Digest 16 – Slot Racer

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Digest 16, with slot car magazine covers

This week we’ve added 32 slot car publications to the Library, we have news of an XJS, an R8, an M8, a 412P, and a Kamaz. Plus we have our events from the calendar, and our pick of videos and photos.

Slot Cars

Coming Soon

Scalextric Jaguar XJS The next livery for the Scalextric Jaguar XJS is expected in stock imminently. The model is a recreation of the car driven by John Goss and Bob Muir at the 1986 Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama.

Slot.it Audi R8 LMS Evo II Reportedly shipping from May 3rd is the new Audi R8 LMS Evo II from Slot.it. The model recreates the car which finished sixth at the 2023 24 Hours of Nürburgring, driven by Christopher Haase, Christopher Mies, and Patric Niederhauser.

Avant Slot Kamaz 43509 Avant Slot have posted photos of their forthcoming model of the Kamaz, the multiple Dakar Rally, category winning, Russian truck. Details of the livery haven’t been posted yet, but it looks like the successful 2019 Kamaz of Eduard Nikolaev, Evgeny Yakovlev, & Vladimir Rybakov.

Scaleauto BMW M8 GTLM Scaleauto have announced the forthcoming release of a BMW M8 GTLM white kit. Expected to be available soon.

Policar Ferrari 412P The Policar Ferrari 412P which was first previewed over a year ago, is now expected in June. The strikingly coloured livery models the car which David Piper and Richard Attwood drove to fifth place in the 1967 Kyalami 9 hours.

The Library

The Library The Library is a massive resource for slot racers with over 350 publications, from the very beginnings of the hobby, right through to the present day. We have some substantial new additions to the Library to report this week, thanks to members and others kindly contributing scans. So if you haven’t checked it out yet, now might just be a good time to drop by.

Scalextric Obviously we have loads of Scalextric catalogues, but we’ve now managed to fill in a few of the small gaps in the collection….
- 1960 Instruction Manual
- 1999 Track Plans
- 2007 Catalogue 50th Anniversary Edition. Scanned by Rikorocket
- 2008 Catalogue Scanned by Rikorocket
- 2009 Catalogue Scanned by Rikorocket
- 2010 Catalogue Scanned by Rikorocket
- 2017 Catalogue 60th Anniversary Edition. Scanned by Richard Winter

Ninco We have also been able to fill in a few gaps in our Ninco collection. Obviously Ninco were instrumental in kickstarting something of a resurgence in the hobby, and it’s a shame that they now seem to be a shadow of that standard bearing company. Nevertheless, these show the great, and the not so great…
- Collection ’98-99 Scanned by Suomen
- 2000 Catalogue Scanned by Hub
- 2001 Catalogue Scanned by Hub
- 2003 Catalogue Scanned by Hub
- 2012 Catalogue
- 2013 Catalogue
- 2014 Catalogue
- 2015 Catalogue

Miniature Autoworld Miniature Autoworld was the rebranded version of Model Roads and Racing, a vintage British publication which dealt with modelling and collecting diecasts and slot cars.
- January 1965 Scanned by Dave D. Stevens
- February 1965 Scanned by Dave D. Stevens
- March 1965 Scanned by Dave D. Stevens
- April 1965 Scanned by Dave D. Stevens
- May 1965 Scanned by Dave D. Stevens
- June 1965 Scanned by Dave D. Stevens
- July 1965 Scanned by Dave D. Stevens
- August 1965 Scanned by Dave D. Stevens