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FESTIVAL SPECIAL EDITION • 20th MAY 2012
FOR RACERS, COLLECTORS AND BUILDERS
UK SLOT CAR FESTIVAL 2012
OFFICIAL BROCHURE & GUIDE
Heritage Motor Centre, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire, CV35 0BJ, England
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FESTIVAL SPECIAL EDITION • 20th MAY 2012
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FOR RACERS, COLLECTORS AND BUILDERS In this special issue: 2
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Welcome:
WEB: Wayne Tooke: info@slotcarmag.co.uk EDITORIAL: Ric Woods: ric-woods@slotcarmag.co.uk ART & DESIGN: Marc Abbott: marc-abbott@slotcarmag.co.uk Cover photo: Marc Abbott
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Hello and welcome to the UK Slot Car Festival!
Where am I? This map will show you!
Sean Fothersgill from Pendle Slot Racing is our host at this, the fifth and finest slot car gathering of its type.
If you’re definitely disorientated or just briefly bewildered, we’ll get you back in the zone…
The Heritage Centre:
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The Heritage Motor Centre tells its story.
Big speed from the smallest cars.
Feast your eyes on some historic full-scale cars while you are here enjoying the model ones!
Can these jewel-like cars run rings round the opposition? Andy Player investigates the world of HO.
The Phenomenon that is Scalextric:
24 Reliveries:
Just why do people say “Scalextric” when they see a slot car track?
An old car looking tired? Fancy creating your own sponsorship decals?
Mark Slade charts the rise of the manufacturer which has become the household name of slot car racing.
Have you ever had an accident which is not your fault? Richard Bennett shows how to put on a brave new face!
Battle of the Manufacturers:
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Honour is at stake to find out which brand is best for racing!
Hand-built chassis, vacuum-formed bodies…and actual speeds of…
Eight lanes, eight manufacturers and four hours to find out who is the fastest!
Jaw-droppin’ eye-poppin’ need for speed. Nick Thrower lights the blue touch paper on these blurred bolides.
11 Slot Rally GB:
28 A Case of Display:
Gareth Jex describes the unique rally event that is touring Britain.
Wondering how to spruce up those display cases?
There’s no room for stage fright in this highly successful championship which tests slot skills to the limit
A diorama drama, as Lynne Haines turns the bland box into something pretty amazing.
13 Collecting:
31 The Scenic Route:
The joys of owning that elusive car or collecting every model permutation.
The sky’s the limit, and it needn’t cost the earth.
The pride and the pitfalls of serious collecting; just make sure you enjoy what you do!
Ric Woods looks at track titivation, from the cheap and cheerful to the expensive and even more cheerful!
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33 An Introduction to Digital:
Get the most from the hobby with the National Scalextric Collectors Club.
The new direction for slot car racing.
More than thirty years of catering for the most seriously addicted and still going strong! The NSCC is here to help.
Digital expert Dave Chang takes a look at the options in the ‘chips with everything’ world of digital racing.
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38 Club Directory: Maybe there’s a club just down the road!
A comprehensive guide to the UK’s centres of slotting. Go on! Give it a try!
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represents all scales currently available, from the tiny 1/64th , the increasingly popular 1/43rd and the most commonlyrecognisable 1/32nd, right up to the huge 1/24th tracks. Each scale is well represented, from small two-lane home layouts to 6 and 8 lane club circuits. Apart from the huge Ninco 8-lane circuit which is staging ‘The Battle of the Manufacturers’ race, all tracks are free for public use. At this stage, and on behalf of the event organisers, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the Slot Festival, because without the help and support of the manufacturers, distributors, retailers, clubs and fellow racers and enthusiasts this type of event would not be possible. A massive ‘thank you’ must also go to the staff at SlotCarMAG for producing this fantastic show guide. As a relatively new venture the magazine is going from strength to strength and providing a valuable resource for slot car enthusiasts, so if you haven’t already purchased a copy please take the opportunity to do so today, and next time you are considering making a purchase please remember those manufacturers and retailers who supported this event, because without them future events like this would not be possible. Sean Fothersgill
elcome to the 2012 UK Slot Car Festival. This is the second year the Festival has been hosted at the Heritage Motor Centre and we are deeply grateful to the management and staff at the Exhibition Centre for allowing us to use these fantastic facilities. For those who haven’t been to the UK Slot Car Festival before, this will be the 5th event of its kind; previous events were staged at Brooklands Museum (twice), Donington Museum and of course last year’s event was also staged here. Our aim is to showcase all aspects of the slot car hobby in an environment that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Whether you are a seasoned racer or someone with a passing interest, we are sure you will
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find something to keep you occupied. This is why we believe the Heritage Motor Centre is the perfect venue. On arrival you will have wandered through the museum, home to the world’s largest collection of British motor vehicles, itself a major attraction which transports you back in time and I’m sure brings back many memories of previously-owned vehicles from an age when motoring was more of a luxury than today’s world of multi-car families and crowded motorways. We hope that when you move from the museum into the Exhibition Centre you will be blown away by the sheer size and vast array of displays, stalls and tracks that await you. In all there are over 24 race tracks at the event. The range
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COMING SOON... A concise historical portrait of the Scalextric ASTON MARTIN by Rob Smith: From tinplate SCALEX to the monster fast Lola-Aston LMP. READ ALL ABOUT IT, in
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SCALEXTRIC
The phenomenon that is by Mark Slade
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lot car manufacturers have come and gone, computer-based games have threatened to take over our children’s minds and various economic slumps have threatened the factory gates, but Scalextric, in its various guises, has survived it all. The story itself began back in the 1950s. The brand started life as a range of clockwork-powered racing cars called ‘Scalex’. It didn’t take long for their creator, Fred Francis, to realise that by fitting electric motors to the cars, the realism of motor racing could be brought slightly closer. The name was also tweaked to the famous one we know today. Scalextric was launched in Britain in the late 1950s; the concept was a huge hit and demand hit the roof when production started in 1957. The brand has been owned by quite a few companies through the decades. It started life with Minimodels Ltd, before being sold to Tri-ang when
demand soared and, in order to meet with this demand, the models were updated to plastic rather than metal. Scalextric went to Rovex Ltd in the late 1960s and is now owned by Hornby Hobbies Ltd. As stated, the cars were produced in metal at first and tracks were made from a rubber compound. However, designers soon realised the benefits of plasticmoulded models. They’ve been producing plastic cars and track since the early 1960s.
