Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Slotmagazin photos SCX Safety car and 550 Ferrari
Slotmagazin has again provided SCNews with great photos of new cars. Today some SCX cars, the digital safety car and new livery of Ferrari 550.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
AutoArt Bugatti Veyron
Another great series of photos from Slotmagazin of the brand new AutoArt Bugatti....man, Guido sure has some great connections to get new cars so fast, huh?
Guido has sent photos of the real car for reference.
Guido has sent photos of the real car for reference.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Victory by Design-Porsche
So it's Christmas day (for those that celebrate it) so... got an hour to kill? Why not spend it watching Victory by Design's Porsche edition!
Toy Car Chase video link
Toy Car Chase
I can't seem to post this here but the link for this above will take you to a funny video that's worth watching.
DK
I can't seem to post this here but the link for this above will take you to a funny video that's worth watching.
DK
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Christmas cards
I thought I'd pass along the Christmas cards that Slot Car News has received.
Merry Christmas from Rob, Terry, and myself...
DaveK
Merry Christmas from Rob, Terry, and myself...
DaveK
Saturday, December 23, 2006
GPR Prizes...RSSlots
RS Slot Racing.com have donated 3 gift certificates as prizes in the cash value of 10, 15, and 25 Pounds! A huge thanks goes out to them for giving such a generous gift for our race!
DaveK
DaveK
MiniAuto Slot 27 January Edition
MINIAUTO SLOT 27- JANUARY 2007
The monthly magazine MiniAuto Slot #27, corresponding to the month of January of the 2007, emphasizes in its cover the track test of the new Carrera Porsche 935/78. Also is highlighted the track test of the Scalextric Jaguar XKRS Trans-Am and the victory of the Team Spain in the Ninco World Cup celebrated in Verona. The magazine also includes the tests of Top Slot's Cunningham C4R, the new Slot.it Ferrari 312PB and the Cartrix BRM P25. In the interior, the exclusive declarations of the Tecnitoys Product Manager, Floris van Neerrijnen, can be found, the new policies and features of SCX for the 2007.
Albert Boet
Director
MiniAuto Slot
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NOTA DE PRENSA
MINIAUTO SLOT 27 - ENERO 2007
La revista mensual MiniAuto Slot, correspondiente al mes de Enero del 2007, destaca en su portada la prueba del nuevo Porsche 935/78 de Carrera. También se resalta el test en pista del Jaguar XKRS de la Trans-Am de Superslot y el triunfo del Team España en la Ninco World Cup celebrada en Verona.
La revista también incluye las pruebas del Cunningham C4R de Top Slot, el Ferrari 312PB de Slot.it y el BRM P25 de Cartrix.
En el interior se pueden encontrar las declaraciones exclusivas del Product Manager de Tecnitoys, F. van Neerrijnen, en las que desvela la política y novedades de Scalextric para el 2007.
Albert Boet
Director
MiniAuto Slot
Scalextric 2007 releases
Global Proxy Race sponsor MRE has put together a list of Scalextric 2007 releases, and Gary from MRE has allowed SCNews to reproduce that list here.
Scalextric 2007 releases - updated
22nd December 2006
We now have a refined list of Scalextric 2007 releases with some prices :
SETS
C1194 Inner City Speed X1, £60.00
C1195 GT Pursuit X2, £70.00
C1196 Rally Pro Championship X2, £90.00
C1198 Pole Position X3, £100.00
C1199 Street Pursuit X3, £100.00
C1200 Ultimate Endurance X4, £130.00
C1203 Scalextric Start !, £40.00
C1206 Speed Rivals, £60.00
C1197 Digital Driver (digital), £120.00
C1201 Digital Super GT (digital), £200.00
C1202 World Championship (digital), £250.00
LIMITED EDITION CAR PACKS
C2782A Ferrari 375 50th Anniversary, with book, £75.00
C2783A Mercedes McLaren &22 Edition + Mercedes 300 SLR, £60.00
STANDARD CARS, ALL £30.00
C2799 Ferrari 312T
C2800 McLaren M23
C2803 Ferrari 375 Classic F1
C2806 McLaren F1 Alonso
C2813 McLaren F1 De La Rosa
C2784 Maserati MC12
C2785 Jaguar XKRS
C2786 Porsche 911 GT3R
C2787 Ferrari P4 yellow
C2790 Aston Martin DBR9
C2795 Dodge Viper GTSR
C2798 Ford Escort MK1
C2801 Nissan Skyline
C2804 Ferrari F430 (detailed)
C2807 Mini Cooper classic
C2809 Audi R10 Diesel Le Mans
C2812 Porsche LMP2 Le Mans
C2814 Mercedes 300 SLR Fangio
C2753 Mercedes McLaren black
C2823 Ford GT midnight blue
C2762 Seat Leon
C2773 BMW Mini
C2788 Peugeot 307
C2789 Subaru Impreza WRC, The SUN
C2802 Ford Focus WRC
C2805 BMW Mini Cooper (one piece body)
C2796 Chevy Camaro
C2797 Ford Mustang
C2791 Ford Fusion NASCAR # 1
C2792 Ford Fusion NASCAR # 2
C2793 Chevrolet NASCAR # 1
C2794 Chevrolet NASCAR # 2
DIGITAL CARS, ALL £40.00
C2665D Porsche 911
C2715D BAR Honda F1
C2806D McLaren F1
DIGITAL PLUG CARS, ALL £30.00
C2774 Ford Mustang
C2804 Ferrari F430 GTR
C2808 Range Rover Police (drift)
C2809 Audi R10 Diesel Le Mans
C2811 Chaparral 2F
C2812 Porsche LMP2 Le Mans
C2819 Range Rover street version
DIGITAL PLUG CARS, ALL £17.00
C2810 Lamborghini Gallardo
C2822 Ferrari F430 GTR (drift)
More details to follow when available !
