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Things have been fairly quiet from AFX Racemasters recently. The Nevada-based outfit - who run the slot car side of the huge Tomy corporation - haven't released a new model for what seems like ages. However, three new classic American muscle cars have just been announced...

       

The first is a 1970 Chevy Chevelle - mounted on the 1.7 Mega-G+ chassis. This livery will appear in the new 'Big Block Battlers' set, an exclusive to Horizon Hobby in North America. The Chevelle will be accompanied in the set by a red Ford Mustang BOSS...

       

These are pictures of pre-production samples, so there may be slight changes in the final release.

The second new car is Chevy Corvette...

       

Technically, those are two new cars - the yellow one a 1968 327 'Vette and the blue a 1969 427 model. Both are hand-painted prototypes, so expect cleaner and more detailed finishes on the final product. These two 'Vettes will be released in a new 'America's Sport Car' set sold exclusively through RC SuperStore in North America. The 'Vettes are built to fit the 1.5 Mega-G+ chassis - and will probably be backward compatible to most of the old Tomy AFX and Aurora AFX chassis - as well at the Viper V1 and V-Jet.

The Chevelle and the Corvettes are moulded in clear plastic to give clear windows - and are fitted with an interior tray. AFX promise more liveries on the Corvette and Chevelle bodies will be available in 2021 as both set and individual cars.

The AFX website is afxracing.com. Some AFX cars are available in Europe via Slot Car Direct in the UK (here) and H0Slot in Switzerland (here).

Thanks to Charlie at AFX for sharing the photos.