Peter Gunn

Sent it of for you Charles hoping you hear soon

Very nice indeed , been thinking of Nascar for some time you have given me a couple of ideas

Always use a retail outlet , tried the bay years ago not for me

Bit of info the Can am is about to run the first race shootout done and the first 24 cars are in the series. Just 4 of the cars the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th qualifyers looking at the times this is going to be a fast and close series.

That would be great Gary always had a soft spot for racing down under , i am loath to part with them and they get the odd run out , have been looking back over theyears and often w9onder where the people are now as there was such a big following down under, and some of the tracks have stuck in my mind like Mt Panaroma that hill was interesting and the fun with the rally cars on some of the circuits if you set the car up right you could jump the humps whic was really something. As was the Tasman have got my 3 old Lotus 24's on the shelf here ready for a grease up and a run out later. Pictures from the last Tasman series in 2021 nothing like this is around today.

Here are the results of round 9

Done and duster Charles heres quali Results are in

Have just cleared out my redundant proxy cars well they are not used now as there is nowhere to enter them, over the years gone i enjoyed the series down under being rally or road , the banter and the great people i met through the sport. Remembering the OZ rally, Tasman cup series in fact looking back through my records there were around 6 or 7 differant events the group 5 such good cars and well attended , still run my BMW and still a good drive, miss it all but i guess time has come to just have the memories as it,s all gone now so just a couple of pictures of times gone by. THE ATCC. the group 5 th The OZ rally T The TASMAN and all the rest i have not put up here , thanks for the memories guys and the friendship of slot car racing the proxy way.

Hi Rosco, the cars run on a Carrera track with a battery and charger for each lane , i'm old tech, i have a few Thundersloys non are standard although out of the box and a little fettling they do run well. The guitars use a Marshall amp system with a the usual [edals running through a Yamaha box for adding sound ,when i do gigging which is rare now use a twin Fender unit from the studio i do session work with . Here is Elvis , ahu I'm all shook up

Been very wet since xmas so what do you do in your spare time ??? raid the spares box and build something well i have Thunderslot Lola T70 , hard chassis , hard pod, suspension all round wood guides Staffs wheels, slot it front tyres , NSR classics ultra 21x11 back, ballraced rear axle, , slot it gears 34x11, Predator 25k ballrace motor, weight added, body Hycote acrylic diamond white with C&C design decals For the boss a Thunderslot Mclaren Elva to the saqme specs as the Lola, on the track very fast indeed lovely drive rom both cars but watch out for the boss drives it like a exocet missile. Suns out now so back to the guitar.

Well done Charles your car is on the way up whilst mine is on the way down and i have no idea why my car is performing so badly started of 4th in race 1 and last race was 18th, usually my cars are pretty consistant as i build them to suit both long and short circuits. apicture from the last race at least it looks like it still has 4 wheels on it chuckle.

Well another year is nearly gone personally i will not miss 2023 and i have a feeling i'm not the only one looking at the way the world is at the moment. But it,s traditional to wish those of us still around the seasons greetings, there are many names no longer with us for one reason or another, where ever they are may their god be with them. So i hope you all have firstly a peaceful xmas, and secondly a good xmas and i saw this on another forum so thought i would pass it on, wherever you are take care of yourselves and those that mean a lot to you .

Round 3 River Run done and dusted and a 3rd win for 33 Brumos fastest Ford GT 40 I HAVE EVER seen look at the video on Facebook, interesting some very fast cars and the Thunderslots are not invincible by a long shot. Here are the details sorry no pics at the moment.

Not much these days about proxy racing so i thought i might just mention the 2024 Can Am proxy series in the states early in the new year , my entry is featured below no idea how it will go on wood tracks over there but it goes well on my track here so we will see.

Watched all 3 odd hours of the video and boy there are some really good cars in this series Brumos has a rocket ship , but there is abunch in that top 10 i can see changing positions in all the races very close results and pictures, and the Thunderslots don't have it all their own way.

Ah you have to add in the great unknown Pepsi, the calibur of the driver chuckle.

All comes down to a consistant car Charles , some may not be the quickest but are more consistant lap by lap , tyre prep i think is the number one to get consistancy out of a slot car and in this company a lot know how to do that.

Qualifying for round 2 looks like this is going to be very close indeed

Noted this from NSR is this the future i wonder

Gentlemen and others here is the field for the start of the LeMans proxy races round 1 over the pond, qualifying in the next few days looks a good field.

John the point was to perhaps show cars that need to be remade by manufacturers that are ALWAYS popular not turn out endless GT3's that people seem fed up of buying , looking at manufactures they are either doing differant ) sometimes obscure liveries ) of the same model, or in the case of someone like SCX regurgating very old models at inflated prices with little improvement on the older model , if your going to reissue a older car say like the Cuda as new make sure it is all new , just my opinion . Will buy the Thunderslot can am Ferrari when it is eventually released, and need a big saloon ( but not Scaley ) so it,s a waiting game

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.

Do not buy that many new cars now as there is not a lot about that takes my fancy , i always try to put them on here when i do with my comments and pictures , but do not get a lot of feed back from others with their thoughts or opinions. Recent cars like the Thunderslot Mustang i posted on here with all my trials and tribulations, and have decided after all the problems i have had it was not a good buy, also recently bought the Revoslot Escort , very nice body and great mechanicals if it was of a standard set up as regards sizing axles and wheels, waiting for Angelo to do a 3d chassis for it, Now the NSR Formula 22 ( ALONSO ) is a very good cari posted that on here along with the Scaleauto F1 Canon car no 5 again once set up a nice drive indeed, currently i have decided to bring up to date some of my older cars that in my opinion need a tune up which i will post a couple of pictures of them.

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

Furthur to above THE fORD AMGLIA is on the horizon in 1/24th scale from George here are a couple of shots i beleive are pre production, now i know quite a bit about the Anglia had one for many years great little distinctive car and race a couple of Georges 1/32 one'. So i reckon i will be doing a couple of these to run with the smaller version