Scalextric 2007 releases - updated
22nd December 2006
We now have a refined list of Scalextric 2007 releases with some prices :
SETS
C1194 Inner City Speed X1, £60.00
C1195 GT Pursuit X2, £70.00
C1196 Rally Pro Championship X2, £90.00
C1198 Pole Position X3, £100.00
C1199 Street Pursuit X3, £100.00
C1200 Ultimate Endurance X4, £130.00
C1203 Scalextric Start !, £40.00
C1206 Speed Rivals, £60.00
C1197 Digital Driver (digital), £120.00
C1201 Digital Super GT (digital), £200.00
C1202 World Championship (digital), £250.00
LIMITED EDITION CAR PACKS
C2782A Ferrari 375 50th Anniversary, with book, £75.00
C2783A Mercedes McLaren &22 Edition + Mercedes 300 SLR, £60.00
STANDARD CARS, ALL £30.00
C2799 Ferrari 312T
C2800 McLaren M23
C2803 Ferrari 375 Classic F1
C2806 McLaren F1 Alonso
C2813 McLaren F1 De La Rosa
C2784 Maserati MC12
C2785 Jaguar XKRS
C2786 Porsche 911 GT3R
C2787 Ferrari P4 yellow
C2790 Aston Martin DBR9
C2795 Dodge Viper GTSR
C2798 Ford Escort MK1
C2801 Nissan Skyline
C2804 Ferrari F430 (detailed)
C2807 Mini Cooper classic
C2809 Audi R10 Diesel Le Mans
C2812 Porsche LMP2 Le Mans
C2814 Mercedes 300 SLR Fangio
C2753 Mercedes McLaren black
C2823 Ford GT midnight blue
C2762 Seat Leon
C2773 BMW Mini
C2788 Peugeot 307
C2789 Subaru Impreza WRC, The SUN
C2802 Ford Focus WRC
C2805 BMW Mini Cooper (one piece body)
C2796 Chevy Camaro
C2797 Ford Mustang
C2791 Ford Fusion NASCAR # 1
C2792 Ford Fusion NASCAR # 2
C2793 Chevrolet NASCAR # 1
C2794 Chevrolet NASCAR # 2
DIGITAL CARS, ALL £40.00
C2665D Porsche 911
C2715D BAR Honda F1
C2806D McLaren F1
DIGITAL PLUG CARS, ALL £30.00
C2774 Ford Mustang
C2804 Ferrari F430 GTR
C2808 Range Rover Police (drift)
C2809 Audi R10 Diesel Le Mans
C2811 Chaparral 2F
C2812 Porsche LMP2 Le Mans
C2819 Range Rover street version
DIGITAL PLUG CARS, ALL £17.00
C2810 Lamborghini Gallardo
C2822 Ferrari F430 GTR (drift)
More details to follow when available !
Friday, December 22, 2006
Carrera's 935/78's...all three.
Much to the delight of the Porsche slot car fans everywhere the Carrera Moby Dick Porsche's have arrived!
With no further delay here they are...
Now a few details before resuming the photos...don't worry I won't be long winded, the photos really sell these cars all on their own.
A few different threads have been done on these cars since their first sighting by alert members of Slot Car Illustrated. The cars are in scale, maybe about 2 scale-inches too wide. But personally I find that so minor as to be bearly worth metioning.
The slot cars weigh 98 grams and have around 313 grams of downforce as measured with a Magnet Marshal during recent tests.
With stock tires the Martini car did a lap of around 6.49 seconds around the East New York Raceway wood track (61 foot lap length). And after a change to Ortmann tires was made times dropped to a respectable 5.67. I must admit to having not yet been able to test these on my Carrera track...busy holiday season!
Much of the car hangs over the back wheels, this weight bias makes the car feel a bit tail heavy. Wait, did I just say a bit tail heavy? THESE CARS ALL ALMOST ALL TAIL and that's what makes them unique. But it doesn't take away from the driveability. I don't think they need anything added to weight them down, but then at 98 grams I'm not sure more weight is what these cars need.
The Kreepy Krauly/Momo livery:
From many photos I've seen of the Momo and Fitzpatrick cars, both the cars have wheels that are a slightly different design from the way Carrera's designers have decided to go.
