Lane Unicorn Banked Raceway on a 5
x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop, Issue #79
•2-Lane Silverstone 1948-1949
Grand Prix Circuit on a 5 x 9-foot
ping-pong tabletop, Issue #80
•2-Lane Sochi, Russia Autodrom on a 5
x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop, Issue #81
•2-Lane Estoril Circuit on a 5 x 9-foot
ping-pong tabletop, Issue #82
•2-Lane Hockenheimring Circuit on a 5
x 9-foot ping-pong tabletop, Issue 83
•2-Lane Mugello Circuit on a 4
x 8-foot tabletop, Issue #84
Race-Tune Your Race Car:
(See Super-Tuned Racers)
Rally Cars:
•Scalextric 1986 Lancia
Delta S4, Issue #80
•Scalextric 2014 Volkswagen
Polo R WRC, Issue #81
Real Race Track Plans:
All plans are designed for Scalextric
Sport, Classic, SCX, NINCO or Carrera
track (most with optional lane-changing)
•2-Lane Unicorn Banked Raceway on
a 9 x 15-foot tabletop, Issues #79
•2-Lane Silverstone 1948-1949
Grand Prix Circuit on a 9 x 19foot tabletop, Issue #80
•2-Lane Sochi, Russia Autodrom on
a 10 x 18-foot tabletop, Issue #81
•2-Lane Estoril Circuit on a 5 x
18-foot tabletop, Issue #82
•2-Lane Hockenheimring Circuit on
a 10 x 18-foot tabletop, Issue #83
•2-Lane Mugello Circuit on a
13 x 23-foot tabletop with LIVE
ACTION PIT STOPS, Issue #84
Sedan Racing:
•Slot.it 3D-Printed Chassis for
Carrera DTM Cars, Issue #79
•Ninco Seat Leon Cup Racer, Issue #82
•Track Test Sedan Racing Ninco
Seat Leon Cup Racer, Issue #83
Part 122 Magnet-Free Ninco Seat
Leon Cup Racer, Issue #83
Shoot-Outs
(see Track Tests):
Supertuned Racers:
•Part 117, Magnet-Free: Flyslot/Avant
•Part 118, Magnet-Free:
ScaleAuto “Homeset” 1980
Porsche 935, Issue #81
•Part 119, Magnet-Free: Avant Slot
1975 Mirage G8, Issue #82
•Part 120, Magnet-Free SHOOT-OUT:
Flyslot/Avant vs. Slotwings 1982
•Part 121, Magnet-Free SHOOTOUT: Flyslot/Avant 1982 Ferrari
512BB LM, Issue #82
•Part 122, Magnet-Free Ninco Seat
Leon Cup Racer, Issue #83
•Part 123, Magnet-Free: Flyslot/
Avant 1980 BMW M1, Issue #83
•Part 124, Magnet-Free, Front “Steering”
Shoot-Out: Solid vs. independentrotating vs. One-Way Ball Bearings:
Avant Slot 1975 Mirage G8, Issue #84
•Part 125, Magnet-Free LeMans
•Part 125, Magnet-Free LeMans
•Track Test DIGEST: Summary of 16
Full Race Track Test Reports on 7
Model Racing Cars, Issue #84
Tech Tips:
•Assemble a PCS1 or Slot
Classics Chassis, Issue #79
•Test ‘N Tune Tips, Issue #79
•Vintage Racing: Chris Walker’s 1964
Monogram Lola GT, Issue #80
•Test ‘N Tune Tips for MagnetFree cars, Issue #80
•Slot.it Rear Axles for Flyslot
cars Issue #81
•Trimming Clear Plastic
Bodies, Issue #81
•Assembling the Slot.it HRS/2
Chassis, Issue #81
•Painting Clear Plastic Bodies, Issue #81
•True-Running Tires, Issue #82
•Build A Model Car Racing
Table, Issue #82
•How the Slot.it Four-Wheel Drive
System Works, Issue #82
•One-Way Front Wheels For Any
1/32 Scale Car, Issue #83
•Changing the Front/Rear Drive
proportions, Issue #83
•Differential Action for any
1/32 Scale Car, Issue #83
•Design Your Own Racetrack, Issue #83
•How To Use Track Plans for Plastic Track
to Build a Wood Raceway, Issue #83
•Adjusting Avant Slot Independent
Front Wheels, Issue #84
