I know nothing about digital but if you go to the listing in the following link and click on the downloads tab there are 2 links to a manual. If you click on the second of the two links there is a ful...

When George Turner had his track he was contacted by a lady whose teenage son had autism and she asked if she could bring him along on a Saturday morning. She was a bit concerned that he may not fit i...

RS Slot Racing make a 1/43 resin kit for the Morgan SLR [Image: https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/c...-47303.jpg]

Silicon tyres put a film of silicon onto the track and will ruin the grip for urethane and rubber tyres so if you buy silicons for this car you are going o need to buy them for any others that you run...

The club nights for February 2023 are shown below. Sorry still no details for Vintage nights as the calendar still hasn't been finalised. Tuesday 7 Feb NSR F1 and Racer Sideways Group 5 Tuesday 14 ...

Still a few sets left in my local store yesterday.

Owing to events in my personal life I didn't keep this thread up to date last year but I will try to post regularly in 2023. The club nights for January 2023 are shown below. No details for Vintage n...

 When the late Colin Nichols ran the club our 6 hour endurance race became a Christmas/ New Year tradition but in recent years the event hasn't been run so on 30th December the club finished off our 2...

Pre Wing make resin kits of the BRM V16, P261 and the 3 litre H16 car but their website doesn't give much detail abut years etc. George Turner also made a BRM P25 Mike Hawthorn British GP 1956 but it...

I have never been sure why they were withdrawn in the first place. Although BRM didn't specifically state that they were a model of a specific sidecar type nearly all the modern chassis are built by L...

Quite a good attendance again last week with some close racing. Our next meeting on Tuesday 20th September we will be racing NSR F1 and a Club Class - probably Nonnoslot F1 where cars are provided...

A good attendance of 13 racers last week even though a couple of regulars were missing due to holidays and other commitments and some goods close racing as well.   I posted the wrong classes for las...

 Apologies for not keeping the thread up to date. I spent a long time building and preparing cars for the CSCRA meet at Netley in early August where SSRC was represented by Alan Shawe and myself. Unfo...

(16th-Aug-22, 10:46 PM)JasonB Wrote:  For me, the function of a bodyshell is it's form. If it doesn't look fabulous and reasonably accurate, then I don't see the point. But to be fair, that's ...

For mass production moulds are usually made from steel which is CNC machined or/or spark eroded. The video in the link explains the basics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seZqq1qxW30 Prior to CNC m...

I think the quality of 3D printed bodies varies a fair bit and the quality depends on the material used to make the print. The process is still in it's infancy and given time I am sure that the qualit...

 A lower turnout of only 9 racers last week due to holidays and Vic having problems with his sight (Let's hope they can sort that out for him) but we still had some good racing.  This week we move on ...

This Tuesday 12 July 2022 we will be racing Formula 1 1961 to 1985 [Image: https://www.slotforum.com/attachments/16...ng.311841/] and Modified NASCAR [Image: https://www.slotforum.com/attachme...

The MESAC slot track from the 60's was a similar concept but obviously it was analogue. Must have been a great place to race. https://slotracer.online/library/tracks/mesac.php

Apologies for not posting for the last couple of weeks but I have had a really nasty bug which has made me feel very ill. Covid tests all proved negative so it is a bit of a mystery. So this Tuesday...