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When someone sees a slot car track, more often than not they will refer to it as “Scalextric”. This phenomenon also resonates throughout other parts of our lives too. How many people “Hoover” their carpet when in fact they actually own a Dyson? Mark Slade tries to explain why after 40 years this company has managed to ride the storm and still remains the word on every slot racer’s lips.
It would be impossible to list here every car that Scalextric has ever made, but rest assured that no matter what your favourite formula or class in motor sport, Scalextric will have made various examples of their “real-life” cousins throughout the years. Formula One champions are also well represented, so whether you’re still a Michael Schumacher or a Jack Brabham fan, at some point a car with your favourite driver will have been made. The design of track has also evolved over time, and of course the designers have been at the forefront of giving us some whacky ideas as well as the standard type of straight and curve. Pit stop sections, humpback bridges, tyre blowout simulations, chicanes and, believe it or not, a loop-the-loop! There was also a rather ill-timed foray into 1/24th scale racing. Beautiful - but expensive - cars were produced, as was a special three-lane track to race them on. An economic slump and perhaps the larger size put people off buying the sets and the idea was unfortunately dropped. Sets can still be found, however, and if you’re lucky enough to actually race on one you’ll realise what a shame it was that production had to cease. Trackside accessories haven’t gone amiss either. A friendly 1/32nd scale mechanic is always on hand to refuel your car, or a miniature marshal will warn you of danger by waving a yellow flag. Plus, of course, spectators, hay bales, oil drums, hedges, barriers and buildings of all shapes and sizes, are there to really make your circuit come alive. Over the years the attention to detail has obviously improved, and the cars really do look like a miniature version of their 1:1 big brothers. In the past few years we have seen the introduction of digital racing, where multiple cars can use the same lane yet be independently controlled, changing lane at special crossovers to try and out-wit the rival car. Also, for the kiddies, there are now the 1/64th scale sets, a true training ground for when they want to progress to Dad’s bigger set. We have also seen recordbreaking attempts featuring James May of ‘Top Gear’ fame, firstly
with the land-speed record attempt (in 1/32nd scale of course) and then the largest-ever Scalextric set, which followed the path of the old Brooklands Track, placing Scalextric firmly in the Guinness Book Of Records by stretching an impressive 2.95 miles. Both of these shows are often repeated on television. As you walk around the Festival and get a taste of what’s on offer, take time to consider the enjoyment Scalextric and slot cars in general have given the world, and make sure you try out the latest offerings on the tracks laid out especially for you. Also take time to think that we’re possibly in one of the most diverse and interesting periods of slot car racing and collecting… let’s make the most of it!
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could cover the greater distance in the time given. The basic rules for the 4-hour race is that each team must field eight drivers, using a car made up only from the brand of slot car they represent. All drivers have to complete a 25-minute section on one lane, the cars then being moved to another lane, until all eight lanes had been used by every team. The only unknown factor is that a “supplied” motor from the company JP Slot will be fitted into every car except the Scalextric one, which will use a standard 18K Mabuchi can (simply because the large can motor will not fit into the motor housing on their car). Last year, a lot of friendly rivalry and banter was heard from the drivers
themselves and it soon became obvious that, barring breakdowns, the car driven by the NSR team was favourite to win, only the Slot.It team showing any real challenge. The winning car completed 891 laps, so it will be interesting to see if that record can be beaten this year.
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onour is at stake during the Festival as manufacturers are invited to battle it out on a huge 8-lane track (see picture below) to see just who does produce the best car for racing! This really is a showcase to show how the “professionals” race their cars in the Battle of the Manufacturers. Last year, this particular event saw very good racing throughout the field and commanded a lot of interest from die-hard slot racers to the curious Joe Public, many of whom didn’t realise that there was anything other than “Scalextric”, because the idea was simply to pitch eight of the top manufacturers against each other to see which brand
y l l a R t o l S GB SlotrallyGB is in fact a bit of a catch-all for several things, all based around racing and collecting rally slot cars. Following a major one-off event in 2006 where people came from around the UK and Europe to compete in a two-day slot rally event, we decided to hold an annual national championship. Seven clubs around the UK hold one-day slot rallies, where competitors run to a common set of rules with six different classes of rally car types.
