The latest episode of this quirky murder mystery series is airing on ITV at 8PM tomorrow night with an F1 theme:

"McDonald and Dodds are sucked into the fast and furious world of Formula 1 after Bath’s famous motorsport dynasty, the Addingtons, report that their up-and-coming driver has died during a sub-3.5-second pit stop.

As an F1 fan herself, McDonald won’t let patriarch and team coach Archie Addington run rings around her, but when a significant someone from her past gets dragged into the investigation, she’s thrown off course.
But it’s one of Dodds’ specialisms that leads them to uncover the darker side of success and finally unravel the truth."

As the series is located in Bath I don't quite know how they found an F1 circuit in Somerset!

For their latest Ford Capri 2600LV, SRC has opted for a rally version.
Jean Pierre Rouget and his navigator Philippe Routier took part in the 1973 Tour de France with this car, but did not make it to the finish.
The event was a combination of a race on circuits and rally special stages and was won by Sandro Munari and Mario Mannucci in a Lancia Stratos HF. 
Here are the first photos of this stunning version, sponsored at that time by the French comedy rock group Les Charlots:
The Capri will go on sale on July 1.

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There's nothing half-hearted about the Scalextric Film & TV range. Since its official launch in 2020, there have been licensed vehicles from a whole string of classic TV and movie franchises. Although Bond DB5s have been done before, Scalextric are deep-diving into the automotive riches of the 007 universe - this 'The Living Daylights' Aston Martin V8 appeared in the 2021 catalogue as a follow up to the 'No Time to Die' version that launched the new mould. This one has "a few optional extras installed"...

         
C4239 James Bond Aston Martin V8 - The Living Daylights. RRP £53.99. Available now

The Living Daylights was released in 1987, the fifteenth James Bond film and the first starring Timothy Dalton as 007. It was the final Bond film (until the remake of Casino Royale) to be based on an Ian Fleming story. It's full-on Cold War shenanigans with KGB defectors, glamorous Russian assassins and set-piece action scenes in the Czech mountains and Afghanistan. A lot has changed in the past 35 years, but classic Bond is always highly entertaining...



The star of the Czechoslovak episode is the V8 Vantage - a production model tweaked at Q Branch with the following customisations:

• Police band radio
  
• Tyre spikes
  
• Rocket motor behind rear number plate
  
• Retractable outriggers
  
• Heat-seeking missiles behind front fog lights
  
• Lasers in front wheel hubcaps
  
• Bulletproof windows and body
  
• Self-destruct system
  

The Scalextric model references all the visible gadgets. The actual movie car - with outriggers fitted - currently resides at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, as part of their Bond in Motion exhibition. The same fictional car (B549 WUU) reappeared in the 2021 film No Time to Die, which was full of references to celebrate 60 years of Bond movies. This time, the V8 was simply a way of getting from A to B without any drama or fireworks.

Many of these Scalextric Film & TV cars will stay in their nicely-designed collectors boxes - but I have seen plenty on action on scenic home tracks. In my mind, slot cars are meant to be run - so to show of this Aston Martin V8 on a snow-covered layout would be the ultimate buzz for any hard-core Bond fan.

The C4239 James Bond Aston Martin V8 'The Living Daylights' is available to buy from the Scalextric website now - and will be with retailers over the next few days. And expected sometime over the summer is the white Lotus Esprit Turbo S1 from 'The Spy Who Loved Me', with the red 'For Your Eyes Only' Esprit S2 appropriately scheduled for the winter months. A bumper year for Bond fans.

   

   

Just announced by their UK Distributor (Gaugemaster) is a list of new SCX products for 2022. It is a modest list, but continues to expand their analogue (Original), digital (Advance) and 1:43 (Compact) systems at a steady rate. There’s also a re-introduction of an AC2car-based analogue system in 1:43 that allows two cars to lane change – it has been rebranded ‘SCX Action’.

First, lets look at the additions to the 1:32 scale Original range – including a wide radius curve, a long chicane, a brand new Cupra TCR model (with an E-TCR livery option) with a Electric vs Fuel set, plus new liveries on a range of old moulds...

   

U10401 Outer Outer Curve (8 pieces). RRP £41.95

   
U10423 Team Cupra (Electric v Fuel) Starter Set. £RRP £194.95

   
U10424 Cupra E-Racer Gené. RRP £49.95

   
U10428 SCX Vantage GT3 Gulf. RRP £49.95

   
U10429 Hyundai i-20 WRC Solans. RRP £49.95

   
U1043 Corvette C6R Skull. RRP £49.95

   
U10432 ‘Cuda Silver. RRP £49.95

   
U10434 Gran Chicane. RRP £24.95

All the Original cars above can be converted to SCX Advanced digital using the updated Advance Kit 2.0 – but they are also available as Advance models, saving £5 on the separate parts...

