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    • 63 Thunderbird I've always wanted a 63 T-Bird convertible with the optional tonneau cover and twin head rests. This is a very nice kit for a slot car. Here's whats in the kit. It comes as a hardtop, or convertible. The chrome really sparkles. These are the parts being used. I hope to use the complete interior with the exception of the back seat. The back seat comes as a separate piece. You have to leave the back seat out if you install the tonneau cover. That leaves a lot of room for a slot car drive system while still retaining the full interior.

      Started by: Avatar photoKen in: Scratch Built Models

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    • January 16, 2016 – The Rock Classic Stock Car (240 sec. x 3 x 1 = 12 min.) Race Results 1. Kevin - 81 Laps (10.173 ext.) 2. Art - 80 (8.211) 3. Mike V. - 77 (19.382) 4. Devan - 76 (12.201) 5. Frank - 75 (20.427) 6. MiA - 72 (11.353) 7. Jim O. - 71 (18.785) 8. Bob - 50 (65.913) Classic LeMans (240 sec. x 3 x 1 = 12 min.) Race Results 1. Kevin - 92 Laps (12.590 ext.) 2. Art - 90 (9.175) 3. Devan - 86 (12.822) 4. Frank - 86 (22.863) 5. Mike V. - 85 (21.317) 6. Jim M. - 83 (10.071) 7. Bob - 83 (13.562) 8. MiA - 83 (18.335) 9. Jim O. - 81 (14.519) Group C/IMSA (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Race Results 1. Kevin - 73 Laps (9.934 ext.) 2. Art - 73 (13.111) 3. Devan - 69 (22.494) 4. Mike V. - 68 (15.433) 5. Bob - 67 (10.348) 6. MiA - 66 (2.944) 7. Frank - 66 (9.793) 8. Jim O. - 66 (16.298) 9. Jim M. - 65 (8.060) 3.0L Grand Prix (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Race Results 1. Kevin - 70 Laps (8.106 ext.) 2. Art - 70 (14.838) 3. Bob - 68 (16.195) 4. Jim M. - 65 (18.219) 5. MiA - 62 (11.089) 6. Mike V. - 61 (6.004) 7. Frank - 61 (6.245) 8. Devan - 60 (12.185) 9. Jim O. - 58 (15.935) A fun day of racing again at The Rock! Thank you for hosting Kevin! Cheers to everyone who could make it out to race! :good:

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • April 6, 2016 – Molto VeLoce Circuit Any R32 Class (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Any R32 Class Race Results 1. Art - 84 Laps (14.503 ext.) 2. Drew - 79 (16.983) 3. Frank - 77 (17.617) 4. Jim O. - 72 (18.160) 5. MiA - 70 (16.114) NASCAR (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) NASCAR Results 1. Art - 76 Laps (12.487 ext.) 2. Drew - 76 (18.425) 3. Frank - 73 (18.829) 4. Jim O. - 69 (14.917) 5. MiA - 68 (9.905) Hot Rod (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Hot Rod Results 1. Art - 72 Laps (13.789 ext.) 2. Jim O. - 68 (15.588) 3. Frank - 66 (10.635) 4. Drew - DNF 3.0L Grand Prix (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) 3.0L Grand Prix Results 1. Art - 79 Laps (6.618 ext.) 2. Frank - 71 (12.333) 3. Drew - 69 (6.299) 4. Jim O. - 66 (6.218) 5. MiA - 64 (14.344) Group 5 (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Group 5 Results 1. Art - 84 Laps (8.413 ext.) 2. Frank - 79 (14.066) 3. Jim O. - 78 (16.579) 4. Drew - 77 (7.834) 5. MiA - 68 (13.166) CAN AM (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) CAN AM Results 1. Art - 85 Laps (8.782 ext.) 2. Frank - 77 (10.184) 3. Jim O. - 74 (6.846) 4. MiA - 57 (15.297) Cheers to those who participated and to Frank for his fantastic drive to three second place finishes! - Art :good:  :good:  :good:

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • May 4, 2016 – Molto VeLoce Circuit NASCAR (180 sec. x 4 x 1 = 12 min.) NASCAR Results 1. Jim M - 100 Laps (23.052 ext.) 2. Frank - 99 (19.155) 3. Drew - 98 (20.013) 4. Art - 96 (14.436) 5. John - 96 (15.800) 6. MiA - 87 (17.583) F1S (180 sec. x 4 x 1 = 12 min.) F1S Results 1. Art - 106 Laps (15.378 ext.) 2. John - 104 (12.532) 3. Frank - 103 (12.950) 4. Jim M - 102 (9.136) 5. Drew - 102 (9.847) 6. MiA - 92 (16.942) CAN AM (180 sec. x 4 x 1 = 12 min.) CAN AM Results 1. Art - 112 Laps (13.765 ext.) 2. Drew - 107 (12.146) 3. Jim M - 107 (12.546) 4. John - 107 (16.749) 5. Frank - 102 (23.362) 6. MiA - 93 (18.126) LMP(240 sec. x 4 x 1 = 16 min.) LMP Results 1. Art - 152 Laps (10.755 ext.) 2. John - 146 (16.103) 3. Drew - 144 (14.967) 4. Jim M - 139 (19.464) 5. MiA - 131 (15.524) 6. Frank - 123 (15.524) Cheers! - Art :good:

