Another fun event took place at the Riverhampton Grand Prix Raceway last Thursday.

Seven friends got together and raced 4-classes of cars after enjoying a wonderful souvlaki dinner with all the trimmings.

Luckily everyone had some Tzatziki, so no one offended anyone with garlic breath. 

Up first were the Carrera DTM/GT class cars. A stock class with urethane tires. They all sound like a bag of marbles going down the track compared to other classes.

   
   
   

The pre-war cars were up next. All scratch built. Bodies were purchased from DArt Hobbies or Pendles.

   
   
   

Then came the Slot.It DTM class. There's a yellow Benz taxi in the bunch!

   
   
   

The last class to race was what we call RevoSlot Jr's. The Group-2 cars. Stock class with urethane tires. A blast to race against each other. Nice looking cars too.

   
   
   
   

As promised, pics of the flipside of the pre-war cars will be on the next T32 thread. Too many pics on this thread.

Thank you very kindly for looking,
Ken

I was not able to attend the last race. The guys were nice enough to send me some pics.

My apologies. Pics of the underside of the scratch built cars will be posted on the next race.

The day started off with scratch built pre-war class.

   
   
   

Up next were the Sports Cars. A mix of scratch built brass, aluminum, and plastic chassis.

   
   
   

Then came the Slot.It DTM cars. This is a stock class with glued and trued urethane tires.

   
   
   

The last class to race was the Group-5 cars.

   
   
   

Thank you very kindly.
Ken

We have a host and friend at T32 that's a retired bakery owner. He makes the best cupcakes, tarts, and cookies. Hence the name of his track. It's also his nickname.

Welcome to Cupcake Raceway!

   
   
   

Thank you very kindly for looking,
Ken

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I am not proud of this but I recently lost my temper with a robot!

I was sorting out the car insurance online with Aviva when something went wrong so I was obliged to speak to the dreaded chatbot. This got me nowhere as it just gave gibberish replies to my questions. Eventually I snapped, said it was F....ing useless and would it please F off and get me a human being to speak to. Surprisingly enough it did just that and a nice lady sorted my problem out very quickly. Now she may well have been a robot as well but I don't think so.

I never realised you could do this so I have tried it a couple of times on other sites and it worked there too. Just swear at the robot and it will get a nice human being for you.

A new addition to my Belga collection. Was intending to re-livery a standard Mk2 Escort but then thought I should move on to the RS2000 version so its a fantasy livery as such.

   

Morning!

After some help please. 

Our original club track we built is a four lane, routed track,  12mm mdf.  You can find it in the Show us your track section,  under Routed Raceway. 
Until last year it was permanently mounted onto a very large board,  with an electric winch system to lower it into place for racing.   It is now no longer permanently mounted, and now goes together much like a jigsaw, in 9 pieces of differing size.   
To power it up would involve soldering 154  sections of copper tape, just for one evenings racing.  They would then need removing to store it again until next time 

So, has anyone used, or come across, or have knowledge of, 6mm highly conductive copper tape that could be used without the need to make 154 soldered joints.   Just need something that will stick straight on, bridge the gap, and give us power without the need for soldering. 
 Other option is to solder one complete lane where required,  and butt each section together,  and see how it goes.....

Any help or thoughts appreciated 
Pip

Hi.
I am brand new to the hobby.  I retired fairly recently and have been attracted to slot cars for a few years.
I bought a Policar track set and some Scalextric cars but realised on setting it up, that it was too large for me to have it permanently set up, unless I use my attic, which will need a good clear out.
So in the mean time, I have bought a Carrera Go set (1/43) so I can have a permanent track downstairs.  I am lucky in that there is a good slot car dealer very close to me and also a racing club, who have open nights, once a month, for newbies.
My main interest is classic cars and in particular British cars from the 60s and 70s.  Minis, Jaguar, Aston Martin etc.  I am as interested in creating a vintage diorama and collecting period cars, as I am in the racing side.  Probably more so.
These are my first 2 minis.


I also have a couple of lovely E-Type Jags.
Huge amount to learn, especially on tuning my cars.

Cheers.

Having entered overseas proxy events in Australia and North America, it's closer to home for my next foray abroad...France, and a recreation of the 1993 Monte Carlo Rally!

Yet to commence, the entries are about to start the traditional concentration run from various locations around Europe. My Panda is setting off from Reims, the closest one to the ferry!

   

Organised by Arnaud Grimaud, there are around 22 stages being run over the coming months. There are more details here for those interested...

Rally HQ website

And here...

Facebook page

Looking forward to it!

A long shot I know but looking for a CHEAP (wrecked/non-running?) Ninco kart for spares. 

Must have undamaged, exhaust, steering wheel and drivers head please. 

Would take just the parts if nyone has some or all of them.

Thanks for looking.