Hi Folks, While I have seen/played with a few of the pre production chassis, last week Ernie Mossetti (MRSLOTCAR) gave me a production version of the "Patriot Evolution" chassis to mess with/review.
 
 It was designed to fit ALL Slot-it Group C cars, by offering an adjustable wheel base, coupled with a unique method of attaching to the existing body posts......so,...while you can basically bolt on any Slot-it Group C car body , it will also fit a wide range of other bodies without any modifications, and for those bodies that just won't fit, you can always move the body posts a touch.
 
A few chassis specs......
 
The chassis accepts motor pods from Slot-it, Racer Sideways, and Scaleauto in any motor orientation, without any modifications.
 
The wheelbase is adjustable from 82 to 87mm...this allows it to be used with any Slot-it Group C body,......and a ton of other bodies from different manufacturers.
 
It is cut from Spring steel,...so, it is very strong and virtually immune to any permanent bending that may be caused by a bad crash.
 
Depending on the wheels and motor you use, the rolling chassis should weigh in the 62/75 gm. range. (An average stock Slot-it group C, with "S" can motor is in the 51/53 gm range.
 
The guide tongue has a 2mm fore/aft adjustment.......a longer guide tongue is available.
 
The stock guide post holder accepts either MRSLOTCAR, or, Slot-it guides......a separate guide post holder is available for Scaleauto etc. guides. The tongue does allow almost 90 degrees of guide rotation, so, "tank slappers" and broken guide blades are a non issue. (unlike most plastic car chassis)
 
****One of the issues I have at present, is that (at this time),..the front axle does not have any vertical adjustment,...so guide spacers or precise front tire sizing is required.
( A retro fit piece for this purpose is being investigated)
 
The chassis kit will come with all nuts (Nylok), screws, body mount bits, etc, to build a complete chassis....guide, axles, wheels/tires, pod , motor, etc. are not included.
 
A few pics,.....and a couple of comments on each..
 
An inline Slot-it pod installed for demo purposes,...the chassis will take Slot-it/Racer/Scaleauto pods, in any configuration.
**** Note the long length slot at the back of the chassis...this will accept varying body post locations
 

 
The wheelbase adjustment plate has "steps" (circles actually) cut into it so that once adjusted, it will not be able to "slide" out of adjustment.
Also note the "Hex" hole on the guide tongue, just behind the guide......more on this in a minute !!
 

 
While each individual tongue has 2mm of adjustment, there are longer tongues available....the kit comes with the shorter tongue.
The guide post holder is secured  to the tongue with a "C" clip. and the close tolerances result in imperceptible movement.
The kit comes with a guide post holder for MRSLOTCAR/Slot-it guides....a post holder for Scaleauto etc. is available.
One cool thing here is that the post holder rotates in the guide tongue (with almost no play)....so, the guide can be securely screwed into position, without any filing/sanding needed to achieve a very consistent/free rotation.
The "Hex" hole at the rear end of the guide tongue is the positioning point for the raised "hex" machined into the body post insert.
 

 
These are the anodized aluminum spacer tubes that allow for chassis/body mounting..they come in 4 lengths (in the kit), so that the chassis/body clearance can be adjusted.
You will also notice the black anodized aluminum bits that thread into these spacers....it is a bit difficult to see, but, these black anodized bits are machined with a raised "hex" nut shape on one side....these "hex" nut shapes fit into the hex shape cutouts on the chassis to 1/position the body, and 2/ to ensure the inserts to do twist/move in the spacer tubes when the body mount screws are attached /removed.
The supplied body mount machine screws (included) hav been treated on the ends with "blue" locktite , so that the screws will not vibrate out. (This locktite coating will not obviously last forever, so at some point these screws will need to be re coated,...either with locktite or a drop of ShoeGoo etc/)
 

 
Just for demo. purposes, I have attached a spacer tube  (it just screws on) ) to an existing body post...then the little black "Hex" piece is threaded into this tube and .....the body screwed to the chassis. (Final body mount screws are also included with the kit. The black anodized aluminum "Hex" inserts allow for very fine adjustments in body ride height,
 

