I've printed pods of all kinds in the past but never really happy with them, especially SW where space is limited.

I've revisited my FC130 inline pod, tweaked it a fair bit and printed one in the same resin I use for bodyshells.

I've done pods for bronze bushings, ball races and SlotIt spherical bushings - all adjustable height.

This one is for spherical bushings, adjustable height motor and axle.

I've ditched a couple of features my pods used to have, one of which was a built in centre pivot.

   

I've not printed a pod for months but a few builds recently need an IL pod so I thought...why not, let's try it again...and I like it!

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Hi,
I am selling my collection. Hundreds of models and kits in 1:32
You can find them with a lot of pcitures on https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de
my Name is Thomas Schlag - tschlag@t-online.de - Jou can contact me in english :)

Some samples

MSSlot Kit BMW 328 Roadster 3Stck - Slot 1:32


SlotArt Hummer H3 Proto BJ Baldwin Dakar 2010 - Slot 1:32



Morgan 4+ LM62 No29 - Slot 1:32


or just all of my cars

- > my collection (334 Models)

I have a GT models AC Cobra which runs on a 3D chassis of mine.  It runs lovely but the front body post which was superglued under the bonnet sheared off after a fairly minor initial test run.

Maybe superglue isn't the best solution for resin but it works great for plastic bodyshells.

So what else did I have...I don't like epoxy...but I have a tube of clear 'sticks like sh*t' that I've used for sealing edges of wooden boards, it even stopped a leak on the utility room ceiling and boy does it stick! It even works on wet surfaces.

So I used a blob of that, put it together and left it 24 hours.  Now the post is 'stuck like sh*t' with a little flex.

It would probably be great for reinforcing inside bodyshells also.

Robin will be released at 19:00 GMT on ebay on Sunday the 3rd July

https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/132-models

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Kind Regards

Mike

Received this today, got it for a great price.

A Monogram Ferrari 250 GTO 1964 static kit, it's 54mm wide so perfect for our Small Sports classes.

The plan is to draw up a 3D chassis for it, must be inline for our class rules (54mm is asking too much to get a SW in a plastic chassis anyway).

It needs a few missing decals, a 3D printed driver and navigator will be in residence. 

   
   
   
   

   

Scaleauto have announced the availability of a new mould to add to their range of 1:32 scale modern GT3 cars. The Honda NSX GT3 white kit, hard and medium chassis options and vac-formed cockpit will all be with dealers very soon. The reference numbers are:

SC-6190 H. NSX GT3 1/32 White Racing Kit
SC-6666a Chassis NSX GT3 (black) -R- 2.0 In-Flex
SC-6666b Chassis NSX GT3 (grey) -R- 2.0 In-Flex
SC-6667 Complete light cockpit set for NSX GT3

       

And here are the first planned liveries (from the Scaleauto website)...

   

The NSX GT3 was developed under the Acura brand for the IMSA series in 2017, developed from the second generation NSX model. The racing car was an instant success in the hands of Michael Shanks Racing - Katherine Legge and Andy Lally winning the GTD class in back-to-back races at Belle Isle and Watkins Glen in the mid-part of the season. Second places at Mosport and Monterey gave the #93 pairing sixth place in the GTD drivers' standings and Acura fourth in the GTD manufacturers' table. A second car was driven by Ozz Negri and Jeff Segal.

       

Here Andy Lally walks us around the 2017 NSX GT3...



2018 saw an expansion of the GT3 customer racing program worldwide - Italian company JAS Motorsport preparing cars for the European, Asian and South American markets, Honda Performance Development in North America and Mugen in Japan. Acura finished second in the IMSA GTD championship, Katherine Legge taking two victories and seven podiums to end the season runner-up by just four points in the GTD drivers' table. Legge's was one of four Acura's on the GTD grid - two for Meyer Shanks Racing and one each for HART and CJ Wilson Racing...

