[DPJ]

I'm getting bored waiting for the SRE-21 Rothmans Escort

Me too!!!

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Thanks to Steve at Staffs Slot Cars UK, I can confirm that we'll be seeing the following cars on these shores in the next six weeks. First, there are three UK limited editions...

   

Teamslot SRE24 Ford Escort RS2000 Nordic Blue. Expected next week.

   

Teamslot SRE21 Zakspeed Ford Escort Mk2 Rothmans. Expected December.

   

Teamslot SRE28 Ford Escort RS2000 X-Pack Rothmans. Expected December.

Plus the SRE29 Minton brothers Zakspeed Mk2 is expected in March 2022.

And these two worldwide releases are scheduled to arrive by 15 December...

       

Teamslot 13102 -Zakspeed Ford Escort MK2 DRM Zolder 1979 Nussbaum. Expected December
Teamslot 13101 Zakspeed Ford Escort MK2 DRM Norisring 1978 Hahne. Expected December


Together with the special edition Lancia Stratos...

   


Teamslot 90020 Lancia Stratos #11 San Remo 1975. Expected December

And a surprise extra car - a model of the 2021 updated version of Jamie Gough's fabulous Martini Escort X-Pack which now has a big rear wing and gold BBS wheels...

   

Fingers-cross that one is here in time for Christmas. It'll be on my list.

[Henk]

Together with the special edition Lancia Stratos...

Teamslot 90020 Lancia Stratos #11 San Remo 1975. Expected December

Are they seriously doing a 12 year old Limited Edition again?

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One UK special edition is on its way...

   

And should be with retailers in the next few days...

       

A second is currently on the production line...

   

And Staffs are expecting pics of the fully-assembled cars over the weekend...

   

Thank to Steve at Staffs Slot Cars UK for keeping us updated

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Steve at Staffs Slot Cars UK has just sent us these images from Teamslot in Barcelona...

       

There are a couple of Escorts ready to ship and due between Christmas and New Year. And the Zakspeeds are scheduled to ship the first two weeks of January...

   

       

Including the long-awaited Rothmans car...

   

       

Thanks to Steve for this 'hot-off-the-press' update!

[Qman]

Hang on is that SRE21

[Kevan]

Everyone loves an Escort 

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Fingers-crossed it's full steam ahead in Barcelona for getting the 2021 Teamslot cars ready for customers. Another has just arrived in the UK...

   

This is the re-released TS12503 Renault Alpine A310 V6 Group 5 in a classic works Renault Calberson livery. Guy Fréquelin and Jacques Delaval drove the car in 1977 during their dominant campaign in the Championnat de France des rallyes  - winning nine of the seventeen events.

       

This particular livery is from the Ronde de la Giraglia - a tarmac rally in Corsica and second round of the championship - which Fréquelin and Delaval won ahead of Bernard Darniche and Alain Mahé in a Lancia Stratos.

The Teamslot car is a beautifully detailed model and also a cracking slot rally car - probably the best in terms of performance that Teamslot have produced so far. The chassis features a 22k rpm long can motor in a pod, rear-wheel drive and wide rear track of 60mm. The original release was fitted with plastic rear wheels, but the more recent Alpines have had aluminium hubs.

And I've also heard that Teamslot's plans for 2022-3 will be unveiled next month - you can look forward to full coverage at SlotRacer

[rallyhub]

It would be nice if the aluminium hubs and inserts became available.
My plastic rear wheels wobble.  

Hub

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Teamslot produced the Gotti 073C wheel inserts (in shallow and deep versions) to fit their aluminium hubs - Pendles have them all in stock.