•Routing The Slots in a Wood
Track, Issue #84
•Fixing Routing Mistakes in a
Wood Track, Issue #84
•Inline, Sidewinder/ or
Anglewinder?, Issue #84
•Painting a Wood Track, Issue #84
•Painting Plastic Track, Issue #84
Track Tests:
(There’s an index and the test result
times for all previous Track Tests from
the paper and paid Internet issues
under the top bar “More Information”
then click on “Race Car Tests”):
•LeMans Avant Slot 1975
•Supertuned Racers, Part 117:
Magnet-Free Flyslot/Avant 1982
•LeMans ScaleAuto “Homeset”
•Supertuned Racers, Part 118
Magnet-Free: ScaleAuto “Homeset”
•Supertuned Racers, Part 119,
Magnet-Free: Avant Slot 1975
•Supertuned Racers, Part 120
Magnet-Free SHOOT-OUT: Flyslot/
Avant vs. Slotwings 1982 Ferrari
512BB LM, Issue #82
•Supertuned Racers, Part 121: MagnetFree SHOOT-OUT: Flyslot/Avant
•LeMans Slot.it 4WD 2013 Audi
R18 e-tron quattro , Issue #83
•LeMans Slot.it 2-Wheel Drive 2013
•Sedan Racing Ninco Seat Leon
Cup Racer, Issue #83
•Supertuned Racers, Part 123,
Magnet-Free: Flyslot/Avant
1980 BMW M1, Issue #83
•LeMans NSR 2010 BMW
Z4 GT3, Issue #84
•Supertuned Racers, Part 125, MagnetFree LeMans Slot.it 4-Wheel Drive 2013
•Supertuned Racers, Part 125, MagnetFree LeMans Slot.it 2-Wheel Drive 2013
•Track Test DIGEST: Summary of 16
Full Race Track Test Reports on 7
Model Racing Cars, Issue #84
Vintage Racing:
•Clear Plastic Bodies, Issue #80
•Revell 1963-1965 Corvette, Issue #82
•Formula 1 Strombecker 1954
Maserati 250F, Issue #83
•Studio 65 1952 Ferrari 212 , Issue #84
Your Cars
•Chris Walker’s Lindberg 1962 BRM
P257 on a Brass Chassis, Issue #79
Your Track:
•Jim Stokes’ 12 x 24-foot Four-Lane
Scalextric Stokes Speedway, Issue #79
•Slot Mods 6 x 12-foot Two-Lane
Standard Raceway, Issue #80
•Art Tschinkel’s 7 x 22-foot Three-Lane
Wood The Ring Raceway, Issue #81
•Randy Peterson’s 15 x 30foot Four-Lane Wood Satan’s
Turf Raceway , Issue #82
•Slot Mods 9 x 13-foot Four-Lane
Wood Vernola Raceway, Issue #83
•Gary Knabe’s 3-lane 12 x 18-foot
wood Riverside Raceway , Issue #84
HO Scale Model
Car Racing:
Drag Racing:
•Auto World NHRA Funny Cars, Issue 82
Home Racing:
•AFX Pit Building, Issue #80
•Innovative Hobby Supply
Building Kits, Issue #83
•4-Lanes With Auto World
Track, Issue #84
NASCAR:
•Auto World 1969-1972 Dodge &
Plymouth Grand National (the preNASCAR ) Stockers, Issue #79
Track Plans:
•4-Lane Unicorn Banked Raceway
for 4 x 8-Feet, Issue #79
•4-Lane Silverstone 1948-1949 Grand
Prix Circuit for 4 x 8-Feet, Issue #80
•4-Lane Sochi, Russia, Autodrom
•4-Lane Estoril Track for 4
x 8-Feet, Issue #82
•4-Lane Hockenheimring Circuit
•4-Lane Mugello Circuit for
4 x 8-Feet, Issue #84
Track Tests:
•AFX Mega G+, Issue #81
1/24 Scale
Model Car
Racing:
Vintage Racing:
•Monogram 1/24 Scale Kurtis
Midgets, Issue #84
•Tech Tips: Chris Walker’s 1964
Monogram Lola GT, Issue #80
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New Stuff #83
New Cars Shipped Recently
These are the most recent shipments of new cars and products.
Note that nearly all the cars announced for production in
2015-2016 are on www.modelcarracingmag.com under the
left link “All New For 2015-2015 From The Toy Fairs”.
