Surplus to requirements:

£15 plus postage at cost. UK only.

Hi all,
More cars from my clubmate. description below picture, postage to the UK is plus £4 for 1 or 2 cars, other destinations will need to be calculated.
As usual message me for any details or questions.
Payment preferred by bank transfer or paypal as "friends and family" so no fee's for me :)

   

   

Pioneer Legends Ford Yellow.
Looks new/test laps only in a box but not the proper one, does have the proper cardboard sleeve.
£29 + P&P

   

   

   

Pioneer Legends Ford White.
Looks new/test laps only Boxed with the proper cardboard sleeve.
Spare packet underneath containing only spare braids and Carrera Digital "hatch".
He has attached the car to the base with double sided tape (no screw), so the residue on the chassis in the picture will clean off.
£29 + P&P

   

Sideways BMW M6 GT3 "presentation"
Boxed, Test Laps only. The rear wing has been replaced with a rubber one, the standard one is included but requires a clean and re-glue of the uprights to the wing.
£50 + P&P

Hi all,
More cars from my clubmate (some unsold from before). description below picture, postage to the UK is plus £4 for 1 or 2 cars, other destinations will need to be calculated.
As usual message me for any details or questions.
Payment preferred by bank transfer or paypal as "friends and Family" so no fee's for me :)







Scalextric Caterham C2332 boxed and unused £25 plus P&P.







Scalextric C2345 boxed and unused, £25 plus P&P.







Scalextric C2366 MG Lola boxed and unused £25 plus P&P.

   

   

   

Scalextric C3914 BMW 125 BTCC Autographed Series Boxed.
As you can see the blue has changed colour to lilac (pigment reaction ?) I think is not an unknown thing !
It has had the chassis swapped out for one I braced, hot-glued motor and wired direct, so has grey wheels instead of yellow.
Braids have been replaced with NSR front wheels varnished and rear tyres replaced with BRM F22's (not glued).
Box has standard replacement braids underneath.
He is also including the 2 photos both hand signed by Andrew Jordan.
He is looking for £29 plus P&P.

   

   

Scalextric C3862 BMW 125 BTCC Autographed Series Boxed.
Looks like its only done test laps if any.
Box has spare braids underneath.
He is looking for £29 plus P&P.

August is traditionally a slow news time in the slot car world. The southern European manufacturers are off on their holidays - and production in the Far East is looking shaky after a wave of Covid outbreaks and lockdowns across China and neighbouring countries...

So yesterday's teaser from Staffs Slot Cars UK is most welcome...

       

All I can tell you is that Steve has been looking at this model for a while. Only 75 of the real cars were produced - and that's what is being looked at for an exclusive Staffs Slot Cars UK limited edition run. That was the idea... do these pics mean it will become a reality? It certainly looks like a slot car!

More news when we have it.

   

The September/October 2021 Electronic Edition of Model Car Racing #119 is available now at www.modelcarracingmag.com. There's also free 'sample edition', which includes about a third of the articles in the full 60-page edition. All the articles on the contents page are included in the full edition of the magazine, which is only available if you subscribe.   
 
Model Car Racing #119 September/October 2021

• Le Mans TRACK TEST – SRC 2019 Toyota TS050-Hybrid by Albin Burroughs
  
• Tech Tips – Assembling the Hi-Performance Kits by Bill Deuroen
  
• Le Mans TRACK TEST – NSR 1972 Porsche 917/10K by Albin Burroughs
  
• GT Racing – Scalextric 1984 Jaguar XJ-S by Bill Wright
  
• History of the Hobby – Fly Marcos LM600
  
• Home Racing – Racing The 'Little' Cars: 50s-60s Production Cars by Robert Schleicher
  
• Your Cars – Chris Walker‘s 1986 Mc Laren MP4/2 upgraded NSR 'Generic' 86/89 Formula 1
  
• Le Mans – Slot.it 1983 Porsche 956C by Bill Wright
  
• Historic Racing Classes – 1983-1985 Slot.it Porsche Le Mans Winners
  
• Your Track – Howard Quednau's 30 x 80-Inch Scalextric Targa D'orio
  
• DIGITAL RACING – Plug-In ‘Forever’: Slot.it/Scalextric Digital in Carrera Cars by Robert Schleicher
  
• Real Race Track Plans – 2-Lane Rockingham Motor Speedway on a 14 x 16-Foot Tabletop. For Scalextric Classic, Sport, Policar, SCX or Ninco, or Carrera with (Optional) Digital Lane-Changing by Robert Schleicher
  
• Race Tracks on a Tabletop – 2-Lane Rockingham Motor Speedway for Scalextric Sport, Classic, SCX, Policar, Ninco, Carrera on a 4 x 8-foot tabletop by Robert Schleicher
  
• Tech Tips – Tires & Wheels: Find The Fastest Tire by Bill Deuroen
  
• HO AFX Track Plans – 4-Lane Rockingham Motor Speedway to fit a 4 x 8-foot Tabletop by Robert Schleicher
  

A subscription is $29 for six issues of the magazine and is available here: http://www.modelcarracingmag.com/subscribe.html

A big thank you to Robert at Model Car Racing for sending us the table of contents and information.

Today I received my first purchase (less than 150 euros) from the UK to the Netherlands.
It only took one day to arrive in the Netherlands (thanks Pendle Slot Racing).
Then it took a week before I got a message about payment of tax, which I paid the same day.
Before Brexit, it took about five days for an order to arrive, now it took fifteen days.
The supplier delivered the package excluding VAT (20% in the UK and 21% in the Netherlands).
I had to pay 2.95 euros extra to the package deliverer for the administration they did and the VAT difference of 1%.
(Above 150 Euro the import costs for toys are 0%-4.6%).

Conclusion:
Given the excellent service and the extensive range, I will continue to order in the UK.

Hub

A few impressions of my diorama beside my H0 Dragster Raceway 

Nico

firstly i would like to say a huge thankyou to Leo Capaldi 
without him doing all the wiring etc i doubt i could have done this 
so thankyou Leo 

i have been using Ultimate Racer for a while now 
some like , some don't ... lets just say it suits my needs for my analogue track

previously i had cobbled together a functional Scalextric RMS system , but i wasn't happy with this flipper / switch type timing system 
so i needed something better 
this is where Leo comes in , i am rubbish at electronic type stuff , so was very happy when he offered his services 
i was thinking 'light bridge' using a Scalextric Dunlop bridge 
Leo sorted the wiring and upgraded ( imo ) to an IR system 
but the Dunlop bridge was too big for the position on the track i had in mind 
so i 3DP printed a bespoke bridge 
and everything works as it should 
           

if any one wants the bridge STL file , just let me know 
it just fits on my Ender3 Pro build plate with only 1/2mm to spare

Kev

why my pics always come out sideways ? i dunno

This may have been posted before, apologies if it has.

Amazing detail on his builds, they don’t come cheap though!!

I am no psychiatrist but I wonder whether the return of spectators has caused mass brain fade amongst the competitors:
British Grand Prix - would Lewis have gone quite so hard into Copse if he wasn't being urged on by 140,000 flag waving Brits?

Hungarian Grand Prix - would Valteri  Bottas have misjudged his braking point so spectacularly at the first corner if it was in front of empty grandstands?

BTCC meeting Oulton Park - the majority of races were red flagged for huge accidents, Minis red flagged twice due to barrel rolling cars.

Silverstone Classic - the bad weather no doubt played a part but the gravel traps were very busy indeed with some vastly experienced drivers visiting them on a regular basis.

Does the presence of large numbers of spectators, after a year's absence, raise the adrenaline levels to the point where drivers become a bit deranged?