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • May 11, 2016 – The River Sportscar (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Sportscar Results 1. Jim - 67 Laps (12.974 ext.) 2. Art - 64 (12.586) 3. John - 63 (9.499) 4. Frank - 62 (19.158) 5. Bill - 60 (15.058) Trans Am (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Trans Am Results 1. Jim - 71 Laps (15.102 ext.) 2. John - 71 (19.420) 3. Art - 69 (9.038) 4. Frank - 67 (12.075) 5. Bill - 63 (15.119) Classic LeMans (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Classic LeMans Results 1. John - 75 Laps (6.068 ext.) 2. Jim - 75 (17.798) 3. Art - 71 (10.594) 4. Frank - 69 (12.846) 5. Bill - 69 (17.819) Group 5 (240 sec. x 3 x 1 = 12 min.) Group 5 Results 1. Art - 103 Laps (2.461 ext.) 2. Jim - 103 (14.774) 3. John - 102 (5.596) 4. Frank - 97 (7.789) 5. Bill - 97 (10.641) Cheers to Jim for hosting a fabulous track debut for the Riverhampton Grand Prix Raceway and to everyone who participated! Long live the gyro! - Art

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • May 18, 2016 – Spa Lyons 1950's Grand Prix (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) 1950's Grand Prix Results 1. John - 66 Laps (12.190 ext.) 2. Art - 65 (20.388) 3. Drew - 63 (11.383) 4. Jim M. - 58 (9.099) Hot Rod (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Hot Rod Results 1. Art - 63 Laps (23.817 ext.) 2. John - 60 (5.687) 3. Jim M. - 58 (8.769) 4. Drew - 58 (13.425) Group C (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Group C Results 1. John - 74 Laps (12.453 ext.) 2. Art - 74 (15.797) 3. Drew - 70 (6.569) 4. Jim M. - 66 (9.024) 3.0L LeMans (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) 3.0L LeMans Results 1. Art - 78 Laps (11.418 ext.) 2. Drew - 75 (14.372) 3. John - 71 (7.020) 4. Jim M. - 67 (12.817) Clickity clack by the track - and a few track calls to boot! So we could have shut down one lane and ran a pace car, but we didn't... bang, bang, bang... there goes the weasel! It happens in the summer - sometimes numbers are lower... but double cheers to Hadjii! Triple cheers to Drew!... thank you for hosting an excellent race evening at the always lovely Spa Lyons... Cheers! Art :yahoo:

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • July 6, 2016 – The Ring Sportscars (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) Sportscar Results 1. Art - 75 Laps (13.738 ext.) 2. DwM - 73 (24.860) 3. ToN - 69 (42.067) 4. JoB - 66 (15.173) 3.0L Grand Prix (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) 3.0L Grand Prix Results 1. Art - 84 Laps (3.926 ext.) 2. JoB - 81 (15.529) 3. DwM - 77 (9.420) 4. ToN - 64 (16.637) Group C/IMSA (240 sec. x 3 x 1 = 12 min.) Group C/IMSA Results 1. Art - 116 Laps (9.645 ext.) 2. JoB - 115 (9.871) 3. FCe - 110 (7.628) 4. DwM - 110 (12.770) 5. ToN - 103 (17.024) 3.0L LeMans Prototype (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) 3.0L LeMans Prototype Results 1. Art - 90 Laps (9.849 ext.) 2. DwM - 89 (13.273) 3. JoB - 87 (7.006) 4. FCe - 85 (6.732) 5. ToN - 80 (7.682) Nice to see a Porsche and a Lola racing in the 3LM class... and original (and valuable) old slot.it releases competing in the Group C class... and a custom Canadian livery in Sportscars... Cheers! :whistle:

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • July 23, 2016 – The Rock Sportscars (240 sec. x 3 x 1 = 12 min.) Sportscar Results 1. Kevin - 84 Laps (10.552 ext.) 2. Art - 83 (10.953) 3. Frank - 79 (9.620) 4. Jim M. - 79 (11.864) 5. Tony - 74 (4.491) 6. Dave - 73 (16.227) Trans Am (240 sec. x 3 x 1 = 12 min.) Trans Am Results 1. Art - 89 Laps (14.164 ext.) 2. Kevin - 89 (14.486) 3. Jim M. - 86 (12.009) 4. Frank - 85 (14.246) 5. Dave - 81 (13.334) 6. Tony - 80 (10.228) Classic LeMans (240 sec. x 3 x 1 = 12 min.) Classic LeMans Results 1. Kevin - 92 Laps (14.512 ext.) 2. Art - 91 (6.863) 3. Frank - 87 (17.631) 4. Tony - 85 (15.669) 5. Dave - 84 (12.693) 6. Jim M. - 81 (13.694) Group C/IMSA (240 sec. x 3 x 1 = 12 min.) Group C/IMSA Results 1. Art - 99 Laps (5.963 ext.) 2. Kevin - 98 (9.432) 3. Jim M. - 94 (12.021) 4. Frank - 94 (17.127) 5. Dave - 88 (18.856) 6. Tony - 87 (14.237) Exciting battles throughout the field in all of the classes! Thank you to Kevin for hosting and to Jim for his help with many of the photos and to those who were able to make it to The Rock to race. Until next time - Cheers! :good:

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • December 7, 2016 – Molto VeLoce Trans Am (180 sec. x 4 x 1 = 12 min.) Trans Am Results 1. Art - 97 Laps (18.971 ext.) 2. Jim M. - 96 (11.605) (fastest lap) 3. John B. - 96 (13.382) 4. Jim O. - 93 (11.632) 5. Frank - 92 (9.377)6. MiA - 89 (14.904) 3.0L Grand Prix (180 sec. x 4 x 1 = 12 min.) 3.0L Grand Prix Results 1. Art - 106 Laps (12.184 ext.) (fastest lap) 2. John B. - 101 (11.944) 3. Jim M. - 99 (19.952) 4. Jim O. - 98 (12.667) 5. Frank - 98 (17.764)6. MiA - 86 (17.088) 1970's Grand Prix (180 sec. x 4 x 1 = 12 min.) 1970's Grand Prix Results 1. Art - 109 Laps (19.229 ext.) (fastest lap) 2. Jim M. - 108 (23.872) 3. John B. - 104 (14.464) 4. Jim O. - 101 (12.168) 5. Frank - 100 (16.488)6. MiA - 92 (27.067) Group C/IMSA (180 sec. x 4 x 1 = 12 min.) Group C/IMSA Results 1. John B. - 105 Laps (4.738 ext.) (fastest lap) 2. Art - 105 (9.699) 3. Frank - 104 (12.982) 4. Jim M. - 104 (16.768) 5. Jim O. - 100 (19.629)6. MiA - 96 (19.136) For more pictures visit the DArthobbies website... Cheers to everyone who was able to make it out to race at MVL! :good:

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • Ringwood XV Ringwood XV Race Results 1950's Grand Prix (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) 1950's Grand Prix Results 1. KKr - 80 Laps (17.173 ext.) 2. Art - 78 (11.136) 3. JoB - 77 (12.040) 4. BiG - 74 (18.150) 5. JMs - 73 (11.721) 1960's Grand Prix (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) 1960's Grand Prix Results 1. Art - 79 Laps (10.802 ext.) 2. KKr - 78 (5.569) 3. BiG - 76 (12.093) 4. JMs - 75 (5.920) 5. JoB - 74 (14.195) 3.0L Grand Prix (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) 3.0L Grand Prix Results 1. Art - 86 Laps (3.606 ext.) 2. KKr - 86 (6.418) 3. JoB - 82 (1.138) 4. BiG - 82 (13.770) 5. JMs - 76 (10.354) 1970's Grand Prix (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.) (Top 3 Cannot Have More Than 1 Car on Podium) 1970's Grand Prix Results 1. Art - 90 Laps (7.265 ext.) 2. KKr - 90 (9.896) 3. BiG - 86 (14.328) 4. Art - 88 (9.554) 5. KKr - 86 (10.888) 6. JoB - 84 (10.772) 7. JoB - 84 (11.655) 8. JMs - 83 (12.748) 9. BiG - 81 (8.407) 10. JMs - 81 (11.767) Some exceptional racing filled with drama and suspense... Cheers to those that could make it out to race to close out our summer racing schedule! Poster postcards given away to all participants... For VERY many more pictures visit the DArthobbies website. Art :good:

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • September 7, 2016 – Molto VeLoce Circuit Trans Am (135 sec. x 4 x 1 = 9 min.) Trans Am Results 1. Kevin - 74 Laps (20.497 ext.) 2. John - 72 (22.366) 3. Jim M. - 71 (11.275) 4. Art - 71 (12.230) 5. Frank - 67 (10.460) 6. Doug -67 (20.439) Group C/IMSA (135 sec. x 4 x 1 = 9 min.) Group C/IMSA Results 1. John - 79 Laps (10.097 ext.) 2. Kevin - 78 (5.965) 3. Art - 78 (15.039) 4. Jim M. - 78 (18.055) 5. Frank - 75 (12.913) 6. Bill - 74 (15.516) 7. Doug - 71 (13.025) Group 5 (135 sec. x 4 x 1 = 9 min.) Group 5 Results 1. Art - 84 Laps (18.564 ext.) 2. Kevin - 82 (16.495) 3. John - 80 (14.729) 4. Jim M. - 78 (17.018) 5. Frank - 77 (9.964) 6. Bill - 76 (10.708) 7. Doug - 71 (20.158) LeMans Prototype/GT (135 sec. x 4 x 1 = 9 min.) LeMans Prototype/GT Results 1. Art - 114 Laps (14.851 ext.) 2. Kevin - 111 (18.539) 3. John - 107 (10.717) 4. Jim M. - 107 (15.539) 5. Frank - 104 (17.569) 6. Doug - 89 (12.764) Cheers to those that made it out to race!

