The Slotcar Outhouse

. . AMC Javelin – Watkins Glen 1971 Penske Racing – Mark Donohue http://www.slotcarouthouse.com/photos/Img_3135_zpst154uzxm.jpg by Phil Wicks It’s always difficult to say what is the biggest contributing factor towards a motor racing team’s success. The unbiased purist might say, and rightl...

. . Team BMR Volkswagen Passat CC Jason Plato - BTCC 2015 http://www.slotcarouthouse.com/photos/Img_3096_zpsjui2rwfx.jpg by Phil Wicks The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) has become a bit of an institution in European motorsport. It has been around since the sixties but didn’t sell itself...

. . Another model which has recently become the victim of some hard driving is the Scalextric Tans Am Mustang. This lost its rear spoiler in an altercation on the track and the option was to superglue, or make something more resilient. The pictures should speak for themselves but the end result is ...

Good news for slotcar racers in South East Queensland as a new track (two tracks in fact) opens at the southern suburb of Eagleby which is about half way between Brisbane city and the Gold coast.The track is owned and run by local veteran slot racer Chris "the Stig" Dietrich. The main tra...

. . http://www.slotcarouthouse.com/photos/Img_3044_zpsbxu7pj1x.jpg Not sure if I am preaching to the converted here or if I am repeating myself, but some of you will know and understand the fixation I have with front end drag. No, not a clothes fetish but a very real by product of fixed front axles...

. . ARII Porsche 911 Turbo http://www.slotcarouthouse.com/photos/Img_3042_zpsuunyh2l1.jpg by Phil Wicks The Porsche 911 is truly one of the most enduring car images of all time. Easily recognisable from a hundred metres away its familiar shape has spent almost a lifetime gracing the race tracks on ...

Keep trying Denny

. . Carrera Ferrari 365 P2 North American Racing Team 1965 Le Mans http://www.slotcarouthouse.com/photos/Img_2977_zps3vx0io4s.jpg by Phil Wicks The NART 365 P2 Spyder was one of two similar cars entered for the 1965 Le Mans, both were supplied by Scuderia Ferrari being one of a variety of models th...

I had the opportunity to run the model this weekend on my local technical three lane board track. As expected and much in keeping with the recent BMW M3 review, the model was well behaved. With brakes set at about 75% and sensitivity turned down I took to the track in out of the box condition. The m...

. . John Goss – Ford XY Falcon Bathurst 1972 http://www.slotcarouthouse.com/photos/Img_2951_zpsbwa18xxb.jpg It’s usually not difficult to find little tit bits of information on articles I have done, but, search as I may, this model is being more elusive than any I have done to date. So too abou...

I took the model for its first competitive outing yesterday on my local three lane technical timber track (see LCR in the features section), and after 'warming' a lane up with some other models, I tentatively placed it on yellow and drove it for seven or eight minutes. It took a little while to loos...

. . Ocar C type Jaguar http://www.slotcarouthouse.com/photos/Img_2934_zps23mnxtw9.jpg by Phil Wicks The C type, or to give it its official title, the Jaguar XK120C was born of an idea put to company owner William Lyons. Some members of his staff were of the opinion that, with a few modifications, t...

. . Holdens on the Murray http://www.slotcarouthouse.com/photos/Img_2789_zpsur8xop9c.jpg I recently took a few days off with my beloved and we set forth for a liaison with an old pal and his missus down on the banks of the Murray, Echuca to be precise. It was to be a few days just to catch up and t...

. . Thunderslot Lola T70 MKlll Surtees /Hobbs BOAC 500 1967 http://www.slotcarouthouse.com/photos/Img_2847_zpsmbgnowms.jpg By Phil Wicks I have touched upon the history of Lola Racing elsewhere in my reviews so I won’t go to the lengths of boring previous visitors rigid. Suffice it to say that un...

I already have a couple of HO powered classic sports cars so this model wasn't really a new venture, and the whole model rolls out very nicely to perform about the same as a good Scaley FJ model. The NINCO classic tyres hook up well and the only post assembly fettling needed was to reduce the front ...