FOR RACERS, COLLECTORS AND BUILDERS

Making a scene:Digging the dirtdown under

HO Grand Prix:Super fast HO cars at the Heritage SlotCar Festival

‘N’ Joyment:Peter Solari looks atthe all-round Nincoproduct

Slot Tour Auto:Insight into greatracing in Portugal

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Pit Board:Hello again!A look at The Slot Fest at Gaydon, plus, we haveanother great competition... this time to win afantastic Aston Martin, courtesy of Scalextric.

Making a Scene:Digging the dirt down underLynne Haines shows us how simple things likedirt can be used to transform the look and feel ofyour race track.

‘N’-Joyment of Ninco:by Peter SolariPeter Solari loves the Ninco brand and takes timeout to tell us just why he regards it as the bestall-round slot company in the business.

Foreign Affair:The Slot Tour Auto 2011Rui Costa gives an insight into a fabulousweekends racing on a multitude of differenttrack types and surfaces.

Stripping!:Graymalkin continues his NasCar relivery Part two of Richard’s work on our Nascar, wherehe takes us into the realms of stripping back tothe bare body.

HO Grand Prix:2011 UK Slot Car Festival reportAlan Player gives us the story of the biggest littleslot car race at the Festival and also reflects onthe impression the racing made on visitors.

That’s a slot car, that was:Speed is the key with BSCRA cars!Most people that race Scalextric type cars haveno real conception of how fast these hand builtBSCRA cars can go... Nick Thrower explains all.

Club Focus:Tyneside Slot Car ClubStephen Owens takes time out from racing to tellus all about a new club racing 1/32 scale cars ona routed track in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

Dilworth’s World:Scientific study at The University Of IlfracombeYes, there really is a scientific way to understandthe difference between a slot car collector nerdand a slot car Neanderthal racer.

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