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he basic concept is a simple one; each club makes around eight stages (or tracks) and entrants can run up to a maximum of four classes at each event. Cars are checked in at the start of the day and then run on each stage in small groups travelling from stage to stage. At the end of the day the times are added up for all the stages/classes and the fastest time wins. Points are awarded for the event and championship points are added for those entered into the championship. Prizes are awarded at each event and prizes awarded at the end of the championship to the overall winner. One of the reasons for the success of the championship is the friendly nature of the competition. In most cases cars are run
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‘box stock’ with minimal alterations allowed from standard, and those that do wish to build the ultimate rally cars can do so in the Modified class. The events have been well attended with most full to capacity (we restrict the maximum number per event to around 160 entries – 40 entrants running 4 classes). We have regular competitors at all the events but always manage to have new faces - young, old, male and female - and the pros are always happy to advise and encourage. The choice of cars and classes is massive and allows for a diverse range of entries to suit your favourite type of car and/or manufacturer. The stages (or tracks) at each event vary considerably, ranging from simple made-
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Above: Spectators get a soaking at the water splash. Middle: Metro on Weeton Bridge. Top right: Close-up of the water splash.
the-day-before layouts using plexi track from SCX, Scalextric or Ninco, to routed MDF stages and fully-scenic layouts. Traction magnets are banned. • Classic Rally – Sponsored by Teamslot • 80’s Rally – Sponsored by SCX • 4x4 Modern Rally – Sponsored by Scalextric • 2WD Modern Rally – Sponsored by Avant Slot • Pro Stock Rally – Sponsored by MSC • Modified Rally – Sponsored by SlotRacer Magazine • Official timing – Sponsored by SCX • Junior Championship (16 and under) – Sponsored by Scalextric
Right: Night stage. Below middle: Slick Slot Stage 1. Bottom: All weather, 3 seasons terrain!
the SlotRallyGB area and collect your time card, fill in your details and then visit the first stage available. A car and hand controller will be provided at each stage for you to use and a regular SlotRallyGB competitor will explain what to do and, if you ask nicely, give you a few tips! Your stage time will be recorded on your time sheet. Complete all the stages and then return the sheet to our display. Total times will be displayed on a screen for you to see how you are doing.
For the Slot Car Festival 2012 we have brought along a selection of stages typical of those used at our events. You have the chance to compete on these stages for free and win prizes! Just like a real SlotRallyGB you have to compete on each stage, but you don’t need to do them in any particular order. Come to
Coming along to a slot race event can, occasionally, be a daunting prospect for anyone new to the hobby, but with small stages, good company, a friendly atmosphere and events across the UK we urge you to pop along to an event and give it a try. All the events are listed on the official championship web site (www.slotrallygb.com) and applications for entry and discussions are held on www.slotforum.com. Every Second Counts!
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collecting by Gareth Jex
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have been collecting slot cars for over 24 years and this article is really a very short introduction based on my experience. I have met lots of other slot car collectors over the years and picked up tips and hints along the way. Everyone has different collecting criteria and motorsport preferences, so you will need to tailor your collection to your own tastes. I suspect, like many people, I didn’t set out to start collecting slot cars; I started by playing with second-hand Scalextric sets bought cheaply from jumble sales, local paper ads and the like. When I had a fair few (probably 20), I decided I liked it and would start a collection. At the time the internet was not really an option, so local shops and outlets were my starting point, along with Toys ‘R’ Us. It was a chance encounter in a local shop that really kicked it all off, when they recommended a local slot car race club and the NSCC (National Scalextric Collectors Club). I joined both and went along to race at the club and started to go
to a number of NSCC organised swap meets. It was at these swap meets that I bought most of my collection. To begin with I collected Scalextric cars – all varieties - and it wasn’t long before I had an example of every car, and then the real collection started with trying to have all the colours, liveries and types available. To put this into perspective, at the time this would have been around 3000+ cars! During this time I met several other major collectors and saw their collections, including the superb collection of Mr Rob Smith. To be honest, it was around this time that I realised I was collecting cars for the collection’s sake only and not really models that I liked. A radical re-think was required. I decided to stop collecting Scalextric cars and collect only slot rally cars. This is what I collect now and the collection is actually larger now than it was before, but I like more of the collection and have a real passion for hunting out new models, obscure brands and liveries, as well as
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Hobby or Addiction? At first you will try to get everything, but later on you come back down to earth and realise that choices need to be made. Your bank balance (unless you’re lucky) just won’t allow you to buy everything you want and of course your house isn’t built like Doctor Who’s Tardis! The important thing is to enjoy the hobby and realise that that one elusive car may always be out of reach...
Above: Display cabinets are a fantastic way of showing off your collection, whether you own a large or small number of cars and accessories.
making my own liveries and even making entire cars. Over the years I have picked up some bargains, paid way too much, made some errors, but acquired some knowledge that you may find useful.
Above: Perhaps you might want to collect all of the variants of one particular car, no matter what scale.
Original or reproduction? Be careful of reproduction boxes. There are plenty of people selling reproduction boxes and some who will try to pass off a repro as real. The same goes for spare parts. There is a cottage industry making spare parts for collectable cars, so check carefully.
What to collect? Start with a theme – Le Mans, F1, Rally, BTCC, Porsche, etc. – basically collect what you like the most. Some people collect an entire Scalextric catalogue (which is produced every year).
