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I agree with you Russell on the time frame. Our good ThunderSlot McLarens would not qualify even though they look right.
Be careful to get the NSR car. Racer is also making and non-eligible one that shows up on some websites.
I love those kind of wheels that do not need inserts. I have lost an insert or two and it is a pain. I also takes care of the axle and insert interference, and allows truing with out removing the insert, and losing an insert during a race.
I miss typed the tire selection. Shore 40 on front and shore 20 on rear. I would like to have snow tires like the car came with from Scalextric, but those stock tires are soft, so not ready for the front without nail polish. I may resort to nail polish and stock tires with nail polish on front. I have not run the nail polish fronts before. It has been a problem to find aluminum wheels and urethane or rubber tires for the narrow tire class Mustang and Austin Mini Cooper. I wanted something to glue on and true nicely.
My second thought was maybe the long Mustang will need harder than 20 shore rears to easily drift the sharp corners. The tire issue is big for me and I beg the micro circuits to operate our rally track again.
The Ecurie FORD France body has been treated to blue liquid mask on the lights and a coat of gray primer about the same color as the plastic body. ( the body panels on both ends lined up with pegs that also required the clear and red plastic light pieces, thus the blue liquid mask;() The primer clearly revealed that the Trans Am gas filler on the boot lid is not yet smooth so that will get more sanding. The car got its black bonnet this week. My skill was rated mediocre with a run on first attempt. I made a wet/dry sanding exercise with fine 1200 grit and a second spray. The second attempt still shows a little of the first sag, but that will disappear under the “alpine dust” as the race goes on. The pictures of the pristine real car show this black as shiny when I would have chosen matte black. I will spray the car after decals are applied with gloss clear.
Tamiya 10 mm masking tape.
The earlier picture showed chrome “classic steel” wheels from CB Design Wheels, 15×7, and Paul Gage tires in urethane 40 shore rear, and 20 shore front. The real car did not use American Mags like the Pioneer kit supplied. It also appears to have relatively narrow tires, but probably snow tire treads. Out track is smooth, so I opted for slicks.
(I love my drugstore Porsche, and the snap shot of my grandparent’s 50th anniversary.)
Brian, at least get some narrow urethanes from SCC for the Citroen DS and bring for the initial run. No one is likely to have one and they were a real competitor. My Scalextric Mini Cooper is a modern release of the car you have, but without the roof rack and tires. I have narrow wheels from Pendle and SCC urethane tires. I also have a wide tire SRC Porsche 914/6 that would have competed against your Alpine 110 in 1971.
This event is bringing out the creative side of our usual Spec Class minds. Since the track only allows one car on the layout at a time, we are allowed to enter and run more than one car. I hope one of my cars is competitive, but all three are fun to drive. They have their magnets which makes them fun on the big track!!
Here is the Ecurie Ford France 1967 Mustang I will be entering. I’m thinking of starting race 1 clean and ending up race 6 like this picture. This is a Pioneer undecorated kit before priming. Note the nice chrome window trim.
The wheels and tires are for the narrow tire class. Paul Gage Urethane 8mm and CBDesign Classic Steel 15x 7. The chassis and drive train will likely be stock Pioneer. I found Ecurie Ford France decals for their GT40 racer with same stripes and sponsor. I also found Monte Carlo decals, but the years are later.
That Corvair looks like my 1967 Monza after I t-boned a 1964 Buick Electra four door at about 15 MPH on my part and 30 on his part. It showed up 6 months later repaired!! on a chevy used car lot.
I pulled the trigger on a NICKEY McLaren Elva that arrived from Electric Dreams yesterday. Too bad my keyboard does not have a backwards K. It has a nice strip of USA performance products along the lower side panel. It also has a large slot car related decal for K&B AURORA. The fresh motor also arrived for the Gurney Lola Spyder. This is a class many of us are so smitten with the liveries and performance in the first time we ran this series, that we are getting a second car and wonder if we “need” (Ha Ha Ha) a third car. And I am not by nature a car collector. See you at the start line!
I foolishly lost 2 of my Thunderslot Lola Spyder inserts and have installed halibrand mag style wheel inserts that look good. Will this be allowed?
Time to post rules to the rules header. I sure thought the March being on TV was a sign that it would qualify for our Grp C race. 🙂 Happy New Year. My ThunderSlot was running a little off yesterday on a cleaned track. The BFGoodrich Porsche was faster on the straight. HMMMMM!!
Just curious, could I run a March 83 with a 3d chassis and all running gear slot.it parts including inline motor? Just watched “NETFLIX” Bad Sports series about Randy Lanier using a chevy powered March to beat the IMSA Porsches. I am least likely to build a 1st place car, but would we allow a master builder to enter a magic 3d chassis car?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Can-Am_season
This website and ones for successive years has some cars listed that we do not have on the CanAm challenge list. I do not know if any of the other cars are available in 1/32 competitive form.
Maybe I should run the Porsche 924. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99cYCPGrF8g
Thanks for gathering the classes I have heard bandied about for next year. There are classes for which already have a car.
I would especially like to run the Group 5 Racer Sideways Capri that I did not get to drive in the proxy season.
I have the CanAm McLaren and Porsche 917K. I would like to run 0ne of my 3 917K (excluding the “special” one).
I have the Mercedes DTM which I don’t care for. Also the NSR GT3 Corvette I could leave in the box next year. Also the BRM 1/24 Group C which is an expensive, but really unexplored car that I could try. I have a Policar modern F1 that has not been fully developed.
For the Monte Carlo I have a Falcon BFG LeMans Porsche 924 and a Porsche 911 duck tail IMSA Canadian car, both not developed for racing. However, I like the NSR Fiat 500 which would be a new car for me.
A nice option would be the Scalextric BMW E30 PCR spec class for both tracks (allowing for gear ratio and tire changes between tracks). Then we could really imitate the varied terrain in the real Monte Carlo routes. However, the Capri, 917K and Fiat are my first choices.