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • Rolexing at The Rock! (As originally written and posted by KK) It’s been a long offseason for the 1:1 racing cars but this weekend things got rolling again as the long anticipated 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship kicked off with the Rolex 24 Hrs at Daytona. This year saw the introduction of the exciting new DPi class in a race hampered by weather. As a tribute to years gone by, we decided to hold a historic Rolex Special race of our own for the 1/32 scale models we race here at The RockenheimRing in Barrie. Our day was also hampered slightly by weather but that didn’t stop ten of the finest and most dedicated racers around from attending todays event by way of snow covered roads. We had a few last minute drop-outs but still a near record crowd was in attendance for an R32 race of late. Barrie Police showed up early on to control the overflow of parking and thankfully that was the last we saw of them today. No doubt they will be back. I think my neighbours may have them on Speed Dial. Could be from the incident involving their house being bombarded with eggs, but that’s another story. The police showed up here saying that all the guest that were leaving my “live band deck party” threw eggs at the house across the street, I excused myself for a moment, checked the fridge and came back to the door to report to the officer, it couldn’t have been my guests, we have No Eggs! Now back to the racing coverage. The biggest stories out of the pit garage were, FORD winning the GTLM class at Daytona today but were given a new acronym up here in Canada. That along with James Dean dieing for a second time were the the two big stories out of the garage along with Switchgate, MV back in action and some new racers climbing the podium at The Rock for the first time. These stories and more later.   50’s 60’s Sportscars ( 3 heats x 180 seconds = 9 minutes) The home team broke away from the pack slightly in this one while the competition got familiar with the track layout. Some very close racing in this one, notably 3rd through 8th place separated by just two laps. JM took the 2nd place spot with a real nice outing for his King Cobra and our good friend Devo took the third step with a big block chevy loaner from the home team with SR, FC, MV, DO and MA hot on his heals. The well rounded field of entries circled the track while the Classic LeMans cars were prepared in the background. JCB-James Dean’s Porsche 550 was seen in the garage for most of the race due to a broken guide flag holder. People around the scene were noted as saying “That’s the second time James Dean died in that car”   Classic LeMans Cars 1965-1970 ( 3 heats x 180 seconds = 9 minutes) This was a close finish with the two top spots separated by under a second. Some of the the top drivers on the circuit were absent due to the weather and this along with the rain kept the crowds from filling the grandstand. Those that showed up were treated to a thrilling race. The Home Team edged out JCB by less than a second and JCB took his first steps up the podium at the Ring. A small detour through the rhubarb thwarted his otherwise relentless pace and the older 250LM squeaked by to take the narrow victory. Whispers of “Switchgate” were heard by other racers in the paddock as JCB was certain that someone threw his lane direction switch in hopes his tires and pace would be cooled. Talk about icing a kicker! All of the banter coming out of the garage about MV’s FORD GT 40 crash and clearing the wall quickly diffused all the talk about Switchgate and got the heat off of yours truly. The roars of laughter could be heard far and wide as the new acronym for FORD was created – FOUND ON RUG DEAD! Ford may have had a great day at Daytona today but they were the butt of the funniest jokes here today. Devo wound up on the third step of the podium again with a loaner Porsche from the home team. SR, FC, MV, DO, MA. JM and TR all had strong outings in this one.     Group C/IMSA ( 3 heats x 180 seconds = 9 minutes) The third race of the day was the mighty Group C cars. These beautiful machines are favorites of many and this race provided the closest finish of the day. JCB took his first victory at The Rock and by the narrowest of margins driving his appropriately named BOSS Porsche to victory. Less than two tenths of a second separated the top two racers and the top 8 places were separated by only two laps. SR had the race in hand until the third heat where a cut tire saw him spin out repeatedly. He managed to limp his car to a third place finish and his first podium finish at the Rock. You could have thrown a blanket over third through seventh with the rest of the pack nipping at their heels. See the photos below, it was that close!   The Rolex Special (Any Commercially available Group C, Daytona Prototype, Lola T600, Porsche Kremer CK5 with 25k S-Can motor) ( 3 heats x 240 seconds = 12 minutes) These beautiful machines filled the pit lane as all participants were allowed to race as many as three cars in this race. The intensity of running these faster cars got to some as these high RpM machines generate incredible speeds on the long straights of The Ring. MA had a short circuiting brand new motor in his primary car and was forced to run his beautiful back-up Crown Royal DP car just minutes before the race. Controllers were hooked up incorrectly and all kinds spinouts made this a race of attrition. In the end it was home track advantage that showed through as the home team cruised to victory. We’re not sure yet if any track lap records were broken but they were certainly approached by the Rothmans Porsche 962 and Lola T600. JM took a familiar second step on the podium and TR after a great run took the third step, his first at The Ring. Second through fifth were separated by only two laps. Thanks to all who attended and participated today. This was truly a wonderful race event and it was good to see some former racers and friends out on a not so wonderful day, weather wise. We had few laughs, a few pops and rubbed a few fenders and I still have plenty of eggs in my fridge. Good times! Hope to see you all again soon. Cheers KK