Brand or type? When I started collecting I only knew of Scalextric; there are many other brands now: SCX, Ninco, Fly, Avant, MSC and lots of independents making resin models. You will find that many companies will make the same model, even the same livery.
Mint/Boxed? This is very important. When you go to a swap meet or look on eBay you will see lots of cars being described as ‘Mint’ and ‘Boxed’. You need to decide early on if you plan to keep your model cars sealed in their boxes on display or if you will use them. The difference in price can be extreme – for example a mint boxed and sealed Scalextric Cobra Kit will cost in the region of £400, but an unboxed example (made) may cost only £50. Some cars never come boxed – set cars, for example, are often in unique liveries but come loose in the set. If you do decide to buy mint boxed, consider how you will display/store your collection – boxed cars take up about three times as much space as loose cars! I remove all my cars from their boxes, store the boxes elsewhere and display the cars on their own.
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Join the NSCC! They have a stand at the show – go and say hello, chat, join and enjoy the monthly newsletter. Magazines – surprisingly there are not that many English language printed magazines available, though of course you’re reading one now! Consider regular purchase or a subscription.
Who to buy from? I assume that because you are reading this article in the show guide you will today see a large number of traders selling slot cars of all types: new, second hand, collectable and hand-made. Talk to the traders – in the main they know their product and have seen 99.9% of the cars available and have probably sold them before. Talk to them and see who you get on with best. Once you get to know them, you can build up a relationship and many will advise you when they get a particular car that might be of interest to you. Don’t rush to buy! Take your time and have a good look around all the stalls as prices vary.
Lists.
Research, Research, Research.
Investment?
The internet is an amazing source of information and you can normally find all the information you need if you know where to look. Many collections are online (including mine). Look at them, study and contact the web site owners with questions. Join an on-line slot forum – www.Slotforum.com is my recommendation – there are others. There is a wealth of knowledgeable people who are normally happy to help with questions. Consider buying a reference book – a very good one (which covers Scalextric) is written by Roger Gilham, and it’s updated fairly regularly.
Many people think that their collection will grow in value. In my experience this is not the case most of the time. You need to consider how you will eventually dispose of your collection. Traders make a living from buying and selling and they need to make a profit, similarly Ebay charges you to sell. In my opinion never consider your collection as a sound financial investment.
Make a list and stick to it! The number of times I have gone along to a swap meet and forgotten to bring my list with me, and so ended up buying something I already have! It sounds stupid, but it is easier than you think! Find a format for listing your collection and stick with it. There are software packages available designed specifically for collecting slot cars. I use a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and photograph all my cars for my web site. It takes time, but it’s worth it in the long run. Print it, save it, back it up! I recently lost my entire collection database because my laptop was stolen!
Finally... Buy what you like and buy the best you can afford. Perfect examples can be hard to find and expensive, but in the long run they are worth it. Only collect what you like.
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30 years... and still growing!
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o welcome to the 2012 Slot Car Festival being held at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, organised by Slot Car Promotions and which we, the NSCC - or, to use our full title, The National Scalextric Collectors Club are pleased to support. We have of course supported similar events in the past in our capacity as the only UKbased slot car collectors club, a position we have held for over thirty years. Indeed, last year saw us celebrating our 30th Anniversary, and we produced a very limited-edition Scalextric Jaguar XKR GT3 for our members. The Club came about from very simple beginnings, originally formed in 1980 by a small number of collectors with a common aim of promoting the hobby of slot cars generally, although back then it was largely Scalextric as the dominant manufacturer in the market. From the early days, and indeed now, the backbone of the Club is the NSCC Journal, a monthly publication which now includes up-to-theminute news from all the major manufacturers on new and forthcoming releases, information on kit and scratch building, eBay watch and of course members’ articles, which can include anything from detail on their own collection to track building, scenery and car reviews. In the early days, the Journal was a more simple affair, the first one being produced in June 1981 by Dale Tremble (one of the founding members of the Club), all by hand on an old-fashioned typewriter. It was largely produced as a basis for members to buy, sell and swap cars (remember the internet didn’t exist back then as such), and consisted of only a single page, but over the last thirty years it has evolved into the current monthly 48-page full-colour Journal you receive as a member. If, however, you are not a member, but are still curious about joining the Club, you can visit our stand here where we have numerous back copies, free for you to take home and read at your leisure. Of course the Club doesn’t only just provide a Journal to its members. Very early on it was realised that the members expect and deserve more for their annual membership fee, so limited-edition cars were produced for members only to purchase and these have continued to this day. Previous Club cars have become very collectable and do indeed fetch some high prices when appearing for sale on the open market. Through the course of the years we have also developed a very close relationship with Hornby; this has included the exclusive production of
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some of our Club cars and also the annual NSCC/ Hornby Ramsgate weekend, where a very limited number of members gather for a weekend of racing and socialising, plus getting presented with a very limitededition Scalextric Car, generously provided by Hornby as a memento of the weekend. We have also involved ourselves over the years in other aspects of promoting the slot car hobby to the general public by attending events with tracks - not only slot car events such as this but also general events related to the real world of cars, and also by organising swapmeets for members and the public alike. Of course all of our activities would not be possible without the support of our members, so if you are interested in the NSCC, please do come along to our stand for a chat or to have a go on one of the three tracks we have - including both analogue and digital - to see how the hobby has progressed over the years. We will only be too pleased to discuss more of what we do and hopefully welcome you to the Club in the future.
