Hey guys, I'm not exactly a newbie to the world of slot cars. Many of you may know me and my home track (Woodland Trace Raceway) from one or more of several other forums. But I have to say, what you guys have built here is undeniably awesome!! I'm totally loving the format of this website and have already spent many hours this past week perusing some of the vintage periodicals from the '60s in the Library. So much great information on this site - history of slot car manufacturers, racing history, cutaway illustrations, event calendars... I haven't even begun to explore the wealth of goodies you guys have amassed.

I'm off to start my weekend, but I will be back. I look forward to chatting with you in the forums.

Cheers,

Steve

 Hello from Woodstock Ontario

Review of  Carrera Lap counter 
      

Last  week  I  posted  a  message looking  for  one   of  the  above  pictured   lap  counters. I  received  a  link  from   member   Henk  to  contact  Klaas Bos  at  Slotrace shop in Holland .     :https://www.slotraceshop.nl/product/elek...ler-71590/ 
First  I must  thank  them  both  and  recommend  visiting Klaas' site where  you   will  find  some  fantastic  deals plus  a  virtual tour of  the  premises.
The  mail  order  experience was excellent and the parcel arrived  promptly  by  courier .
The  beauty of  this item is  its  simplicity .Firstly the instructions are  very easy to  follow .the  various  modes  are  clear  and  simple  which makes it  a  joy to  use whether  it  is  in timed  mode or  lap  count mode  .There  is  a  count down to  the  start  and  a  buzzer   for  the  finish .Fastest lap display and  final  position are  easy to access.
The unit can be adjusted to  fit  a  variety of  track widths and  in my  opinion  is  the  perfect  accessory  for  any  two lane analogue home circuit  regardless of  manufacture .
How  would I rate it against  other  similar  products  ,Compared  to  the  DS system  it  is  much  lower  tech  and  doesn't  have the luxury  of  expansion to  more  lanes  ,it  also  doesn't  have  a power off /on option at  the start or finish and  this  is of course  reflected  in the  price .It  is  more  user  friendly  than any  of  the  other  products  from Scalextric /Ninco/SCX etc and  for  me  this  is  a  big  selling  point . 
Of course  many  will  want   a computer  controlled  counter  but  not  all  enthusiasts   have  the  ability  to set  up /install /use these  race management  systems .For carpet racers the  Carrera is the  best  option as  it  takes  seconds  to install .
If  I  had  to  mark this  product  out  of  10 I would give it 10 .
Many  thanks again to  Klaas for the swift delivery and  to Henk  for the link .  

   

Team Slot 12905 Lancia Delta HF 4WD Grifone Esso Team - San Remo 1987 - Fabrizio Tabaton / Luciano Tedeschini. Available October 2020. RRP £55.95

Team Slot have just announced a third rally racing livery (plus the test car and the road car) on their lovely Lancia Delta HF 4WD - and it'll be the black and gold Grifone Esso car that Fabrizio Tabaton drove to fifth place at the 1987 Rallye Sanremo. Although there are no pictures from Team Slot as yet, we are reliably informed the model will come equipped with the light pod at the front...

   

Here are a couple of pictures of a diecast model to see what to expect...

       

Staffs Slot Cars UK are expecting the new car to arrive in early October - so there's not long to wait. It is available to pre-order now at MRE.

   

Slot.it CA44c Mercedes 190e - Ellen Lohr, winner Hockenheim DTM 1992. Available Q4 2020. RRP £62.95

The third livery on Slot.it's Mercedes 190e DTM is one of the works AMG cars from the 1992 season. The team were sponsored by the city of Berlin to back an unsuccessful bid for the 2000 Olympic Games. The signatures on the car are those of dozens of sports stars who supported the bid. The AMG-Mercedes team had a very strong line-up of Klaus Ludwig, Bernd Schneider, Keke Rosberg and Ellen Lohr.

   

Lohr was in her second season with AMG, having only turned professional at the start of 1991. Before that, she had performed well in karting and the junior single-seater classes - including a superb second place in the F3 race at the 1989 Monaco GP. When her single-seater career stalled with just one F3000 drive in 1990, she jumped at the chance to race touring cars for a works team.

1991 was a learning year for Lohr and 1992 started poorly. However, with three points finishes in May - including a second place at Avus - gave her confidence going into the Hockenheim double-header at the end of the month. In the first sprint race, Ellen Lohr became the first - and only - woman DTM winner...

   

The Slot.it model represents the car that won at Hockenheim. It has the usual DTM format of inline motor and features the new connector for easy digital conversion...

   

The Mercedes will be joined by two more DTM releases - a McDonald's Alfa 155 V6 Ti and a 'Cliff' Opel Calibra - plus the new Nissan Skyline GT-R. Pictures of all the up-coming Slot.it releases can be found here: slot.it/news

The Ellen Lohr Mercedes 190e is available for pre-order now from MRE and Pendle Slot Racing.

This is a nice kit from Pendle. It's a fairly simple build.

   

French blue.

   

The chassis.

   

Body posts installed.

   

The car is complete.

   
   
   
   
   

The aluminum chassis Bugatti pictured below came in first place against a field of all brass/wire chassis cars, white Auto Union excepted. The white Auto Union came in 3rd. It too has an aluminum chassis. Another one of my strange scratch-builds.

A well made aluminum chassis can easily earn it's place on the podium.

Thank you very kindly for looking.

   

Recently started on Sky Documentaries channel "Race to Perfection", a seven part series on the history of F1. Also available on Now TV but not on Freeview.   LINK

Its that time again !!!

How  about  a  quick  fix  for those  old   rx  type  frame  motors .
I've done  this  upgrade  many  times  but  be  aware  its  not   usually  legal for  vintage  racing but  it  is cheap and  easily  available via  Amazon.  
 
https://www.amazon.c...6Y4PPX72CN2EGFM
 
These  can be  adapted  for  other  motors   such as  Pitman, Atlas and  MRRC

Hi ..
I am Paul from Netherland (Eindhoven).. I did my first few slot races in Germany... then I started again with my Children with some mini setup for kids in home during the evening fun..
Now I am implementing one setup again.. hope I will be successful.

Kind regards,
Paul