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Wow Grant thank you for this information. A lot of really good information, very much appreciated. I will get some and start experimenting Thanks Fred

Next Thursday we gather at Oakland Raceway Week 4 1 Australian Touring Cars 2 NSR F1 etc 3 GT3 IF, IF I get them sorted in time, we may replace one of the faster classes with a house class of my NSR Fiat Abarths

very tricky. clear resin will frost when cleaned, I have tried IPA cleaning resin, not water washable though, I imagine water would be just as bad. Reason being is that the clean clears out the microscopic pits in the print so light does not go straight through, it bounces all over the place. Its not all bad news though, after much trial and error I have a suitable solution, still will not be crystal but you can see details inside. Ignore the frosting and clean up the print, including sanding if you like, I use 1200 grit to get rid of any blemishes, then a polish with toothpaste (cheap) or car cutting compound (not so cheap). Once you are happy with it clean in water with microfibre cloth. To fill the micro pits and make it pretty damn clear I use invisible nail polish. the one in front of me is Sally Hansen Hards As Nails Xtreme Wear - colour 109. Brush on a very fine layer and leave as flat as you can to dry. brush streaks should disappear and the windows will clear up.

Hi all and thank you in advance I am thinking of resin printing windows to go with my bodies,.I use eSUN water washable. Has anyone used clear resins for windows and do they come out clear? Thank you Fred

If you haven’t been reducing image size, you may have used up your 100mb allowance. i use an image resize App to shrink all mine to 800x600 size, takes them down to about 100kb size instead of about 2mb

Since RevoSlot has made 3mm axles in 1/32 cars a common thing now, not to mention all the 1/24 cars that use them, AND the fact that 3mm double flanged bushings that fit into regular 3/32" bushing clips don't exist (afaik), I've done a simple printable version. These will be included in my kits from now on, as well as a 3/32" version, as many new to the hobby who get my machine don't have spare 3/32" bushings to use with their slot.it and other cars. Note that, due to the variations of machines and material, you may need to get a reamer (or drill bit) of the appropriate size, or make adjustments to your flow rate or xy compensation in order to get a slip fit with your axles. They can be printed in any material and used with lubrication. I would not recommend filled materials, such as PETG-CF, as the abrasive nature might damage the axles. Here's a link to the printables page, where they've already been uploaded: https://www.printables.com/model/459450-gs-tire-grinder-slot-car-tyre-truing-machine-rsm I'll also be providing a bunch to Alan to sell via 132slotcar.us, for those out there wanting to convert cars with snap-in bushings from 3/32" to 3mm axles.

Hawkes Bay facebook page?

I can’t seem to post pix here anymore - it’s saying my file size is exceeded. Used to be fine?

Sorry to pull the pin on raceday but its the first nice day we have had and i need to get some flights in on the Mustang before Warbirds so heading to the flying field after work

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Yep!

I've missed you buggers so I'm ready.

Yep I'm up for it

Sorry Mac, away in Chch.

There have been a couple of queries regarding eligibility so hope to clarify below. This will be updated in the rules form Note though that the production number will be the average over the entire years of production as it is too difficult to work out the individual years. Categories and groups: Cars competing in events shall be distributed into the following categories and groups: Category A: Recognised production cars (numbers between brackets are those of the required minimum production ln 12 consecutive months, except in Group 4 where the period of production is 24 consecutive months. Group 1: series-production touring cars (5,000) Group 2: touring cars (1,000) Group 3: series-production grand touring cars (1,000) Group 4: grand touring cars (400) Group 5: special production cars deriving from Groups 1 to 4 Minimum production and number of seats: Series-production touring cars shall have been manufactured in 12 consecutive months ln a quantity of at least 5,000 identical units and offer at least four seats, except if their engine cylinder-capacity is inferior or equal to 1,000 cc, in which case the manufacturer may deliver them as two-seaters.

