Digest 2
Jan 10, 2021
Digest 3
Published by JasonB on Jan 17, 2021 in Digest
Here’s our pick of the highlights from week 3
Slot Cars
- George Turner has announced that his first release of 2021 will be a Vauxhall Firenza droop snoot, with the Lotus 23 also nearing completion.
- Racer Sideways BMW M6 GT3 ‘Presentation’ – this is your first opportunity of a factory livery
- NSR 2021 Catalogue Launch – With no physical Spielwarenmesse at Nuremberg to show off their new cars, NSR have published their 2021 catalogue this week.
- New Scaleauto SlotBox carry cases – Scaleauto have been developing a new SlotBox carry case to replace their older products.
- SRC Toyota TS 050 LMP 1 – SRC have been busy with the development of the TS050 Hybrid
Slot Track Planning
Some useful resources to help and inspire you when you’re planning your next slot track
- Track Plans – Our very own selection of original track plans using the most popular track systems
- Ultimate Racer Layout Archive – User contributed track plans
- A selection of tracks from our Library of vintage magazines
- Tracks Around The World – Real world circuits
- Racing Line Circuits – More real world circuits
- What is the greatest F1 track?
- The Ultimate Terrible F1 Circuit
Cars
- 50 Most Beautiful Cars Ever Produced – Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I’m sure we can all agree on some of the cars that coachbuild.com chose for their top 50.
- What’s it like to drive a £1m 1952 Bentley R-Type Continental? – Speaking of beautiful cars, here’s another.
- A Rare Factory-Red Jaguar D-Type – There seems to be a bit of a theme developing here. This is another drop dead gorgeous car.
- Silodrome’s Top 20 Cars Of 2020 – Not necessarily beautiful, but these are the most popular car articles of 2020.
Scratch Building
- Black Arrow – Black Bull – what possessed Alan to engage in this notoriously difficult kit build?
- 1936 Auto Union type C – An unusual colour and a tight squeeze to fit the chassis
- 1959 Fairlane 500 Skyliner Police Cruiser – A Gunze Sangyo kit with a custom aluminium chassis
Slot Racing
- Catch up with all the results and reports from round 8 of the HO Drag Proxy series. This one was NHRA-themed – featuring Micro Scalextric Street Stock, Micro Scalextric Super Stock 6.0, NHRA 4-Gear Funny Car & Pro Stock – and some NHRA Auto World Top Fuel match-racing.
- Building an entry for the HRW Championship GT3 Proxy 2022
Offers
- Professor Motor have reduced the price of the Scalextric C3671 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Clipsol 2011 Livery #18 TCM Championship and the Scalextric C3724 Chevrolet Camaro 1969 Trans-Am Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2012 by $21.00
- Pendle Slot Racing are offering three Top Slot Mercedes reduced in price by £40. They are premium products and priced accordingly, but at least they are less expensive than they were.
Motor Sport
- Dakar Rally 2021: Dust, sand and stunning desert vistas – in pictures
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Digest 41
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Digest 40
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