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Has scratch building died here in Australia? I haven’t seen anything much of late.

With a possible return of Pat, and the chance to be thrashed by Mac for the umpteenth time, who could refuse. See u there

BRM Revo tyre prep and weight change has a direct connection. The group of guys I race with weekly have a total of 7 Australian Championships and is the strongest club in South Australia. A 4 time Australian champion taught me very early 2019 if you have a problem with your car check your tyres, if then you still have problems check you tyres. When I prepared my tyres for the National Titles I ensured they are perfectly round... I was a little late on the track but kept a close eye on the clock for scrutineering. I knew the track was set up for 5min heats as I advised Mike the day before to set that up (thanks Anthony) This ensured that all drivers moved one lane to the right every 5 minutes. (and eliminated lane hogs) A quick calculation allowed me to run all lanes on the tyres that were provided at the competition with 10 minutes to spare. When I got on to the track the motor again, supplied for the competition was still not run in properly. I had a failure of some equipment as I intended to regulate the power supply seperatly for the tyre truer and motor run in. Consequently I drove it for 4 minutes at 40- 80% under heavy breaking. This was due to my assesment of the surface being laminex it was super smooth but subject to altering the tyre grip through dust on the surface. The smoother the surface the better it will assist your tyre preperation. Just try prep BRM tyres on Ferrodore. Anyway.... I Turnned the breaks up and even breaked twice on the straights to maximise the effects I needed. Constantly going to 600 paper with water (Mt franklin I believe) to clean the tyre take off any dust or dirt being lodged in the tyre surface and obviously prevent tearing of the tyre. This prepes the surface of the tyre and overall equated to approximatley 8.5km of running. Only because thats all the time I had, ideally i'd like more. Generally when I prep tryres like BRM's I can spend hours on the truer and then 1000 laps (on a sled) on my track that equates to around 24.2Km (24.2m track). Only once I have corrected a tyre surface and it has "come in" will I change or ajust the weight. Hope this helps. PS good to see sensible, productive conversations are back

I discovered GDSCC on Facebook: (2) Goorambat Slot Car Club | Facebook I have no affiliation with them at this point, but I have managed to score an invitation to a race meeting on Sunday, 24th September, 2023 at 2 pm. My internet searching since re-discovering slot cars after 40 years has only turned up one other digital track that is open to the public in Victoria (Sunraysia Slotcars in Mildura), so I'm off to check out GDSCC with my one and only digital car: a Carrera Corvette. So, in other words, I haven't found any digital tracks in Melbourne where I live.

So I drove through Benalla and headed north on the road to Yarrawonga. Gee, it's looking so green and lush after our wet winter. Daniel, the host said that it will turn brown soon enough when summer hits. I turned off onto a dirt road for a km or two. Daniel's place is in true country-side; a km or so out of the thriving town of Goorambat - population: 300. Goorambat Digital Slot Car Club is located at what I might call my dream home; a country property with enough sheds and garages for doing all your hobbies. GDSCC's track is on a table of about 2m x 5m. They have wireless controllers for when you need to race and marshall at the same time, which is what we did with four racers turning up. We had races with the usual fuel stops in pit lane, but Daniel also threw in some wet weather which required a tyre stop at random times. I was the "moving chicane" or "Captain Slow" with the others having to overtake me (too frequently sadly!) on one of the five or so lane changers. The experience did confirm that digital is the type of track I want to build. The ability to have up to six racers on only a two lane track is simply too good to ignore for me. The race options that are available for digital is another benefit. Of course, having to buy digital cars or chip your own is a necessity, but I'm not planning to have a huge collection of cars anyway. I would probably explore controller options at some point down the track because I wasn't entirely comfortable with the stock plunger-type controller. Other than that, I'm a convert to digital and I hope to get up to GDSCC again and even to Sunraysia Slotcars some time.

I thought I'd add this here to keep them all in one thread. Type 3 Lotus 16 Made in England with the chrome wheels and small drivers head. Don't see these pop up often if ever. This one came with the original box and paperwork. Another one off the list. cheers Matt

The rear axle tube is nothing special,........a single piece of brass tubing with single flanged oilites soldered in. Tubing that holds the rear bushings (and prevents independent flexing ) first showed up among the California pros in the late 60's, and has been used since. The Sloting Plus tube borrows that idea, and while they were originally created to remedy "Ninco hop", they are a godsend on any plastic chassis that will accept them

I will let you know. I have just bought a 3D scanner that scans to 0.1mm.

