Digest 19

Our round up of the week’s news.

Featuring four Ferrari F40s, two 250LMs, three Fords, two Jags, two Porsches, a Golf, an AMC, and loads of other goodies. Plus we have a report from the UK Slot Car Festival, events from the calendar, and our pick of videos and photos.

Slot Cars

Coming Soon

• Scalextric Summer 2024 Releases Scalextric have announced the launch of its latest range, featuring an eclectic mix of iconic racing legends and beloved pop culture icons…
  • John Wick Ford Mustang BOSS 429
  • Land Rover Series 1 – Shaun The Sheep
  • James Bond Aston Martin DB5 – Goldfinger – 60th Anniversary Gold Edition
  • Williams FW11B – 1987 British Grand Prix – Nigel Mansell
  • Ford Anglia 105E – Harry Potter Edition
  • Ford Puma Rally1 – Monte Carlo 2023 – Tanak/Jarveoja
  • Jaguar MK2 – Inspector Morse
  • Volkswagen Golf GTI – Richard Lloyd Racing
  • Williams FW45 – Alex Albon – Gulf Edition
  • Jaguar MK1 – Mike Hawthorn
  • Porsche 911 GT3 R – ACI Motorsports 2023
  • Ford Escort RSR – Jim Hutchinson
  • Shelby Cobra – Gulf
  • Dodge Monaco – Chicago Fire Department
  • Porsche 911 3.0 RSR – Vaillant
  • Subaru Impreza WRX – Police Edition
  • James Bond – AMC Hornet – The Man With The Golden Gun

• Fly Ferrari 250LM Fly have announced models of a pair of private British entries in the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans. On the left is the Ferrari 250LM driven by Paul Vestey & Roy Pike, and on the right is the only Ferrari to finish the race, driven to seventh place by David Piper and Richard Attwood.

• Revoslot Ferrari F40 Revoslot have posted photos of the four new liveries for their Ferrari F40, which we reported a while back. There are two Brun Motorsport liveries, a Marlboro livery, and a Monte Shell livery.

UK Slot Car Festival

• Gaydon Pictures 2024 Andy reports on a busy day at Britain’s biggest and best slot car show, the UK Slot Car Festival.

Calendar

• 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

Black Arrow Ferrari 488 GT3 Italia

Photo by Doug Johnson

1955 Toyopet Crown

Photos by Mamoru Teranishi