Bit of a strange one this, Scalextric have withdrawn C4308 McLaren M23 Nelson Piquet from sale.

   

Any 'licensor' issues would surely affect their other versions of the same car but they remain on sale. Mr Piquet has recently been put on the naughty step and heavily fined for making nasty comments about Lewis Hamilton though so perhaps he has been "cancelled". Should do wonders for the price of this car on eBay.

The brand new SRC Olympia Rallye 1972 BMW 2.8 CS is now available as a kit.
It is the works car of Rauno Aaltonen and John Davenport, who had to retire on the 32nd of a total of 67 special stages with a defective head gasket.
The 3,500-kilometer event took place from 13 to 19 August 1972. It started in Kiel, a city in the north of Germany, and finished in the south, in Munich, a week before the Olympic Games.

The 17000 rpm SRC M3 motor is positioned as an inliner in a separately sprung pod.
The spring-loaded guide is positioned as far forward as possible in front of the car, which makes it very stable.
The front axle can be adjusted with four grub screws; two on each side at the bottom of the front axle and two at the top.

Thanks to the Lexan interior, the weight remains just under 80 grams.
Here are a few pictures of the build process and the car ready to go:

       

       

       

I race in a group every Monday night in Shepparton, Australia. A wood track made by MrTrax in Melbourne. I have my own Carrera Track which is a 4x1.5 meters footprint. It is in my garage and I winch it up to the ceiling above my Jaguar by way of an electric hoist. All the wiring and computer parts are connected underneath the table. The track is fast with some technical parts to give racers a good challenge without magnets.

After a little sabbatical from the 1:32 scale world during covid, it has taken me a little longer to rekindle my slot track mojo.

Have had a lot of fun building a public display track that helps raise money for charity, I am now on a mission to build a Classic Car display, which at the moment is looking like a Goodwood track. All I know is, it will be big :-)

Check out www.havenwoodraceway.co.uk for more about me :-)

Thanks to Jason for all his help to create Havenwood and for being a driving force behind this forum and Ultimate Racer.

My other love of cars.... tracking my Caterham

I picked up a really cheap FLY viper today, seems very slow,  is there another quicker motor that will fit that comes with a long driveshaft for the front motor ?  Only ones I can find so far are same as is in, Mabuchi  I think . Or can the shaft be mated up to another one of higher rpm ?

A few race sequences from our last race with Mini Z bodys



Nico

           
       
This was my LAST layout. I rented space for two years, had to take it down when I lost the space.

This track is very rare true 1/24 scale (4" lane centers) Scalextric THREE lane track. Known as Scalextric's Super 124 line, the track was manufactured for only two years in the late 60's, and never imported into the US, where I am. The track was sold in two sets, as well as separate and special track sections were available.

Interestingly, the sets came with only 2 cars, and 2 controllers, and NO power supply. Scalextric recommended a separate power supply for each lane. Who would want a three lane track with only two cars and no power? Talk about a built-in up-sell.

The track takes up a lot of space, so Scalextric actually marketed it as being able to be set up, and left setup, outside. Simply wiped it down before use. With actual stainless rails, as opposed to plated, this was possible. I assembled my lot of about 150 sections total in small lots from the UK, France, Netherlands, and Spain. I know of only three other people in the US that owns any quantity of this track.

My layout had both radius turns (which could be nested to create 6 lane layouts). A lot of the shoulders were 3D printed from scans of originals. Straight sections are only 10.75" long, as opposed to the more typical 12" of most brands. While the quality of the track compared favorably, 50+ years later with Carerra or other brands, the shorter straights do make for more 'clackity clack' inherent in plastic track. Fortunately, the section to section conductivity remains the best I've seen in home plastic track.

In addition to two radius curves, special sections included hump sections to create bridges, and a MASSIVE banked turn. I owned at one time two complete banked turns, but they really didn't work that well and I sold them off.

I still set this up for special occasions. I've set it up at local slot car shows (without any scenery), and last September I set up a replica of the Lotus test track at its factory at Hethel for the annual Lotus Owners Gathering (LOG) that was held at Canaan Valley, WVA.

I do you a single modern MG variable and regulated power supply. More than enough for our club racing. PC Lapcounter race management system, running through Track-mate hardware.

I currently have about 150 sections of this track in plastic storage bins, for want of space to set up.

Hello, just stumbled onto this site today!!! Looking forward to looking around.

Like so many, I got involved with slot cars as a kid in the 60's. Didn't really do a lot of commercial racing. I lived in a rare pocket in the mid '60's in which there were no commercial slot car tracks for 100 miles in any direction.

Started with an Xmas Strombecker set, my dad eventually made me a 4 lane track out of the Kal Kar masonite pre slotted modular track sections that could be bought. I'm pretty sure he sourced the modules from Auto World.

Grew up, got out of slots, into 1:1 scale Lotus cars (my screen name is the ENTIRE VIN for an Europa I owned), until stumbling back onto them in early '90's. In 1994 co founded what became known as the Interstate Home Slot Racers (IHSR) which has continually run every year since. We race on 3 and 4 lane routed tracks in members' homes in PA, MD, WVA, and VA (hence the 'Interstate'). We run 1/32 scale magnet-less cars in several classes. Drop me a line if you'd like more info.

No doubt there are folks here with whom I've crossed paths on some of the other slot forums.

Now that the 2022 version of the Group 7 proxy is complete (in 2023!) thoughts from my perspective:
We have run 4 3DP proxies:
PPP (Porsche 356)
2 Group 7 proxies
908/3 proxy

There is now a pretty reasonable community of 3DP enthusiasts. Three years ago it was a small group. That's no longer the case, as printed bodies are commercially available from several sources.

We ran the proxies to encourage people to use their printers to enhance the slot car hobby. I am not sure more encouragement is required.

We have had wide interest, but not wide participation. We have 8-10 people consistently building cars.

3DP bodies are allowed in many other proxies now.....do they really need their own proxies?

If enough people will build cars, we can discuss having another 3DP proxy, but something other than Group 7 cars, I suspect.   
Heaven help me, I am considering Beetles.

Thoughts from others?

     

What are these red things called (not the guide!) and where can I get some please? 

I have several second hand cars where the previous owner lowered them by deleting these but the tyres rub the arches so I'd like to replace them but without knowing their name, how CAN I find them!

If they're not available separately is there a reasonably priced alternative I could try. I seem to recall mention of Neoprene or silicone? O-rings to damp out vibrations. Source? 
    
Thanks in anticipation.