      Started by: Avatar photoJohnnySlots in: Local Slot Car Groups

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    • Images and Results from The Rock Something stinks at THE ROCK! 9 of the clubs warriors set out to do battle at the Rock for the season opening F1 Weekend. Upon their arrival it was evident that there was a strange odor in the air. Seems that this hosts puppy got into a losing battle with a skunk the night before!   50's GP Some close racing in this one and a great looking field of entries.   3.0L GP This was a super close one with the top two finishing on the same lap.     70's GP Almost everyone's favorite class. Super close racing with a "dead heat tie" in the first round of action between the Ronnie Peterson March and the Lotus 72 - Laps and extension tied! What a great looking field. Many racers took the opportunity of running several cars in this one. Congratulations to Frank who took his first steps up the podium at the Rock. JCB got off to a fast start but the wheels fell off after the opening heat tie.   Modern F1 Another tight one in Modern F1 as, like the Noah's animals, everybody paired up for battle as the top two finished on the same lap, the next two were a lap back, and the next two were also a lap back. Top 6 within 2 laps is a pretty competitive race for this class!   Group 5 And we finished off the day with a Group 5 race where the difference between 1st and 2nd at the end was 0.010! This was possibly the closest finish in club history. On a 94.5' foot track over three heats that amounts to about 3/8 of an inch!   Thanks for another great day Kevin. Always worth the drive to Barrie!

      Started by: Avatar photoJohnnySlots in: Local Slot Car Groups

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    • Bass-Seca Build Bass-Seca After who knows how many years of racing at multiple home and club tracks, my man cave has gotten a new addition built by Art! A small but exciting looking layout of approximately 44 feet for 1:32 racing with plenty of elevation changes themed after Laguna Seca's "Corkscrew". I gave my design to track builder extraordinaire Professor Tschinkel earlier this year and, thanks to Covid restrictions, he built a modular track that could be fairly quickly taken apart and reassembled. Art built the basics at his place and then disassembled it and into a VW Atlas went ALL the pieces and reassembly began at my place. Track reconstruction, lane taping, power and computer, border walls and more now done. Some detail work still to be completed but the track is now operational and the first race done with Joe Guts and I running Group 5 cars. But the track is much more fun with the slower classes! Before racing ever happened though I christened the track with laps done in remembrance, and with cars, from racers who are no longer with us. John F and Paddy you will always be remembered. (The 3rd last picture is John Flinn's MG which set identical times in both lanes) Thanks for all your work Art. It's great!

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    • Building Bass-Seca JohnnySlots Bass-Seca is the first DArt track designed in separate sections to be assembled and disassembled using simple hand tools. Here's how it came together both off and on site: [foogallery id="19807"] Ready for foam scenery inserts and many track details to come...

      Started by: Arthur in: How To – Build It

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    • R32 XLVIII FINAL RACE RESULTS Monday, April 18, 2022 @ Spa Lyons Classes: Hot Rod (HR) 1950's Sportscar (50SP) Classic LeMans (CLM) 1970 Grand Prix (70GP) Format: 3 minute heats (180 seconds) x 3. Two marshals for every heat. Race to line result will determine finishing order. Hot Rod (HR): #30 - 62 Laps (11.702 ext.) #24 - 59 (4.001) #2 - 59 (14.045) #50 - 54 (14.661) #69 - 50 (28.055) 1950's Sportscar (50SP): #47 - 63 Laps (20.077 ext.) #10 - 60 (10.621) #7 - 60 (23.617) #55 - 57 (14.495) #36 - 48 (21.475) #22 - DNS Classic LeMans (CLM): #25 - 71 Laps (14.805 ext.) #23 - 69 (18.195) #35 - 66 (8.624) #21 - 65 (11.603) #3 - 55 (8.861) 1970 Grand Prix (70GP): #34 - 70 Laps (12.665 ext.) #17 - 70 (16.697) #12 - 65 (9.082) #4 - 61 (13.257) #10 - 57 (28.232) #7 - DNF [foogallery id="25926"]

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    • Riverhampton Photo Collage July 14 2022 See attached the race report and photo collage of the race held on Thursday July 14 2022 Classes: ● Vintage Mini’s ● Classic Stock Car ● Nascar ● Classic Le Mans ● Modern GT Format: ● 3 minute heats (180 seconds) x 3. ● Voltage set @ 10.5v ● Three marshals for every heat. ● Race to line result will determine finishing order.  

