This Week's News

JasonB · 2nd-Jun-24, 02:16 PM

Part two...

Racing Replicas Aston Martin DB3 Coupe
Forthcoming kit from Pendle Slot Racing, display model built by Pete Shepherd

NSR McLaren 720S
2020 British GT Championship - Lewis Proctor & Ollie Wilkins and 2020 24 Hours of Spa - by Rob Bell, Joe Osborne & Oliver Wilkinson

Did I miss anything?

JasonB · 9th-Jun-24, 03:13 PM

This week's news....

Scalextric Land Rover
Suspected cancelled order of a fire tender, hence the colour.

Scalextric VW Beetle
Historic Trans Am racer

Scalextric Mercedes AMG GT3
2022 Gulf 12 Hours, Yas Marina - Morgan Tillbrook, Mikaël Grenier, and Ian Loggie.

Scaleauto BMW M6 and BMW M8
1/24 scale white kits

Avant Slot VW T1 & Porsche RS60

JasonB · 16th-Jun-24, 01:01 PM

A round up of the week's news...

AFX Shelby Mustang GT500H 'Rent-a-Racer'
Andy has posted all the details of the HO Mustang on the link above

Scalextric Summer Sale
Save over 33% on selected slot cars in the Scalextric Summer Sale.

Scalextric Austin Mini Cooper
Julien Vernaeve, 1972.
Scalextric club cars are now available to non members.

Magnetic Racing Petrol Station

A Route 66 style petrol station MDF kit, with resin pumps and figures. Available now and on sale until the end of July.

NSR Corvette C8.R
#3, 2021 Daytona 24 Hours - Nicky Catsburg, Antonio García & Jordan Taylor.
#64, 24 Hours of Le Mans of 2022 - Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy & Alexander Sims.
Both available to pre-order

JasonB · 25th-Jun-24, 04:42 PM

I didn't get chance to do a proper round of news or Digest this week, but this was difficult to ignore.

I speculated a while back that Avant Slot might produce the 2021 Dakar class winning Kamaz, but they've actually produced the whole team. The winner is available separately, but the four strong team is only available as an exclusive, presumably expensive, and strictly limited edition of just 25 units.

JasonB · 6th-Jul-24, 02:52 PM

We have a few things to catch up on after a couple of week's of me not having time to do the Digest...

NSR Porsche 917K
1970 1000km of Spa-Francorchamps - Jo Siffert and Brian Redman, 1st, Pedro Rodriguez and Leo Kinnunen, DNF

Niemas Jordan 191/6
Michael Niemas 1/24 scale model of Schumacher's only drive for Jordan, which lasted less than a mile of the race.

Scalextric Ferrari 330 P4
David Piper's Ferrari, reputedly built from a pile of parts, and campaigned in the late 60s, and later in historic racing.

New Kits from Pendle Slot Racing...

BRM Ferrari 512M
1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, David Weir and Chris Craft, 4th

JasonB · 6th-Jul-24, 03:07 PM

Part 2...

Avant Slot Mitsubishi Galant VR4
1991 Lombard RAC Rally, Shinya Yamauchi & Masa Taguchi.
1992 Ypres 24 Hour Rally, Erwin Weber & Manfred Hiemer.

Scaleauto Acura NSX GT3
Daytona 24 hours of 2017 x2, 2018 ADAC GT Masters

Scaleauto Porsche 911 & Spyker C8
I sometimes get the feeling that cars that are announced as new, I've seen before. Perhaps these are new to one of Scaleauto's many classifications, perhaps they are restocks, or maybe I'm mistaken. I honestly don't know, but Scaleauto say they are new arrivals.

Henk · 6th-Jul-24, 06:33 PM

These Scaleauto cars were all done in Home Series and R-series.
New is these cars in RS series.

JasonB · 6th-Jul-24, 10:03 PM

Thanks for clearing that up Henk. Thumbup

So the bodies are the same, but the mechanicals underneath are different?

Henk · 7th-Jul-24, 04:41 AM

Morning Jason,

It's a R Version with metal front wheels and suspension as far as I know.

StuBeeDoo · 7th-Jul-24, 07:24 AM

(6th-Jul-24, 03:07 PM)JasonB Wrote: Avant Slot Mitsubishi Galant VR4
1992 Ypres 24 Hour Rally, Erwin Weber & Manfred Hiemer.

Now, that one is tempting. I'm always on the look-out for Group A rally cars.