This coming weekend is the 24th edition of the well known vintage slot car meeting in Bordeaux.

The theme this year F1 - up to and including 1972.

   

I will be attending and will do a lot of uploads of the competitors and their cars :)

   

Four of us returned to the delightful St Peter's School in Farnborough - the home of Farnborough Park Scalextric Club and also where WHO stalwart Gareth was a pupil back in the 80s. This was the second round of the 2025 Slot Rally GB Championship, sponsored by Staffs Slot Cars UK. Our trip was the sequel to last autumn's Five Go Mad in Farnborough, with Mike D missing from the line-up this time as he his day of T20 cricket took priority. That meant Jeremy kindly picked up the other three WHO racers from the Barn and swapped a boring drive on the A23, M25 and A3 for a thrilling jaunt on country roads through the West Sussex / Hampshire badlands.

We arrived in one piece and perfectly on time, commandeered the teachers' staff room as WHO HQ and were soon on the stages. Jeremy and myself would join local Farnborough racers Lawrence and Toby, with Terry and Phil racing in a group of five. Here are our cars, with Jeremy's in the cardboard box...

       

The eight stages were spread over two classrooms this year and our plan was to whizz round one room and perhaps add a stage from room two before lunch. That all depended on Lawrence not being called into action, fettling the stages. He is the caretaker of both the school and all the club tracks stored in the cavernous basement.

   

Stage One for us was School Park, a Scalextric Sport figure of eight that also serves as a public track at school events. It proved a nice shakedown stage to get us all up to speed...

   

My quartet of cars began with an SCX Abarth 124, progressed to the Ninco Porsche 911SC, Avant Slot Galant and Ninco Subaru...

   

On that first track, that progression worked to plan and the 7-lap times were progressively quicker.

Stage Two was 'Snow' - an end-to-end SCX Classic layout...

   

This was the one stage that required some serious work to get it going, so it was most convenient that Lawrence was in the first group to race on the track. After a hunt for a missing soldering iron and a bit of lateral thinking, Snow was running smoothly for me and Jeremy, although Toby and Lawrence weren't entirely happy with their controller and car combinations...

   

Next up for us was the delightful Hill Farm - a routed track with some superb scenery and a tricky succession of hairpins climbing a hill. This is one of Lawrence's masterpieces...

   

Lawrence and Toby finally sorted their controller issues on this stage, with some good times for all of us. I seem to remember I struggled on this stage last year - possibly trying to drive it too fast. I tackled it in a more measured way this time and scored the only sub-60 second run of our group with the big red Galant...

   

My Subaru took a few tenths out of Jeremy's Peugeot 208, a WHO Modern Class battle that was shaping up nicely...

   

That one done and dusted, we moved on the the final stage in the first room - the Car Park. This was updated from last November, sporting a newly painted road surface, new copper tape and a rather necessary retaining wall installed around the edges. It remained an mind-boggling array of loops...

   

I can't say I enjoyed this stage last time, but something clicked on a second running. I got progressively quicker, finishing with a nice run for the Impreza...

   

The first room done and dusted, we decided to tackle one final stage before lunch. The Airfield was free, so we jumped on there...

   

I was first up and 'cleaning the stage' on this one - as I did on School Park earlier. Whether it was going first, or the need for lunch, this wasn't my best stage of the morning - I misjudged braking points at the end of the straight and was concerned I was well off the pace. It turned out that I wasn't too shabby, but could have done better...

   

However, this is a visually stunning stage (another of Lawrence's creations) and had new aircraft models added since last time, plus a fully-featured driver station hidden in the control tower. Both Jeremy and I took the opportunity to take some photos before retiring to the staff room for lunch...

   

Looking to buy

Scalextric Mercedes AMG - Wynns C4205

Please contact me

adic8636@bigpond.net.au

Hi,
I'm from France, near by Paris.
I used to race on classic Ninco or Carrera tracks but now I prefer Rallye Raid with Ninco or SCX tracks. At home I dont have the place to install my tracks. I have them so its a dream to install one of them... maybe into the next house, but far away from Paris. Maybe I'll install my digital Scalextric track... or not. I'll see. And I'll have decorations.
I have many cars - to many regarding my banker, but not for me !
I ride without magnet.
I'm here to learn, to share, to discuss about our passion for slot cars.
See you soon ;-)

I don't understand French...but the racing action is worth watching and listening to

Australian V8 wing set

Over the last few years I have created and printed various wings for the Australian V8 cars mostly for a local club that races the V8s. Below is this collection in two sets of STL files containing 10 off wings for various V8 cars as identified below.

   

There is no support structures in the files just the wings themselves, so can be adapted for either resin or FDM filament printers as required.


For FDM printing most of the files will sit flat on the bed using the trailing wing edge, the curved wings will need supports added in the slicer or custom supports in CAD.


Cheers
John

Australian V8 Wing set 2.stl Size: 2.06 MB  Downloads: 13

Australian V8 Wing set 1.stl Size: 2.57 MB  Downloads: 9

   

The third round of our 2025 GT Championship saw 17 racers take to the grid. That gave us five Pro-Am teams, plus a strong Am pairing of Stephen and Scott driving the MOZZIE Aston Martin...

   

Simon had designed us a fast track that pretty much filled the Barn, despite only being 85-feet in running length...

   

Mike, Andy and Oliver built the track in good time and we were ready for practice, Superpole and the race...

   

Our six drivers in qualifying would all take the first stint of the race. As always, Ollie found exceptional pace in the two-minute session and put the new Mustang GT3 on pole position...

   

With the entire field separated by less than a second, it promised to be an exciting 700 laps to come...

   

Carrera Digital D132 D124 Wireless+ Handle Accessory
Turn your plunger controller into a trigger controller!
NO HARDWARE REQUIRED!  NO DAMAGE TO THE CONTROLLER!
   
https://www.printables.com/model/1303295

Got this little lot from the back of a van at the recent Gaydon Slot Car Festival!

       
Mostly common Tyco 440X2 'racing' cabs.                           Mix of US1 and 'racing' trailers. Two top right I've been after for a while.
       
Stock & custom trucks on US1 chassis.                               Bought from same seller prior to Gaydon but picked up at the show, Jeep came in a trade from a fellow exhibitor and is fully lit. Black Peterbilt cab and trailer were in with the bulk purchase and are likely a pre-production Goodwrench test shot.

Hello all, I'm currently selling all of my 1:32 scale cars. Some are already posted, some not yet. Here's links to the current sales on another forum. I'm doing it this way to save time having to recreate each individual thread. If you have questions, send me a PM, or feel free to comment. Also, if you want to know whatever else I'm selling, let me know. It all has to go! Thanks!!

7 Slot.It, 4 Fly Trucks, a MrSlotcar Marlboro McLaren, and a custom 1:24 scale Porsche (Analog cars, some with lights)

Fly box set TEAM-11 Porsche Carrera 911 RSR Martini

Fly box set TEAM-4 Porsche 917K with all 3 cars

Fly box set S23 Porsche 917K & Ferrari 512S CL

3 Classic Fly Cars BNIB (Lola/Ferrari/GT40)