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    • New track in the east Basic plans have been drawn up by Art to make a 2-lane new track in my basement. Art was kind enough to take on the task of fitting a small track into a tiny basement. I don't have a name for it yet. Maybe the KRZ Twister? Name suggestions are most welcome. The final dimensions will be on a 5' foot by 10' foot base. The closest rooms to the track are the washroom and kitchen. It should work out well to host races for small groups. Everything in life is time sensitive. I should have done this a few years ago. Thank you to Art for accepting the challenge.  

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    • R32 LIX FINAL RACE RESULTS Saturday, October 15, 2022 @ Nova Ridge Classes: NASCAR (NC) Classic LeMans (CLM) Modern F1 (F1) Group 5 (G5) Format: 4 minute heats (180 seconds) x 4 Voltage set @ 10.5v Five marshals for every heat - no penalty for track calls Race to line result determines finishing order NASCAR (NC): #32 - 56 Laps (20.015 ext.) #97 - 56 (25.601) #97 - 56 (33.131) #24 - 55 (42.082) #7 - 54 (18.506) #24 - 53 (30.390) #88 - 51 (21.690) #48 - 49 (31.159) #18 - 44 (49.283) Classic LeMans (CLM): #35 - 58 Laps (21.909 ext.) #33 - 58 (33.120) #25 - 57 (20.722) #8 - 57 (23.127) #1 - 56 (25.050) #21 - 55 (22.279) #15 - 53 (51.057) #11 - 52 (22.361) #52 - 51 (45.829) Modern F1 (F1): #Mercedes - 60 Laps (14.902 ext.) #Williams - 59 (34.170) #McLaren - 59 (36.800) #McLaren - 57 (22.006) #Mercedes - 55 (37.942) #Renault - 55 (39.000) #Mercedes - 54 (32.568) #Ferrari - 53 (28.065) #Mercedes - 52 (27.660) Group 5 (G5): #23 - 62 Laps (31.455 ext.) #51 - 61 (21.205) #14 - 60 (15.700) #51 - 59 (26.733) #30 - 57 (21.758) #63 - 56 (20.863) #9 - 56 (24.688) #16 - 54 (23.438) #23 - 54 (46.310) [foogallery id="30569"] Thank you to everyone who participated! ... Cheers!

      Started by: Arthur in: R32

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    • Christmas at Spa! Well, it comes a little early... Christmas will come early at Spa, Saturday December 10th. No need to bring presents, unless of course you feel compelled to bring a 12 year old single malt... LOL Doors will open at 10:30, Flag drop 11:30, intend to have short intermission/lunch mid point, I'll order Pizza. Classes will be Classic LM 50's Sportscar(NOT 50's-60's) 70's GP Modern LM Time permitting, possibly an IROC, cars TBD, provided by moi. Please advise ASAP, would like to know by this Friday, require minimum of 5, and MAX of 9.   December 10th, a lovely time of year of year in the Ardennes, unless you were battling Panzers! Been a while since we've enjoyed a day at the Spa, looking forward to seeing you here!

      Started by: Avatar photoPorsche911 in: R32

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    • Willys Gasser Style Coupe More than a year has gone by since the initial post #17570... and in my spare time, I built a gasser. I was inspired by some of the photos I found on the web.  There are many. The body of my Gasser is a stock Carrera Willys coupe model with an aluminum chassis under it.                              The front sits high and can easily be modified by adjusting the length of the body posts. This will be done once the rules are                              determined.  At the moment this model can be raced in the hot rod class.                             The chassis is powered by a 14k ff motor.  The complete model tips the scale at 82 grams, making it a slow hot rod due to its weight disadvantage.  Depending on the final ride height, it will require weight to lower its COG which will likely put this model over 90 grams when complete.  I have a wider set of rear wheels for this model but I built it to meet our current HR rules until the Gasser rules are set.                            A the moment F1nutz and I will be racing only with each other... lets get building gents!

