https://youtu.be/09GwJh64mEg

Please see the link showing how Thunderslot has changed its motor and the way they are mounted. 

hi Guys 
as a winter project i would like to try my hand at routing a wood track to replace my current Scalextric sport layout 

my question is :-
where do i get the lexan strip to create compound curves 

i know Greg Gaub supplies these strips , but with current across pond shipping prices , i was wondering if a similar product is available in the UK 

I have tried trawling the internet , but must not be inputting the correct search criteria 

i am happy to buy second hand if someone has this strip and no longer intends to use 

or a link to the product would be great 

thankyou in advance 

Kev

           
Well this has been a lot of fun.
Creating replicas of Grant Williams other Jaguars....

Preparing for a recreation of Goodwood thrills and spills with the likes of Nick Swift, Fred Shepherd and the irrepressible Grant Williams.

They will all be racing their Scalextric representative cars in a recreation of the St Marys Trophy at Bicester Heritage tomorrow evening.

Tickets are still available Tickets

Opens at 6pm and runs till 9pm
   

You can not only have a go for the fastest lap, you might also win the chance to race in our pro-am feature race at the end of the evening and partner with a Revival Legend. Prizes for Podium placings :-)

Come and join us for some fun.

One of my enjoyments is to see what others collect and have in their collections.I think this common among most of us - if you kust look at the social media postings - it is always about, colour, make type etc etc..  essentially a split out of what you own (collect)

I would love to see yours. Yes I know it can be a pain - gotta take photos etc etc - but you gotta love it.

This is not meant as a bragging excercise (although as said we like to show what we have and look at what others have )

I will kick off.
I have gone through several collections before - I started as a collect it all and in every colour collector. But for me that got out of hand.
I Got involved with the vintage scene way back in very early noughties, and that shaped my view.
I loved the scaley set that I started with back in 64 and the cars that came out in that period - so it fitted in with my view of collecting.
I have switched to 98% 70's and before cars, with a few moderns that appeal to me - eg the current WEC. I also essentially collect what I kitbash and make as well as what others have made as well. As said I do have the Scaley cars for the 60s and I do have a penchant for Le mans Miniatures

Here are the pictures of my shelves - any close ups interest you let me know and will add.

BUT - let see yours as well please!!

Apologies if I duplicated pics - these old eyes

I hope someone has a couple of these knocking around in their spare parts trays , happy to purchase with or without motors .

Cheers
Simon .

I have been talked into attending this event - had to talked into it as we have a multitude of overseas visitors in late august and early September (and it is the weekend of the Brussels beer festival   ).

It is 2 races with Scalextric cars - 1 Class using the clamshell cars and one with powersledge. Then 2 classes - open 1/32nd cars - vintage prior to 72.

I had to trawl through my boxes in the garage to get out the Scaley cars and then to test which to use. Below are my choices based on performance

   

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the silver hong kong Johnson motors are a good bit quicker than the blue english versions, to the (then) plain red Ferrari and the Red electra are the 2 I will choose from.
I decided that I would paint the plain read Ferrari and this is the outcome :

           

My open class GT class choices are :

       

The no 26 GTO performs really well but the Cobra took a top 6 place in Bordo - so will choose once I am testing on the track


For the sports class I will probably use the 612, but for fun might use the Chappie as the wing works in racing (flops up and down at the correct moments)



           


Will take a lot of pics at the race and attempt some videos....

Will take some 1/24ths as I believe there will be some demonstration runs


       


Monogram 275 with a lot of body improvements and a Carrera Dino.

Hi again can anybody tell me is the scx sierra cosworth 64830 model still available new or is it now discontinued?

The Return of DRAWW (Seattle, WA, USA)
The Digital Racing Alliance of Western

Heyas! The pandemic pretty much killed DRAWW as it was back in 2020. I finally got my track and garage back to hosting condition and have hosted a couple analog races with EMSA, so I now feel comfortable opening it up again for digital racing!

Since 4 years is a long time, I don't expect some of the original group to return. Things change, kids grow up, etc. It's the natural order of things, and I don't begrudge them for it. That does mean, however, that we'll need more people to come join us!

If you're in the Pacific Northwest of the USA, and especially the Puget Sound (Washington) area, then I hope you will see this and decide to come and have a race. Even if you've never raced with other people, let alone on a digital track, you are welcome! If you're not in the area, but know some racers who are, please let them know about this group and post.

I'm scheduling this for Saturday, August 24th. That's just over two weeks from now. Racing will be VERY casual at first, and I will provide cars and controllers to anyone that does not have Scalextric Digital or oXigen digital cars/controllers. Please don't let the lack of equipment stop you from coming!

Doors will open at noon, and we'll race until the evening, or whenever people are tired of it, whichever comes first, but before dinner time. ;-)

I will provide pizza, drinks of all kinds, and other snacks, too. :)

Questions?

   

Sadly I have to announce that this proxy is cancelled as we did not reach sufficient entry numbers in order to make this worth running. I hope in due course we can look to see if some aspects of this proxy can be included into an alternative proxy in the future.

Just in the process of fitting a Digital Plug to the beautiful MK 1 Jaguar C4419 and was about to fit an elderly RevG chip.

Unfortunately due to the capacitor on the old style chip it fouls the internal cockpit.

Solution is to either trim the cockpit or fit the newer C8515-39-042 that has no capacitor.

Which begs the question does the newer chip run in analogue mode? As I thought the capacitor was fitted for analogue racing?