A quick question - should a digital car run on an analogue track? I have a Red Porsche Boxster which seems to be dead. However if I pull the body off and push down where the guide is power is picked up and the wheels spin. If it was an analogue car I would spread the braids a little to ensure there is contact but in this case there is nothing to manipulate since the contacts are flat to the car?

I don't care much for the car and will likely sell it on but want to make sure it is working - perhaps on a proper digital setup it will run fine?

Wanted to put this up - still in planning stage but will be fantastic when it arrives. No dates as yet

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing. SLOT CAR TOYOTA TS050 LMP1. SRC 2.0 EVO.
 2019 LE MANS WINNER
Drivers:
Sebastien Buemi
Kazuki Nakajima
Fernando Alonso

1:1 Car

On 24 March 2016, Toyota publicly unveiled the TS050, ahead of the WEC Prologue, at the Circuit Paul Ricard. Compared to the previous car, the Toyota TS040 Hybrid, the car features a number of changes, with the naturally-aspirated 3.7-liter V8 engine being dropped, and replaced by a new 2.4L Twin-turbocharged V6 engine. In addition to this, the Capacitor Hybrid energy storage system has been dropped, and replaced with a new Lithium-ion battery, with the car now moving to the 8 Megajoule sub-class in LMP1-Hybrid. Initial photographs revealed that the car utilized a suspension concept appearing similar to that previously used in the TS040, a double wishbone arrangement with pushrod actuated internal components paired with Torsion bars. Compared to the TS040, the nose was also raised, a trait shared with its rivals, the Audi R18, and the Porsche 919 Hybrid, which allowed for a large opening beneath the nose, and for elements to be placed to tune the airflow.


   


SRC Model:

Testing and setting up with printing first runs

   

   



The first run at colouring and decal set up.


   



As we receive more news - will keep this thread updated.

   

RevoSlot RS0064 Porsche 911 GT1 Mobil 1 Twin Pack - Le Mans 1996. Limited Edition of 250. RRP £143.95. Available now.

RevoSlot's range of mid-to-late 1990s sports racing cars continues to grow. This relative new company has utilised aluminium chassis with high-quality racing components supplied by BRM. To all intents and purposes, these are 1/32 scale BRM cars. I have to admit that I was scratching my head after the first couple of releases - 1990s GT2s? However, as the range has been added to - including the Ferrari 333SP, Toyota GT-One and the new Porsche 911 GT1 - I get it. The collection of GT1 and GT2 cars now available - with a Ferrari F40 coming soon - provides a fabulous period grid. This random pic from the 1996 Le Mans 24 hours shows three cars modelled by RevoSlot...

   

The new RevoSlot Porsche 911 GT1 model has just been launched with this Le Mans 1996 limited edition twin pack, the two cars available separately, a black and khaki "test car" livery and a white kit. The two Mobil 1 cars are very sharp and come in a nicely-produced collectors box...

           

The 911 GT1 is a favourite car of mine. Porsche blew apart the FIA GT1 rules by building the car from the bottom up as a thoroughbred racing car, as opposed to a modified road car. Porsche initially produced just two Straßenversion cars for homologation purposes. The RevoSlot model is of the original 1996 car, as opposed to the 911 GT1-98 that won at Le Mans in 1998 and has been produced by Slot.it. The two Mobil 1 cars are the #25 and #26 cars raced at Le Mans in 1996...

       

The 911 GT1s were the big news going into the event, featuring on the programme cover and much of the publicity. Although prototypes took the first three places on the grid, the Porsches were right on the pace and looking very strong for the race. It was a Porsche 1-2 in the early stages, Dalmas in the #26 leading Wolleck in the #25. Two of the lighter, more aerodynamic Joest TWR Porsche prototypes then managed to get ahead and pulled out a gap as both the GT1s had excursions off the track. The #25 Wolleck-Stuck-Boutsen car got back up to second during the night and an early morning triple-stint charge by Stuck closed down on the leading Joest car of Jones, Wurz and Reuter. The #26 car had dropped back to twelfth during the night, but battled back to fifth by dawn. The second Porsche eventually climbed up to third, but thirteen laps behind the top two. In the end, what won the race was the flawless performance by the #7 Joest team, finishing a lap ahead of the #25 Porsche 911 GT1.

Underneath, the RevoSlot GT1s looks like this...

       

That's another two-piece anodised aluminium chassis from RevoSlot, with the BRM-supplied components going together like this...

   

That gives the potential for a great racing slot car. The two openings in the chassis in front of the "RS RevoSlot" logo allow for the fitting of digital chips compatible with Scalextric, Carrera, oXigen and Scorpius digital systems.

The limited edition twin pack, the two Mobil 1 cars, black and khaki "test car" livery and a white kit are available in the UK from Pendle Slot Racing and MRE.

A big thanks to Neil at Pendle Slot Racing for sending us all the pictures of the new cars. You can see the full RevoSlot Range here: www.pendleslotracing.co.uk/brand/revoslot

What happened to the layout?