E10406 Advance Kit 2.0 for Car Type B. RRP £24.95
E10424 Advance Cupra E-Racer Gené. RRP £69.95
E10428 Advance SCX Vantage GT3 Gulf. RRP £69.95
E10429 Advance Hyundai i-20 WRC Solans. RRP £69.95
E10431 Advance Corvette C6R Skull. RRP £69.95
E10432 Advance ‘Cuda Silver. RRP £69.95

   
T10381 Action 1:43 Adventure Starter Set. RRP £129.95

The 1:43 scale SCX Action range re-launches a short-lived GT set that appeared in the 2008 SCX catalogue. This ran on a principle borrowed from the AC2car system that meant the two cars each ran on a separate band of AC current supplied to the track. Although not a digital system, a lane change track piece and a button on the controller allows both cars to change lanes.

That 2008-9 set wasn’t a huge success – I remember the Porsche 997 cars being sold off cheap and having the electronics ripped out so they could be run on standard Compact or Carrera Go!!! layouts. The system was sound, but the promotion was poor. It looks like SCX are giving some pazzazz to the marketing this time.

   

T10382 Action 1:43 Wireless Controller. RRP £18.95
T10383 Action 1:43 Action Guide w/Braids (3). RRP £5.95

   
T10418 Action 1:43 SCX Vantage GT3 Four B. £25.95


Finally, there’s a raft of additions to the hugely popular – and truly excellent – Compact 1:43 range. Three new sets, a brand new Cupra E-TCR and five new liveries is a decent haul for 1:43 fans.

   
C10369 Compact 1:43 Power Masters Starter Set. RRP £69.95

   
C10370 Compact 1:43 Rally Xtreme Starter Set. RRP £69.95

   
C10413 Compact 1:43 Cupra Racing Starter Set. RRP £99.95

   
C10415 Compact 1:43 Cupra E-Racer. RRP £19.95

   
C10416 Compact 1:43 Corvette C6R Black. RRP £19.95

   
C10417 Compact 1:43 Audi S1 RX KYB. RRP £19.95

   
C10418 Compact 1:43 SCX Vantage GT3 Four B. RRP £19.95

   
C10419 Compact 1:43 Hyundai i-20 RX Kwik Fit. RRP £19.95

   
C10420 Compact 1:43 Formula F Green. RRP £19.95


That’s it for now – if I get any more news on the schedule, I’ll add it to this thread.

Well the summer is here and as a thank you to all my customers we have a huge summer sale on unpainted figures. £3.99 and multi buy as well. This is madness. Free p and p with first class postage and sent the next working day.

Check it out. We have loads to choose from, click the link below

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kind regards
Mike
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Are there any simple lap counter/timer apps for Android that will work for two lanes? The one I found that looked good (LapTracker) does not seem to be available any more for Android. I have tried two others (LapTrax and SlotCount Light) I can't figure out how to work for two lanes, and I've tried some others that are made for only one lane.

Any suggestions? I run HO cars, if that matters.

Thanks.

   

Hillclimb race? Motoring show? Social event? Gathering of petrol-heads? It's difficult to accurately categorise the Goodwood Festival of Speed - but it's a magical four days at Goodwood House. Held for the first time in 1993 as a first step to get proper racing back to the Goodwood Circuit, the FoS has grown into its own internationally-renowned fixture on the calendar.

As usual, live coverage of the action on the hill - and flavours of goings-on elsewhere on the site - will be streamed via the Goodwood Road & Racing website and YouTube Channel. There's no paywall for this event - which starts Thursday morning and runs through to Sunday evening.

Everything you need to navigate those four days is here: https://www.goodwood.com/motorsport/festival-of-speed/

The GRRC YouTube Channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/GoodwoodRRC/featured

There are still a few tickets for Thursday, but the other days sold out some time ago.

Day 3 and I've found myself watching old Boney M videos on YouTube... 

56 million views in 7 years cannot lie

I'm not well

1/24 track Details at SRC P3 near Munich

Camera guys with real working cameras where the videos are transfered to a monitor!

AND a videowall behind the podium, where you can show real videos!!!!!!!

Nico

The current medical discussion about monkeypox has amused me somewhat. Apparently some people think it should be renamed as it is not normally caught from monkeys and is doing the poor creatures a disservice.

If we start down that route who knows where it will end?  Chickenpox is obviously out for the same reason but what about smallpox? I don't think you can catch it from vertically challenged people and you could be accused of 'dwarfism'. Then there is tuberculosis which is rarely caught by eating potatoes and I am sure coronavirus has nothing to do with a certain fizzy drink manufacturer.

As for bubonic plague or the 'black death' best to  avoid that topic altogether!