www.nscc.co.uk
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FESTIVAL MAP Where am I? On entering the main entrance make your way through the car museum to the lift / escalators which lead to the main exhibition floor where the Slot Car Festival is located. 20
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Swapmeet – A mix of retail stands selling everything from vintage slot cars to modern & collectable cars, spare parts & accessories. Manufacturers Area – Your chance to meet representatives from manufacturers & distributors. See the latest releases & proto-types. Slot.it Oxigen – Your chance to meet representatives from Slot.it test & drive the new Oxigen digital system. Race Zone – Try out the various tracks & competitions hosted by Slot Rally GB, Drag Strip, BSCRA & Scalextric 124. Track Room – more track layouts to test your skills. HO Zone – A chance to test you skill at racing HO cars on the various tracks & drag strip. NSCC Track Room – Meet representatives from the NSCC and test drive their various layouts. Slot Car MAG / Slot Car Festival 2012 – The magazine for racers, collectors and builders
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HO SCALE RACING Super speed from a slightly smaller world Panoz DP01 Champ Car and Peugeot 908 LMP on the AFX Mega-G chassis
These cars are fast and have immense “downforce” because of the strong magnets in the cars. HO scale slot cars have the advantage that you can set up a very large circuit in a small area. These cars are also very easy to upgrade and are an exciting part of the hobby to get involved in. 22
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space. And for those interested in e all think of slot cars as being landscaped layouts, HO is absolutely the 1/32 scale. That was the scale of perfect scale. Scalextric back in 1957 and that When you visit the HO Zone today, you is how it has remained, more or less, ever will see with your own eyes what HO has since. to offer. In the United States things are different. The four-lane demonstration layout is Across the Atlantic, the 1960s slot car craze made from Tomy AFX sectional pieces – was even bigger, but the scale of the cars the best plastic HO track system around. run in American homes was smaller – 1/87 You’ll be able to try out a range of modern or HO scale. HO cars, including those from Tomy AFX HO slot cars – now usually 1/64 scale – and Life Like. have gone through just as many We’ll be running demos of the prodevelopments and evolutions as their racing BSRT, Slottech and Wizzard High larger European cousins. Today’s HO slot Performance chassis. They will be some of cars are beautifully-detailed bodies sitting the fastest cars anywhere at the festival. on top of ingeniously-engineered chassis. There are some obvious differences between HO and 1/32 scale. HO cars are much smaller. There’s enough space for a motor and gearing and not a lot else, but the scope for modifications is endless. The size thing is very useful for racing. Whether you are competing at home or at a club, you can fit a large, fourAFX Mega-G chassis – top & bottom views lane circuit into a practical
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An exciting recent release is the Auto World HO Dragstrip. We’ll have a strip set up for you to run a range of the Auto World Funny Cars, Pro Stocks and Top Fuel dragsters. Also on show will be some of the latest releases from Tomy AFX and Micro Scalextric. Those of us in the HO Zone will – of course – be ready to answer your questions and give you information about the growing HO scene in the UK. Remember – the best things come in small packages. Don’t forget to visit the HO Zone and find out more. Andy Player Andy races at Worthing HO Racing (www.whoracing.org.uk) and in the EAHORC national series (www.eahorc.com)
AFX Cobra Daytona, Ford GT40 MkII and Chaparral 2D
[Below]: Worthing HO Racing, one of several successful HO clubs in the UK [Middle Below]: The HO Zone demonstration track in action last year [Bottom]: Wizzard High Performance P3 chassis
Life Like produce a wide range of HO Nascars Funny Cars on the Auto World Dragstrip
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You can do it. Seven easy stages – Dismantle, strip, prime, paint, decal, assemble, lacquer and you’re done. All you need is bravery, creativity and a bit of flair along with some automotive paint, decal paper and an everyday ink jet printer. A subtle alternative is just modify a car that you already love, like putting your name on it or giving it a dirt effect. Practice on an old car first; all you need is some enamel paint and a stiff brush or a small aerosol can of matt paint. It’s also possible to smarten up damaged tampo printing. Remove the
own advertising decals.
hink of it as recycling scrap. Old becomes new, faded becomes sexy. Give new life to old cars. You don’t need brush skills, just a creative mind. Create something that is a one-off, unique to you and yet looks like it has come from a factory. Do something that hasn’t or can’t be done by the big manufacturers. If you own a business, make a car with your sponsorship on it, or make a present for a slot fanatic with a personalized car. How about one as a gift in a football club’s colours for a devoted fan, or maybe a replica of the car that’s on your drive at home?
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version of a car that you really want? You could
shrug your shoulders
and sigh OR you could
strip a car down, re-paint
it and then apply your
brand new model straight from the shops – well not on your first attempt anyway! Stand out from the crowd, have a go, see what happens. Create a one-off that no-one else will have. Create that car that you can’t buy in the shops. Most of the custom cars that you will see today will look like factory-produced
items, they are so good. For more information on painting and decalling cars, ask around at the Festival; there are lots of people who can give you advice. You can also find ‘how-tos’ on the internet, or follow my guides in the magazine SlotCarMAG, available bimonthly.
