Helpful resources for slot car modelers in any scale.
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Class Eligible Bits & Pieces
All of those replacement parts which any serious racer should consider using. Please include only eligible parts. Links to retailers or to part details are encouraged.
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- Bearings and axles 7 months ago
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Class Eligible Bits & Pieces
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Decals
Decals in any scale for cars, figures, buildings, etc. - make sure to check the scale and then resize if necessary before printing...
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- Monday, September 18, 2017 (7:30 – 10:00pm) Printing and Applying Your Decals 1 year ago
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Decals
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Vintage Slot Car Articles and Other Reference Materials
From the 1960's when sex was safe and racing dangerous. Also the new home of MiA's Motorsport Musings.
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Vintage Slot Car Articles and Other Reference Materials
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Drivers of the Past
Links and articles plus other resources about some of the greatest (and not so great) pilots in sportscar and grand prix history.
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- Mario Andretti Quote 1 year ago
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Drivers of the Past
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Historical 1:1
Historical 1:1 car and racing reference materials including articles that may be useful for modelers in any scale, including photographs, video and assorted links. Also home to MiA's Motorsport Musings.
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- Reply To: 1970 Le Mans Winner 2 weeks ago
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Historical 1:1
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How To – Build It
Tips & tricks on how to build a chassis or circuit for your models.
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- Monday, July 17, 2017 (6:30 – 10:00pm) Building a Scratch Sidewinder Chassis 1 year ago
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How To – Build It
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How To – Paint It
Tips & tricks on paint and decals.
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How To – Paint It
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How To – Restore It
Tips and tricks on how to bring back the glory era of unobtainable parts and make them new and usable again.
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How To – Restore It
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How To – Scenerize It
Tips & tricks on scenerizing your circuit.
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How To – Scenerize It
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How To – Tune It
Tips on setting up your race car. Please be mindful of 'Tips & Tricks' which go beyond the scope of any club rules...
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- Monday, January 29, 2018 (7:30 – 10:00pm) Tires 101 – Mounting & Truing 3 years ago
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How To – Tune It
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SlotTrak Timing Software
Tips on using our favourite slot car timing software - SlotTrak.
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- Reply To: Race To Line vs. Race To Laps & Rotate On Time 4 years ago
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SlotTrak Timing Software
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Workbench Essentials
Essential consumables or tools (whether purchased or custom made) that everyone must have.
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- Reply To: Gesswein Canada 2 years ago
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Workbench Essentials
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Forums Gents, Local engagement in the forum spaces is very low. I might try to incorporate some areas into posts or pages as I refocus but if there is anything of particular value to you in a forum please save it for yourself. Cheers!
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Unlimited open class bodies Here's a great source of lexan bodies for "Unlimited Open" class cars. http://www.bettaandclassic.com/index.htm Make sure you have a few minutes to spare before looking. There are a lot of very cool choices. Let me know if anyone wants to place an order with me to save on shipping from the UK? I can't believe that they actually make a 1972 Firenza. My first car.
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List of 1/32 static kits Here's a list of various 1/32 kits made over the years. Enjoy! :-) https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=Kits&q=&fkTYPENAME[]=%22Full%20kits%22&fkSCALENORMALISED[]=%221:00032%22&fkCOMPNAME[]=%22Revell%22&fkCOMPNAME[]=%22Palmer%20Plastics%22&fkCOMPNAME[]=%22Premier%22&fkCATNAME[]=%22Cars%22
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Motor Testing Many of you have already seen this I'm sure, but for those who haven't and are interested, and as it came up in conversation recently, a link to Bob Livingston's excellent article on motor testing. Scroll down through it and you get a good explanation of setup and how he tested RPM and Torque, and how torque was tested at lower voltages and then given an appropriate multiplying factor. This seemed to be an acceptable practice. If not entirely accurate, results with the same equipment and methodology should at least be relatively accurate. Setup's are relatively easy to duplicate should you be interested in doing it yourself. http://slotcarnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/slot-car-news-motor-list.html If anyone is further interested I could see if I could find the manufacturers graphs showing the same thing wrt torque.
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Controller brake pots I just shorted out my controller recently and created a dead spot on the brake pot. After doing some research, this is what I found out. The following is pasted from Andrew Smith, CEO at Professor Motor. One important tech tip to help the brake pot – when finished racing turn the pot always to the “full brake” position so that IF the controller is hooked up incorrectly then the circuit breaker that is on the circuit board will protect the pot – if the brake is not at “full” when a controller is misconnected the short circuit that the pot sees will likely cause damage. No need to add a fuse .. there is already a self resetting electronic circuit breaker that we designed in on the circuit board .. that circuit breaker replaced the fuse that we used to use years ago … but any fuse or breaker is not effective if the pot is partially on (unfortunately) Ken
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Slot car travel box I remember showing up for my first race 5-months ago, March 24th at MVL. I had one yellow Slot-It GT40 in a sandwich bag, and had to borrow a controller. I saw racers walking in with custom slot car cases filled with nice cars. My first thought was "What the bleep did I walk into here?" On that note... I saw a bread box on the "Bed, Bath, and Beyond" website.
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Target 100k per Picture For those of you sharing/uploading images - please try to target 100k (or less) for the file size. If you wish to upload anything larger then you will first need to change the format/size/resolution to get it down to a manageable size (ie. a digital photo from my camera can be as large as 4mb each). Cheers - Art
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Uploading Files Images are straightforward but I've added an individual file uploader which will allow us to upload more types of files, such as .pdf and .doc . The only restriction is file size which I've limited to 500k - unfortunately most MSword files well exceed that... Cheers! Art
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