Went up to the local Hobby shop to get some paint and could not leave without this Capri.

Oh a “surprise” package arrived.

Here is a really old warrior the original Ninco chassis was cracked and the NC1 motor was worn out so instead of leaving mouldering in the cupboard decide to revamp it, a Angelo Amato 3d chassis was used here , now he makes a great chassis for these cars have one in my XK 120 racing in the Usa 50/50 proxy and it,s going so well decided to fit the Scaleauto FF inline pod and Predator 18k motor in this one as well , the boss wanted a certain Mr Hill to be the driver so here it is revamped and up and running again.

Gorge Turner is making a range of 1/24 small saloons Imp, Anglia and Mini are the first group , these have his new style cuc chassis and look to be a good class of racing and to quote another tag on here is anybody building anything well here you go you can now if you like small 1/24th saloons. The Fraser Imp is the first up must admit i do like this chassis.

George Turner's 1/24th scale Ford Anglia pre production looks a real beaut, i'm having 2 of these ideal for our Friday night racing on my Carrera track, missus and me bottle of wine, snacks, rock 'n' roll music and racing 2 of these

A very good mate in the UK sent me this. He built it from the fantastic GTM kit. Thank you, sir. It actually goes around my track quite well. The steering looks cool with the big open wheels.

That’s how it works right?? Flee the country before it catches up with you!

I have made contact with Gill. seems that there was some glitch in me not receiving his emails, but that has now been resolved and my jig is on its way! Very pleased to have everything resolved in a friendly and efficient manner, Many thanks to you all, and especially to Gill who responded quickly. Terry

Its a man thing. Only one thing at a time, marshall or smile you cant have both.

Some time back for some reason I made a template for light weight vac form windows for this car. I can also supply Fuchs inserts in a suitable diameter for the Slotit 15.8mm rim.

I have mine….swapped out the wheels and tires.

It’s sort of like a bank, I’m in credit with your account - will probably make withdrawals sometime soon. Snake is deeply in overdraft to most everyone, and has fled the country to escape his debts

To be consistent with their other GT3 cars, I would expect it to be a 0.5mm offset sidewinder, with an MX16 23k motor

Here are some starting line photos (ie proof of life!) from Round 4 Heat 1 Heat 2 - MIA (Sorry!) Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5

The news and pics are rumbling through regularly, now that the Europeans are back from summer vacation Audi GT3 EVO 2 first assembly test, code CA58

Hi Mark, yeah it's been a long time since I last posted on here. Have been busy trying to get my local group of slotters going and growing. It's been slow as a hobby like ours is not a hit with the locals in this part of the world, but am beginning to see a glimmer of light. Hopefully, it'll grow brighter soon. I lost track of Champion at the end of 1970 when I quit the slot car scene and later went onto RC Cars in 1972. Parma then was the biggest name in 1/8 RC Lexan bodyshells and I used to order quite a number of them for our racers. So much so, I got acquainted with Ken McDowell, the owner of Parma and met up with him in Singapore where he was visiting his local distributor. I was asked to form a Malaysia1/8 Parma RC team with bodyshells supplied by them, which I duly did together with 2 of my RC mates.

Roger will be releasing ready to run cars,controllers,starter sets,Faskolor paint,decals,paint masks,bodies,etc

Preparations are well underway by Tony and his team for this 10th Anniversary NSR Challenge Meeting . There are over 40 entries from more than 12 clubs coming from Auckland to Dunedin and for the first time we will be welcoming a number of Australian entries . If you havent yet confirmed your entry then please do so in order that clothing orders can be arranged . A newsletter and a final entry reminder will be going out soon . NSR have provided stunning prizes and lots to go in your goodie bags . Tony has been really busy answering your queries and supplying lots of cars and parts . Looking forward to meeting you all again and the first time entrants .

The amount of weight is depending on a lot of things. Voltage you are running on, grip of the track surface, grip of the tyres and the style and size of the track. A track with larger sweeping corners usually requires less weight than a tight twisty track. I think Kevan quote of “adding weight till the car gets slower is a great guide.”

Some more projects all except the 4CL (#4) are 3D printed. IS there a limit to how many files we can upload? Should I reduce the size of them?