Yes Im in

I'm out this week, Back into it next week. Go hard fellas

Yep

Beach? Beach? Beach??!! We don’t need no stinkin’ beach. Let’s race! My place this week Week 3 1 Fly Classics 2 DTM [Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 1984 - 1996] 3 Group 5

How to wire up a analogue/digital track? 1. Analogue: Run analogue cars on a positively wired analogue track. 2. Wireless Analogue. Run analogue cars on a positively wired analogue track using the Scorpius Wireless Controller and the Scorpius Wireless Analogue Module (WAM). 3. Wireless digital Run Scorpius chipped cars on a Scorpius digital track. 4.Wired digital: Use any CU on your Scorpius Hybrid track. How to do Analogue? Simply wire each lane as per any positively wired analogue track like this: How to do wireless analogue? First purchase the Scorpius WAM: Next purchase Scorpius Controller: Pair the controller to the WAM using the controller and race analogue cars wirelessly. 50A mosfet drivers. How to change track into a hybrid analogue/Scorpius Wireless digital track? Simply make up a jumper cable for under $5 like this: Here's the wiring diagram: Looks like this: The track now employs fulltime power for Scorpius Wireless digital. How to wire a wired digital control unit into the Scorpius hybrid wiring system? You don't need a $800 switch box to have a proper hybrid digital/analogue track using old style wired Control Units. First remove the start line track piece and discard. Secondly re-route the wires that go from the CU to the track to a plug. Plug in like this: You now have simple, almost zero cost way of running of running Carrera digital on a positively wired track. *Scorpius does not recommend or use negative wired analogue controllers or negatively wired analogue powerbases. As you can see EVERY POSSIBILITY HAS BEEN COVERED for any digital or analogue scenario, for wired and wireless systems! This method is cheap, quick and easy to use. The system is designed so a third party CU or Powerbase can never be damaged. Here's a video I did 13 years ago that is still valid in 2024 and will be for decades. Another proud Scorpius first.

No worries Charles, thanks for letting me know

Sorry Zegas but I withdraw both my proforma entries from your event. All the best for the success of your venture. Like the look of some of the cars starting to evolve. Will look forward to watching racing later in the year. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx)

More important to get the 'body float' right on the DeLorean, Mark. Den

Scorpius design and functionality always refers to 1:1 racing to keep it as real as possible. Radio comms in motorsport has been around since the late 40s. And kicked off big time by the 80s. Its critical and handy to have important information. SmartRace has Smart Connect which can do this but only for 6 cars and only for Carrera. Screens are great but you can't look at a screen and race and concentrate on a race simultaneously. Announcements are great but it is impossible to hear everyone's at once. So how to do? Apps can't do custom RF but can do Bluetooth and Wi Fi and phones don't accept dongles. Your PC can do RF via dongle, Bluetooth and Wi Fi. Our race program, Scorpius Race Management, already has all the required data. The work here will be only to port it to WiFi, nothing else. A relatively easy job. The other aspect is app work. Here we have a reliable consistent app already in place with a proven Bluetooth connection established. The app engineer will need to decode incoming data, make a configuration box to be able to select a car ID 1-24, and turn the incoming data into screen text and also employ text to send to headset using cable. voice and send via cable. My proposal is to send all information globally using Wi Fi. Each app can be customised to a certain car ID 1-24. WiFi and RF both operate generally on 2.4Ghz and will ad traffic. The limits won’t be known until testing. For example it may be that there is a limitation on this, 6 cars for example, maybe more or less. No one knows yet. Each drivers app decodes the global message and using text to voice will hear only their information, no one else. Voice includes countdown to race start, false start, lap times, laps to go, new race leader, best lap times. time to go, fuel and tyre status can be heard. As a project manager I need to plan well in advance. This is a ten year product meaning once its released there will be no hardware changes for a decade like Scorpius Generation 1 did successfully. It's a winning formula for the end user. So everything must be planned years ahead. This is one such function, even though we may not get to this in 2025. It will happen. But discussion, a specification is paramount with all the relevant engineers to foresee issues is required now not later, and plan accordingly for long term success with minimal back tracking of work as the MPD will be released as a car decoder first and then the other 9 MPD products added AFTER the MPD is released. Here the system will eventually employ RF, BT and WiFi to get the job done. Here's a rough idea what the screen may look like.