Digest 14

Catch up with all the news in this week’s Digest!

Including four new Fords, an Alfa, a Porsche, a Fittipaldi, a BMW and four Edwardian racers, plus all the latest news, events, podcast and videos.

Slot Cars

• Pioneer Mustang Fastback GT Pioneer has released a Limited Edition red 1968 Mustang GT, continuing the series of ‘Route 66’ models. Limited to 625 individually numbered units, the Mustang is available now.

• Slot.it Alfa Romeo 155 V6Ti Slot.it have released a new Alfa Romeo 155 V6Ti. The model recreates the car which was raced in the 1995 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) by Gianni Giudici. Available now.

• GTM Edwardian Racers George Turner has announced four new kit cars in his Edwardian Racers series. The cars are expected on the website in the next few days.

• NSR Porsche 917/10K Pre-orders are open for the NSR historic Porsche 917/10K livery of the Martini Racing team driven by the Swiss Herbert Müller. With its almost 1000 horsepower, Müller won the Casale Motordrome Cup on 22 September 1974.

• NSR Fittipaldi Copersucar NSR have produced two new liveries for their Formula 86/89 cars. The #14 Copersucar livery was originally used on the 1978/79 Fittipaldi F5A, which Emerson drove to second place at the 1978 Brazilian GP.

• BRM Ford Capri RS2600 BRM have posted photos of their new 1/24th scale Ford Capri RS2600. The model will be available in two liveries, the Bilstein car which Fritzinger & Heyer drove in the 1973 Nurbrugring 6H, and the Team Kent car which Franck & Fritzinger drove in the 1972 Spa Francorchamps 24H. Available from the end of April.

• SRC BMW 2.8 CS RallyHub has posted some great photos of the SRC BMW 2.8 CS kit, which he has just finished building. His track looks great too.

• Slot.it Ford MKII Slot Cars Passion have posted photos of the forthcoming Slot.it Ford MkII. It is the legendary Ford GT40 driven by Ken Miles and Denny Hulme at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, and made famous in the film Ford v Ferrari (aka Le Mans 1966).

Track

• Policar Analogue Crossover Eagle eyed member sabre has spotted the appearance of an analogue crossover piece in the new Policar track catalogue. With five different radii corners, and adapter pieces for Ninco, Polistil, and Fleischmann track, Policar must be a serious contender for anybody considering building a new layout.

Events

• Worthing HO Wednesday – 5th-Apr-23
• Orpington Swapmeet – 16th-Apr-23
• Worthing Digital Wednesday – 19th-Apr-23
• National GT3 – South Manchester – 23rd-Apr-23
• National Digital Championship – Stanborough– 30th-Apr-23
• Worthing HO Wednesday – 3rd-May-23
• Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 13th-May-23
• Worthing Digital Wednesday – 17th-May-23
• UK Slot Car Festival – 20th-21st-May-23

Magazines

• Model Car Racing The latest issue of Model Car Racing by Robert Schleicher is out now. As always there is a free sample edition which contains about a third of the articles in the full edition.
• Magazines Full details of Model Car Racing and hundreds of other slot car and model railway publications can be found in the Magazines thread.

Video & Audio

Photo of the Week

BMW 2.8 CS

Photo by Rallyhub