      Started by: Avatar photoJMSracer in: Scratch Built Models

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    • 1 year ago

      Arthur

    • 1936 Auto Union Type C – #4 Bernd Rosemeyer This is a PGP+ class eligible model for our Pre War Coppa D'oro series. The main restrictions for this class (apart from the mandated motor) are a maximum track of 50.8mm (excluding inserts which may extend beyond) and maximum tire diameter of 23mm. Of course all tires must be DArt club series urethanes and wheels cannot exceed 16.5mm in diameter nor be wider than 5.5mm... so armed with that info we can begin building something eligible...The basis for this build was the DArt Auto Union C Type body kit with a few modifications and upgrades. As always I begin with the wheels which I modified by turning down a set of 4 DArt DA16x9XL alloy wheels. I carefully mounted 4 DA0210 club series tires using clear Gorilla Glue after scuffing the outer rim surface and let them dry overnight before truing with my Hudy. Using the truer I also narrowed the front tires using a sharp Xacto knife. After sorting the overall tire diameters I gathered some small bushings and the rest of the parts needed including the low power BWMS050 motor with a 1.5mm 10T pinion. Initially I also opted for an aftermarket 23T crown gear but then went with the orange 25T gear instead after initial testing. I opted for a simple torsion chassis using a combination of piano wire and brass. The front end would use stub axles made from piano wire with DuBro No2 steel washers soldered on one end. Because the washers were too large in diameter they needed to be ground down to fit within my front axle braces. I also fabricated the motor mount and guide sleeve. After sanding all of the parts I soldered the rear end together. Then I made the front section. The front and rear sections are only held together with piano wire tabs that slide inside a small brass tube. By gently pulling them apart (and out of the tube) you can separate the front and rear halves of the chassis which allows for convenient cleaning and maintenance. The wire tension is enough to hold it in place. Before final re-assembly I made sure to clean any flux residue before applying a blackening treatment to all of the chassis parts using a disposable dollar store brush. Make sure you are happy with the chassis - because after you apply the blackening chemical treatment to the steel you won't be able to solder anything to it. While the steel does turn black the brass is more stubborn and will only give you an antique look at best - but I still prefer this to painting anyday - and I prefer to take away the shine of brass (or steel) especially on exposed parts that don't reflect the real thing. I painted the wire wheel inserts that came with the kit and after final assembly I glued them in place using white glue. The assembled chassis weighs in at 45.7g.. I wanted to use as much of a complete pilot and interior so I modified the original body by opening up the cockpit. I also extended the cockpit slightly by removing material up to the recess for the original windscreen (which I would replace with a more detailed windscreen from the DArt Type D body kit).The painted and washed body shell (without interior and exterior detail) now weighs 9.6g. Decals which I printed on clear Testor's decal sheeting were applied. I also used Micro Mark decals for the front grill detail. Then I made firewalls which could be glued in place using thin styrene sheeting. Other upgraded parts included a pilot figure, head, steering wheel, shifter and interior side panels from the DArt D Type body kit, plus DArt button radiator cap and DArt fuel cap. After painting the body silver I added a black wash using Tamiya flat black acrylic paint diluted with Tamiya acrylic thinner to bring out more detail where I wanted it. If using the acrylic thinner (which is alcohol based) only apply carefully where you want it and let it pool and dry to give the desired effect. Quickly wick away any wash that creeps where you don't want it since the longer it remains the harder it will be to clean away. Once it is dry it is impossible to remove easily - you'll need to polish it out then. I would do the interior first. I would use clear 5 minute epoxy to fix everything in place, starting with the firewalls. Then came the seat back (minus head rest) and dashboard. While that dried I removed the lower portion of the pilot's legs and sanded away the underside of his thighs to give me as much clearance underneath as possible. Luckily I did not need to shrink his torso. Once satisfied with the fit (and clearance) of the torso/legs I glued the pilot arms to the torso and placed the steering wheel in his hands and let dry. [I trimmed the steering wheel shaft since I never fix the steering wheel to the dashboard - I always leave it in the pilot's hands - which I find much easier to work with.] Then I glued the pilot's body to the seat and let that dry. Then the side panels were fixed in place and finally the shifter was added. The interior was done. I could add a styrene piece underneath his legs to finish the interior but I'll leave that alone for now. [Turns out the blackened chassis works nicely underneath so I decided to not bother adding a floor.] Exterior details were then added. The windscreen was second last - after hand drilling a pair of holes to fix it in place. Finally a solid aluminium wire was added to the rear of the body through another small hole hand drilled. The completed body now weighs 12.9g. Not bad!Add two screws and four urethane washers (2 for some body float and 2 underneath the head of each screw (to prevent the screws from backing out) and our completed model weighs in at 59 g.The original crown gear performed just fine when the chassis alone was tested (before the body was completed) but as fate would have it would fail on the first lap in its debut... but replaced and tested the model is very quick and this chassis shows lots of promise for 2022.Happy to answer any questions. If you would like to upgrade any parts on your C Type (like I did) drop me a line... Cheers! [foogallery id="20971"]

      Started by: Arthur in: Scratch Built Models

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    • 2 years ago

      Avatar photoJohnnySlots

    • When Fangio Met The 860 Monza Nice short story and video on Fangio's last year with Ferrari https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/magazine/articles/when-juan-fangio-met-the-ferrari-860-monza?UID=4188062760&dmc_uid=4188062760&utm_campaign=New_Ferrari&utm_medium=email&MID=3900163919&utm_content=210930+TOFM+EN+%28mondo+GT+EN+-+Settembre%29&utm_source=newsletter

