Digest 49 – Slot Racer

Our round up of the week’s slot car action.

Digest 49, with a Scalextric McLaren M7C

Featuring an F2 Stock Car, four Porsches, an Alfa Romeo, a Callaway, Steve McQueen, Batman, and a bunch of grab ’em while you can Turners. Plus we have a free, downloadable slot car themed calendar, and the best forthcoming events, videos and photos.

Slot Cars

Now Available

Pendle Slot Racing F2 Stock car The eagerly awaited PCS F2 Stock car kit is now available from Pendle Slot Racing. The 1/28 scale kit comes as either a practical, working slot car, or as a more detailed display model. You can find out why, and how the 3D modelled kit was produced on the blog post linked above.

Scalextric Batmobile Scalextric have released their new Batmobile, which recreates the car from the film ‘The Batman’. The car has moved away from the comic book styling of previous machines and has more of a muscle car feel. Available now from your favourite retailer.

Revoslot Porsche 911 GT2 Revoslot have released three new liveries for their Porsche 911 GT2. The Mizuno livery is inspired by the Porsche 962C which raced in the 24 Hrs of Le Mans in 1990, the Blaupunkt livery is inspired by the 962 which finished third at Le Mans in 1989, and the BASF liveried car drove at the 1998 Laguna Seca 500km.

Going, Going, Gone

George Turner Models George Turner has announced a list of 37 kits that will be discontinued in the near future. There is 5% discount on all the kits listed, and free postage if you buy two or more. These won’t be around for much longer, so it’s worth having a look, so you don’t miss out.

Coming Soon

Fly Porsche 917k with Steve McQueen and John Sturges figures

Fly Porsche 917k Fly have announced another model in the series recreating scenes from the making of the classic film ‘Le Mans’. The two figures, reclining behind the Porsche 917k above, represent Steve McQueen with original director John Sturges, who later quit mid-production.

In the Pipeline

Slot.it Alfa Romeo 155 with a Martini livery

Slot.it Alfa Romeo 155 Slot.it have announced a new livery for the Alfa Romeo 155 V6TI which is expected to be released around Q3 or Q4 of 2024. The model recreates Alessandro Nannini’s car from the the eighth round of the 1996 International Touring Car Championship at Nürburgring. Nannini qualified on pole and went on to take victory, and fastest lap in both races. A dominant performance.

Scaleauto Callaway C7R GT3 Scaleauto have posted prototype photos of a new model for the GT3 line, a Callaway C7R GT3, which is obviously based on the Corvette. The first model is expected to be a white kit, with a Whelen Motorsports livery to follow.

Calendar

2024 SlotRacer Calendar Get ready for 2024 with the SlotRacer Calendar, which is now available to download and print. The calendar has a year to a page frontispiece for easy reference, then separate pages for each month with plenty of room for your notes, reminders, doodles and scribbles. Each page features one of Doug Johnson’s fabulous slot car photos, and the calendar prints at a standard A4 size.