Slot - 11/12 2018

The World’s only dedicated magazine for slot racing covering all areas of the slot hobby from starting at home with your first set to racing at the world championships! Slot is jam packed with articles on how to build your own layouts, extend your home track, make your cars faster and build incredible layouts. We also cover the latest releases from Scalextric, Carrera, Ninco and SX plus all the other manufaturers.

***10 BEST OF BOTH WORLDS Nestling between 1/32nd and HO scale is 1/43rd Scale – We look at whats currently available in this space-saver scale 18 THUNDEROUS McLAREN The soon to be released McLaren M6A from Thunderslot has sneaked out of the factory in kit form, we build it and get our first look at the Italian companies third new car release 22 PROJECT X Part 2 So can throwing new components at our modded Scalextric BTCC MG Touring car make any difference to lap times around our club track? read Part 2 to find out 26 HOME SET TIPS We get a couple of tips sent to us from a reader in Australia – Although based on 1/43rd scale set-ups the advice could easily be adapted to other scales 28 VANISHING POINT We take a look at the Scalextric Dodge Challenger that became an icon of the Hollywood Car Chase Movie and some of the locations used in the film 34 READERS LAYOUTS Looking at what other people have built is not only fun but can also be
inspirational – Here is a a wonderful step back in time layout from Eddy Vodden which mixes Carrera, Scalextric Classic and even a few rubber track sections
42 PAST FORWARD Was the Beck and Zimmerman Banshee even better than the Classic Manta Ray? Richard Hills looks back on this piece of 1960’s Thingy Racing
History 48 CAPRI’S GO LARGE! Here we review the latest 1/24th offerings from Carrera – The fabulous Group 5 Zakspeed Capri’s 54 THE SLOT WORLD OF LLOYD LEWIS
Continuing on our 1/43rd theme we speak to Mr. Lewis and what 1/43rd modelers have to do if the car they want is not available “off the shelf” 60 DIRTY DANCING
While weathered model railway stock is common place, you can count on your hands how many slot cars have been offered “Dirty”.***