My first scenery project of 2022. 

This year I'm gonna make small slot car dioramas with a few track pieces. First of all it's fun to do, and second I think it's great for photographic purposes.
A few pictures of the building (I'm still working on it), and  while the glue is curing / drying I made my first attempt with track painting. (Thanks to Boone's "Track Painting Series")













Above   BEFORE & AFTER  (Fleischmann track pieces)



For more details check my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKXvkmf...b4OBQ8QwKg
I hope I didn't bore you with my tinkering...

Hi,
Full disclosure, I've only joined here as I have an old Scalextric set (circa late 70's/early 80's) that I'd like to give to a good home who'll appreciate it. I remember having great fun with my Dad with it when I was a kid, but it's spent the better part of 40 years now in my parents loft.

The set is the GP1 that came with the Brabham BT45 and the McLaren M23  My wife and I have cleaned it up and tested it, and it does seem to receive power still, but it needs someone with more patience than either of us have to really test each piece of track. There are a lot of extra pieces of track as well, as my Dad purchased additional parts to make the track bigger, and an additional 2 rally cars (the Ford Escort Mexico and BMW Turbo 320). All the cars work but definitely require new tyres (as the originals have perished) and probably new metal connector brushes (or whatever those things are called).

I don't want money... it's free to a good home, but if you can't pick it up, I only ask you pay the shipping. I'm based in Chiswick, West London, W4 postcode area. I don't want to use Gumtree as there are too many people who'l take anything going, and soneone like that will probably just chuck it in landfill eventually. I do have pictures if anyone wants to see the set.

Please either PM me or reply here.

Cheers,
Matt.

   

The 24 Hours of Daytona (aka 'The Rolex 24') takes place this weekend - starting at 1.30pm ET Saturday (6.30pm UK time).

Live coverage of the race is available worldwide...

• NBC is the domestic broadcaster - available on TV,  NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports App.
  
• NENT will broadcast in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Iceland and Baltic states.
  
• Sky TV will broadcast in New Zealand.
  
• For those located where live television coverage is not offered - including the UK, Australia and Canada - IMSA.com/tvlive and the IMSA app will stream the video feed and audio commentary from the IMSA Radio team of John Hindhaugh, Jeremy Shaw, Shea Adam, Brian Till and Jamie Howe.
  

All the build-up and coverage is on the IMSA website here: https://www.imsa.com/

There's a concise preview on the Goodwood Road & Racing website here: https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/modern...a-preview/

Hi,

We are proud to announce that we are holding our Spring Stages on Sunday May 8th.

You can enter up to 4 cars. £4 per car.

We will run 3 classes :-

Classic (up to 1979)

80’s / 90’s

Modern (2000 onwards)

I will post the the full rules in the next few weeks. The rules will be to Slot rally UK spec. 

Stages will be MDF routed, Ninco tarmac, raid, snow and Scalextric. 

I will post pictures of the stages too.

Refreshments and snacks will be available throughout the day.  

Our address is :-

The Workhouse 
1 Hatherleigh Place
Union road
Abergavenny 
NP7 7RL

Any questions please ask.

We are ushering in some changes to the calendar at Viking SCC this year.  Some favourites will obviously remain, so as the year goes on you can still expect to see the likes of LMP & GT1, Slot It Group C and NSR GT3 

   

   

as well as the Modified Classes of Rally, Touring Car and LMP.

   

   

Some previous support classes also remain in the form of Classic Muscle Car, Classic Sports and NASCAR.

   

And the always competitive one make club car classes such as NSR Fiat 500's, NSR Ford MkIV's and Policar P4's will also remain.

   

   
Slot.it CA46a Chaparral 2F #15 - 24 hour of Daytona 1967. Scheduled 4th quarter 2022.

With an announcement impeccably timed for the week of the 2022 Daytona 24 hours, Slot.it have unveiled the prototype and release schedule of their new Chaparral 2F. This is what Slot.it have to say...

Quote:Here at Slot.it we have a soft spot for Chaparral cars. Actually, we've had the immense privilege of being praised by Jim Hall in person for our own version of the 2E. Now comes the 2F.

About this car, the Man himself said: "For the 1967 endurance races we built the 2F. I thought that it was pretty spectacular and quite decent-looking too. [...] The car was plenty fast with the 427-cubic-inch aluminium Chevrolet engine, but we were beset by more little nit-picking problems than anyone can imagine"--Jim Hall.

       

The 2F certainly had pace, Phil Hill and Mike Spence starting second on the grid, behind the Ford MKII of Foyt and Gurney. Hill took the lead of the race from the start and even Ford 'hare' of Andretti - given the task of breaking the Ferraris - could not keep up. But when the 2F retired after three hours, it wasn't a mechanical failure but a crash. With the new Chaparral out of contention, it was back to the heavyweight battle between Ford and Ferrari - the Italians desperate to humiliate Ford in America, as Ford has done on European soil at Le Mans the previous June...

       

Enzo's revenge was sweet - joyfully creating a full-colour Ferrari 1-2-3 finish for the sports pages. The open-topped 330 P3/P4 of Bandini and Amon winning, the P4 of Parkes and Scarfiotti second - and the NART 412P of Rodriguez and Guichet third. Will we see more Daytona '67 Slot.it and Policar models, I wonder?


Back to the model of the 2F..

Quote:For the first time in a mass produced slot car, the features that are unique to this Daytona race are done properly: the radiators, in their signature rear position, divert hot air through two tail end openings, rather than through their later, 2E style, top of rear hood.

The nose of the car is also void of the characteristic aerodynamic balance openings. Unique to the Daytona car, a rear mirror springs from the right side of the driver's window.

Nose air intake and rear motor area are also unique to this specific car. Last, 'ça va va sans dire', in classic Chaparral style, the rear wing can be moved.

       

The Chaparral is scheduled for release in the final quarter of this year. Pendle Slot Racing are quick off the mark and have the model on pre-order, priced £58.50: https://www.pendleslotracing.co.uk/slot-...-1967.html

That's £2 more than the latest Slot.it releases at Pendles, suggesting that we won't be seeing big prices from Slot.it and Policar this year.

Possibly a stupid question but previously my slot.it lexan interiors have come in black plastic so I have just detailed with some 'paint pens'. My Porsche gt1 lexan has arrived as clear plastic, the only thing I have that might be suitable is plastikote aerosol fast dry project enamel.....wil it work?

Thanks

Chaps

Result alteration for yesterdays 6hr GT3 Race

We checked the lap totals this morning and the final scores are below.
It means that NSSRC go up a place and XXXXXXX drop one.

Apologies to both teams for the confusion. 
    

Team                  Laps         Missed     Adjusted Laps

 
WOLVES               2967.545     4         2971.545

PENDLE                2943.112     2         2945.112

TUCKLE BROS       2898.83       0         2898.83

FERRETS              2773.215     4         2777.215

TRUSPEED           2763.07        2         2765.07   

NSSRC                 2665.379      1         2666.379

XXXXXX               2661.151       3         2664.151

N STAFFS             2509.172      2        2511.172

Is this scratch built or not.....?

   

Love it already!!


Nico

Hello - anyone out there want to part with the 1982 LeMans Porsche 956 winner - by slot.it - or possibly the 3 car set or any of the individual cars???