The next livery from the newish 512M model from Slot.it is out, and it's a beauty.
I crowned the 1st iteration of this car the COTY in '21 and it was well deserved. To tell the truth, I think this one is even better looking than the other. Maybe I just have a thing for Sunoco race cars. I think this is the 4th or 5th one I have now.
Slot.it has really stepped up their game with these newer cars, putting them right back in the mix on my track.
And yet another Sports Car to add to the collection, the kooky and krazy Knippschild Kadett:
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| Team Castrol - Zolder 1980 |
At the time of this writing, there are two of the Kadett, one with a rear wing and this one, which I like better. This one hooked me for the color scheme, although having a Kadett in a field with the Alfa Guilia, BMW 2002ti and Ford Escort makes for pretty fun racing.
These cars are very sturdy and made for hard racing. I can see this car surviving many offroad excursions, not that I'm planning on sending it on them.
The Gosser Beer BMW 2002ti:
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| Such a great stance. |
I've been on a bit of a tear picking up cars for the Sports Car class. They're such fun runners that I can't resist. And each runs a bit different, despite them being of a similar design. Also due to a lack of front ride height adjustment, you're limited to chassis adjustments for tuning. It doesn't seem to really suffer for it, though, as none of the 9 cars that I have in this class are weird in any way.
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| Racin' a homie. |
I've mentioned it quite a bit, but it bears repeating: Revoslot cars run on an aluminum chassis, so the experience is a bit different from your standard plastic chassis slot cars. They're heavier, but still nimble because of even weight distribution. Get one of these properly tuned up and you have a real challenger on your hands.
The quality and detail of the car is quite good, with a very nice paint job. It's got the flared fenders that I love and looks like the big car.
When I got the first three Revoslot Sports Cars, I didn't think I'd be so hooked. They're going to make me go broke collecting them.
I was talking to my friend, who is a real human woman, the other night and she asked me the big question: what is your favorite slot car? I thought about it for a bit, and even kinda remember writing something about it. Turns out I did write about it just before xmas in '21. I thought about sending her a link to the post I made, but as I was reading that post, I realized how incomplete it is.
A favorite slot car would be one that is attractive, a model that you like, something that runs great, reliably and is always near the top of the field. It's the one you take all the pictures of, and the first car you grab when you start your race session. It gets way more laps than any of the other cars because it's so much fun to drive. The following are cars that have become my favorite slot car.
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The GT40
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| Before I even bought a track, I was looking at this car. I don't know why it appealed to me so much, but it did. It took a year of track ownership before I got this car, but it was a favorite right out of the box, and still is. |
The Alfa
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| I got this at the same time I got the GT40 above. Poor thing had a warped chassis, but once I dealt with that, it became the contender and eventually the champion. Incredible race car, and is absolutely at home on short tracks, even today. |
The Matra
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| This is such a fast race car that I often don't race it against newer cars because I don't want to get depressed over my purchases. The Matra is one of the best slot car racing designs, and can win races against pretty much anybody. A top favorite. |
The Elva
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| Beauty, grace, smoothness and handling I hadn't come across yet. This car leaves all the others in the dust, and does it with artistry and precision. It's one of those cars that always seems to have a little extra in the tank when you need it. |
The Lola
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| The Lola was the 2nd Thunderslot car I bought, and rocketed to the top. This car against the Elva is such an insane race you'd think you were in slot car heaven. Still one of my absolute favorites. |
The Gulf 908
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| I called it COTY in 2021, and I still think that. This isn't my first 908, but it's the prettiest, and it's also one of the best handling. It fills out that crazy combination that just gives it an edge over the rest of the field, favorably speaking. |
The 917/10
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| This is the current first-on car. It's getting a lot of laps because it is absolutely a blast to drive, great to look at, and the 917/10 is a great slot car model. |
The Ferrari 512M
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| The hype around this car was well-deserved. It is SO GOOD. Arguably Slot.it's greatest slot car, this was my COTY for '22. Absolutely beautiful, smooth as glass and extremely competitive. Worth every penny and could very well be my favorite out of all of them. |
The Sports Cars
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| I'm adding sports cars like crazy, so the jury is still pretty much out on the whole class, but these two are so far getting the most attention from me. I'm picking up so many that I have two I just got and haven't even put on the track yet. |
So that's it. I've narrowed down the field to 9 cars. Asking me to pick a favorite out of these would be very difficult. I could probably take away are car or two, but there are just too many strong competitors to decide.
I don't believe I've done a proper post about these cars yet. Maybe a little bit here and there, but I'm probably not putting enough emphasis on just how great these cars are. The NSR Porsche 917/10:
When I got my first of these cars, I was very impressed with the balance and quick reacting rear end. I lump them all together in this post because they're so similar that there is pretty much no difference between them but livery and color.
One noticeable feature are the huge, meaty rear tires. These are way larger than pretty much any of the other NSR Porsches.
