SlotCarMAG issue 2 PREVIEW

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ISSUE 2 • VOLUME 1 • JUNE 2011

FOR RACERS, COLLECTORS AND BUILDERS

Making a scene:

Digging the dirt down under

HO Grand Prix:

Super fast HO cars at the Heritage Slot Car Festival

‘N’ Joyment:

Peter Solari looks at the all-round Ninco product

Slot Tour Auto:

Insight into great racing in Portugal

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Contents In This Issue: 2

Pit Board:

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Making a Scene:

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‘N’-Joyment of Ninco:

11

Foreign Affair:

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Hello again!

A look at The Slot Fest at Gaydon, plus, we have another great competition... this time to win a fantastic Aston Martin, courtesy of Scalextric.

Digging the dirt down under Lynne Haines shows us how simple things like dirt can be used to transform the look and feel of your race track.

by Peter Solari Peter Solari loves the Ninco brand and takes time out to tell us just why he regards it as the best all-round slot company in the business.

The Slot Tour Auto 2011 Rui Costa gives an insight into a fabulous weekends racing on a multitude of different track types and surfaces.

Stripping!: Graymalkin continues his NasCar relivery Part two of Richard’s work on our Nascar, where he takes us into the realms of stripping back to the bare body.

ISSUE 2 • VOLUME 1 • JUNE 2011

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HO Grand Prix:

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That’s a slot car, that was:

22

Club Focus:

24

Dilworth’s World:

2011 UK Slot Car Festival report Alan Player gives us the story of the biggest little slot car race at the Festival and also reflects on the impression the racing made on visitors.

Speed is the key with BSCRA cars!

Most people that race Scalextric type cars have no real conception of how fast these hand built BSCRA cars can go... Nick Thrower explains all.

Tyneside Slot Car Club Stephen Owens takes time out from racing to tell us all about a new club racing 1/32 scale cars on a routed track in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

Scientific study at The University Of Ilfracombe Yes, there really is a scientific way to understand the difference between a slot car collector nerd and a slot car Neanderthal racer.

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