Scalextric C3642 Volkswagen Beetle #40 Grey
Slot it SICA26D McLaren M8D #12, Team Paul
Newman
Fly W40103 Williams FW08 Monaco GP 1983 Keke
Rosberg
Scalextric C3640 Mini Cooper S
Racer SW37 Kremer 935/K2 Team Willeme
Fly (Slotwings) WO44-01 Porsche 934
Silverstone,1978, #25. 1st in GT
Scalextric C3614 Mercury Cougar XR7 Trans-Am,
driver Alan Moffat
Ninco 50655 Lancia 037 'Rothmann' Servia Sport
Scalextric C3660 Scalextric Lamborghini Aventador
LP700-4
Ninco 50653 Audi R8 ‘Oakley’
Ninco 50658 Citroen C4 ‘Kubica’ Sport
52 Model Car Racing
Fly (Slotwings) WO44-02 Porsche 934 Nurburgring
1000 KM 1978
Scalextric C3599 Lotus Evora GT4 #77
The Proto Slot CB084 Abarth 2000 Targa-Florio 1970
is hand-made cast-resin and it is available readyto-race or as a painted body kit to fit you choice of
chassis from www.electricdreams.com.
Carrera 30717 Shelby Cobra 289, "No.11"
The MMK models are hand-made castresin. The MMK65-15 Ferrari 1953 340
MM number 15 fifth at LeMans 1953
is available as both a ready-to-run car
and as painted body kit from www.
electricdreams.com). MMK also offers
the number 12 and number 14 cars
from the 1953 LeMans race.
Carrera 27488 Ford Mustang GT
"No.49"
on these chassis and their performance
in the January/February 2015 number
79 issue. Most of the chassis are offered
with a choice of mounts for Scalextric
Digital or Carrera Digital 132 chips.
Lightweight cockpits and wheel inserts
are also available for most of the cars.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Scalextric Audi Sport Quattro
Scalextric Bentley GT3
Scalextric Lancia Delta S4
Scalextric Aston Martin GT3
Carrera Ferrari 458 GT3
Carrera Audi DTM Audi A5
Carrera DTM BMW M3
Carrera DTM Mercedes C-Klasse
Carrera 23809 Porsche GT3 RSR,
"Haribo Racing" D124 1/24 scale
Carrera 23814 Ferrari 330P4, "No.03"
Monza 1967 D124 1/24 scale
HO SCALE:
The Proto Slot replicas of the 1949
Aston Martin DB1 are cast-resin with
individually-applied decal markings.
They are available as ready-to-race
cars or as painted body kits from www.
electricdreams.com.
Carrera will ship three different paint
schemes for the Formula E cars,
including this ABT Audi Sport, "Lucas di
Grassi, No.11"
These 3D printed chassis are available
from Sloting Plus to fit the NSR motor
pods which allows you to choose the
motor location (inline, anglewinder or
sidewinder) as well as motors, gears,
wheels and tires for any of these cars.
Ultra-light cockpits and wheel inserts
are also available for most of the cars.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
SP600004 Carrera Audi DTM
SP600005 Carrera BMW DTM
SP600006 Carrera Mercedes DTM
SP600008 Sloting Plus Reynard
SP600009 Scalextric Maserati Trofeo
SP600010 Ninco Seat Leon
SP601001 Scalextric Fiesta
The Auto World Indycar Release 2 cars
are fitted with the Super III chassis:
•Tony Kanaan's Ganassi
Racing NTT Data #10
•Scott Dixon's Ganassi Racing Target #9
•Marco Andretti's Andretti
Autosport Snapple #27
•Ryan Hunter Reay's Andretti
Autosport DHL #28
Carrera 21123 Grid Ladies, set of 5
figures
•Helio Castroneves' Team
Penske Hitachi #3
•Will Power's Team Penske Verizon #1
There are dozens of 3D-printed
conversion chassis available for
Carrera, Scalextric and other 1/32
scale cars. Scalextric dealers can order
these two chassis to fit their new BMW
Z4 GT3 and McLaren P1 cars.
The Carrera AMG Mercedes C-Coupe
DTM, "R.Wickens, No.10" 2013, like
most of Carrera’s 1/32 scale cars, is
available in either analog or in Digital
132 (which will operate on any brand
of 1/32 scale analog track) with lights.
Carrera Porsche GT3 RSR, "hybrid,
No.36" VLN 2011
American Iron (http://smilinrays.webs.
com/) 1/32 cast-resin 1949 Ford Tudor
with flat inter and drive and vacuumformed clear window insert. This is
made from an accurate die-cast, not
the undersized Lindberg-sized model
(scale wheelbase is 3.56 inches).
