Bernard has been posting a lot of photos from his wonderful museum in Texas recently so I thought it would be nice to gather them together in one place. I have accordingly created a new sub forum in the history section and moved all his previous posts over to it. LINK

I last made one of these in 2021 and was never happy with it.

I bought new resin for the first time in 4 years and this wasn't on the market back then.

I modified the Anglia file that I last made, that had a radiator and oil cooler on the front and straighter wheel arches.
That car also had an inline setup.

Bodyshell is 3D resin - Siraya Magna Durable.

Chassis has no adjustable pod but fairly flexible and printed in Overture Super PLA+.

Wheels are also printed in the same filament (with resin printed Minilite inserts about 2mm thick).

Driver(s) are resin printed in what was left of the old resin.

Motor is a £2 china NSR 25k motor and securely glued in the pod with super glue and bicarb powder.

Interior is temporary until I paint the bodyshell hence no windows yet but I want to test it at the club tomorrow... maybe race it.

...bodyshell is 54mm wide, 9mm wide NSR zero graining Rally tyres, 54mm across the tyre walls. This is for our Small Sports/Saloons class which has 9mm tyre width and 54mm across the tyres max limits.

   

   

   

   

   
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That was printed at 0.05mm on a Anycubic Photon Mono X.

It took a day to calibrate this new resin, it needed 5 second exposure time (at 75% power). Normally resins I've used only needed up to 2 seconds exposure times.

...I was super chuffed that it printed so cleanly first time... ignoring the little bit missed under the back bumper, a few more supports will help here.

Just finished this,......it took a while as most of the bits I had were far from pristine and did require some work.

I always struggle with how far to take these restorations/builds of vintage cars, and on this one I added some intake trumpets (never liked the stock "clearI intake covers), and I cut a couple of bits of styrene to extend the front upper rocker arms (in stock form the wheels look like they are not really attached to the car).

I am still buggering around with mesh covers for the intakes,....so far I have not been happy with what I have done.

The car was built to represent the car Bandini drove at Spa 1964,.....everyone seems to do Surtees 

Cheers
Chris Walker

Lorenzo Bandini at Spa 64............






My attempt.................

I've already missed two races this week due to the flu. It's good these things don't last long.

Campbellville Raceway was open for business. It was a last minute thing. 5-friends showed up making it 6 racers including the host.

Up first were the Scale Auto cars. Big and heavy would be my description. Lots of power if you like to fishtail. Box stock with glued and trued urethane tires.

My first race and the rear wing, umm... flew off. Isn't that what wings do? I'm not the only one that lost a wing.

   
   

Up next were the BRM Group-2 cars. Box stock with glued and trued urethane tires. Very stable.

   
   

Then came one of my favourites. Boulevard Cruisers. All scratch built slot cars from static kits. Everyone must use a Fox-10 motor, and Dart wheels/tires. Everything else is open.

   
   

Our host graciously offered up three IROC cars to be tortur... I mean raced. Each car stays in it's lane. The cars are custom made Formula LeMans prototypes. Very close racing. These cars are almost dead even.

   
   

Thank you very kindly for looking.
Ken

In a few months time I hit a big birthday ? Been looking my large collection of bits - especially the old stuff and started renovating and fixing them.

First up are three cars that were my first venture into cars away from Scalextric. 

Atlas Gt 40 - I remember trying to build this and the absolutely frustrating time I had trying to mount the car at the rear ?? not sure I figured it out at the time.

Monogram Porsche 904 and Ferrari 330 - loved these cars and raced them till they died ?


                   

Finished these this week. The Ferrari had a huge hole in the rear deck which I Fixed with Vallejo putty! 
The Porsche has a 60s chassis and body, but I had parts from an MRRC body so used some of the parts ?

Cars are sitting a bit high and will fix that when i get back from visiting the kids.

I will be adding more as i go along ?

Let’s see your cars from when you started this fantastic hobby - irrespective of the decade. Looking forward to hearing your stories!!

I am wondering how many of us have bought a Scalextric Volvo 850 Estate Car. Please share a photograph of yours.

If you have not bought one there is no need for you to let us know nor indeed comment.

