SICA12A SLOT.IT AUDI R8C
A full review of Slot.it's new Audi R8C 'Snetterton Roll-out 1999' will be published during the next week. All I can say to those of you debating purchasing one is...GET ONE, it's a fantastic slot!!!
────────────────────────────────
Slot.it Jaguar XJR9 360
Now that Slot.it have released the new 'Roll-out Snetterton' 1999 Audi R8C you're probably wondering what Slot.it will be releasing next? Well it's been confirmed, the #60 Jaguar XJR9 is currently in transit and you should see them turning up in your favorite slot store in the next few weeks.
────────────────────────────────
NINCO LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO GT3
I have to say the slot looks excellent! The large rear tail and the wheels Ninco have put on the Lambo really give the slot an aggressive look. From the photos, it looks like Ninco have got the proportions spot on. Ninco are without a doubt onto a winner with the Lambo, this is one slot I'll definitely be adding to the collection!
Below is a photo from the flatEX website of some of the other liveries we can expect Ninco to release in the future. The red Lambo looks like a great livery.
If you're after a Lamborghini GT3 wallpaper for your desktop, head over to flatEX: http://www.flatex.de/xist4c/web/Sponsoring_id_701_.htm
You can find out more about the ADAC GT Masters championship here: http://www.gtmasters.org/index.php
────────────────────────────────
Racer's Sideways Slot Cars
────────────────────────────────
FLY Porsche 935 K3
HISTORY
PRESENTATION
SPECIFICATIONS
For more information, head over to the Fly website: http://www.flycarmodel.com/
QUALITY & DETAIL
Side detail is excellent, body vent detail is numerous and my favourite small detail is the door handles which are separately moulded plastic items. Driver, dash and internal detail are excellent! I particularly love the driver's seat-belt which connects behind the rear seat via straps. The internals come with a complete roll cage, gear stick and the mandatory Fly fire extinguisher.
The rear of the slot looks excellent, huge rear wheels and a massive rear tail that give the car a fantastic profile. The rear lights, body venting, gear box and exhaust detail complete the scene. The rear tail is glued in place but I don't think it would stand up to countless hard knocks. This is a bit of an issue as the slot tends to flip over if pushed hard through corners, I'll speak more about this later. There is limited under side chassis detail although I'm of the opinion that some detail under the chassis doesn't add much to the model as you can't see it when the slot is running.
As you can see in the above and below photos, the 935 comes with huge rear rubber that is quite soft and grips well especially by Fly standards. I'm not aware if MJK or any other after market tire manufacture makes rubber for the Porsche 935. I had to true the rear tires heavily to get them flat, the Fly rubber compound is quite difficult to true well as it becomes sticky if trued too hard. I'm thinking some after-market rubber would be a good investment for this slot.
The body comes easily away from the chassis via 3 screws. The front axle is solid metal which is a relief as so many Fly cars come with stub plastic axles. There is a fair degree of vertical travel in the front wheels but there is no possibility of the front wheels rubbing of the front guards.
There is very little lateral movement in the rear axel which is a nice change for a Fly slot car. I would estimate the lateral movement to be less than 1mm so this could be left as is. If you do wish to fix this small issue, use a small brass shim. Remove the chassis from the body and then remove one of the rear wheels, (typically the non-gear side wheel is easier) and insert the shim on the axle, then replace the wheel, (make sure the wheel is tight). Reassemble the slot and check the clearance to the rear guards, you don't want wheel rubbing on the body. Be careful not to over shim as this can cause the rear wheels to rub on the rear guards.
There are a few issues with this chassis that I wasn't too impressed with. Firstly the chassis itself is very thin and has no bracing what-so-ever. This means that the chassis can significantly bend through the centre, the body of the slot car gives the chassis its only real strength. In fact if the body is removed from the chassis the chassis has difficulty running around the track due to the strong magnet bending the chassis towards the track and increasing magnetic down-force greatly.A greater issue is the amount of rotational movement in the motor which is located behing the rear axel. The motor needs to be hot glues into place to prevent movement under load, this also reduces noise.