And yes, inside that huge tail, painted flat black, is the rear end of the car. Working lights are there, but difficult to see unless you're pretty low when the car is driving away from you. The front lights are the typical bright Carrera lights that really are very nice and not too bright to be overpowering. Kudos to Carrera for making some rear end details that would have been easy to avoid making but do add quite a bit to the overall look of the car. And as you keep looking around on the car you'll find more details to catch your eye. For quite some time other company's have been known for making this level of detail, now Carrera (at a much more affordable price BTW) have taken their detail to the "Fly $60.00 level" without raising prices along with the details. Excellent IMHO.
The Martini Racing livery
The Fitzpatrick #79 Porsche
A word about the doors on this model. If you look closely you see that the doors are different from the other 2 models. This change really adds a lot to this model and I give Carrera credit for making something that really many company's might have avoided making this minor adjustment in design.
Overall these are some really great looking Porsche's. The only real "word on the street" is that the wheels on the Fitzpatrick and Momo cars are incorrect. Well that may be but if that's the only thing wrong, I'll take it. I'm glad Carrera have chose to make these Iconic cars and they've really gotten so much right with them that the wheels being off is a trade I'll take in exchange for getting the contours of the body so right.
Also I know it's sort of cliche to talk about how nice the printing is on slot cars, but these really stand out. The stripes on the Martini car are perfect. They're long delicate lines that accentuate the body lines. They're opaque and unwavering down the length of the body. The red used on the Momo car really is deep and quite a pleasing shade of red. It's not an orangey red or a brick red, it's a deep rich red that needs to be seen to properly be enjoyed.
Thanks to Carrera USA for getting these cars to me Thursday afternoon. I'm impressed they made it through the crush of Christmas mailing after arriving this week here in the US via airfreight.
DaveK
Publisher, Slot Car News
With no further delay here they are...
Now a few details before resuming the photos...don't worry I won't be long winded, the photos really sell these cars all on their own.
A few different threads have been done on these cars since their first sighting by alert members of Slot Car Illustrated. The cars are in scale, maybe about 2 scale-inches too wide. But personally I find that so minor as to be bearly worth metioning.
The slot cars weigh 98 grams and have around 313 grams of downforce as measured with a Magnet Marshal during recent tests.
With stock tires the Martini car did a lap of around 6.49 seconds around the East New York Raceway wood track (61 foot lap length). And after a change to Ortmann tires was made times dropped to a respectable 5.67. I must admit to having not yet been able to test these on my Carrera track...busy holiday season!
Much of the car hangs over the back wheels, this weight bias makes the car feel a bit tail heavy. Wait, did I just say a bit tail heavy? THESE CARS ALL ALMOST ALL TAIL and that's what makes them unique. But it doesn't take away from the driveability. I don't think they need anything added to weight them down, but then at 98 grams I'm not sure more weight is what these cars need.
The Kreepy Krauly/Momo livery:
From many photos I've seen of the Momo and Fitzpatrick cars, both the cars have wheels that are a slightly different design from the way Carrera's designers have decided to go.
And yes, inside that huge tail, painted flat black, is the rear end of the car. Working lights are there, but difficult to see unless you're pretty low when the car is driving away from you. The front lights are the typical bright Carrera lights that really are very nice and not too bright to be overpowering. Kudos to Carrera for making some rear end details that would have been easy to avoid making but do add quite a bit to the overall look of the car. And as you keep looking around on the car you'll find more details to catch your eye. For quite some time other company's have been known for making this level of detail, now Carrera (at a much more affordable price BTW) have taken their detail to the "Fly $60.00 level" without raising prices along with the details. Excellent IMHO.
The Martini Racing livery
The Fitzpatrick #79 Porsche
A word about the doors on this model. If you look closely you see that the doors are different from the other 2 models. This change really adds a lot to this model and I give Carrera credit for making something that really many company's might have avoided making this minor adjustment in design.
Overall these are some really great looking Porsche's. The only real "word on the street" is that the wheels on the Fitzpatrick and Momo cars are incorrect. Well that may be but if that's the only thing wrong, I'll take it. I'm glad Carrera have chose to make these Iconic cars and they've really gotten so much right with them that the wheels being off is a trade I'll take in exchange for getting the contours of the body so right.
Also I know it's sort of cliche to talk about how nice the printing is on slot cars, but these really stand out. The stripes on the Martini car are perfect. They're long delicate lines that accentuate the body lines. They're opaque and unwavering down the length of the body. The red used on the Momo car really is deep and quite a pleasing shade of red. It's not an orangey red or a brick red, it's a deep rich red that needs to be seen to properly be enjoyed.
Thanks to Carrera USA for getting these cars to me Thursday afternoon. I'm impressed they made it through the crush of Christmas mailing after arriving this week here in the US via airfreight.
DaveK
Publisher, Slot Car News
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Slotmagazin sneak preview photos
Guido from Slotmagazin has graciously sent Slot Car News a few photos of the new Danone 911 Ninco Rally Porsche.
Spirit blister pack kit prices
The Renault 5 part #500690 2&1 kit has two bodies finished and complete chassis as will the Peugeot 205 part #400590.
The Dallara part #300411 Blister Kit has an unpainted body and all the parts you need to make a killer fast slot car.
These cars will retail for $49.99.
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