I had actually bought the BTCC version in order to make a plain road car from it,  but Scale Models have commissioned a street car version. I have raised the body to make it more "street". 
Leo

     

December 2025 - Fly Classics & Club Slot It Porsche 956/962

As we hurtle our way into the closing stages of this year, December rears its head, adorned with crappy weather and corporate driven holiday cheer.  But with a new month, comes different classes (or at least a bit different…). Ok, so Fly Classics and club Slot It Porsches were never intended to follow on immediately after Lemans Classics and (member built) Slot It Porsches that were in November; but scheduling conflicts earlier in the year forced our hands and this is where we are.
 
Off the back of many comments and observations by members last year, there have been changes to Fly Classic specification which may have caught a few off guard.  In a nutshell, the stock body and chassis must still be retained, but the drivetrain and wheels can be replaced. Motors are free choice up to 22k (s-can), 15.8mm wheels can be used (aluminium rears) opening up a range of tyre options, and gears can be replaced with better alternatives (whilst retaining the 11/36 ratio).  Or, if you’re happy with your Fly car and how it performs, you can just leave it stock. 

For various reasons (health/holidays/other commitments etc.), it was a limited turn out for week one with just 6 in attendance, but it was just enough to allow for four lanes of racing and a couple of marshals.  Racing got underway with the revised spec Fly’s, and something became instantly apparent; the changes to the spec were 100% worth it.  Fun and close battles ensued with side by side racing up and down the field.  Roger’s Lola T70 was set up fantastically and should have taken the overall victory, had it not been for him leaving the wrong lane tape on his car leading to some confusion and lost time for him on a race restart. Skippy’s 917 was constantly involved in some fierce and tense side by side battles, and Antony showed that even a GT40 (which previously struggled around here) can now be in the mix of things.

   

Ade C – Lola T70 – 94.00 Laps
Roger P – Lola T70 – 93.88 Laps
Mike Skipp – Porsche 917k – 92.09 Laps
Antony B – Ford GT40 - 91.72 Laps
Andy B – Porsche 917 Spider – 90.71 Laps
Kevin W – BMW M1 Procar – 79.40 Laps

So, a quick thank you to Mike West for taking the time to experiment with various setups earlier this year and come up with the revised spec. These Fly cars can be a little quirky to work with, but they do respond well to smooth running uprated parts.


 
On to the Club Porsche 956/962's (converted to run AW Flat 6 motors with 12/28 gearing). Again, ideally we wouldn’t be running these the month after running the same spec cars (albeit now club cars not member cars), but it is just how things panned out at the end of the season.  Needless to say, it’s a good looking grid of great handling cars which are fun to race.

   

Ade C  - 43 Points
Andy B – 36 Points
Mike Skipp – 31 Points
Roger P – 31 Points
Antony B – 27 Points
Kevin W – 25 Points

Another round of racing was held at Cupcake Raceway. Six friends came together for a dinner feast, and a few laps around a beautiful track.

Up first were the scratch built Arii Datsun 240Z kits. Anything goes. The only rule, we all need to use the Pendle's 16k slimline motor. This was a bracket race.

   
   

The Scalex Mini class came next. Stock chassis. Aluminum wheels, and a 14k motor. Stock crown gear. These are nice to race when they don't go so darn fast.

   
   

CanAm are always a fun class. Any brand of car. Stock chassis/body. 22k motor max.

   
   

Front motor Watson Indy cars were a nice relaxing way to end the evening. Scratch built cars with Pendle's 16k motor and a drive shaft. This was also a bracket race. It keeps the races a bit slower so everyone has less off's. Saves paint. 

   
   

Thank you very kindly for looking.
Ken

Can't log on to the 'other forum' Been like that since Saturday. I get a message saying it can't load and if it continues contact the site owner!

Not that it's a problem, this is my preferred destination anyway.

Just curious. Anyone else having problems, or is it just me?

Self explanatory title, why do they put lights in slot cars?  They are an added complication and expense and are rarely used in the 1:1 version. There may be a justification for it with Le Mans type cars but BTCC cars never race in the dark, the lights may be used when it is raining but slot car tracks don't really have that situation. Headlights are only flashed now and then to upset the driver in front, but we can't do this with a slot car so why bother to fit them at all? The only thing that would be of use is fitted brake-lights but I don't know any manufacturer who does this. Apart from which slot car lights go out when you lift off the throttle - at the very point when a real car would need them as it enters a bend. The whole thing is a complete nonsense.