PERFORMANCE
As previously discussed, the amount of lateral movement in the rear axel is minimal although if you want your 935 to really run well, you will need to modify the rear axel. Once the rear end has been shimmed you will need to true the rear rubber. The gears on my 935 also didn't mesh very well at first, this resulted in the car not running very smoothly. After around 100 laps the gears really settled in and this problem sorted itself out. It was after addressing the rear axel movement, truing the rear tires and running in the gears that my 935 really started to perform well.
Although the 935 comes with a large Fly bar magnet, it's not stuck to the road and if pushed will slide coming out of corners. Although the 935 is only powered by an 18K standard Fly motor acceleration and braking is very good. Fly have chosen a 36 tooth spur and 11 tooth pinion gear which is the same configuration for most modern Fly slots. I'm a fan of the gear ratio and it accounts for the crisp acceleration and good breaking.
As far as slots go, the Porsche 935's profile is a little top heavy. This means that the 935 has the tendency to flip onto its roof if pushed too hard through a corner. A well documented simple fix with all slots is to loosen the body screws a turn or two allowing the body to roll a little on the chassis. To some extent this helped the 935 rolling when pushed too hard. When first run from the box, the 935 was doing laps times around the 7 second mark. After running the slot in and fixing the mentioned issues, those times came down to around the 6.1 second mark. That puts the 935 half a second slower than the Fly March 761, (no shame there) and approximately 0.3 of a second faster than a Flt BMW M3 on my Carrera track. I'm not too sure how well the 935 would run non magnetic.
Fly's release of the Porsche 935 was highly anticipated as it is a very popular 1:1 race car. Releasing the Porsche 935 in a cult livery such as the Coca-Cola livery was a guaranteed to be a very popular choice. This car does come with a few small issues which I always like to think of as 'Fly character'. Once these small issues are addressed, this car becomes a great looking, driver's slot car and you can't ask for more than that. Whether you race or shelf this car, you won't be disappointed for one second.
The Fly Coca-Cola Porsche 935 goes straight into 'Manic's collectible slotcars' list.
Manic Score Breakdown Overall Manic Score: 5.4 Gears
You can find some wallpaper images in the ManicSlot's wallpaper page here: http://manicslots.blogspot.com/2007/11/manicslots-wallpapers.html
You can read about the history of the Porsche 934 and 935 here: http://962.com/history/935/index.htm
You can read more about the 1980 running of the Daytona 24hr race here: http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Daytona-1980-02-03-photo.html
────────────────────────────────
FLY'S NEW CAR RELEASES
Porsche 917K 'Vila Real' 1971 driven by Mario Araujo Cabral
March 761 GP USA WEST 1976 driven by Ronnie Peterson
Porsche 935 K3 Le Mans 24hr 1982 driven by Snobeck, Servanin and Metge
Playboy Collection 05 DECEMBER 1988 Kata Karkkainen
Lancia Rally Citta Di Mantova 1985 driven by G. Rossi and C. Cassina
And the first of the new white Fly kits, Corvette C5R Desmontado Sin Pintar
For more information, head over to Fly's new website here: http://flycarmodel.com/
────────────────────────────────
Racer RCR40 Porsche 935 K3
Racer has just released a new livery of the ever popular Porsche 935 K3. The car ran at Le Mans in 1980 and was driven by John Fitzpatrick (GB), Brian Redman (GB) and Dick Barbour (USA). Paul Newman was also listed as a driver for the car but never actually drove the car.
The car finished an impressive 5th overall, (21 laps behind the winning car) and won the ISMA class.
────────────────────────────────
I have added some new slots to Manicslot's wallpaper page, add some colour to your desktop here: http://manicslots.blogspot.com/2007/11/manicslots-wallpapers.html
────────────────────────────────
Without the cows...
Taken apart and the accesories you'll need for the conversion.
Fence is cut to size for encaps on tire rack.
Dremel cuts tank holders and tires are added.
Painted bathroom rubber strips added and cut to size.
End product....aluminum rod added to finish the tire rack.
This is how it looks today.
Thanks Mark for another great 'how-to'.
────────────────────────────────
Posts
All Comments
