After trying different layouts I have finally landed on this one, for the time being anyway. Always looking for a different drive experience.

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Track length of just short of 6 meters in an area of 1.7m x 1.2m. Average lap time of just over 3 seconds.

Here is the 1st US made electric raceway from 1912 with the original box. The cars are Stutz Bearcats. The cars and track are all metal.                        

Here is a 1/24th scale set by Scalextric containinf a Alfa Romeo and a Jaguar XKE. I also have the original pitstop crew and drivers set.                               

Here is an extremely rare 1/43rd scale set by Sanwa made around 1962-63.  You had to assemble the 2 cars ,the controller etc. 1 car is a Mercedes and the other is a offenhauser Indy car. I have 2 other cars already assembled which I show here so thats how I knew a set had to exist. Still it took me over 10 years to find the set. You will never see another.                             

Here is a MIB 1/24TH scale Honda S600 from Japan made by Kogure  

       

   

The third running of our WHO Spring stages saw 21 drivers and 56 cars take to four stages, three of which were familiar and the other - Burpham & Wepham - was built from scratch during set-up...

1. Friston Forest: SCX and Scalextric Classic
2. Jupp's Farm: Ninco off-road (updated for 2026)
3. Burpham & Wepham: Ninco tarmac
4: Johnny's Workshop (anti-clockwise): 3D printed and braid

Johnny's Workshop (clockwise) was run as the shakedown stage, with direction changed for the timed runs.

Chad joined us for his first taste of slot rally action, running a borrowed Avant Slot Toyota Yaris WRC2 and the club cars. Newer racers with only one car are now permitted to also run in the club car category. Simon M was the other contender - running his Scalextric Impreza WRX alongside the club cars.

   

Otherwise, the line up was the usual mix of stock Scalextric and SCX cars, lots of Nincos, a few 3D printed chassis conversions and some high-end SRC, Scaleauto and NSR monsters. With shakedown over and groups ready to go, it was time to get the 2026 WHO Spring Stages underway...

   

Although Farmer Jupp's cows would cause mischief all evening.

Hi,
Over the last few weeks we have been building our 6 lane Scaleauto track. 
Our old 4 lane Ninco has now gone and we are about 90% completion with our new track. 
Here are some pictures.

Apologies to anyone and everyone who has had problems getting onto the site recently, with the dreaded 403 Access Forbidden message.

It seems that the culprit was an unidentified gizmo which switched off access whilst updating, which is standard procedure and usually only lasts a matter of seconds. The problem in this case was that the pesky little critter forgot to switch the access back on again when it had finished.

I haven't yet managed to identify the guilty gizmo, but rest assured we'll be having a little chat when I do.

That particular problem has certainly been solved, otherwise I wouldn't be able to write this post and you wouldn't be able to read it. 

But I suspect that other issues have also popped up as a result, with my access to the site yesterday being incredibly slow, and peppered with security warnings, probably caches and all that nonsense. 

Anyway, last night things calmed down and we now seem to be back to normal, as far as I can tell. Let me know if you're still having problems.

There has been reference on this forum and slotforum of a new version of the C7005 retrofit SSD decoder. The new version can be identified by the white marking “11/2022”. It can also be identified by the absence of the silver cylindrical component (a 100uF electrolytic capacitor). The latter makes this a very compact retrofit SSD decoder solution.

The photo shows the top side of the decoder - including a decoder with a JST ZH 1.5mm pitch lighting socket fitted.

     

Key technical details:
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1/ Microcontroller:
16F1503 (same as C8515 rev H)

2/ Motor MOSFET:
DMN3404L
Marking “34N”
Max current* =5.8A at Vgs=10V
and 5.2A at Vg=ls=4.5V

3/ Brake MOSFET:
DMP3098L
Marking “DMB”
Max current* = -3.8A at Vgs=-10V

* when operating at 25 degrees C

4/ Four Schottky diodes as full bridge rectifier.
Labelled “SS34”
Each has a 3A max current limit giving a total capability of 6A for SSD AC drive packets.

5/ 100uF electrolytic capacitor replaced with six parallel wired MLCC (very low profile)

6/ head and tail lighting circuits which are npn transistor buffered.

Assessment:
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The C7005 rev 22/2022 has a similar footprint to the older C7005 and has a significantly reduced thickness profile due to the elimination of the electrolytic capacitor.

The new C7005 has a motor/brake current limit of circa 5A/3A (i.e. very similar to the C8515 rev H) so should be compatible with higher torque motors. It also has lighting circuits as per the C8515 rev H and so represents an excellent retrofit decoder for both F1 (due to its small dimensions) and saloon/GT cars (due to the lighting circuits).

Overall, an excellent upgrade to the C7005.

We are new here and have just picked up an unused VIP Electric Roadway Set. It all seems to be there except for the instructions, and what ever connects the track pieces. It has two cars an MGA and an Austin Healey. 

We are hosting the 75th anniversay for the Austin Healey in 2027 and would like to display this at our meet in working order and need a little help doing so.