10 COLLECTING LIVERIES
Have you ever stopped to look at just how many cars
you have finished in just one sponsors livery? I did,
and my Martini collection shook me and stirred me!
20 PRODUCT REVIEW
Here we have the first pair of the current crop of
Formula 1 cars from Scalextric. How do they look
and what are they like on the track?
26 WORKSHOP
Another resto-mod from Toronto resident and chassis
builder extreme, Chris Walker. Here he takes on a
60-year-old 1/32nd scale Chapparal 2D body from
Strombecker
30 PRODUCT REVIEW
The first Le Mans winner, over 100 years ago now,
was the 1923 Chenard and Wackler. What? – I hear
you ask. Well, here it is in all its glory from Le Mans
Miniatures
34 THE 2024 TOY FAIR
We visit the Nuremburg Toy fair to catch up with
some old friends and see what they have in store for
us in the next 12 months
40 SLOT CAR PEOPLE – SCOT BEYER
New Jersey resident Ray Lego sent us this interview
with Scott Beyer, a young man who appeared to
be born holding a slot car controller! We look at his
life and find out that at just 22 he owns a real 2024
Camaro SS – I hate him already – Ed
46 WORKSHOP
THE FIREBIRDS OF JERRY TITUS (PART 1)
In this issue we bring you not one, but two builds of
the Pontiacs driven by this talented US born driver.
Here in Part 1 we turn an old Revell kit into his
Daytona 24hrs class winning car
50 CAR OF THE YEAR
There was a bumper crop of new models released
during 2023, and many from Scalextric. It’s not
surprising then to see Margate pick up many
accolades
52 OUT AND ABOUT
We visit and (actually for once) had a table at a local
Slot Car swap meet, held in Sussex, hosted by Tim
James of Weevil Slot. We talk you through our day in
Wivelsfield Green
54 PAST FORWARD
Tales from Down Under by Vintage Racer. Here
Neil talks more about his old friend John Bacon
who moved to Oz in around 1968 from the UK, and
turned the Adelade slot racing scene on its head –
Warning Contains colourful language – Ed
56 WORKSHOP
THE FIREBIRDS OF JERRY TITUS (PART 2)
This is a build of Jerry’s 1970 Trans-Am Firebird that
he raced for part of the ’70 season. On finding out
that he was killed in qualifying for the Road America
race I renamed this “The sad car” to myself. RIP Jerry
60 SLOT CAR PEOPLE – THE HOUSE OF TURNER
Anyone who like me, enjoys the challenge of a resin
body build must have come across the offerings
from George Turner. We paid him a visit at his lovely
Southend home that’s also a factory!
