All the news from week 22. Read all about it!
This week we report on a busy week of Scalextric arrivals, the UKSCF limited edition cars, two new Transits, a new stock car, three new cars from Avant Slot, and three from Revoslot, plus a big feature on Le Mans, the latest events, our photo of the week and the latest videos.
Slot Cars
- Avant Slot Opel Manta 400 The new liveries for the Avant Slot Opel Manta have arrived. Two of the new cars represent Salvador Servià’s cars at the Monte Carlo and Catalunya Rallies of 1984, and the third is Jimmy McRae’s car from the Costa Blanca Rally also in 1984.
- UKSCF Limited Edition Cars For those of you who missed out on the UK Slot Car Festival limited edition cars they are still available from Scale Models and Pendle Slot Racing.
- Pendle F2 Stock Car Pendle Slot Racing unveiled samples of a forthcoming F2 Stock Car kit at the UK Slot Car Festival. The kit will be available as a Slotstox version for racing, or a Modelstox version with extra details for display.
- More Pendle Kits Also previewed by Pendle Slot Racing at UKSCF were a wide range of new kits, which included a Ford Transit Mk1 in race support or Police versions, a Land Rover Series 2, a March 721, an Auto Union, a Mercedes W196 Streamliner, and two updated Penelope Pitlane Lotus 18s.
- Revoslot BMW 2002 Ti Revoslot have announced three new liveries for their BMW 2002 Ti. The first, #692 is a historic racer driven by Bruno Hügli, #48 is Jörg Denzel’s car which raced at Norisring in 1976, and the Jägermeister #45 is the car driven by Helmut Kelleners at Nuremberg in 1974.
The Library
Feature
Le Mans 1923-2023
- With the centenary edition of the greatest endurance race of them all less than a fortnight away, we whet your appetite for the “24 Heures du Mans 2023”, with a look at some Le Mans slot car content, and some history.
- 24 Days of Le Mans The Historic Racing News Facebook page is running an interesting series of short articles on the history of Le Mans, right from the very first race.
- The Mulsanne Straight The signature straight of the world’s greatest race track was held in both reverence and fear by those who faced it. Even cut in three, the Mulsanne Straight still defines Le Mans today. Gary Watkins gets straight to the point.
- The First Le Mans Winners The first Le Mans 24 Hours was held a century ago in 1923, with much of the early success going to French teams who dominated the grid. It would be a short-lived period of superiority however, writes Paul Fearnley.
- Le Mans Tribute Track A brilliantly detailed layout which pays tribute to the Le Mans races of the 1950s and 1960s.
- The Circuit at Le Mans From the pages of Model Car & Track comes a series of track plans for Circuit de la Sarthe.
- Ninco Le Mans Plan A massive recreation of the Le Mans circuit and the story of the 1966 24Hrs of Le Mans.
- MMK 1933 Alfa Romeo Le Mans Winner Going onto the last lap, the superior speed of Nuvolari’s Alfa allowed him to pass on the back straight, only to lose it again under braking at the Mulsanne corner. When Chinetti was baulked by slow traffic coming out of White House it gave Nuvolari a clear run to the flag, to win by just 400 metres.
- Le Mans Miniatures Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Le Mans 1960 Ferrari dominated Le Mans between ’58 and ’65 – achieving seven victories in eight years. The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa won three – in ’58, ’60 and ’61 – and Le Mans Miniatures’ latest adventure in 1:32 slot car modelling is to recreate those fabulous red cars from the 1960 Le Mans 24 hours.
- NSR Porsche 917k Le Mans 1971 This is a stunning new release from NSR. The original car is low and hugs the ground, with sleek lines and a relatively low rear – to my eye, the NSR model captures that and delivers a highly-competitive car on track.
- Slot.it Ferrari 512M Le Mans 1971 Long-awaited, but most definitely worth waiting for, this is the first Ferrari to appear with Slot.it branding since the original 312PB – and it’s an absolute stunner.
- Le Mans Miniatures Inaltéra Le Mans 1976 French artisan model makers Le Mans Miniatures have just a released a new car to add to a growing 1976 Le Mans 24-hour grid. The Inaltéra was the first car produced by Jean Rondeau to race at Le Mans.
- Team Slot Alpine A310 Le Mans 1978 There have been some very nice Alpines in the Team Slot line-up over the years – mostly rally versions – but this car promises to be a perfect partner to the previous A310 Le Mans GTP release.
- Slot.it Porsche 956C Le Mans 1983 1983 was the height of Porsche’s powers at La Sarthe – the 956 was now a customer car and despite Lancia’s best efforts with their new LC2, Porsches dominated the entry list for Group C and would dominate the race. Slot.it built their reputation with these truly exceptional Group C models – and they still look and perform wonderfully.
- RevoSlot Porsche 911 GT1 Le Mans 1996 The RevoSlot Porsche 911 GT1 model has just been launched with this Le Mans 1996 limited edition twin pack. The two Mobil 1 cars are very sharp and come in a nicely-produced collectors box.
- Racer Sideways Aston Martin Le Mans 2019 The choice of 2019 and Le Mans is a very good one – marking the sixtieth anniversary of Aston Martin’s only overall win at La Sarthe, but the results were not what Aston Martin were hoping for.
Events
- Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 3rd-Jun-23
- Worthing HO Wednesday – 7th-Jun-23
- Extreme Live! – 11th-Jun-23
- National GT3 – Rockingham – 18th-Jun-23
- Worthing Digital Saturday – 24th-Jun-23
- Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 1st-Jul-23
- Worthing HO Wednesday – 5th-Jul-23
- National GT3 – Molesey – 9th-Jul-23
- Worthing Digital Wednesday – 19th-Jul-23
- National Digital Championship – Rockingham – 29th-Jul-23
Video
Photo of the Week
SRC Lancia Delta S4 RAC Rally 1985
Photo by Rallyhub
