Digest 50 – Slot Racer

Let’s take a quick blast through the week’s slot car news

Featuring eight new Australian Holdens and Fords, three Mitsubishis, a Mercedes, three Alfas with motorcycles, and a classic Italian F1 car. Plus we have a fantastic new rally track, all the latest events from the calendar, and this weeks best videos and photos.

Slot Cars

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Australian Scalextric Cars Just arrived at Pendle Slot Racing are 8 exclusive Scalextric cars imported from Australia. These cars have been specifically made by Scalextric UK for the Australian market…

Penelope Pitlane Maserati 250F Pete Shepherd of Racing Replicas has built up this lovely 1954 Maserati 250F for the Pendle Slot Racing display cabinet. It is an updated Penelope Pitlane kit, which includes an improved body shape, interior, and driver, and Pete has built the kit to recreate Stirling Moss’s drive at the 1954 British GP.

Hobbyclassic Alfa Romeo and Ducati Hobbyclassic have expanded their trailer series, adding three more colours to their range of Alfa Romeo Giulias towing Ducati motorcycles. The blue Alfa is towing a road bike, the grey Alfa is towing a racing bike, and the green Giulia is towing the famous, record breaking “siluro“.

Coming Soon

Avant Slot Mitsubishi Galant VR4 Avant Slot have posted photos of three Ralliart liveried Mistsubishi Galants. Ralliart is the high-performance division of Mitsubishi Motors, which was responsible for development and preparation of the company’s rally development. The models are expected to be available in January 2024.

Slot.it Mercedes C-Class Slot.it have unveiled prototype photos of a new livery for their Mercedes Benz C Class. The model is expected to be available in the second half of 2024, and models the car driven by Ellen Lohr in the 1995 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, or DTM.

Tracks & Scenery

Slot Rally Hill It’s always a treat when rallyhub posts photos of his tracks, and his new layout is no exception. Slot Rally Hill is a single lane scenic track with loads of great details, including a slot car club with it’s own tiny 1:1024 scaled track of Slot Rally Hill itself. Highly recommended.

Hobbyclassic Carrera compatible track Hobbyclassic have released a single lane inner curve which is compatible with Carrera track. Available as 30° or 60° pieces, the track allows you to make a three lane layout, or a corner pit entry.

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.