 
So,.... my thoughts,....some parts are very well thought out, and with a precision not seen in the plastic car market, so, from a "tech" perspective it will certainly attract buyers,....particularly those that currently buying  3D chassis , or those that are in the "scratchbuilt" (but without the skills) group.
And while it does perform very well indeed, for the elite racer, I think the chassis still needs some fine tuning,..an adjustable front axle system, and some method of adjusting torsional stiffness (both are in the works, and will be sold as add on pieces).
 
The kits should appear quite soon (announcement coming), and while I have been given a fairly good indication of pricing ,....I am not a liberty to let you know.....sorry.
 
Any further questions,..please let me know, and I will pass them on.
 
Cheers
Chris Walker

Sad to hear that Ginger Baker has passed away.

I imagine there are a few of us who are old enough to remember what an influential and brilliant drummer he was.

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my question: 
does anyone else but me see the difference between the 2 chassis variants?
personally i like the view of the steering chassis. 
the intention is to simulate the effect the driver does in every car and bike - take a look into the corner before actually entering the corner ...
it the height difference obvious in the videos?

My Dog Minton has eaten all of my shuttlecocks ...….  Bad Minton

Hi to All. right the the point. I have almost finished our racing season and as always some cars have lost bits usually back wings have broken off and of course wing mirrors. so my question is how can I make my own, to buy these parts are quite expensive and that if you can buy them. Scalextric are better that most, (maybe as you would expect) but some other manufactures are quite hard to find the right parts. anyway can we please have a think and find somehow to make at least the back wing, or maybe you have the same problem and have found a way to make these parts. 

Thank you for reading

Martyn 

There is hope of a revival of Scalextric in Spain (SCX) as their website features new 1:32 cars and stuff.
They have always had a tendency to include rally cars and such and new items include Lancia Fulvia Coupe and Lancia Delta integrale "Safari".

"Available Soon"    https://scx.es/en/original/original-cars/  

I assume "original" translates to "1:32" as that was the scale they started out with.

I found a couple of the Deltas on Ebay.es  but have hesitated as I don't think that any have been issued yet...

Leo

   

   

   

   

   

Hi. I am planning to build me a scenic track. 
More like a rally track than a raceway. And I want to decorate it. Like I want the pit lane to go to a fuelstation or so, instead of a pitbox. 

I have about 4 x 1.8m but i will not be able to reach over all so I am thinking an L shape with 4 meter x 1.3 and the _ of the L will be 1.8m. 

There is a lot of talk about flow. I dont know what the "flow" is or how you define it. 

I am mostly alone driving and I have a scalextric digital set with the 6 port powerbase and USB contact to plug into a pc. I have not tried the USB part yet. But I am a fan of the cross tracks and pit lane. 

I have drawn a lot of tracks on paper. But I dont have any experience in building tracks. 

Anyone who want to take part in this procces? 

Regards
Jan-Eirik

Gaugemaster - one of the main slot car distributors in the UK - sent us some news of up-coming releases to put on the list for Santa...

Christmas is coming! And that means its the season for Slot cars. No really it is, most slot accessories and nearly all the sets are sold over this period. Okay, so Ninco is off the radar at the moment as far as sets are concerned but will still should have the great value Policar sets here in time for the festive period.

   
POLT001A   Retail £99.95

On the subject of Policar, their excellent range of high detailed Classic F1 cars is soon to be expanded by the release of the Jean-Pierre Jarier March 701 that the Frenchman raced at Monza in 1971.

   
POLCAR04D  Retail £59.95 - Due Soon

While there will be more liveries of this car and their excellent Lotus 72, all eyes will be on Policar's next Classic F1 release the Ferrari 312B2, which now sadly won't make it to us before Christmas but certainly very early next year.

