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*UPDATE*
Thunderslot posted pics of the McLarens on their Facebook page this morning and it sounded like they were going to be available sooner than Armchair racer was predicting. I asked Thunderslot when we might see these cars in the States and they replied “Christmas +0-“. Sounds like they might be here sooner than expected.
After the new NSR 908/3 Targa Florio set #2 was announced I will now be running the #36 Gulf entry.
This will leave the #22 Vic Elford #22 from the 1970 1000K of Nurburgring available.
If you are looking to run a McLaren in the Thunderslot you will have to purchase one of the few remaining white kits and paint it yourself. Here is an update from Armchair racer in Australia from Thurderslot on the painted cars.
I appreciate the adjustment to the credit card rule but I don’t know about the 1mm smaller diameter tires. The glue in guide adapter on both of my cars have been put in at a depth to account for the larger diameter. I don’t know if they would work with the smaller diameter of the front wheels. I will check on it.
I can tell you that increased float makes a huge difference in the performance of these cars. I am running my body screws all the way out and allowing the body to have tons of float.
All – The official 2019 Austin Slot Car Club Race Schedule is published. The only small change we might want to discuss is the timing of the Thunderslot series and the availability of the new McLaren cars from Thunderslot. We might think about moving that series back from Q2 to Q3 and move up the NSR 908/3 series to Q2 from Q3. We can discuss at our next meeting. Please post any additional questions or concerns.
All of the proposed ASCC race series are shown on the list below. Please review and let me know if you have any additional ones to add before we meet on Saturday.
Russell,
I can’t find any reference of the BRM Trans Am bodies on Alan’s site but I did see them listed on PendleSlot. Here is the listing. They have both the Camaro and Mustang bodies in stock.
I was also thinking about the BRM Group C cars. We used to run them every year but have not run them for a few years now. The new anglewinder chassis is perfect and these would be great cars to run. Cars and parts readily available and we know they work. Thoughts?
To Radial T/A’s comment about the NSR Corvetts – We could also run the NSR Porsche 911 GT3 as a cup car series. Stock-ish series, plenty of liveries, easy to find, parts available. Thoughts?
That Pirelli Jones Mustang looks great. I really like that livery.
I trued the tires on my car and that was all then ran it on Sunday with Jenson. The car is super stable and much more fun to run with trued tires. It hooks up in the corners and is fast enough on the straights. Its a fun car to run and I am sure the competition would be very close. All the replacement parts are available and because Alan is putting them all together there is not much work to be done on them other than truing the tires.
I have some video I am trying to post but need to cut it down before I can post it.
