Having a file clear out and a prune of the umpteen versions of various chassis and given I had some some interest in the SCX Ferrari F1/87 chassis recently, here is the STL of the torsion flex chassis version for the Boxer motor.

   

File includes the rear wing which glues to the post, and 2 off body posts to re-jig the body fixing.

   

And the SCX F1/87 shell sitting on the chassis built up with a NSR plastic track guide and Boxer motor.

Cheers
John

   

Twenty-three of us enjoyed an excellent night of Scalextric digital racing at the Barn at the start of July. Taking the opportunity to try out our WHO digital format for the first time were Chas, Dick and Jo. For the less experienced, it was the chance of some valuable track time and loads of pit stop practice.

   

We raced on a tweaked version of one of Simon's favourites, starting the evening with digital driving school for the newbies, practice for the rest of us and then into the Nascar team race...

   

As always, the carefully seeded team gave us some close racing...

   

Congrats to our winners and to all 23 racers...

         

         

         

After three rounds, the team race driver championship looks like this...

   

   

   

On Wednesday 26 August, we'll host our first WHO Dakar Rally Raid Fun Night, featuring two SCX and two Ninco off-road stages. One of the SCX stages will be reserved for vehicles with the longer drop arms (i.e. SCX, older Avant, Scaleauto Dakar, Mitoos etc.), the other three catering for all Rally Raid vehicles with drop arms and suspension. 

Suitable club cars and controllers will be ready for duty on each stage. So you don't have to have a vehicle to experience the fun. 

Although advertised as a 'fun night' there will be a competitive edge. The plan is to have at least some of the evening dedicated to timed runs.

If you fancy a trip to the south coast, let us know. Doors open at 6pm and we'll run through to 9-9.30pm. Entry is £3 for adults, £2 for under-16s.

We are at The Barn, English Martyrs Church Hall, Goring Way, Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex BN12 4UE. If you search 'Worthing HO Racing' in any navigation app, you'll find us. There's parking on the slip road outside the Barn and in the car park just next to the church. Goring-by-Sea railway station is 5 minutes walk away and various local buses (including Stagecoach 701 & 11) stop outside in both directions. The Barn is wheelchair accessible and has a disabled toilet cubicle.

Slot Car Controller Holder Evo2
No More Falling controllers! Easy to print with no supports!
Also, versions with "wings" for your black box!
https://www.printables.com/model/1800498

   

   

Our traditional summer holidays HO race is a Nascar night on the Tricky Triangle...

   

An homage to Pocono, each corner features a difference radius and angle of banking, making the layout a real challenge.

Over to Gareth for the race report...

Just thought I'd chuck this in here - fast forward to the last 2 minutes, if you don't want to hear me rattling on, and want to see a customised Porsche 911 RSR hooning around a preposterous track, instead:

Just thought I'd chuck this in here.
I'd been thinking about knocking up a model railway of some description for quite a while (I *almost* got into it as a kid, but was hampered by not enough space and not enough money/resources.
But fast forward 40 years, and I find myself with not only a reasonably spacious apartment and plenty of cash, but a wonderful sense of utter freedom having escaped from The Beast after 21 years.
And that means I can do what the bloody hell I like, when and how I like it!

So given that I've got a giant Scalextric track going on, I'm seriously into LEGO, and I needed something to scale, the LEGO train route made total sense.
Thus, I obtained a bundle of second hand stuff from eBay for 30 King-heads, and another package of track bits for 20. In the first bundle, was a basic train motor unit (the original kit was one of those 'Wild West' American locomotive sets), to which I added own diesel shunter type design, and mini shipping containers onto the basic flat wagons.
Crucially though, is the replacement power source - a phone bank charger now powers both the train and the lights.....and lasts over 36 hours 

Being not only a Scalextric and LEGO enthusiast, but also a Mad Max aficionado, I thought it'd be interesting to try and knock-up a version of Max's V8 Pursuit Special.....you know, the sexy black one with the (sadly fake) Weiand supercharger.
I used a Skyline R-35 chassis for the job, and also modified some wheels from a LEGO Mercedes F1 kit to fit, too.
The bodywork is a coloured mismatch of LEGO bits, so when it was put together, I sprayed it all satin black.
It's actually a prototype/lash-up, really, just to see if it could be done and be functional, the answer to which is 'yes' on both counts. So a better, *proper* version is incoming at some point - just as soon as I've got through the dozens of other Scalextric/LEGO/RC Car shaped projects that I've simultaneously got going on
(I don't know why I do it to myself, I really don't.... ):

Right, good morning chaps!
Now, I'm so new here, the paint is still wet.
But I thought I'd share the latest incarnation of my layout.
As I mentioned in my 'Introduce Yourself'  post, almost a year ago, I was gifted 5 full sets of Scalextric, which were a mixture of old and new track/connector type, followed by yet another kit (an old but complete Rallye Internationale) gifted by someone else, then a Jaguar XJ220/Ferrari F40 kit practically *stolen* from a charity shop for 15 Sterlings, along with lashings of separate bits-&-bobs of track from eBay, and new stuff from the model shop in town.
Predictably though, it was a tad flakey and unreliable in places, specifically due to the older stuff, so I've now completely ditched that in favour new style track now.
I also plumbed in a custom LEGO train, because why not:







And here's a leisurely drive around:



I've since altered the track a bit, and added some landscaping to it, and it's still *not quite* finished yet, but I'll be sure to post an update when it is - along with an epic short film I've got planned.