22nd-Nov-24, 12:04 AM
Hi All,
Another user put me onto this forum, which I had heard of years back but forgot about.
I am a Kiwi based in NSW Australia, have been into slot cars since 2011 and have been active on Auslot & Slotforum since then.
My interests are more with the design & build of cars & tracks, rather than full on racing.
Am an avid participant of proxy racing.
Until a year ago I concentrated mostly on 1:32 scale but had an idea on how a 1:43 car could be designed and built to compete with 1:32 and am now really enjoying 1:43.
It appears that there is a growing interest worldwide in this scale.
Years ago I did dabble in 1:43 with some Kyosho cars but found even those to be little more than toy cars, beautiful models and well engineered but not easy to tune or modify.
At the moment I am organising a combined 1:32 & 1:43 proxy based on Group 5 Racing cars of the late 70's early 80's.
The twist being that entrants are encouraged to modify a car that would have qualified for Groups 1-4 of the FIA rules for that era into a fully blown Group 5 racer.
I'll post on this forum more about it but in the meantime if anyone is interested please visit the link below to find out more.
https://www.slotforum.com/threads/2025-m...43.215799/
Just note that this has recently turned into an international series of 5 races, 3 in Australia, 1 in Germany & 1 in Austria.
Regards
Grant
Another user put me onto this forum, which I had heard of years back but forgot about.
I am a Kiwi based in NSW Australia, have been into slot cars since 2011 and have been active on Auslot & Slotforum since then.
My interests are more with the design & build of cars & tracks, rather than full on racing.
Am an avid participant of proxy racing.
Until a year ago I concentrated mostly on 1:32 scale but had an idea on how a 1:43 car could be designed and built to compete with 1:32 and am now really enjoying 1:43.
It appears that there is a growing interest worldwide in this scale.
Years ago I did dabble in 1:43 with some Kyosho cars but found even those to be little more than toy cars, beautiful models and well engineered but not easy to tune or modify.
At the moment I am organising a combined 1:32 & 1:43 proxy based on Group 5 Racing cars of the late 70's early 80's.
The twist being that entrants are encouraged to modify a car that would have qualified for Groups 1-4 of the FIA rules for that era into a fully blown Group 5 racer.
I'll post on this forum more about it but in the meantime if anyone is interested please visit the link below to find out more.
https://www.slotforum.com/threads/2025-m...43.215799/
Just note that this has recently turned into an international series of 5 races, 3 in Australia, 1 in Germany & 1 in Austria.
Regards
Grant
Cheers Grant
2025 - Mad Man Motoring (Triple M) Proxy - 1:32 & 1:43
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