It's not exactly a secret but NSR will start releasing a Lola T280/290 in January.

The car will feature some ideas not tried by NSR before but not new ideas to seasoned racers.

The BIG sell for me is the Targa Florio liveries that will be available...

The price of a bog standard 1/32 Carrera car in the UK is £49.99. Without VAT it is £41.25.

The same car in the USA is $35.99 before sales tax which equates to £28.50 at current exchange rates.

£12.75 difference is one hell of a price discrepancy!  Rip off Britain in action or some other reason? No it is not due  to Brexit - as far as I am aware the USA is not part of the EU either.

Strangely Standard Scalextric cars are on a par price wise in both countries while Slot.It are usually slightly dearer in the USA. So why is Carrera different?

Hello all, I am looking for Robin to go in my 1966 Batmobile (Scalextric).   The frequently recommended seller "132scalemodels" seems to have become dormant, so alternative suppliers please. 
The one I can find offered by EBay seller "stor.lind" looks pretty rough to my mind.

If anyone here in the UK has one for sale, please send me a direct message on here.

Leo  (Edinburgh)

Hi,

I’m after a Ninco Porsche 911 engine cover if anyone has one?
Any colour as I’ll probably repaint the car. I’m in North Wales Uk

With thanks, Hugh

Does anyone have an SCX 60230 Cordoba?  It's the no.9 1999 Rallye Monte Carlo one.  I have a question to ask about this specific model.

Thanks in advance.

I bought an old Monogram car kit years ago for $10. The intent was to make it as a static model.

I'm sure almost everyone has had the wonderful experience of wasting time in waiting rooms for medical reasons. I had to go every week for a looong time. I decided to take the kit with me while waiting. Something to tinker with. I scraped the chrome so the glue would adhere. Removed the flash, etc.

   

The car came molded in black. Not good. I painted it Tamiya Mica blue so as not to fight the colour palette. It was somewhat dull just like most of the Tamiya metallic colours. Then it sat in a closet for a long while. I really don't need a static kit to take up space and collect dust.

Then the guys in my club started building 1/25 Boulevard Cruisers. It looked like there was hope for the old Vette. The problem is that a Corvette isn't a boulevard cruiser. However, a new class just started up called GT (Grand Touring). Any sportscar from 1950 to 1975. Rules: Any hardtop sportscar body  motor, gears, chassis, wheels. Urethane tires are a must. I saw this as an opportunity to build something new.

I brought the dull blue Vette to the cottage in October, and gave it a coat of gloss clear.

   

I measured the body and made a chassis to fit.

   

The tires were glued and trued. Followed by a quick test assembly. Axle spacers were added equally on all four corners until the tires locked into the body and held it in place. The body is just floating/stuck on the tires in the pic below. It becomes easy to figure out the length of the body posts at this point. Stick a toothpick through the body screw hole in the chassis, and measure it.

   

After the chassis is measured for body post length. The body is removed from being stuck on the tires. Body posts are cut to proper length. Then the posts are screwed to the chassis. Then 5-minute epoxy is applied to the inside of the body, and body posts. The chassis is quickly jammed back into the body. The body and chassis become self-aligning because of being under a slight pressure from the 4-tires. Once the epoxy hardens. Unscrew the posts and remove the chassis. Then remove 1mm, or 1.5mm from the axle spacers on all four corners. You end up with a perfect body/tire clearance every time. No dog-tracking cars either.

The pic below looks almost the same as above with the exception that it as been assembled and disassembled 3-times. Now it runs.

   

This is the chassis. It has a Fox-10 motor with 11x36 gears on a 26mm rear tire. It also has independent front wheels.

   
   

I tested the car with an unfinished body last Thursday. The completed car officially raced yesterday for the first time. It exceeds expectations by a mile. The driver is the only thing missing. He's still drying from wet paint.

   
   
   
   

It feels great to start building complete cars again.

Oh, I almost forgot mention. The Monogram '65 Vette static kit sucks. The left and right wheel arches don't line up with each other. The windshield doesn't line up unless you cut the front window from the back. The no-draft windows on the side don't line up no matter what you do. You only realize that the wheel arches are missaligned upon final assemby. Too late by then.

Glueing the bumpers on would be an effort in futility. They are held on by a thread. I left them off just like the 1:1 racing Vettes.

The tailpipes are cut from aluminum tubing from the hobby store. The original tailpipes that came with the kit were crap.

What started out as a box of junk is now my fastest 1/24 car. Who knew?

Thank you very kindly for looking,
Ken

Seven friends showed up at Cupcake Raceway for another fun evening of racing mayhem.

Practice (chill time) was at 5pm. Wings and fries at 6pm. Racing took place right after all the sticky fingers were clean.

Pre-war was up first. These cars are always a pleasure to drive.

   
   

Classic LeMans was up next. A stock class with aluminum wheels and urethane tires.

   
   

Then came Group-C night racing. Stock Slot.It cars with eruthane tires and lights, with the overhead lighting dimmed. Thank you to Alan for the night shot.

   
   
   

RevoSlot GT class was the last to race. Everyone loves racing these cars.

   
   

Here are some close ups of some of the scenery around the track. I'll try to put a few new scenery pics every time. Both the T32 hosts love making scenery.

   
   
   

Thank you very kindly,
Ken

   

We're back at the Barn for the first of a pair of Tin Top Saturdays. These two events feature our 3-race BTCC weekend format, a Bathurst-style late-80s Group A team race, Classic Carrera Nascars and the Muscle Car Mondiale race. The timetable will look something like this...

   

Mike has been tweaking his Meadowdale-inspired layout that was first used at our development day in April...

   

Entry is £6 adults, £4 under-16s for the full day of racing. This is not a suitable event for Digital newbies and we do ask that racers have at least one Nascar & Legends evening under their belts. No club cars are available.