Personally I use tungsten putty, it is a great replacement for lead and is moldable. Check out some fishing stores or online. Safer than lead.

I have plenty of builds to start/complete. Since racing ended at WASCRG last year I've been mucking around with my home Scaley sports, 4 lane digital track. Finally have everything set up so I'd say it's finally time to get back on with some of my builds. When the bug bites I usually get stuck right into it.

Which lotus 19 bodyshell do you have ?????,...........this is an old Strombecker, with some body modifications, built to resemble Moss's 19 that he drove in the Players 200 at Mosport in 1961. The chassis was also built to represent what was running around the club slot tracks in the early 60s' Cheers Chris Walker My attempt................

Well apart from Vinno I guess not much has been going on in this sphere of the hobby on Auslot. I think they have migrated to Facebook groups... of which there are several good ones catering for that realm. As a parting comment here is a picture of something built by Australian enthusiasts.

I will check my schedule when we get home. Code for I’m in, but don’t want to appear desperate.

Thanks for the info. We run the Revoslot cars and the BRM 1/24s - most folks generally put a little bit of NSR Tyre treatment on the tyres and let it soak in. I have run two cars wheel to wheel to run the oil around the tyres. After letting it sit (anything from overnight to 10 mins) we clean the tyres with a lint roller and race. The grip level seems to be good. I have run them without oil before but that was a while ago. At one race meet a chap brought the NSR oil to a race and said this stuff works great so pretty much everyone started using it from then and now I don't recall what they ran like without a bit of oil. I will run one of my new cars without treating them first to see how it compares.

I reported on the upcoming model Datsun 510 by Slot.it/Policar in front page news. My guess had been that it would have Policar branding, and come in their sets. WRONG - It has been allocated Slot.it code CA59, and the first release CA59a will be one of the BRE (Brock Racing Enterprise) < 2.5L Transam liveries - we just don’t know which one yet. So it will have alloy rear wheels.

I think that anytime ya use 2.26 or WD40 on rubber tyres, the liquid will ultimately dry the rubber out. I have some rubber tyres that I used way back in 2019 to win a major race and they are still very good today. They have NEVER had anything on them other than water with a cuppla drops of dish-washing liquid.

Thanks for the info Den. Appreciate that and have looked up the Spanish Mini crew. As far as our roster is concerned, I’m pretty happy to go with the flow - but my thoughts are that we should probably stay with 12 classes at this point. You can run Thunderslots in our 65-80 class (I think this class is one of our most popular) I can’t believe I am typing this…. but I would be happy to drop Scalex F1s for NSR / Scaleauto F1s. They are so good to run and we can race them on reduced voltage on the smaller tracks. Unless you’re running next to Gary, carnage shouldn’t be an issue. I generally think we have a pretty good mix of classes - with something for everyone. Personally I would love to see us start over and adopt all the national classes - but that’s never going to happen. So let’s just keep rocking on. I imagine every racing group has issues sorting out classes. Our debates are just a bit more public, because we do them here. Let’s always remember that we’re just a bunch of geeks racing cars on sheds. No one has more say than anyone else. We’re not a club. There is no hierarchy. Don’t be a dick.

Mac - the Portuguese 3D chassis maker whose name I couldn’t remember last night, is Olifer. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/olifer.pt They sell through Shapeways unfortunately, so a bit expensive, but good product." Greetings Hawkes Bay.te Not sure what you blokes might be looking for but there is an EBay seller in Spain Mini Racing Studios who makes quite a range of 3DP chassis and other parts ... predominantly for Ninco. A few months ago I purchased chassis for Ninco Mosler and Ferrari 360 plus a few replacement wings for Ninco DTM cars. The chap is great to deal with and created a 'custom package' part number that included all the items I ordered so that I only had to pay a single postage charge. (that option was not available through the formal system) , And compared to some Spanish sellers who start at $40-plus for postage, the MRS charges were very reasonable. Also I'd like to mention that I enjoy your race reports and video clips. Den

