BRM Slot Cars
Modern slot versions of BRM cars are a bit thin on the ground with just three complete cars in current production at the time of writing although there are many bodyshells/kits available. If you wish to acquire a collection then you will need to seek out obsolete models and/or build your own. Quite a few have been made over the years and many can still be obtained at reasonable cost via the usual channels (eBay, dealers, swapmeets, etc) but some are exceedingly rare, do not surface very often and command premium prices.
Here are the known 1/32 scale ones.
Type 15 V16 1.5 litre supercharged (1947-53)
This has never been produced as an RTR and bodyshells/kits are also thin on the ground with just one in current production.
AA Bodies
Resin body, long out of production and very difficult to find.
AA Bodies Type 15
Pre Wing
Current production, resin body.
Pre Wing Type 15
P25 2.5 litre inline 4 (1955-1959)
Two complete cars currently available and some bodyshells/kits. Many versions made in the past though which are relatively easy to obtain.
Cartrix
Current production, two versions.
Cartrix P25
Scalextric
Obsolete but many thousands of these survive, so relatively easy to find.
Three types to look out for:
- C59 original, pin guide, RX motor.
- C89 ‘Race tuned’, blade guide and uprated motor.
- C98 ‘Power & Glory’ reissue with modern guide and motor.
Also made by Scalextric (France) in various colours, rare.
Scalextric P25
Pre-Add
Complete kit, current production
Pre-Add P25
Betta & Classic
Fibreglass body, current production.
Betta & Classic P25
George Turner Models
Out of production complete kit. Rare.
George Turner Models P25
P48 2.5 litre inline 4 (1960-61)
Just one current production bodyshell available plus an obsolete kit which is as rare as the proverbial rocking horse poo.
Slot Car Legends
An obsolete and very rare kit.
Slot Car Legends P48
John Warren
Bodyshell kit, current production.
John Warren P48
P57/578 1.5 litre V8 (1961-65)
There are no current RTR versions of the P57 or P578 but, as it was their most successful car, several were made in the past and there is even a 1960s kit surviving to this day which is readily available.
Original Policar/Polistil
(not the current incarnation) Rare RTR from the 1960s.
Policar/Polistil P57
Scalextric
C72/85 - Part of their Formula Junior range, cheap entry level cars made in the hundreds of thousands which can be picked up for next to nothing from car boot sales etc. Although later referred to as a P57 Scalextric never actually gave a BRM reference number for this car and just catalogued it as a BRM F1. It is not the most accurate model and could just as well be the earlier P48. The two are quite similar in shape.
Scalextric P57
Strombecker
Rare.
Strombecker P578
VIP
R63 Long obsolete but can be found with a bit of effort.
VIP P578
Super Shells
P578 complete kit. A strange survivor, Super Shells closed in the late 60s but large quantities of new old stock are readily available today. Can be built as early ‘stack pipe’ or later version.
Super Shells P578
P261 1.5 litre V8 (1964-68)
Bodyshells and kits are currently available but only one RTR version was produced.
Airfix/MRRC
Both RTR and ‘Clubman Special’ kit versions of this were made. Long obsolete and quite hard to find (especially unmade kits) but they do appear occasionally.
Airfix/MRRC P261
Betta & Classic
Fibreglass body, current production.
Betta & Classic
Pre Wing
Resin body, current production.
Pre Wing P261
Super Shells P261
Another survivor from the 60s, complete kits currently available.
Super Shells
P83 H16 3 litre (1966-68)
Only one RTR version of this was made in the 1970s but it has been reissued in the not too distant past so relatively easy to find. Two bodyshells are also in current production.
Scalextric (Spain/Mexico)
C37 original Spanish model by Exin Scalextric. Not plentiful but can be obtained at a reasonable price if you are patient.
4037 Made by Mexican factory, often in weird colours. Rare.
Scalextric P83
62550 Vintage series re-release of the original from SCX Tecnitoys in 2007. Incorrectly catalogued and promoted as a P261.
Surely some mistake! Read the full story of the SCX marketing muddle.
SCX P83
Betta & Classic P83
Fibreglass body, current production.
Betta & Classic
Pre Wing
Resin body, current production.
Pre Wing P83
P133 V12 3 litre (1968 – 1969)
A single bodyshell is the only example of this version.
Betta & Classic
Fibreglass body, current production.
Betta & Classic P133
P153/160 V12 3 litre (1970-1971)
Scalextric made the only previous RTR version, long obsolete but very plentiful and easy to obtain. Policar have recently released an excellent modern version though. There is also a P153 bodyshell currently available.
Scalextric
C51/C103 Obsolete but very easy to find. There were several different fantasy liveries produced but just one genuine Yardley sponsored car.
Scalextric P160
Policar
PC-CAR 08a BRM P160 No.14 Yardley Spielberg GP 1971, current production.
Policar P160
PC-CAR08b BRM P160 No.17 1st Monaco 1972, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, current production.
Policar P160
Policar may have other versions in the pipeline and they also do a white kit for home decoration.
Betta & Classic
Fibreglass body, current production.
Betta & Classic P153
P180 V12 3litre (1972)
Just one, not entirely accurate, RTR made by Scalextric (France) plus a current vacform body shell are the only examples of this car.
Scalextric (France)
C101/090101 Long out of production but not too hard to find.
Scalextric P180
Betta & Classic
Vacform body, current production.
Betta & Classic P180
P201 3 litre V12 (1974)
Just two versions of this, an out of production RTR and a current vacform body.
Nonno Slot
Obsolete and very difficult to find.
Nonno Slot P201
Betta & Classic
Vacform body, current production.
Betta & Classic P201
