[Gpa113]

Hi Scott,

Nice to meet you at Cranleigh on Wednesday,  via an intro from Jim.
Didn't realise you were in our local area! 

Pip

[Scott]

Hi Pip,

Likewise. Next time hope we get a chance to chat slot cars for longer. 

Scott

[Scott]

Marco Carvalho is well know as the face of Electric Dreams, the world's biggest slot car store. He's interviewed all the key players, but now we turn the spotlight on him to find out about the man behind the (electric) dream.

A racer, builder, but probably more than anything a communicator, we get into his early days racing and building in Brazil, coming to California and having a vision for slot car retailing now being brought to life at Electric Dreams.

Link to listening and watching options:Talking Utter Slot

[Kevan]

I look forward to watching the show at work.... shhhhh, don't tell the boss 

[Kevan]

Fantastic show guys, much food for thought going forwards 

[Scott]

Links : Talking Utter Slot

In this episode of old men talking nonsense about toy cars...

Fly announce fire-breathing dragon slot cars. Maybe.

Tuning: the antidote to fun. Is time spent tinkering less fun than time on the track? (Yes).

You wait for thirty years then three Ford Sierras come along at once and we're happy about that.

Enjoy!

[Scott]

Links : Talking Utter Slot Podcast

Smooth and sexy, bolted and chunky...  

Not descriptions of men behind the mics, rather the two body styles available for the new RevoSlot Mazda RX-7s about which we talk in adoring terms.  

The real RX-7 had a Wankel engine so who better to chat about  it than the man sometimes known as 'Wankel Ickx'.

Old gifts bring a reminder of the joy of printed material and we learn the secret sauce that makes Wankel's tyre truing unique.  

So settle back, stroke your Mazda and enjoy the show.

[Scott]

Links: Talking Utter Slot

From being snowed in on an Italian mountain - via a kitchen table or two - to seeing a dream come true, this episode is like no other. For one thing there's no rallying. Well, I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it.

Andy Rowland was given a Scalextric Grand Prix set as a child, but unlike the rest of us he turned that fun into a passion for modelling and engineering which eventually brought to us all the range of 1970s F1 cars by Policar.

There's tales of JPS Lotus, Mansell and Senna, Vanwalls and even a Trojan.

[Kevan]

"I've only got about 5 cars with mudguards" 

Another great show, very interesting and inspiring... now where's that soldering iron...

[Scott]

Links: Talking Utter Slot Podcast

Inspired by the recent release of TV & Film themed cars we thought we'd talk about... TV & Film cars.

Professionals' Capris, Captain Scarlet Patrol Cars, but also scratch built and modified cars so there's mention of such unlikely motors as Princess 1800s, Austin Allegros and even a Porsche 956 which appeared in Miami Vice. Unlikely names prop up too, including Derek Bell (he was in Miami Vice, apparently) and Fatima Blush.

We end with some debate on the best and worst motor racing films leading to a rare occasion when Le Mans and Bobby Deerfield get mentioned in the same breath.