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damaged tampo with a cotton bud soaked in stripper then apply a decal over where the tampo was. (Again, try this on a scrap car first). What’s the worst that can happen? Well, you ruin a 20-year-old toy that costs almost nothing. I would never advocate doing this on your pride and joy or a
British Slot Car Racing Association
BSCRA
A need for speed!
A
by Nick Thrower
on the chassis which run on the track surface. Classes have evolved over the years, as with any type of motor sport, but it is a testament to the skill of builders that speed and handling have got to the stage we see today. A good Saloon car is the easiest of the three classes to drive. The motor is less powerful than the other classes (except Production), it is smooth and tractable while giving ample speed to deliver a very fast pace. The chassis and tyres give good grip and easily cope with the motor power. F1s are modelled on a real Formula One car and usually boast a scale paint job of the full-sized example. The regulations for F1 chassis are very different to the other two classes. The characteristics and limitations of the chassis handling means that the motor choice is effectively limited to less-powerful options. Armature windings will be thinner and longer to reduce the power drawn. Sports Cars are the mighty beast of all the cars raced. They are modelled on a fullsized sports car that is raced in any of the world championships, such as Le Mans. These are the fastest and most exotic machinery that BSCRA race. The thin body shell is designed to channel air and generate maximum downforce much like the real cars, but in this case it is all air
They are mind-blowingly fast. Their super-light sculpted bodies have been known to cause outbreaks of panic amongst groups of rivetcounting scratchbuilders. Nick Thrower gives us a highspeed drive through the fast and furious world of BSCRA racing…
nyone who wants to go faster, raise your hands! Scalextric not quick enough for you? Well take a look at the BSCRA boys. They have a track at the Festival to try and entice you into their world. If you haven’t seen this type of slot car racing before, you’ll be amazed. So how can they possibly achieve such speed and not come off in the corners? Making a 1/32 scale slot car fast in a straight line is easy, just take out your standard motor and replace with something much more dynamic – but make sure your power supply and hand controller can cope with what you’re asking. Here, Nick Thrower takes a very brief look at the style of racing enjoyed by the British Slot Car Racing Association: Cars are modelled on their full-size counterparts from three basic types of racing: Saloon, Formula 1 and Sports Cars. The similarity with any “real” car ends there, though. Under the body shell is a chassis, the construction and design of which is unlimited provided it meets the width, length and height regulations. As in all BSCRA racing, the vast majority of chassis will be assembled kits requiring extensive construction skills of metal working and soldering. Although the cars have front “wheels”, in reality chassis stability is provided by the horn-shaped extensions
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pressure from above – no ground effects. The regulations for Sports are the same as for Saloon but with an open choice of motor and chassis. As a result, motor armature windings will be thicker and shorter to increase the power drawn by the motor, with one purpose – to make it go as fast as possible! Motor size is tiny compared to the similar Saloon cars ensuring lowest centre of gravity, minimum weight and maximum agility. Driving a Sports car requires absolute concentration, commitment and belief in the car’s capabilities on the track – almost to the point of defying the laws of physics. These cars will outperform all other 1/32nd class cars and are capable of phenomenal speed. In short, this is the ultimate testosterone class and should be treated with respect. All cars run minimal ground clearance, which is practically zero at the front and 0.5mm at the rear at the start of a race. Rear tyres are soft sponge, which provides masses of grip and an unpleasant fishy smell. The lower the car is to the track, the faster the car will corner so big tyres are a definite disadvantage! Wear rates are high and it is common for tyres to be a deciding factor in race results. As in F1, tyre changes can be a faster route to the win rather than suffering poor handling
on a large set of tyres. As previously stated these cars are MUCH faster than your average Scalextric car and they require a power source that can cope: Power is provided at 13.8 volts and the most powerful motors can draw up to 25 amps on full acceleration. Power is supplied by standard 240 volt – 13.8 volt transformers (regulated of course). There is one power supply for every 2 lanes. All cars are controlled by a hand controller similar to Scalextric but beefed up significantly and with a few tricks including –
“Premier”, which takes some achievement to reach! More details about competing in BSCRA (British Slot Car Racing Association) events or where your local club is, please visit our site: www.bscra.co.uk And don’t forget to come and have a go yourself – you’ll find us at the Festvial with a large dedicated track to test your skill.
• Variable pick-up rate to adjust the controller to different motors and tracks • Variable brakes to reduce the sharpness of brakes generated by the motor when power usage is switched to power generation • Choke to limit the top-end performance of the motor for those rare motors which are just too fast Two basic types of controller are used and which you use depends on personal preference for finger or thumb control. Both can have the same adjustments and features. Drivers are graded from “Novice” to “Main” and then Above: The “Sports” chassis
Above: Finger trigger controller
Above: Thumb trigger controller
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Above: F1 Vodaphone McLaren
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SCENERY & DISPLAY
A case of
display
Once upon a time there were only two basic types of slot car people, the Collectors and the Racers. To those two gangs a rapidly growing third has now been added: The Modellers...
