Digest 15 – Slot Racer

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Digest 15, with a Racing Replicas Bentley

This week we round up all the latest releases from Fly, NSR, and Revoslot, we have a brilliant Bentley, and we take a look at the UK Slot Car Festival. Plus we have the latest videos and best photos.

Slot Cars

Available Now

Pendle Slot Racing There have been quite a few Fly, NSR and Revoslot models shipping out to retailers this week, with a batch of rally Porsches, a Daytona 917, a couple of Aston Martins and a bunch of Corvettes…
Electric Dreams For those of you who are based in North America, Electric Dreams also have plenty of new stock

Coming Soon

Fly Alfa Romeo GTV6 Fly have announced a new Alfa Romeo GTV6 2500, from the collaboration with GOM. The model reproduces the car driven by Carlos Sainz and Jesus Diez Villaroel in the 1985 500Km of Jarama.

Revoslot BMW 2002Ti Slot Cars Passion have posted photos of three new liveries for the Revoslot BMW 2002Ti. The #61 car on the right recreates a BMW 1602 driven by Niki Lauda and René Herzog at the Nürburgring 6 Hours of 1970, the #141 is an Auto Bockmühl historic racer, and the #91 car was driven by Daniel Brillat, Giancarlo Gagliardi, and Michel Degoumois in the 1975 24 hours of Le Mans.

Built

Racing Replicas Bentley Pete Shepherd of Racing Replicas has built this lovely model of the iconic 4½ litre ‘Blower’ Bentley, which was driven by Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin and Jean Chassagne at the 24hrs of Le Mans in 1930.
Penelope Pitlane Bentley Blower Pete’s model was built using a Penelope Pitlane kit which allows the modelling of a number of races, including Brooklands, Le Mans, Pau, Ards and Phoenix Park.

UK Slot Car Festival

UK Slot Car Festival The UK Slot Car Festival is quite simply Britain’s biggest and best slot car event. This year’s event features a massive retail area, free tracks to race, slot cars and tracks of all scales and types, race competitions, manufacturers and the Scalextric design team.
The UK Slot Car Festival takes place at the British Motor Museum on 11th & 12th May 2024.
UK Slot Car Festival For the latest news on the Festival check out their Facebook page.
Origins of the UK Slot Car Festival The UK Slot Car Festival held at Gaydon since 2011 is now a well established annual event but people may not know how it all started. Brian documented its origins and history, which date back to 2005 when the NSCC put on the UK’s first ever large scale show devoted entirely to slot cars at the Toyota HQ in Epsom, Surrey.

Havenwood's recreation of Goodwood circuit

Goodwood at the UK Slot Car Festival In collaboration with Scalextric and Slot Track Scenics, Havenwood Raceway will be bringing a fabulous 100ft lane length recreation of the famous Goodwood circuit to the the UK Slot Car Festival. The track has been specifically built to raise awareness and raise funds for Mission Motorsport, the Forces Motorsport Charity. All entry fees and donations over the weekend will be going to the charity.

Slot Rally Hill Another track which will be on display and in use at the Festival will be Hub’s fantastically detailed Slot Rally Hill. As well as the brilliant scenery, the track also features a 1:1024 scaled track of Slot Rally Hill itself.