       

       

Success elsewhere was limited and 2019 saw an updated EVO version of the car, which included some changes to the body and aero package. Although the artwork supplied by Scaleauto is of the 2017-8 version NSX GT3, they'll be using liveries from this second phase of development too. The NSX GT3 Evo won back-to-back IMSA GTD drivers' and teams' titles in 2019 and 2020, plus the 2020 GTD manufacturers' title...



The NSX GT3 EVO also won the 2019 GT300 drivers' and teams' championships in Japanese Super GT. In Europe, JAS Motorsport took the NSX GT3 to the Spa 24 hours in 2018 in a fabulous Castrol livery. Then Jenson Team Rocket RJN ran an NSX GT3 EVO in the 2019 Blancpain Series, joined by a JAS works car in Motul colours for Spa...

       

There are dozens of liveries from around the world that Scaleauto can recreate - and there are decals produced by Bruce Patto and Pattos Place (under A for Acura) for most of the 2017 and 2018 cars. And the NSX continues to race, updated this season as the NSX GT3 Evo22. The dimensions of the car also lend themselves to a competitive scale model - the 2040mm width at the rear scales down to 63.75mm and a 2630mm wheelbase to 82.2mm. I look forward to having a closer look when UK distributor Pendle Slot Racing posts images of the white kit.

Hi all,

I'm moving to Ireland soon and Ive just had an offer accepted on a property in County Galway. It has space for 2 decent sized tracks and once I'm settled I'll see if there's any interest in starting a club.

I don't hear much about slot racing inIreland. For example, are there any other routed tracks over there? Would there be any interest in sharing information, a Facebook page or even organising race meetings?

Anyway, more when I've moved and got sorted.

Cheers

John

                          
BMW Pit Crew by one of our NERCS members, Mick, who rejoices in the nickname of Warhammer.

Hi Guy's,
this is my first proper scratch build attempt, so I will make loads of mistakes but that's the only way to learn, open to any advice and tips from more experienced builders.

It is a TQ midget with a Suzuki 750cc motor bike engine replica of the car my late friend Ryan Stone (Christchurch NZ) built and use to race.
He sadly lost his battle with Cancer in 2012 at a very young age of 38.
He would've loved racing this round a slot track.
   

I've brought various bits of copper tube and square tube and I have some welding wire which I've realised I can use.
I got a few brass engine mount brackets from Phil Smith at Gaydon, I brought extra for future builds.
   
I follow a modellers youTube channel called Clay Kemp and saw a video of him making a brass frame for a TQ very similar to Ryans so I contacted him regarding the plans he drew out and he very kindly emailed a eps file to me so I could scale to what I wanted.
His soldering is a world apart from mine but you gotta start somewhere.
   
I started off with a £30 soldering iron from Lidl's but it kept burning the tips and I just couldn't get it to work consistently.
A guy called Tom Baker who I found on a Facebook page is an unreal scratch builder and he recommended Hakko 601 Iron, so I invested in one as I'm going to be using it a lot.
It is instantly noticeable the quality difference, I just need to get more consistent which will eventually come.

The main roll cage will be sprayed a ali colour so I'll clean up some of the solder that's a little lumpy.
   
I cut and ground the guide plate from a piece of flat brass and soldered a bit of round tube for the guide to sit in.
   
I've already tested the rolling chassis on a track and pleased to say it works a treat, the little motor that's in it I got my son to buy me 3 for Fathers day from Pendles and it's bloody nippy.
   
The frame work is really enjoyable but has been tricky trying to get bits to sit still while I solder, looking at one pic I've noticed I've not put a bend in one of the back support uprights but I'm leaving it as it will have the body shell over it.
I found a 3d print file of a Suzuki engine and a very kind man called Paul Young who is on a facebook page I follow printed me off some engines and little carbs. They have turned out awesome and will paint up really well.
Here's a few more pics where it's at.

   
   
   

Cheers

Hi guys, newbie here. Just building my own track on a 4m. x 1.5m area which I intend to winch up and store it in my shed above my car. Any suggestions? 
And also I want to make some boarders for my Carrera track and was wondering what you can make them out of. Like the picture shown but inside, outside and straights. TIA.