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#74

"Will you still need me when I'm 64(ish)?"

Petrucci started the ball rolling with an auction find from the 60s, and still in it's box. It was an "Adjust-o-Rig" that he had seen on one of JohnK's videos. It is some sort of jig to assist with setting up the axles when scratch building a chassis. But listen out for the gasp from California as Petrucci un-boxes it and throws the packaging down on his busy workbench...

JohnK gave an update on Greg's Christmas present. The two main body parts have been conjoined and the curves seem to match nicely. He has opened up the vents over the front wheels and drilled three random holes in the bonnet/hood. Oh well, it was bound to go wrong sometime, but Greg looked happy, which is the main thing.

Jim Rose gave a glowing report on the new OS3 TFX pancake chassis, which is a modern take on the old T-Jet from the 60s. He was raving about the clever design touches and modern take on the old formula. It sounded like a modern classic.

Henri has been going through the old problem of attaching a static model body to a slot car chassis. And to add to the challenge, he is wanting to race it hard against some Mustang V8s. Along to the rescue was our own Alan Nonfractal with possibly the most perfect solution for a cycle loving Dutchman (more details in the post above).

Mike has bought a magnet marshall, Dewann has bought a box. Luckily for him it contained a classic Revell slot car set from the 60s that looked like it had been used once and then put away for 60 years. Luckily for him it was at a bargain basement price. He also bid on some old controllers and won two out of the three. However they all got sent to the other winner. Luckily, that was Chuck, and he recognised Dewann from the Chat and they found there was back to their rightful owner. Small world.

Dennis hosted a Revoslot proxy race last week. A few pictures and a video, but lots of tyre advice and tuning tips for any Revoslot lovers out there...and that seems to include Greg who was continually probing Dennis and hoping he would say it was the F40. Dennis was too much of a gentleman to name names, but the clues were all there...

But GReg has learnt a tuning lesson in the past week that he shared with us. His 911 GT1 from last week had been sorted to the best of his ability. The interior had been interfering with one of the power wires, that was why it had not been sitting right. But now the problem was the cars sluggish performance. Comparing it to others in the race, he couldn't see any major difference using his fingers to feel his way round them all. But someone else thought one of the tyres might be rubbing, and this it might be worth adding a bit of float to the rear axle and BOOM!, with these two minor adjustments, the car was a revelation. If ever we needed reminding that every little detail on a car set up is critical... 

Brian's being buying new cars, but everyone wanted to know about his thingies, but now they are thingies with fantastic paint jobs and some of the straightest paint lines you could ever wish for.

And to finish off, a discussion on standardisation of rules, or organising bodies, for slot racing. There was a time when rules were handy to bring together different scratch builders so that they were all producing matched cars that could race against each other. But it seems nowadays it's more of a manufacturer's domain, although most of their rules revolve around single make series, i.e. their own make. But ask Petrucci about the time he was almost crowned Scalextric World Champion!