Our catch up on all that is cool from week four
Scratch Builds
- Winter lockdown 3d prints and builds 3d printed chassis and wheels from Alexis
- Adventures with Lexan King Cobra, Lotus 30, Honker Ford, and Matich SR 3
- Builds during 2nd Lockdown…. Show us yours
- Monza dirt track modified build ZackM’s unique slot car from a resin body and a piano wire chassis
Tracks & Scenery
- Get a Bloomin’ Move On Yakboy’s light bulb moment led to a long lasting labour of love, creating a track based on scenes from the Italian job.
Slot Racing
- WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT Catch up with race coverage of the first ever 1:32 scale proxy at Worthing HO Racing! The event began with an opening ceremony and the first timed runs, and will run for the next 5-6 weeks on eleven stages.
- HO Drag Proxy The fourth of the five-date Winter Series is coming up fast! This one is Nostalgia-themed – featuring Micro Scalextric Street Stock, Nostalgia T-Jet, Nostalgia 4-Gear Funny Car – and some Nostalgia Micro Scalextric 2019 match racing. Qualifying is on Tuesday 9 February, racing on Wednesday 10 February.
Media
- Slot Car Magazine Issue 59 – January 2021
- The explosive story of a bungled stunt in The Italian Job An Aston Martin DB4, a cliff, and some explosives made for a stunt gone very wrong.
Slot Cars
- SRC Announce 2021-23 Plans Spanish manufacturer SRC have made a big announcement on their Facebook page – some plans for the next two years…
- BRM 1/24 Mustang & Camaro Black Edition Twin Pack Available to Pre-Order from PSR
Cars
In this week’s Digest we’re looking back at some of America’s finest automobiles.
- Shelby’s Cobra Carroll Shelby’s personal 427 Cobra just sold for $5.94 Million at auction.
- 12 of the rarest and fastest American Muscle Cars ever made Built in limited numbers, these muscle cars were made for one reason: To be as fast as physics would allow.
- 1968 Ford Mustang CoupeA Father and Son, an Imported 1968 Ford Mustang Coupe, and a Sicilian ghost town
- Iso Grifo GL Series IIAn Italian-American legend – The rareIso Grifo GL Series II
- The rare Apollo 3500 GT
- Shelby De Tomaso P70 America’s Ferrari Hunter, the Shelby De Tomaso P70 – The only one ever made.
- Cord 812 SC Phaeton Project Car: Cord 812 SC Phaeton, an American Design Icon
- GMC Motorhome A brief history of the GMC Motorhome – Everything you need to know
- 57 Chevy Why 3 generations of my family love the 57 Chevy
Motor Sports
- Stephane Peterhansel Wins The Dakar Rally For The 14th Time This is the MINI JCW driver’s eighth win in a car, joining six wins in bikes.
- Dakar 2021 Gallery: delights, dunes and dromedaries
- Sebastien Ogier clinches win World Rally Championship: Sebastien Ogier clinches record eighth Monte Carlo win