      Started by: Avatar photoJohnnySlots in: Drivers of the Past

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    • 2 years ago

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    • And now for something completely different F1 Racing Sim Hey guys I've been gathering up a lot of stuff over the last couple years to put this together but never had time to get it all going properly. Well due to the covid lock down I took a couple days to see if this would actually work and finally after many hours of farting around with various monitor/cable/graphics card configurations and giving up many times in frustration it actually works!! I conveniently happen to have a curved octagonal wall at the end of my basement where I have 3 cheapy projectors hooked up to an older render farm computer I picked up reasonably cheap. 3.2 GHz processor with dual Nvidia Quadro 4800 graphics cards, 8 gigs of ram. Not super powerful by today's standards but still no slouch. I'm running a copy of F1 2011 as that is the most recent sim I've got. I actually bought it in 2012 and never had a system good enough to run it until now. The effect is pretty cool as you can look to the side and see stuff flashing by. Picture isn't as crisp as on led monitors but it is usable. Total viewing area is about 5 ft by about 25 ft or 5760 by 1080 pixels I've also got a small surround audio system with sub I plan to hook up to get the full effect. Anyway thought you might like to see my little side project even though it isn't slot related it is racing after all. Now to build the cockpit and detail the driver ;^)

      Started by: Avatar photof1nutz in: Interesting Reality Bites

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    • 4 years ago

      Avatar photoJohnnySlots

    • Building in Upper and lower A arms and rear and front springs etc I jave been loo,ing at some scratch build cars in F1 classes ans see the detail  in rhe front and rear suspension systems. A Arms, springs or shocks, and the rear rods.or arms. I think,they reallly five a foos looking dinosh to,tje cqrs amd was wondering if there aere any turoeials qroumd on how to do these things . All in the name of scale accuracy and good lookimg detail. Bob :wacko:

      Started by: Anonymous in: How To – Build It

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    • 6 years ago

      Anonymous

    • 360 degree POV Camera vehicle A 360 degree camera mounted on a modified Range Rover at MiniGrid. Click on the screen and move your mouse around to change the camera angle! https://youtu.be/QreTCVWgSnY It was my pleasure to be able to drive this rig and I have to say the results are great. 360 a whole new way to think about camera's on slot cars, among other things. And the final version of the vehicle looks great too. Something right out of what a real Hollywood crane truck looks like! We did experiment with different speeds with the camera vehicle and found that running it at about 75% or so gave the best picture. Not too slow to put you to sleep, and not too fast to make you nauseous. Lap times were about equivalent to Cartrix cars with BWA motors.

      Started by: Avatar photoJohnnySlots in: Slot Related Curiosities, Oddities & One of a Kind

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    • 6 years ago

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    • New Scaley DP OMG .... I have to applaud, maybe even give a standing ovation, to Scaley for the new Ford DP, now in stores in the Ganassi livery. As much as I liked the 1:1 cars, I wasn't intending to buy one in 1:32. But when picking up my Javelin at Mini Grid, I stared a little too long at the DP and picked it up too. The rear wheel detail was what did it! But boy am I glad I did. Not only does the car look great, but it runs great too! Out of the box, and only with a set of Super Tire 1404's mounted on the rear wheels which are now the standard size, the car was awesome. With the magnet, and weighing in at a remarkably light 109 grams of downforce, the car whipped around MG's Scaley track like it was on rails and got down into the 6.8's. That's an unheard of time for a stock Scaley. With the magnet out, and no weight added, it handled beautifully and ran easy 8.1's, with a few laps in the 8.0's and one in the high 7.9's. That's almost stock Slot.it Group C territory! With a Slot.it orange motor in I can only imagine how good it will be. This car should easily run with the Racer DP's with perhaps only a motor change. Who knows what motor, weight, and Slot.it running gear will do to it! (I like the rear wheels so much though I'd try to leave them!) Part of the performance has to do with weight. The car only weighs 75 grams! One area of possible concern; when I took the magnet out it looks like it might be advisable to do some chassis stiffening around that area. But overall, I am might impressed. Well done! One question though ... the motor has a green end bell. Does anyone know if that's a different rpm from previous motors, or just a new colour end bell with the same innards?

      Started by: Avatar photoJohnnySlots in: What’s New! New Releases & Other Useful Stuff

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    • 7 years ago

      Anonymous

    • Sideways Grp 5 pods I see that Slot Car Corner Canada has a stock of the new style pods for the grp5 cars. This may become a point for  discussion in the future. Seeing as how we currently allow stiffening of the pod and securing of the motor on the current pod, a test is required also. I hate it when manufacturers change things in a class half way through a run. It really spoils a good stock class.

      Started by: Anonymous in: Class Eligible Bits & Pieces

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    • 8 years ago

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