Problem or design. If design........it offends my artistic sensibilities   The original was good.
   

What are the best old style (Mark 1?) Minis to buy for home track? I see Scalextric 1970s Minis on ebay, the ones with wide wheel arches but I think they may not be good. I do not think SCX is good or if Ninco did made one. I like old Ninco models but prices high with no Mini seen. Old models look too high at front end on the track so modern production is preferable. maybe Scalextric if i can see it.

Hi guys

Can anyone from the UK recommend a decent toolkit for slot car tuning for the club scene?

I had to make a makeshift allen key with a pin vice and some aggressive behaviour to the supplied allen key to work on my slot.its recently!

Also, what do you guys use to transport your cars and tools to your club meetings? And whats in your box? Complete newbie to the club scene!

Thanks in advance

Stuart

.....with spectators.  

BTCC starts its season this Sunday August 2nd at Donington Park. Spectators welcome - with restrictions:
Reduced capacity.
Advance ticket only. On sale till Friday 31st July.
Paddock and pits out of bounds.
Social distancing measures to be followed.

Date clash with British GP irrelevant as that is behind closed doors. All MSV circuits are now up and running with spectators but Silverstone are not selling tickets for any event until September at the earliest. Why not? Because it is run by the BRDC who are about as much use as a one legged man at an arse kicking party!

  
1:1 Bentley 2003

The Bentley Speed 8 (developed from the Bentley EXP Speed 8) was an Autosport Award Winning Le Mans Prototype race car that was designed by Peter Elleray. The EXP Speed 8 debuted in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2001 and won the race in 2003. It has a strong resemblance to and shares some technology with the Audi R8C, which had raced only once before Audi dropped the project to focus on the later dominant Audi R8.

A picture of its parent - the Audi taken at Silverstone 2011


   

In 2001 Bentley returned to the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans race, after a gap of 68 years, for a planned three-year campaign with the EXP Speed 8 in the closed-cockpit LMGTP class. (This was the car produced by Carrera many years ago)
During its run, the Bentleys were the only cars to run in the LMGTP class. Two cars were entered, with one earning third place behind a pair of Audi R8s. The other car unfortunately retired after a strong run in the rain due to a fire which caused the driver to abandon the car. Bentley returned in 2002, using their new larger engine, now running a lone entry as a testbed for the evolved Speed 8 in 2003. The car managed fourth place, once again behind only R8s.


For 2003, Bentley decided that their new evolved Speed 8 would need competitive testing in order to prepare for an overall win at Le Mans. The pair of new cars were therefore entered in the American Le Mans Series 12 Hours of Sebring. Despite having to start at the back of the field due to a rules infraction in qualifying, the two cars quickly made their way through the field. The Bentleys were able to take third and fourth places, behind the factory and a privateer R8.


Returning to Le Mans with assistance from Joest Racing, a Bentley started from pole position. With no works Audi team participating, the two cars were able to lead nearly the entire event, with the #7 entry ahead of the #8, which had some electrical problems during the race. After 377 laps, the #7 Bentley successfully took the chequered flag, followed by the sister car two laps behind. This helped give the Volkswagen Group their fourth straight victory at Le Mans, split between the Audi and Bentley brands. It was the last win at Le Mans for a closed cockpit car until Peugeot's win in 2009.

Pictures of the car at Le mans in 2003 that i took on my last visit to the Iconic Race


   

                                                         

   


The car as produced by LMM is an absolutely stupendous rendition of the 1:1 car.

         

         

                       

         

         

                     



I want thank Gary Cannell for taking the time to take the pictures and sending them to us for publication. The car is available now at MRE with the members discount.

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1:1 Ferrari 125


This was the very first car to wear the Ferrari badge. The V12 engine was designed by Gioacchino Colombo with contributions from Giuseppe Busso and Luigi Bazzi. Sport and competition versions of the 125 S were built with different bodywork although the chassis and running gear of the cars remained basically identical. The 125 S’s debut on the Piacenza circuit was, in the words of Enzo Ferrari himself, “a promising failure.” In fact, Franco Cortese had to pull out because of a problem with the fuel pump while leading the race. However, over the following four months, the 125 S was back on the track 13 times, winning six of its races.

         


           



Modelant  model of the FERRARI 125 S,

Handmade in 1/32 scale in high quality resin. Production is limited and numbered to 150 units.
Modelant have decided to reproduce, two great moments of the 125 - culminating in the first race of a Ferrari, and its first victory,

Thus, units 001 to 075 correspond to the first official race of a Ferrari, on the Piacenza circuit in 1947 with the number "128",

             


and the second version, units 076 to 150 represent 9 days later, with the number "56", when Franco Cortese signed the first victory in the history of Ferrari at the Circuito di Roma. The legend had begun.


Modelant are niche producer of Model Racing cars, and have tended to produce Ferrari's, starting with the car that led to the 125 - the Autoavia 815.