1/24 SCALE
BRM 036 'Sunoco' Team Penske Ferrari
512M #11, 1/24 scale
Slot.it sells this series of 3D printed
chassis directly through the maker,
Shapeways (www.shapeways.com/
shops/SlotIt). They will fit the Slot.
it motor pods so you have a choice of
inline, anglewinder or sidewinder motor
locations as well a choice of motors,
gears, wheels and tires. There’s an article
The four new Auto World Silver Screen
Machines have the Thunder Jet Ultra-G
chassis:
•1958 Plymouth Fury - Christine
•1968 Dodge Charger - Christine
•1970 Chevy Nova - Beverly Hills Cop
•1970 Chevy Chevelle- Vanishing Point
Carrera 23807 Porsche 917K Martini
International, "No.35", Watkins Glen 6h
1970 D124 1/24 scale
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Home Racing
Tech Tips: Painting Plastic Track
Your track can be as realistic as the cars. No road in the real world is
the solid black color of Scalextric or Carrera track or even the solid
grey of SCX track. Black works for manufacturers because it is easier
to mold and the track does not show scratches and other marks
that can make it look used right in the box. We can do better…
The Scalextric track on the Spa Track in the May/June 2006 number 27 issue was left unpainted black to recreate areas that were paved with blacktop tar and painted light gray
to recreate areas that were paved with concrete. Both track and borders were painted.
If you like black track you can just leave it as-is. You can, however, improve its
realism by spraying on patches of dark grey to simulate faded and aged tar.
For a model car racetrack, simulated concrete can provide the most effective realism because joints in concrete, tar strips oil spills and skid marks are all visible.
Marc Purdham used dark grey Z-I-M UMA brand paint to simulate concrete
then, dry-brushed the track with a sponge to simulate skid marks and added
cracks in concrete with a fine-tip felt-tip pen. Art Tschinkel also opted for simulated concrete on his The Ring Raceway in the 7 x 22-foot The Ring the May/
June 2015 number 81 issue (also on www.modelcarracingmag.com under the
top bar “Sample Issues”) and there’s a photo of his track on page 23 of this issue.
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Marc Purdham used a sponge brush to apply Z-I-M UMA brand (www.ximbonder.
com/products_detail.asp?id=34) tintable bonding primer-sealer (gray) with some
black mixed-in to produce the grey he preferred on his "Just Twisted" 7 x 15-foot
Scalextric Sport track that was featured in the September/October 2005 number 23
issue. The realistic skid marks were dry-brushed with a sponge using dark grey latex
paint. The cracked lines were applied with a tine-tip felt-tip pen.
Mask the pickup rails with 1/8-inch wide Scotch Fine Line tape (automobile body paint shops sell it). To save time you can assemble three track sections including the skid
aprons (use duct tape attach the Scalextric skid aprons to the bottom of the track) and paint them all at once. If you are working with Carrera track you can use latex paint and
you can paint the entire assembled track.
Most paints will not stick to the slippery and flexible plastic used for Scalextric track.
Krylon Fusion Satin Twilight (gray) seems to stick nicely but it is only available in
aerosol cans---it is superb because you can apply relatively thin layers so part of the
black shows through to provide a mottled and aged look. Wear a respirator, rubber
gloves and work outdoors with either of these paints. Marc Purdham used Z-I-M
UMA brand tintable bonding primer-sealer (gray) applied with a roller.
When the paint has set for 24 hours, peel-back the masking tape. Rub over the rails
with a shop rag dipped in alcohol to remove any traces of the tape glue from the rails.
You can use latex wall paint on Carrera track and apply it with a roller or one the
aerosols like Krylon Camouflage Light Gray. If you using an aerosol, work outdoors.
The Scalextric track (top) is painted with several thin coats of Krylon Fusion #2440
Satin Twilight---Krylon Fusion #1339 Satin Pewter Gray 2339 is similar. Do not use the
Krylon Fusion paint on Carrera track because it can warp and distort the track---Krylon
#51606 Colormaster and is also available in aerosol cans if you want to use it on
Carrera track. The Carrera track (bottom) is painted with Krylon Camouflage Light Gray.
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The January/February 2016 number 85 issue of Model Car Racing will
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• Digital Racing Pros & Cons---All the systems and brands
• Build your own wood track, step-by-step; tape or braid pickups &
electrical wiring
• Formula 1
- Scalextric 2014 Mercedes F1 W05 Hybrid
- Paint a 2014-5 Williams FW37 from Scalextric
• Scalextric 1969 Sunoco Trans-Am Camaro
• Track Test (Out-Of-The-Box):
- Mr. Slotcar 1995 McLaren F1 GT LeMans
Slot Mods 14 x 22-foot wood recreation of the signature features of the Road America
track at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for Bobby Rahal is one of the largest Slot Mods tracks.
It is the featured "Your Track” in the January/February 2016 number 85 issue of Model
Car Racing.
• Track Tests (Magnet-Free):
- NSR 2010 BMW Z4 GT3
• Race Track Plans:
- 4-Lane Indy F1 as 5 x 13 ½-foot tabletop
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