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This week we feature a fabulous Frazer Nash, three Opel Mantas, a GMC van, two Porsche Kremers, three Peugeot 208s, a Datsun 510, a BMW M1, a Ford Anglia and a farmhouse. Plus we have our Calendar Events, Videos and Photos.
Slot Cars


- Fly BMW M1 Fly has announced a new livery for the BMW M1, which models the car driven to second place in the 1982 Rallye Vorderpfalz by Klaus Fritzinger and Henning Wünsch. This is a limited edition of 400 units.

- Avant Slot Opel Manta Avant Slot have announced a bumper crop of new models. Due in this week is the latest in their service van range, the Rally Team Spain “Autoradio”, which competed in various European rallies in 1986, with the Opel Manta 400 driven by Beny Fernández & José López Orozco. The resin GMC motorised van with trailer and the number 6 Opel come as a set, with the number 4 car being sold separately. Staffs Slot Cars are hoping to have these at the the UK Slot Car Festival.

- Avant Slot Opel Manta Also expected to arrive in time for the UK Slot Car Festival is a third new livery for the Opel Manta 400, the Marlboro colours recreating the car driven by Samir Assef & Christian Boy at the the Rally Costa de Marfil of 1986.

- Avant Slot Porsche Kremer Expected in June from Avant Slot, are two new liveries for the Porsche Kremer K8 Spyder. On the left we have a model of the 1995 Le Mans car driven by Thierry Boutsen, Hans-Joachim Stuck, & Christophe Bouchut, and on the right we have the 1994 Le Mans drive of Derek Bell, Robin Donovan & Jürgen Lässig.

- Slot.it Datsun 510 Slot.it have unveiled the first livery of their forthcoming Datsun 510, which is expected in the third or fourth quarter of 2024.The livery recreates the car driven to victory by Bob Sharp in the Trans Am Two Five Challenge at Lime Rock in 1972. The Datsun 510 took a commanding 1-2-3 in the under 2.5 litre category, with BRE cars first and second.

- Scaleauto Peugeot 208 Scaleauto have announced three new liveries for their Peugeot 208, which recreate the Team Peugeot-Hansen entries in the 2016 World RX of Barcelona, with drivers Sebastian Loeb, Timmy Hansen, and Davy Jeanney.

- Slot Classic Frazer Nash Slot Classic have posted the first photos of their stunning new model, the 1954 Frazer Nash Le Mans Coupé which finished 11th at Le Mans in the hands of Marcel Becquart and Maurice Gatsonides. As always, this Slot Classic model is a hand made limited edition of 400 units. Production begins this month and the model is now available to pre-order.
Scenery

- Magnetic Racing Farmhouse Magnetic Racing have added to their extensive range of trackside models with a new, 1/32 scale farmhouse. There are two versions available, the first with an etched brickwork finish, and the second with separate bricks to apply yourself.
Calendar

- UK Slot Car Festival – 11th & 12th -May-24
- WHO Digital GT – 15th-May-24
- Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 25th-May-24
- Targa Florio Road Rally Event – 25th-May-24
- WHO Slot Rally – Spring Stages – 29th-May-24
- Slot Rally GB – Round 4 – 2nd-Jun-24
- Worthing HO Wednesday – 5th-Jun-24
- Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 8th-Jun-24
- WHO Digital GT – 22nd-Jun-24
- Worthing HO Wednesday – 3rd-Jul-24
Videos
Photos
MR Slotcar Porsche 911 GT1

Photo by Doug Johnson
A busy pit lane.

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