We're back at the Barn on Wednesday for the finale of our 2024 WHO Mod and WHO Tuners championships.

   

We also round off our retrospective of Simon's 2018 Mod tracks, finishing with his July 2018 layout.

   

The second running of the WHO Birkett Relay is coming up soon on Saturday 12 October.

This year it becomes a six-hour relay race, just like the real event at Silverstone organised by the 750 Motor Club.  Here's a video overview of the real event...



We do simplify things by choosing six classes of WHO Digital racing cars that each of the six teams must run...

   

These can be run in any order, but must complete a full 'hour' race. We set up six separate 58 minute races in RCS64 with a two minute turnaround when each team's new car is placed exactly on the same spot as the previous car stopped.

We also run a Scratch Race and a Handicap Race. This is how the extra laps are awarded this year...

   

And we will be running on one of Simon's track layouts this year, an evolution of his design for our August test night...

   

Teams from 2023 have been given first dibs for a spot on the grid this year. Team names and captains will be announced soon. Extra drivers will be allocated on the day.

Entry is £6 for adults and £4 for under-16s. We do ask that all racers aged 13 and under bring a responsible adult with them.

I just wondered how fiting Scaleauto rs200 with a 22500rpm 430cm/g SC-0029 motor would be result? I know it's ott power wise but could gearing be able to tame it in any way so it would be any good for rally slots?

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Another birth year car, this time a Scalletti Arrow C26 from 1972. As per my other BY car, this is destined to be a shelf queen. In original condition with a repro box.

   
   

I did however get a really cheap second car that once I'd removed most of the thick brown gloss paint from I made into a working car to be abused using bits and pieces from the spares box so 100% not original


   
   
   

Plain...

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Please see attached report fro Small World Can Am Races September 24.

I would like to offer a huge thank you to Jason for opening this area up to our club. 

A few members still have some details to iron out like choosing an alias. That being said, I'll start with some pics of the the race from last Thursday (Sept 19, 24) at the Riverhampton track.

There were seven of us in attendance. The cars are positioned where they finished in the race. Where you see more than 7-cars on the track, a backup was used to finish the race.

First class to race was Trans Am. Mostly stock Scalex/Pioneer cars with aluminum wheels and urethane tires.

   

Next up were the scratch built pre-war cars. These cars are very cool to see going down the track. Like a moment out of history. One of the Auto Unions had a bad crash and hit the floor. The driver just blew the dust off the braids and kept right on racing. They look fragile. But they're not.

   

The next class we raced was Slot.It DTM. Achtung Baby! Slot.It cars always drive well.

   

One of the Opels had a front body screw come loose and drop out the bottom during a race. The car sounded like it hit a wall. But it was still in the slot. The driver had to use two hands to pry the car from the track. The body screw was reinstalled. About a lap later a few other things decided to come loose.

   

The last class to race was Revoslot GT. They're very easy to drive.

   

This is my first race report. My apologies if it's a little boring.

I look forward to being able to post the screen shots of each race after everyone chooses an alias, and/or creates an account.

Pics of the two tracks we race at will be posted shortly.

Thank you very kindly for looking,
Ken

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Hi I'm not really about at moment but have been online & seen a Carrera Ferrari fxx-k evoluzione. I really like the look of this model but have mixed opinions on Carrera. Can anybody give me advice on how tunable they are & for this model any info on upgrade parts.

A FB message for Sideways last week suggested they have found a new factory that is allowing them to up the quality of their liveries, example below.

   

Along with the recent Slot.it GT3 liveries, it seems like the bar is being raised.