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odellers may also be members of either of the elder groups but the wish to see their beautiful model cars in a suitably detailed environment sets them aside in a group of their own. Like the Collector, the Modeller may select their slot car purchases for beauty alone. They may coo in delight as they feast their eyes upon the tiny detail held within a Fly Models Classic Porsche. A new Pioneer Mustang will have them purring softly as they peer into the cockpit to discover if the driver figure within has a hand resting upon the gear lever or both hands upon the wheel. However, in an allegiance with the Racers, the Modellers feel the need to set their perfect little beauties free from their crystal prisons and try them on the track. Cars that prove to be a difficult drive may be returned to their box. Those that are fun will remain free on the shelf for ease of access. This results in a pile of empty display boxes and a secondary stack of boxes whose forlorn residents are
by Lynne Haines
only infrequently set free in their natural environment. Here is an idea to make those box residents look a little less forlorn. It takes only a little time and makes a suitable project for those starting their journey in constructing model scenery. (Please note, this sample piece based on a Ninco box is suitable for display of rally cars, but similar steps can be used to produce display boxes for other styles of car)
Step 1: Base preparation (below) A simple coat of plasterer’s joint compound will provide a base to build upon. The pre-mixed variety is relatively cheap, simple to use, will keep for months in its original tub and can be sanded with ease once dry. A few bumps and wheel ruts will help make the base look more natural. It’s always a good idea to have a slot car at hand to check the fit as you work.
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Step 2: FRocks
Step 3: Paint and texture
Step 4: Detail and decorate
(Pic No1) Add a little more structure to the box and disguise the plaster rise in the corner. Pieces of torn upholstery foam have been glued in place. The foam magically changes to FRock with a brushed coat of joint compound thinned with a little water. While not absolutely necessary, a secondary coat is a good idea.
(Pic No2 and 3) This is when the scenery starts to come to life. Paint the plaster work with the base colours of soil, sand and rock in your area. If desired coat the ground area with PVA glue and sprinkle with dirt medium of choice (tiling grout, coloured sands or specialty products). Spray the whole with a coat of watered PVA to keep it securely in place.
(Pic No4 and Main pic) Add grass, plants, fences, figures, Armco. The possibilities are endless. Be adventurous. These little boxes are a great way to test ideas before applying them to track scenery.
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Little Monaco: realism potential The Scenic Route
by Ric Woods
Randy Pepprock of Missoula, Montana built this 1/32 version of Monaco using Scalextric Sport track. He custom cut masonite borders, spackled all of the seams and then painted the track. All of the buildings are scratch-built. The layout measured 19' x 10'. It has recently been dismantled to make room for a new project. Slot Car MAG / Slot Car Festival 2012 – The magazine for racers, collectors and builders
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he beauty of scenery is that you can do as much of it as you like and spend as much as you like, and no matter what you do, you will very probably enhance the track and therefore your slot racing enjoyment by doing so. Many enthusiasts aren’t lucky enough to have a permanent layout, but even so, for the so-called ‘rug racer’, just a few trackside buildings and features can help transform that Axminster into Albert Park, the Wilton into Watkins Glen, the Carpetright into Crystal Pal… (ok, we get the idea! – Ed.). A swift scan of the Pendle website (www.pendleslotracing.co.uk) revealed that buildings are currently available by Scalextric, Carrera, MRRC and the not-at-all-misleadingly-named Slot Car Track Buildings, and from the U.S. there is the Royale company, who make a range of amazingly well-detailed buildings for the trackside connoisseur. Additionally, portable dioramas can be made very cheaply – see the article by Lynne Haines in this magazine for some great ideas – and placed around your layout at various points. It is not uncommon for slot car clubs to have to assemble their track for racing, and I know of several clubs who have gone to the trouble of making some simple dioramas which help to make the track look that little bit more realistic when it is set up. Another manufacturer worthy of a mention here is Slot Track Scenics, which makes a large range of embankments, both in finished form and also with a basic paint finish which leaves the rest of the work to the modeller. Once a track is permanently sited, then imagination and
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ambition can be given free reign until you arrive at something like the ‘Little Monaco’ we see here. Again, you don’t have to have a bottomless bank account to achieve convincing results. You can make a start with virtually zero outlay. Advertising logos can be found on the internet, ordinary garden moss can look like hedging in 1/32nd scale, and websites such as www.slotforum.com are jam-packed with information on how to make some of the best miniature scenery you will see anywhere. Additionally, SlotCarMAG will usually have a step-by-step scenery feature by a top exponent of the art. Another route often taken in pursuit of realism is that of track painting. Have you ever noticed how few roads are actually black? Of course the decision to paint your hundreds of pounds’ worth of track a more fetching shade of grey is not one to be taken lightly. The process involved differs according to the type of track used, that is, the more flexible types will require more preparation to make sure that the paint adheres in the long term. On the other hand a rigid type, such as Carrera, can be painted with automotive primer very successfully. Further detail such as lines, patches and joins can then be added if desired. Again, there is plenty advice on the internet, and it is well worth seeking out. So, while it is naturally tempting to buy more and more cars and then to spend as much time as possible racing them, a few hours spent on the scenic route will add another dimension to the hobby, and is virtually guaranteed to make the time spent racing all the more enjoyable!
