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71 Reviews   •  English   •   Hobbies & Crafts (Radio Control Modelling)
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10 Collecting BRM
We take a look at this quintessential British race team
and the slot cars made from almost the beginning of
the hobby right up to the current day
20 Policar BRM160
With excellent timing Policar release their Classic F1
BRM, the car Jo Siffert won the 1971 Austrian Grand
Prix
24 T he United Colours of Hatton
Slot regular contributor Mark Hatton tries his hand at
turning a Scaleauto F1 kit into a 1990 iconic livery
30 Mulsanne Models
Rod Grant shows us more of his excellent mostly resin
kit builds
35 A touch of Klasse
Slot.it gives us their fourth different Classic DTM car -
The Mercedes Benz C-Class
38 T he NSR US Nationals
This annual event held at Cloverleaf Racing in
Michigan attracts some of North America’s top racers,
and 2022 was no exception
44 L e Mans Winning Aston Martin
Le Mans Miniatures bring us not just the Shelby
winning car but for those who can afford them, the
complete DBR1 team from 1959
50 Wye Juniors
Some clubs are encouraging youngsters to leave their
gaming behind and take up slot car racing. We take
a look at one club doing just this, with some grateful
support from Scalextric
52 Must ‘ang on!
Was what I told our layout artist as the first production
sample of the 1967 Shelby Mustang GT350 from
Thunderslot turned up just before we were going to
press
56 Pendle Resins
On a recent visit we were surprised to see what an
interesting mix of resin kits that Sean and his team at
Pendle have been working on
60 H it for Six!
Another regular, Philip Prestage shows us how he
adapted a Matchbox Tyrrell P34 plastic kit to build the
later wide-bodied version of the Six-Wheeler
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55 10 Collecting BRM We take a look at this quintessential British race team and the slot cars made from almost the beginning of the hobby right up to the current day 20 Policar BRM160 With excellent timing Policar release their Classic F1 BRM, the car Jo Siffert won the 1971 Austrian Grand Prix 24 T he United Colours of Hatton Slot regular contributor Mark Hatton tries his hand at turning a Scaleauto F1 kit into a 1990 iconic livery 30 Mulsanne Models Rod Grant shows us more of his excellent mostly resin kit builds 35 A touch of Klasse Slot.it gives us their fourth different Classic DTM car - The Mercedes Benz C-Class 38 T he NSR US Nationals This annual event held at Cloverleaf Racing in Michigan attracts some of North America’s top racers, and 2022 was no exception 44 L e Mans Winning Aston Martin Le Mans Miniatures bring us not just the Shelby winning car but for those who can afford them, the complete DBR1 team from 1959 50 Wye Juniors Some clubs are encouraging youngsters to leave their gaming behind and take up slot car racing. We take a look at one club doing just this, with some grateful support from Scalextric 52 Must ‘ang on! Was what I told our layout artist as the first production sample of the 1967 Shelby Mustang GT350 from Thunderslot turned up just before we were going to press 56 Pendle Resins On a recent visit we were surprised to see what an interesting mix of resin kits that Sean and his team at Pendle have been working on 60 H it for Six! Another regular, Philip Prestage shows us how he adapted a Matchbox Tyrrell P34 plastic kit to build the later wide-bodied version of the Six-Wheeler


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10 Collecting BRM
We take a look at this quintessential British race team
and the slot cars made from almost the beginning of
the hobby right up to the current day
20 Policar BRM160
With excellent timing Policar release their Classic F1
BRM, the car Jo Siffert won the 1971 Austrian Grand
Prix
24 T he United Colours of Hatton
Slot regular contributor Mark Hatton tries his hand at
turning a Scaleauto F1 kit into a 1990 iconic livery
30 Mulsanne Models
Rod Grant shows us more of his excellent mostly resin
kit builds
35 A touch of Klasse
Slot.it gives us their fourth different Classic DTM car -
The Mercedes Benz C-Class
38 T he NSR US Nationals
This annual event held at Cloverleaf Racing in
Michigan attracts some of North America’s top racers,
and 2022 was no exception
44 L e Mans Winning Aston Martin
Le Mans Miniatures bring us not just the Shelby
winning car but for those who can afford them, the
complete DBR1 team from 1959
50 Wye Juniors
Some clubs are encouraging youngsters to leave their
gaming behind and take up slot car racing. We take
a look at one club doing just this, with some grateful
support from Scalextric
52 Must ‘ang on!
Was what I told our layout artist as the first production
sample of the 1967 Shelby Mustang GT350 from
Thunderslot turned up just before we were going to
press
56 Pendle Resins
On a recent visit we were surprised to see what an
interesting mix of resin kits that Sean and his team at
Pendle have been working on
60 H it for Six!
Another regular, Philip Prestage shows us how he
adapted a Matchbox Tyrrell P34 plastic kit to build the
later wide-bodied version of the Six-Wheeler
read more read less
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