Digest 21 – Slot Racer

Slot Cars

Let’s race through this week’s slot car news

This week we round up a big bunch of rally cars, three Ford fantasies, two 1/24 scale LMPs, a Jarama Porsche, a new race management system, and some new track. We also have a huge selection of slot car magazines, all the events from the calendar, and our selection of videos and photos.

Now Available

It’s been a busy week of rally releases with several of the cars we’ve reported in the past arriving with retailers, including…

SCX FIAT Abarth 131 SCX have released a new livery for the FIAT Abarth 131, which recreates the car driven by Markku Alen and Ilkka Kivimaki in the 1980 San Remo Rally.
SCX FIAT Panda Also new from SCX is the 1984 Paris Dakar FIAT Panda, which was driven by Hervé de Labriffe and Claude Devoyon.

Coming Soon

NSR Ford GT40 MkIV Pre-orders are now open for three new NSR Ford GT40 MkIV, with homage liveries to the iconic Martini racing liveries in white, red and yellow.

Slot.it Porsche 962C A car which Slot.it announced last summer is expected to ship out in the the next month or so. The Repsol liveried Porsche 962C models one the Joest Racing cars which took part in the 1992 Interserie at Jarama, driven by Jésus Pareja.

In Development

Scaleauto Oreca and Acura Scaleauto have posted photos of the first injection tests of two new 1/24 scale LMP cars, the Oreca 07 and Acura ARX-05. Details of liveries, and expected delivery dates are currently unknown.

Track & Timing

oXigen ChronO2 After years of development by Martin Schmidt and Marcel Minnard, ChronO2 is now available for public use with the advent of oXigen 4. ChronO2 succeeds Chrono, the original Race Management System (RMS) that has served the oXigen community for years. ChronO2 is a completely new program and like its predecessor, it is free. The DashRCS app, which provides individual lap times, race standings, and more information on your mobile phone is available from the Android app store for a small fee.

Policar track Policar have released the first limited production run of the oXigen double lane changer. A larger production batch will be available during the summer, in July-August, and there are also plans for a pit lane entry and exit.

Carrera compatible inner curve Hobbyclassic have released a Carrera compatible inner curve. The track is a 60° corner, with the base being 3d printed, and the power supplied through braids.

Magazines

Latest Magazines Epilot’s excellent thread continues to keep us updated on the latest slot car publications and railway modelling magazines. He has also compiled a couple of very handy lists which cover every magazine from February 2021 through to December 2024
Magazines Index – February 2021 through December 2022
Magazines Index – January 2023 through December 2024

The Library As if that wasn’t enough reading material, we also have magazines and brochures covering the whole history of the hobby, over in the Library.