My Dad has an MG Lola EX257 by Scalextric. A fine little machine but not one we’ve really had the … More
Tag: slot car
Die-Cast Chicken Van Slot Conversion
Every now and then it’s just nice to have a good sort out and throw away everything you no longer … More
Decal Paper Advice
I’ve been working on a little Morris Minor ice cream van on and off for the past year or so. … More
Weighing Slot Cars
Somewhere on the deepest, darkest depths of eBay I stumbled across this little digital scale for about £5. So, somewhere … More
Betta & Classic Porsche 917/30
Most of my slot car projects on this blog seem to be resin bodied scale models or restorations of older … More
Scalextric K.I.T.T Restoration
A few weeks ago Craig Hamnett very kindly sent me over two ‘loft find’ slot cars. One was a Datsun … More
A quick look at Carerra.
One manufacturer of slot cars who are really underrepresented in this blog are Carerra. I must admit although I have … More
Morris Minor Ice Cream Van: What to do?!
So for literal years I have been saying I want to build the Morris Minor ice cream van kit that … More
Slot car Trabant Racing
Chaps and Chapettes, As you may remember I built a slot car out of an old die-cast Trabant. The build … More
Soviet Slot Car
Chaps and Chapettes, I have this rare and strange gene that dictates whenever I see anything old, broken and rusty … More