Digest 42

The fastest slot car news around.

Featuring a reactivated Peugeot, a famous Jag, three Fords that didn’t finish, a Monte Carlo bus, six miscellaneous Mitsubishis, a Callaway, and a Renault. Plus we have our forthcoming events, and our pick of videos, and photos.

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• Scalextric Jaguar Mk1 Scalextric have released a new Jaguar MkI. The model recreates the 3.4 saloon which was given to Mike Hawthorn by Jaguar in 1957. The F1 World Champion drove the car on both the road and the track after it was modified at the Hawthorn family’s Tourist Trophy garage at Farnham, Surrey, and at Jaguar. It was of course this car that was involved in the road accident which claimed Hawthorn’s life.

• SRC Peugeot 205 T16 By popular request SRC has reactivated their Peugeot 205 T16 moulds to bring us the Peugeot 205 T16 EVO1 Chrono Gauloises Test Car. It is a Chrono version of the French Group B car, which means it is intended for competition use. Rallyhub brings us all the details and photos.

• Hobbyclassic Citroën Type 45 Hobbyclassic have released a new resin kit from MMK. The kit is a 1/32 scale recreation of a Citroën Type 45 bus, which can be built as either a standard version, or as the 1934 Rallye Monte Carlo entry.

Coming Soon

• BRM Ford GT 40 MkII BRM have unveiled a new FORD GT40 MK2, a 1/24 scale model created in partnership with Saleracing USA. The three versions due for release at the end of November are the Gurney/Grant, and the Donohue/Hawkins cars neither of which finished the 1966 Le Mans 24 hours, and the Gurney/Grant car which was disqualified from the 1966 12 Hours of Sebring.

• Fly Gama Sport Editions Fly has announced a series of sports edition slot cars. These have upgraded components including aluminium wheels, soft tires, and calibrated axles, and each is limited to fifty units.

• Fly Renault 5 GT Turbo Fly have also unveiled a new livery of the Renault 5 GT Turbo. This models the car driven by Massimo Sigala in the 1982 Coupe d’Europe, a one make series where Sagala finished second.

• Scaleauto Callaway C7R GT3 Scaleauto have announced a new livery for their Callaway C7 GT3. It recreates the Callaway Competition car driven by Daniel Keilwitz in the 2018 Pirelli World Challenge.

• Scaleauto Mitsubishi EVO VI Scaleauto has announced six new liveries of the Mitsubishi Evo 6 Cup Editions. As you can see there are yellow and red cars, and there are also black, white, black & white, and silver.

Scenery

• Scaleauto Scenics The first part of the new Scaleauto Scenics range is here, with ten trackside billboards and three kiosks.

Calendar

• WHO Slot Rally – Autumn Stages – 23rd-Oct-24
• Slot Rally GB – Round 6 – 3rd-Nov-24
• Worthing HO Wednesday – 6th-Nov-24
• Can-Am Race Event Denbigh NWSCC – 9th-Nov-24
• WHO Tin Top Saturday – 16th-Nov-24
• Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 16th-Nov-24
• WHO Drag Racing – 20th-Nov-24
• Worthing HO Wednesday – 4th-Dec-24
• WHO Tin Top Saturday – 14th-Dec-24
• Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 14th-Dec-24

Video

Photography

Revell Monogram Shelby GT350R Le Mans 1967

Photography by Mamoru Teranishi

Avant Slot Lotus Elise GT1 with Staffs Slot Cars Hyper 2 wheels

Photos by Staffs Slot Cars

• Photos and Discussion As ever, you can find lots more photos, tell us about anything we’ve missed, and let us know what you think of the latest slot car news over on the forum.