Featuring three new Opels, two Porsches, two Mercedes, a Ford and an Audi, plus the latest reports from the rally proxy, some dates for your diary, and all the best slot car podcasts and video.
Slot Cars
Slot.it Porsche 962 Slot.it have published some new photos of the upcoming Porsche 962C livery. The model represents the car driven at Le Mans in 1991, finishing seventh with drivers Hans Joachim Stuck, Frank Jelinski and Derek Bell.
LMM Porsche 911 RSS Le Mans Minitaures have released the Sunoco liveried Porsche 911 RSS. Modelled on the Roger Penske car driven to sixth place in the 1973 6 hours of Watkins Glen by Mark Donohue and George Follmer. Available now.
Revoslot Opel Kadett Revoslot have released photos of the first liveries and body configurations for its new Opel Kadett; a 1979 Monte-Carlo Rally livery with Clarr-Mahuteaux at the wheel, a GT/E Coupé by Günther Knippschild at Zolder in 1980, and a historic racer from the Brno Histocup of 2014. Expected in April.
Scalextric Ford Sierra RS500 Scalextric have released Andy Rouse’s Kaliber sponsored Ford Sierra RS500 which won nine out of 12 races in the 1988 BTCC. In spite of his dominant performances, Rouse narrowly lost out in the championship to Frank Sytner and Paul Dowsett driving class B and D cars. Available from retailers now.
Seat 1400B Hobbyclassic have released a new Seat 1400B. The model represents the car raced to second place in the 1957 Montjuich Cup of Sports Cars by Juan Fernandez. It is a resin bodied car, and is a limited edition of 50 units.
Junkyard Dog Pete Shepherd of Racing Replicas has built two different versions of the same car. Built from his own shells, the two versions represent the real car as it will race in the US and the UK. Spot the difference?
Mercedes Benz Rennabteilung Avant Slot have announced new designs for a Mercedes transporter, the iconic 1955 Rennabteilung. The truck was capable of carrying a Mercedes 300SL sports car, or a W196 GP car, and was capable of 171km/h itself. Expected in the last quarter of the year.
Slot.it Audi R8 Slot.it have posted CAD drawings of a nicely detailed Audi R8. Details are scarce, but we’ll keep you posted.
Slot Racing
Rally Cars Slotting Proxy With two stages at the Send Scalextric Racing Club in Woking, the results in the Proxy Rally have been coming in thick and fast. Two very different stages were in prospect this weekend, with the cars tackling a tight and super slippery stage on Saturday, before opening up the their throttles on the Shed End Circuit.
Tracks & Scenery
Poolesville Forest 4380r has posted photos of his rare, three lane, 1/24 scale Scalextric track. Scalextric’s Super 124 system was only manufactured for two years in the late 1960s, so you won’t find many layouts like this around.
German brothers Michael and Ralf Schumacher become the first siblings to share the front row of the grid in a Formula 1 event, qualifying 1st and 2nd respectively for the Brazilian GP in São Paulo
01-04-1967
Slot.it Ford GT40 Sebring 1967 - Scuderia Brescia Corse
This Ford GT40 is modelled on the Scuderia Brescia Corse Ford - winner of the sports car class at the 1967 12 Hours of Sebring. Drivers Vaccarella and Maglioli used all their experience to bring the car home in fifth, winning their class and Brescia Corse having the honour of finishing as top Italian team.
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02-04-1926
Jack Brabham, Australian driver, twice World F1 champion, and team owner, born in Sydney, Australia
02-04-1934
Le Mans Miniatures Bugatti T59 - Monaco 1934
The final Bugatti race car of the 1930s was the Type 59 of 1934. This version of the car modelled by Le Mans Miniatures is the car driven by Tazio Nuvelari to 5th in the Monaco GP on this day in 1934. The race was won by Guy Moll, a newly recruited Algerian Driver of Scuderia Ferrari, driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3.
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02-04-1963
Mike Gascoyne, British motor racing engineer, designer, writer and broadcaster, was born in Norwich, England
02-04-1986
Fly Lancia 037 Safari Rally 1986 - Criticos / Kravos
Lancia took five of the older 037s to Kenya in 1986. Although the Delta S4 had showed impressive form since its debut at the end of 1985, the rear-wheel-drive 037 was considered a more robust choice for the punishing terrain of the Safari. The S4 hadn't been tested in Africa and was far more complex to maintain and repair. There were three fully-supported works cars for Markku Alén and Ilkka Kivimäki, Massimo Biasion and Tiziano Siviero, plus local pairing Vic Preston Jnr and John Lyall - the latter crew had tested the 037 on national events. Two identical Lancias were driven by Criticos / Kravos and John Hellier / Dave Williamson - initially looking after themselves, but after Biasion and Preston retired, they gained the benefit of full factory support.
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The SlotRacer Calendar for 2023 is now available to download and print. It has a year to a page frontispiece for easy reference, then separate pages for each month with plenty of room for your notes, reminders and the dreaded ‘to do’ list. Each page features one of Doug Johnson’s fabulous slot car photos, and the calendar prints at a standard A4 size.
Pin it to your notice board, stick it to the fridge, or keep it in a folder.