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Last time, Marc and Ric -  the Slot Car Magazine team - were celebrating 60 issues. This month, it's ten years. Bravo! The May edition is full of great stuff (contents below) and will be available very soon from Pendle Slot Racing (pendleslotracing.co.uk/brand/slot-car-mag). The ebook edition is ready now and costs a mere £1.55 from Lulu here.


Contents of Issue 61 - May 2021

• 02 – SCX BMW M3 by Hub Habets. A look at a golden oldie. Hub takes great delight in blasting the last normally-aspirated WRC winning car around his home tracks.
  
• 07 – BEAMER BOOMERS by Tony Di Pastena. Tony reviews the BRM 1/24th BMW 2002Ti. As ever, stand by for Tony’s tinkering, tuning, tests and top tips!
  
• 12 – HEAVY METAL BANNED by Marc Abbott. Scared of the heavy metal music coming from the RevoSlot cars? Well, Pendle Slot may just have the answer to calm your ears...
  
• 14 – LANCIA DELTA S4 by Hub Habets. Hub with a detailed examination of SRC’s latest rally release, a tribute to the winner of the Rally Costa Brava 1986.
  
• 16 – WINTER RALLY-SPRINT pt2 by Andy Player. The cars return to Brighton to tame Devil’s Dyke, traverse the Ninco Rocky Road and slide straight into the Pavilion Ice Rink.
  
• 18 – SCALEXTRIC BATMOBILE by Andy Player. Holy time travel issues, Batman! Straight from the Bat Cave, Andy is given a pre-production Batmobile to review... he ain’t no Joker!
  
• 22 – CLASSIC 1/24 CARS by Rui Costa. Months of prep, knocked back by Covid restrictions, haven’t deterred the Guimarães Slot Car Club in Portugal. It’s finally a green light!
  
• 25 – SHEER MAGNETISM DARLING by Ric Woods. Worried that your competitor might be too attractive? SRC have introduced their own “Magnet Marshal”.
  
• 26 – THEM THAR HILLS by Brett Jürmann. He’s been lusting after one for a long time and Brett finally feels complete with a beautiful kit car of his dreams.
  
• 30 – A RACE-WINNING CHASSIS by Jim Chung. Jim wanted to race a Mazda RX7 but alas the slot car offerings are scarcer than a truthful Tory MP... Radio Control to the rescue?
  
• 34 – MANSION BLANCHE by Brett Jürmann. If you know anything about Le Mans, you’ll have heard of Maison Blanche. Brett puts together one amazin’ maison from the GP Miniatures kit.
  
• 37 – DEEPLY DIPPY by Mark Long. Hydro dipping... What’s that all about then? Mark Long shows how easy it is to transform your cars into... colour! Is this the future of face painting?
  
• IBC – RACE OF THRONES by Dilworth. “Long Live The King!”