Scalextric Race Set Transformer Applications
Sometime back Scalextric changed the specifications and plug configuration of the transformers and power bases in its Sport race sets. Since sometime in 2012 all the newly released Sport race [...]
A More Perfect McLaren
We really like the Carrera 1/32 scale CanAm cars, especially the McLaren M20 There is something about the M20 that seems to make it the very picture of what a CanAm car should be.
Electric Dreams Helps Audi Canada Reinvent The Test-Drive
Audi Canada Reinvents The Test-Drive With World’s First iPad Controlled Slot Car Race
Monogram McLaren M6A project, part 2
A while back we published an article on how to modify a Monogram McLaren M6 CanAm car to get the body down lower over the chassis and enhance the cars performance. Since then we have decided that [...]
How to Improve your Ninco 1 Mustang.
A little while back we showed you how easy it is to put clear windows and an interior in a Ninco 1 Mustang. Now, we'll show you some easy fixes for the car's somewhat anemic straight line speed [...]
Deja Vu
There is probably a good and sufficient reason why they jacked up the McLaren's body into the stratosphere the same way they did with the Lola's. it may have something to do with having produced [...]
Let the Sun shine in!
Is possible to transplant the windows and interior from a Scalextric or Carrera late-model Mustang into a Ninco 1 Mustang. it seems he wanted to use the Ninco body to build a car for a race in [...]
Special Track Layouts For Specific Purposes
Not everybody who sets out to build a slot car racing layout wants to duplicate a specific life-sized track in miniature. Many layout builders have limitations on the size or shape of the [...]
Famous North American Racing Circuits In Miniature
We are frequently asked for track design ideas. The possibilities with modern sectional track systems are endless, limited only by your imagination, available space, and budget. A great place [...]
Information for First-time Race Set Shoppers
If you have no previous firsthand experience with slot cars you may be confused as to exactly what slot cars and race sets are, what to expect from them, and what it takes to use them [...]
American Iron Track Test
It looks like 2010 is very much the Year of the American Car, with TransAm, SCCA, and CanAm cars, along with the usual crop of NASCARs, coming from several different manufacturers. The classic [...]
Carrera Mustang FR500C Performance Upgrade
We like the looks of the Carrera 27134 Mustang, but it could use some help in the handling department. Well, as it happens, we had a set of wheels and tires from a Scalextric Ferrari F430 lying [...]