   
Ferrari 312B2 F1 from Policar - details to follow

Classic Formula One seems to be the popular choice at the moment for slot cars and Fly are producing models in both plastic and in resin. Soon to be with us will be the Hesketh 308, made famous by James Hunt.

Being assembled in Madrid as I write this, is a resin bodied Surtees TS19. By using resin it means that one avoids the massive costs in making injection mould tooling, and therefore allows manufacturers to produce smaller runs on cars that would not normally see the day as a ready-to-run slot car model. This car's sponsor caused controversy - the BBC thought it too offensive for prudish viewers and would not televise races that the car appeared in. There will be just 150 of each of these models produced by Fly and with so many F1 collectors out there I dont think they will have trouble selling them.

   
FLYRW03-1 Surtees TS19 Monaco GP 1976 Alan Jones   Retail £145 very Limited


On the subject of Limited Editions and Mr Surtees, we have received our special commission from the Italian manufacturer Thunderslot. In 1967 Surtees entered two Aston Martin powered Lola T70's into the Le Mans 24hrs. Thunderslot cars are primarily for racing but we saw a opportunity to appeal to collectors with this special livery, the only time the Surtees Lolas raced in green.

         
TSLUKLTD001 Lola T70 MkII Le Mans 1967 - UK exclusive only 200 units   Retail £89.95

And finally... we have this fabulous model from Le Mans Miniatures made in resin and by default a Limited Edition. All of LMM's models are hand built and are rarely repeated. This time we have a Porsche 917LH from Le Mans 1971 resplendent in the correct Martini livery. Not bad price either for such an exclusive model.

   

   
LMM132086/21M Porsche 917LH Le Mans 1971    Retail £105.00

Until next time...

Terry

Gaugemaster: www.gaugemasterretail.com

Would like to introduce JS Chassis design, a home hobby group supplying 3d printed chassis’ for old and new Scalextrics, Fly, SCX, Ninco,  Carrera, Teamslot, Pioneer, Advant and the Supershells range of F1 & GT shells plus a range of bodyshells. 

Currently we are residing on Facebook with our JS Chassis page where we post regular update on new chassis’, take requests and otherwise show case the products.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334624240364589

The current range has over 250 chassis’ listed with permutations of motor orientation (AW, IL & SW) on many of these using our own pod system which is integral to the chassis on torsion arms (suspension feature) or using the Slot It Touring pod. Where possible the chassis’ are offered with a range of motors from the FF50 (slimline), FC130 (black stripe Scalex etc), the FH180 (Boxer),  FK180 (short can) SCX RX4 and the Kart motor.

A full list of chassis, bodies and spare parts can be found in the PDFs in post 3 of this thread.


Some examples of cars built up with JS chassis' by the group and customers.

SCX Audi Quattro with the 4WD chassis on the Shepton Rally stage
   

4WD chassis

   


Steering chassis either as an adjustable as shown or option for chassis.      

Video of the steering chassis by Andy Broster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGyWWVC5r_E

   


Scalex Mini Clubman (IL FC130)

   


Scalex TR7 (IL FC130) not looking like a pickup truck………

   


Scalex Escort Mexico

   


Scalex MG Lola with wing (AW & IL FC130)

   


Carrera Daytona (IL Boxer & FC130)

   


Scalextric BRM P180 with FC130 chassis

   


Supershells Lotus 30 and JS chassis (SW FC130)

   


Group 5 conversion kit & chassis (AW/IL) for Scalex XR3i (Pic courtesy of Nigel)

   


Range of wings for Scalex and other makes, (GT, Tourer, DTM and below).

Australian V8 range.