Well here we are, I was brought o the site after friend copied and emailed me some terrific content from the Australian Revo Championships just run in NSW by Mike. Fantastic article by Wayne and may i say the fastest man on the track during the Finals 7.045 -Well done Wayne you are scary fast! and Yes I agree the outer lanes were a little slippery indeed. Love racing slot cars slot cars whatever it is 1/32 1/24. 5 years into racing with my son Saul we have managed to bond like a epoxy resin to the sport, we attend the South City Raceways and i am one of the 5 track owners in that group at 24.2m. The reason i got into a little safer sport is because in 2018 I shattered a single vertebre into 8 pieces (grrr) through a motor sport accident (2 bloody wheels ). This has to be safer right? :0 I have an Instagram page called Lofty Park Raceway and post kind regularly on that to try get some more interest back into the sport, I like to assist beginners with car builds and have done a number of them (when time allows) for fellow racers in the club. After introducing the Revo cars into the club I am more than please that everybody just loves them to bits, simple, straight and reasonably fast. Perhaps when I work out this forum a little better and dont stumble around like a sacred cow on an endone overdose, ill share some pics of the track. Any way just saying Hi End of rant LOL

Ok, in a case of better late than never, I have posted some short videos from Round 1 on YouTube. The links are listed below: Auslot Forum 2023 Bathurst Proxy Round 1 -Heat 1 https://youtu.be/diV5QdRuV9s Auslot Forum 2023 Bathurst Proxy Round 1 -Heat 2 https://youtu.be/H483UF0vAV0 Auslot Forum 2023 Bathurst Proxy Round 1 -Heat 4 https://youtu.be/WX2zxWmF8F8 Auslot Forum 2023 Bathurst Proxy Round 1 -Heat 7 https://youtu.be/ack4CtPZtE4 Auslot Forum 2023 Bathurst Proxy Round 1 -Heat 8 https://youtu.be/zQ3lwl7iKVc Auslot Forum 2023 Bathurst Proxy Round 1 -Heat 9 https://youtu.be/79-F4NMLiaM Auslot Forum 2023 Bathurst Proxy Round 1 -Heat 10 https://youtu.be/WtsWsqvLCK4 Auslot Forum 2023 Bathurst Proxy Round 1 -Heat 11 https://youtu.be/3D0GcbIeLdU Auslot Forum 2023 Bathurst Proxy Round 1 -Heat 12 https://youtu.be/GvDzWpy0U_w Auslot Forum 2023 Bathurst Proxy Round 1 -Heat 15 https://youtu.be/OgZeE5sNVa0

Welcome Andrew. Fantastic you made it here to Auslot. Thanks for upping the ante over the Revo weekend, made everyone sit up and take notice ! Had great fun meeting new fellow slot racers from other states and areas. Both you and Saul were extremely fast, well-prepared cars and willing to help any of the other fellow racers in attendance without even knowing any of us. Will definately be keeping in touch Wayne

As Slot.it prepare to display at the US Nationals, they have revealed one of the projects that will be on show. The long delayed Acura project is getting close with the moulds now complete. They have also confirmed that future models will come equipped with standard guides, thus phasing out the unpopular LMP guide which was created to enable a lower, more scale accurate model mould for these low profile models

Video with Maurizio Ferrari introducing the new motor pod. They are as suspected, an injection moulded part, as a plastic and carbon fibre composite. Key elements - More rigid - lighter - 3gms vs. 4gms of the traditional plastic pods - Shaped at rear for a tungsten cylindrical weight behind the motor - Ball race mount - narrower at axle mount, than using the gimbal bush - Comes with snip off parts and double holes at the midpoint to set up an adjustable suspension system - 1.25mm offset (That raises the axle 1.25mm above the motor shaft)

This is interesting - Slot.it are bringing out a carbon fibre motor mount, with a suspension setup on the side mounts and using the bearing mount system rather than the spherical gimbals. That means more cost (but you can use 3/16 oilites to save money), and a narrower overall width of the mounted axle. The carbon fibre should have an advantage over plastic of greater rigidity - angle-winder is pictured, let’s hope they do multiple offsets and sidewinder versions. I imagine the two sets of holes for motor mounting are simply as for Flat-6 vs. FK180 boxer motor. Maurizio F. is doing introductory videos. English is due out tomorrow so I will add a link. …. I was trying to follow his Spanish one today, but too many words I didn’t know.

New from Slot.it Porsche 962c Group C Classic Series - Ford Mk II 1966 - 2nd Le Mans / #1 - K. Miles, D. Hulme Coming 9th June - The 1996 C Class Mercedes - this is a new mould, different to the 1994 C Class model released recently