Digest 8 – Slot Racer

Your compendium of interesting snippets and links for week 8!

In this week’s news we have six new F1 cars, five new sports cars, two touring cars, and a Monte Carlo winner. Plus we bring you the latest events from the calendar, and a round up of our favourite videos and photos

Slot Cars

Now Available

George Turner Models George Turner has released five new kits. The first is an all new 1965 Le Mans Maserati Tipo 65, followed by a 1926 Frazer Nash Tourer. He has also reworked the Jaguar Mk 7 to re release it. There are two versions available, the Monte Carlo winner of 1956, along with the Stirling Moss BTCC car. Also having been reworked we have the Ford Galaxie, in Jack Sears colours.

Coming Soon

Scaleauto Benetton B195 Scaleauto have announced two new liveries in their generic Formula 90-97 range. The models represent the Benetton B195 which won the F1 Constructors’ Championship of 1995, with Michael Schumacher winning the F1 Drivers’ championship, and Jonny Herbert finishing fourth.

Velasor Mercedes-Benz S Velasor have unveiled their new model, the 1927 Mercedes-Benz S. The model recreates the car driven to second place in the inaugural race at Nürburgring by Adolf Rosenberger. As usual it is a fantastically detailed model, with a hefty price tag.

NSR Alpine Renault NSR have announced two new liveries in their Formula 22 range, which represent the BWT liveried Alpine Renaults driven by Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon in the 2022 Formula 1 championship.

AFX Alfa Romeo F1 Unveiled at Bob Beers’ Superbowl HO Slot Car Show earlier this month, AFX will be releasing two limited edition 2023 Alfa Romeo F1 models – the #77 of Valtteri Bottas and the #24 of Zhou Guanyu. AFX have released factory shots of the #77 production sample in the past couple of days and it looks stunning for a 1:64 scale HO slot car.

In the Pipeline

Fly BMW 3.0 CSL Fly have announced a collaboration with Vulcan to produce two new BMW 3.0 CSLs. I believe Vulcan, like Fly, are also one of Mr. Barrios’s companies. The liveries represent Huub Vermeulen & Rob Slotemaker’s third placed finish in the 1974 Zandvoort trophy, and Niki Lauda & Hans Peter Joisten’s third placed car from the 6 Hours of Nürburgring in 1973.