Recently came across this handy bit of kit:
   

Tweezers with an LED light incorporated, meant for plucking eyebrows etc but just right for fitting fiddly bits in the dark recesses of a slot car.

Cheap as chips at Amazon, B&M and eBay.

   

Pancake Power is the third event in a four-event 2022 schedule at the Rock County Eighth Mile. In September, we'll mostly be running cars with those quirky horizontal pancake motors - the one exception is our regular Micro Scalextric Street Stock class. The regulations and format are in the 'UK HO Drag Proxy Series 2022 Preview' thread here.

The race coverage starts on page 3 here.

These are the classes we'll be running...

• Micro Scalextric Street Stock
  
• NHRA Top Fuel
  
• 4-Gear: NHRA or Nostalgia bodies
  
• T-Jet: Nostalgia or modern bodies
  
• X-Traction / Magnatraction: Nostalgia or modern bodies
  
• Pancake match racing & exhibitions welcome
  

The Track: The Rock County Eighth Mile is a seven-foot timed strip (1/8 mile in true HO scale) made from the new 2019 Micro Scalextric sectional track. Cars must be fitted with braids to run on this track. Power is set at 12 volts and 8 amps across the two lanes. Power to both lanes is triggered by a single push button switch firing a relay board. Timing is via Trackmate Drag Basic. After the finish line, there is a two-foot shutdown with dynamic braking and a well-padded catch box.

The Format: The events runs mid-week on Tuesday and Wednesday, with racing through both days - usually with the elimination rounds on the same day as qualifying for each class.

Sending cars: Aim for your cars to arrive in Brighton at least 72 hours before the first day of the event, so they can be quarantined (if necessary) and then registered for qualifying. Please also pack in a small box - max height 7.5cm if possible. These races are designed to be Covid-safe events that are accessible to everyone. You may - of course - send cars for several races or the full duration of the series  - just let me know.

How to enter: Send me a private message or add a reply below. One car per class may be entered per person. Family members and friends are very welcome to enter too. I will message you with the address to send cars to. You will need to pay for return postage. Otherwise there is no race fee.

Overseas entrants must talk to me about customs forms on their parcels! The recipient (me) will normally be charged 20% of the stated value of the parcel, plus an £8 handling fee. As cars sent to these races are not commercial goods, I need to explain how to alert UK customs to this fact and avoid the fees.

Entries Race #18 - Pancake Power - 13-14 September 2022

Micro Scalextric Street Stock: Jane, Jeremy, Pete, Jerome, Mary, Anna, Pat, Sue, Andy, Rebecca, Nico, Clive, Iain, Rose, Bill, Kev (16)

NHRA Top Fuel: Pete, Jerome, Andy, Rebecca, Nico, Clive, Iain, Bill (8)

4-Gear: Pete, Jerome, Sue, Andy, Rebecca, Nico, Clive, Iain, Bill, Ken, Kev (11)

T-Jet: Andy, Rebecca, Nico, Clive, Iain, Bill, Ken, Kev (8)

X-Traction / Magnatraction: Nico, Andy, Rebecca, Clive, Iain, Bill, Ken, Kev (8)

Pancake Match Racing: Nico vs Kev (Independent front axle 3-Gear) +  Clive vs  Iain (Skinny T-Jets)

   

The climax of our 2020-2 Nascar team race championship and inaugural Pioneer Legends championship should give us an even more exciting evening than usual! Here are the top ten from each of the points tables...

   


   

Doors open at 6.30pm for practice and Digital Driving School, the Nascar race starts at 7 and the Legends follow, finishing around 9.30-9.45pm. As always, we ask that all racers aged 12 or younger bring a responsible adult with them. Race fees are £3 for adults and £2 for under-16s. Our common-sense Covid precautions remain in place - most importantly, please don’t attend if you have any symptoms that could be Covid. Face masks, hand hygiene and giving people space remain non-negotiable requirements inside the Barn.

We'll be racing on Simon's latest track design...

   

That promises to give us lots of very close racing

Has anyone experience as to what ohm's to choose for a DS controller?
Planning a technical 8x4 track to test builds on and setup.  My guess is 35/45.
Building a club style 3 pin hard wired analogue box.  

I'd like to go for a better fancy one with knobs on but don't know what to pick, cost is the main thing.  Some of those systems are getting towards the cost of a 1:1 used small car!   
I'd even build one if I could, I've done train controllers from kits.

Used condition see pics, Motor missing 
15€ plus shipping out of Austria, PayPal f&f 
   
   
   

Nico

As someone who enjoys carving my own slot car bodies, I watch, with great interest, the growth of 3D printing.

It's obviously a great way of getting bodies made at home and, obviously, offers the opportunity, like wot I have, to have cars not out there already.

But....most of those I see on the forums look as though they have been cast in rough concrete and painted with a 10 inch house brush.. There are also some that look superb but it have clearly taken a long time to rub down, fill and paint properly to achieve what I would consider a good finish. In wood, the basic shape is fairly easy and quick but it's the finish that take the time. Imperfections are all too obvious when the basic finish is smooth, maybe that's why some people don't bother.

I understand that the process is still developing and, no doubt, in due course, things will be almost as good as a professionally produced body but for me, for whom racing is more important that concours, putting up with such a rough finish would be impossible, I'd bin it or put it back on the bench for the hard bit.

No doubt others will have thoughts on this.

Used condition, driver inlet missing, see pics 
35€ plus shipping at cost out of Austria, PayPal f&f 

   
   
   
   

Nico

Unopened, never seen a track, 35€ plus shipping out of Austria.

Payment via Paypal f&f

   
Nico

Unopened, never seen a track, 45€ plus shipping out of Austria.
Payment via Paypal f&f

   

Nico

Hail from ancient Albion, land of Robin Hood and Hornby Hobbies.  As least it was.  Those were the day's...
Thought to join up for some slotcar and see how things are.  Used to have classic Scalextric and marvel at the 'old' cars and how much they will be worth in the future.  Dreamed of making multilane setups after seeing them at a Butlins holiday camp as a little man.  Who'd have thought that there was something better than rusty old toy sets?   
I'll see if I can make that dream come true, providence willing.  
AC2Car...mmm...delicious.