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An introduction to
by Dave Chang
DIGITAL Slot Car Racing What is Digital Slot Car Racing? Digital slot car racing allows multiple slot cars to race and overtake each other even on a two-lane circuit. Digital slot car racing introduces the challenges and elements of real motor racing – such as blocking, passing and even refuelling – to the slot car hobby. Modern production methods allow the model cars to have a far greater level of detail than ever before and now the realism of the racing has been increased to match. Digital slot car sets started to appear on the shelves of model and toy shops in late 2004, bringing the most radical changes to electric slot car racing since the first Scalextric system was released in 1957. For the first time, it was simple and
affordable to get a slot car set where the cars were no longer confined to their lanes. But are the new features really as exciting as they look, or would all these cars on the track just result in crashes and broken cars? Some people wondered if this new-fangled 'digital' was just going to be a short-lived fad, adding unnecessary expense and complication to an elegantly simple and already challenging and entertaining sport. Now in 2012 it is safe to say that digital slot car racing is here to stay. People new to the hobby find digital slot car racing intuitive and fun, while more and more traditional slot car racers start to adopt and convert. Digital has not replaced
analogue systems, but added a challenging new branch to the hobby. The main difference between racing analogue and racing digital is the focus of driving. With analogue, the main concern is your car and the track: maintaining the car’s balance as you find the perfect braking point and the best way to bring back the throttle out of the corner. Optimising corner speeds and maintaining cool under pressure are paramount. Whilst you may want to be wary of a car in the adjacent lane on a corner and feel the adrenaline when you can see how well you are performing against your competitors, the main attention is on your own car and the track. In digital, the focus of the race becomes
Digital allows overtaking and more than two cars on two lanes
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What is available?
Above: The in-car decoder chip is wired between the guide and the motor Below: Speed instructions are encoded and broadcast digitally on the rails
Scalextric, SCX, Carrera and Ninco have now all introduced ready-to-race digital systems at competitive prices. These systems and cars are incompatible with each other and with analogue (although some systems to provide a degree of compatibility with analogue), so picking the right brand is important. All the systems provide great digital racing, with each system offering many unique features – for example advanced car light control and operating brake lights, fuel-use simulation with functional pit lanes, interchangeable modular in-car chips and more. There is no ‘best system’, but there may well be a system most suited to your particular preferences. Racers wanting ultimate performance can either get involved with many of the enthusiasts online who have developed projects and accessories to upgrade and up-rate the systems, or can look at alternative high performance systems, for example Slot.it’s oXigen, Scorpius, DAVIC or Slotfire.
Traditional or ‘analogue’ slot cars have a guide blade that sits in a slot in the track with metal rails flush with the track surface that carry electricity controlled by the driver’s hand throttle – usually a simple trigger-operated variable resistor. The electric voltage is picked up by the car and directly powers an electric motor, connected by gears to drive the wheels of the car. In a race, each car needs a separate slot and lane.
This fundamental feature of analogue racing means that if you want to race eight cars, your track needs to be eight lanes wide. Such tracks are too big to fit in most people's homes. In 1997 David Laurent with the help of Victor Costa developed the first multiple-car-per-lane (often referred to as 'mcpl') digital slot car system, named DAVIC, establishing principles that are used today. All the slots and lanes are electrically linked together, and supplied with full voltage continuously. Encoded in the electricity are digital signals that a computer chip in each car could read. The code tells the car's chip how much electricity to give to the motor. With this technique, you can put many cars in the same lane and yet control them independently. As with analogue, slots and lanes are still used. To allow cars to switch lanes for overtaking you need 'lane-change' track sections where there is a diagonal slot linking the two lanes. A switching mechanism (operated by a button on the driver's hand throttle) allows a car entering the track piece to choose whether to carry on straight ahead or to take the diagonal route to the other lane.
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the other cars. You have to be aware of who is behind you and who is in front, whether there are slower cars ahead of you in your lane or faster ones behind. With this extra interaction come added involvement and excitement, and also a stronger flavour of the challenges in real motor racing.
How does it work?
Further reading To find out more, check out the catalogues and websites of the manufacturers, internet forums, regularly read SlotCarMAG and refer to my book ‘Digital Slot Car Racing in 1/32 Scale’ that provides much fuller coverage for the beginner, details of all the brands and accessories, and projects for the experienced digital racer. Extracts and condensed material from Dave Chang’s book ‘Digital Slot Car Racing in 1/32 scale’ by Dave Chang, published by Crowood Press ISBN 978-1-84797-306-1 www.theslotcarhandbook.com
Above: Digital Slot Car Racing in 1/32 Scale
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UK SLOT CAR CLUB WEB DIRECTORY Alton and Winchester Slot Car Club Anglia Slot Racing AVHORA (Anglia Vintage HO Racing Association) ASSC (Windsor) Banbury Battlezone Slot Racing Club (Porthill) Bearwood Scalextric Club Bolwextric Bournemouth Slot Car Club Bury St Edmunds Slot Car Club CHORC Colchester Scalex Club Cornwall Slotcar Racing Club Crampton Tower Scalextric Digital Club Crowland Scalextric Club Croydon Scalextric Club Dublin Slot Car Racing Club East Devon Slot Racing Club English Association of HO racing clubs Farnham Scalextric Club Four Lane Blacktop (The) Falcon Raceway Gainsborough & Lincoln Slotcar Club Great Barr Slot Car GT Raceway Hamilton Model Car Club Hawthorne Park Slot Car Club High Beech Slot Car Club Huntingdonshire Slot Car Club Hy-Speed Scalextric Digital Club (Cheltenam) Larkfield Slot Club London HO Racing Club London Scalextric Club (Wood Green) Luton Slot Car Club Medway Slotcar Racing Melton and District Model Club Meridian (Norfolk) Middlesex & Herts Scalextric Club (MHSC) Molesey's club
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