   

Scalex F1 range

   


Range of bodyshell kits with chassis'

Hillclimb Wanglia (Pic courtesy of Nigel). Body & chassis kit with interior (IL/AW/SW options)

   


Golf Mk1 Group 5 (Pic courtesy of Nigel). Body & chassis kit with interior (IL/AW/SW options)

   


Mayterham 7 3d printed body & IL FC130 chassis (Pic courtesy of Silverwood Raceway)

   


LMP 3d printed body and AW FC130 chassis (Pic courtesy of Silverwood Raceway)

   


Homage to the Shadow DN4 3d printed body & chassis (Pic courtesy of Danny from Avon Slot car club) 

   


Homage to the Lola T260 3d printed body & chassis (Pic courtesy of Danny from Avon Slot car club) 

   


Homage to the 917-10 3d printed body & chassis (Pic courtesy of Danny from Avon Slot car club) 

   


Homage to the BRM P154 3d printed body & chassis (Pic courtesy of Danny from Avon Slot car club) 

   


Schkee Lola body kit available with AW or IL Boxer or S can chassis.

   

   

Lola T333

   

Generic 1/24 F3 car body & chassis kit

   

NASCAR Truck kit (chassis, body shell & interior/driver)

   


Chassis’ & body shells can be ordered via the FB page following the details in the stock list PDF pinned under Featured on FB or from the PDF on post#3  using the this forums messenger or FB Messenger. 



Cheers
             John.

Would like to introduce JS Chassis design, a home hobby group supplying 3d printed chassis’ for old and new Scalextrics, Fly, SCX, Ninco,  Carrera, Teamslot, Pioneer, Advant and the Supershells range of F1 & GT shells plus a range of bodyshells. 

Currently we are residing on Facebook with our JS Chassis page where we post regular update on new chassis’, take requests and otherwise show case the products.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334624240364589

The current range has over 250 chassis’ listed with permutations of motor orientation (AW, IL & SW) on many of these using our own pod system which is integral to the chassis on torsion arms (suspension feature) or using the Slot It Touring pod. Where possible the chassis’ are offered with a range of motors from the FF50 (slimline) to the FC130 (black stripe Scalex etc) and the FH180 (Boxer) & FK180 (short can).

A full list of chassis, bodies and spare parts can be found in the PDFs in post 3 of this thread.

Some examples of cars built up by the group and customers.

SCX Audi Quattro with the 4WD chassis on the Shepton Rally stage
   

4WD chassis

   


Steering chassis either as an adjustable as shown or option for chassis.      

Video of the steering chassis by Andy Broster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGyWWVC5r_E

   


Scalex Mini Clubman (IL FC130)

   


Scalex TR7 (IL FC130) not looking like a pickup truck………

   


Scalex Escort Mexico

   


Scalex MG Lola with wing (AW & IL FC130)

   


Carrera Daytona (IL Boxer & FC130)

   


Scalextric BRM P180 with FC130 chassis

   


Supershells Lotus 30 and JS chassis (SW FC130)

   


Group 5 conversion kit & chassis (AW/IL) for Scalex XR3i (Pic courtesy of Nigel)

   


Supersport Wanglia (Pic courtesy of Lee) Body & chassis kit with interior (IL/AW/SW options)

   


Hillclimb Wanglia (Pic courtesy of Nigel). Body & chassis kit with interior (IL/AW/SW options)

   


Golf Mk1 Group 5 (Pic courtesy of Nigel). Body & chassis kit with interior (IL/AW/SW options)

   


Mayterham 7 3d printed body & IL FC130 chassis (Pic courtesy of Silverwood Raceway)

   


LMP 3d printed body and AW FC130 chassis (Pic courtesy of Silverwood Raceway)

   


Homage to the Shadow DN4 3d printed body & chassis (Pic courtesy of Danny from Avon Slot car club) 

   


Homage to the Lola T260 3d printed body & chassis (Pic courtesy of Danny from Avon Slot car club) 

   


Homage to the 917-10 3d printed body & chassis (Pic courtesy of Danny from Avon Slot car club) 

   


Homage to the BRM P154 3d printed body & chassis (Pic courtesy of Danny from Avon Slot car club) 

   


Schkee Lola body kit available with AW or IL Boxer or S can chassis.

   

   


Chassis’ & body shells can be ordered via the FB page following the details in the stock list PDF pinned in announcements or using the this forums messenger.



Cheers
             John.