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Digest 44
Published by JasonB on Nov 5, 2024
The slot car news!
Featuring a Kyalami Lotus, a Le Mans Porsche, an Indy Marmon, a Sanremo Lancia, several monopostos and a lowline, adjustable wheelbase chassis. Plus we have forthcoming events from the calendar, and our choice of videos and photos.
Slot Cars
Available Now
- Osterero Marmon Wasp Hobbyclassic have announced a collaboration with Osterero to reissue the Marmon Wasp, which was originally released nearly ten years ago. Ray Harroun’s Marmon Wasp won the first ever Indianapolis 500 in 1911, and this ready to run model will be a limited edition of 100 units.
- SRC Lancia Delta S4 SRC have released a weathered version of their Lancia Delta S4. Represented here are the second placed finishers in the 1986 Rallye Sanremo, Dario Cerrato and Giuseppe Cerri. Lancia took all three podium positions, but the results were later annulled due to the illegal exclusion of Peugeot.
Coming Soon
- Policar Monoposto Policar have unveiled production photos of their new monoposto, the next iteration of modern, generic Formula 1 models. The unliveried slot cars will be available in black, white, red, blue, green, and orange, and should be arriving in the first quarter of 2025.
- Slot.it Porsche 956 LH Slot.it have unveiled the next livery for their Porsche 956, which models the long tail Kremer Porsche driven by Tiff Needell, David Sutherland and Rusty French in the 1984 Le Mans 24 hours. Expected towards the end of the year.
Chassis
- Racing Replicas Chassis Racing Replicas have developed a 3DP lowline adjustable wheelbase chassis ideal for small cars. The chassis uses a slimline motor combined with a separate motor pod, and enables more interior detail on slot cars as the motor sits very low in the chassis.
Calendar
- Worthing HO Wednesday – 6th-Nov-24
- Can-Am Race Event Denbigh NWSCC – 9th-Nov-24
- WHO Tin Top Saturday – 16th-Nov-24
- Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 16th-Nov-24
- WHO Drag Racing – 20th-Nov-24
- Worthing HO Wednesday – 4th-Dec-24
- WHO Tin Top Saturday – 14th-Dec-24
- Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 14th-Dec-24
Videos
Photography
Revell Monogram Chevrolet Corvette kit
Revell Monogram NSU 1300 TT & Simca 1000 Rallye
- Photos and Discussion As ever, you can find lots more photos, tell us about anything we’ve missed, and let us know what you think of the latest slot car news over on the forum.
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Updates
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Jan 8, 2024
Calendar 2024
Dec 11, 2023
BRM, the Inside Story
May 5, 2023
Calendar
Dec 12, 2022
On This Day in History…
11-11-1926 | Italian racing driver Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first woman to complete in Formula One, was born in Naples |
11-11-1992 |
Teamslot Toyota Celica GT-Four ST-185 #4 1992 Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava Winner - Carlos Sainz & Luis Moya Carlos Sainz had won the Safari Rally and in New Zealand with the ST-185, but the new car had been plagued by handling problems all year. That made the opening of the Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava all the more special. The rest of the teams were left open-mouthed by the performance of Sainz and the Toyota on stage one - a full twelve seconds ahead of the chasing pack. Sainz and Moya would win nine of the opening day's eleven stages, holding a 1 minute 41 second lead over Aghini and Sauro going into day two. Check out all the details, photos and videos. |
Features
Grand Prix
Published by JasonB on Aug 4, 2024 in Features, Media
Through a fatefully fortuitous set of circumstances, Slotracer.Online has come into possession of a vast treasure trove of original and unpublished contact strips from the film “Grand Prix”, John Frankenheimer’s classic, and stylish 1966 Formula One film. This collection of almost 10,000 shots came from Jim Russell, a former racing driver who worked on the film. How he came by them is anybody’s guess, but they have now been saved from certain destruction by our very own Norfolk correspondent, Mr Brian Rogers.
It was such a fabulous collection that we obviously couldn’t just keep it to ourselves. These may have been simple contact strips, but with a little tender loving care, this unique array of work had to be made public. So with a fanfare and a drum roll, we proudly present a selection of our favourite shots from behind the scenes of this iconic film.
Obviously this isn’t directly related to slot cars, but it is certainly part of motorsport and film history, and it was just too good an opportunity to miss. With a cast list including James Garner, Francoise Hardy, Graham Hill, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, and many, many more the film was an epic period piece, but what a period.
Arguably the finest era of Formula One, captured in stunning detail with some of the best racing sequences ever.
If you’ve never seen the film before, please make sure you do. And if you have, we hope you enjoy this little look at some of the publicity shots and behind the scenes photos. Highly recommended.