[Anthony B]

NSR have released the latest in their themed car range called Formula 86-89


This tends to follow on with most companies these days of as many colours as possible on the same base.

However this version is very close to the Ferrari of this period,and of course this one has no prancing horse.


                                                                   


                                                      


These follow on from the earlier releases this year:


A very nice Brabham  version:


                                                                   


And then 2 more generic versions - the Leyton House and a Jagermeister.


                                                           


In 2021 the Williams version will be arriving.

[Gpa113]

These are definitely cool looking cars   

If you study the cars of this period, NSR have done  a great job of coming up with the design, which was so similar from team to team, that once they are decorated you really do forget that this is one generic body style!

Quality components, easy upgrades, and fabulous looking cars from an are of Formula 1 that so many of us fondly remember. And in my humble opinion, when the racing was much better   

With regards to the Orange Jagermeister car, it is a real car from that time, not a generic re paint.
This was the little remembered EuroBrun team, who only competed for 3 seasons, but had one of the coolest looking cars out there. They also had some quality drivers in Oscar Larrauri and Stefano Modena.
The teams best result was 11th in Hungary 1988. Back then there were so many teams that they had to actually pre qualify, image that now!  A lot of the time, the whole of 1989 if I remover correctly, they failed to make the grid once.  

Still brilliant that NSR has chosen this little obscure team, but let's face it, anything with that colour and sponsor combination looks awesome, and is sure to help sales!

Pip

[woodcote]

That era from 1986 through to the mid-90s was the last hurrah for the gaggle of tiny F1 teams for whom qualification was a major achievement. A generic late-80s F1 slot car shape is an ideal opportunity to churn out loads of 'proper' liveries. That was certainly the case in 1/64 scale, where Tomy, Tyco and Micro Scalextric did Ferrari, Williams, McLaren, Lotus, Benetton and then some fabulous liveries of the smaller teams - and no need for new moulds. I think the same approach has worked well with NSR - no-one expects an NSR to be a perfect scale model, but iconic liveries on a thoroughbred slot racing chassis has been a popular compromise.

There are lots of charts available online of the range of possible period F1 liveries. This is just the 1989 season...

   

Take yer pick NSR

[Top Down]

The Bennetons had a great livery but posed a real challenge for HO slot car marshals, picking out the lane sticker amongst all those colours and ensuring it got put back in the right lane in the heat of racing.  

For drivers brave or keen enough to run one I always advised putting the lane sticker on the rear spoiler. 

For most, one heat of mismarshalling was enough to prompt a change of bodyshell though.  

[Nonfractal]

For drivers brave or keen enough to run one I always advised putting the lane sticker on the rear spoiler. 

I've never found that a rear mounted lane tape was workable.
The tape is always covered by the marshal's wrist and hand as they go to put the car back on the track, causing confusion. 
Alan.

[Top Down]

Depends what you're used to I suppose. It was routine to put the sticker on the spoiler for an F1 car and on the screen - an uncluttered clear or black area - for a closed car.

If you pick an HO car up between the thumb and first finger, nothing should be covered. It might be different in 1/32.

What's more confusing? A yellow sticker on a black spoiler. or a yellow sticker on a blue, red, yellow and green body?

Of course, as most people found, the best option was not to run a Benneton body.