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| Meaty tires makes for great grip and acceleration. I say bring it. |
The NSR tires are fantastic and go very nicely on the Tire Truer. Once initially tuned, you can count on them to run for a very long time. If you're a weekend racer, you'll love these cars. Great balance that doesn't give anything else up to get it. Not as twitchy as the 908. Handles better than the 917. Would race competitively against either, as well as most cars in Classics categories.
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| The whole gang. |
Real quick......
The L&M cars:
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| I had this car in HO format when I was a kid. Had to get it again. |
So far it's been a little back and forth between these two regarding who is ready and who still needs work. They both seem great sometimes, good most of the time.
The Bosch racer:
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| This car is such a stud. It just kicks ass. Does it being freakin yellow, too. |
I love the Bosch Porsche. I know all these cars are pretty much the same, but once you get to tuning them, you notice differences in how the cars react and perform. It's crazy but cool. This car was so impressive when I took it out of the box. Still runs incredibly well and keeps getting faster.
The Jager Porsche
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| Part of the fledgling Team Jagermeister along with a Ford Escort [I think this has the Escort beat]. |
I find modern slotcars these days to be extremely well made and reliable. Yes, they may be built differently, but as long as they're built well, they can be raced. The 917/10 setup NSR has made is very nice indeed. You can't go wrong with it. The Jager car is going to be tearing it up come trackday.
The Uniroyal Porsche
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| Emerson Fittipaldi drove this one. Yes, this slot car. He shrunk down and drove it. |
While the Uniroyal car might not look as flashy as the others, I think it's the perfect companion to the other ones. The liveries of these cars have bright, solid colors that are very nice to look at and make finding your speeding car on the track easy.
These cars come with the 21.5 Shark sidewinder motor. The are a perfect competition car for the Classics / Le Mans classes.
Hello, all one of you reading this, namely me. It's been a crazy few months, but I finally have time to dedicate to running some race cars. What started off as a weekend idea has expanded into a full week of various projects and races.
Before that, I had a Lego Holiday Racing City built for my daughter and I to race on xmas. Worked out great and our "race" became a big adventure to see how many minifigures we could get to the pizza place in time for lunch. 6 year olds, awesome minds. The answer is 28. 28 people made it in time for lunch.
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| Two sports cars a sporting. The #79 Escort pulls the #25 Alfa Guilia through downtown Lego City. |
Speaking of the new Sports Car class that I've been developing over last year; there will be a race to crown a first champion of the class this week, likely in the next two days. That's 7 aluminum chassis Revoslot race cars going at it for early bragging rights. Personally, I think it's anybody's race. The Revoslot cars are so well made and designed that they run practically identical to each other. Kinda crazy, I know. And due to the slightly heavier-than-plastic chassis, I'm not sure how much effect the different body styles will have on the overall performance of the race car. There honestly seems to be no difference. This is the class of cars you break out at a party when you want everyone to get a fair shot with an equally-tuned/designed car. Totally great. Can't say enough good things about Revoslot.
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| Arty night shot of two 2002ti, caught in the wild at an imaginary street gathering. Donuts were made. |
I just realized that I hadn't included a number of cars to the right sidebar, which is basically most of the cars in this post. I'm fixing that now and it should be up to date.
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Also on today's list of things to do: fix up the Porsche 918 Spyder. As you might remember, I bought my first Carrera slot car in quite some time recently, and have been waiting to get it up to speed. I'm finally there, so I'm starting on the most glaring issue: tires. Holy geez Carrera has terrible tires. Even doing a double sanding hardly helped and they slip-slide all over. I remember the summer heat having an influence on my old Carrera cars, causing them to slide and have practically zero grip. It was how I decided to turn that Safety car I had into a drift car. I've since changed it back, but probably shouldn't have.
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| It was worth the money, even if to just do the comparison. |
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| Beauty of a car. Did I mentioned that I bought this? |
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| Last year's Car Of The Year. Incredible to look at, incredible to drive. |
When I first started the session this morning, I wasn't sure where to start, but I grabbed these cars first. Whatever was going to happen, these two were going to be involved. I haven't done much to the Sunoco car yet. Still have to do a basic tuneup to it. The #16 runs so smoothly I forgot how great it is.
Once I've finished with the Sports Car race, I'm going to run a Le Mans special, featuring only cars that would have run there. I have a lot, so it'll be a big race. Also, it's a marathon of as-of-yet-unknown duration. More on that to come.
So there it is. The track is a basic out-back config, nothing special. Just what fits in the room and leaves me space to still get around in. I'm looking forward to the Sports Car class. There are still others I want to pick up, but not until after summer's over.
Back to the track.....
I wanted to add; since I got the tire truer, I have had great handling on every car that's come in contact with it. The differences in handling are huge. And they run like they've been tuned forever. Put a tire truer on your holiday list.
Yes, that's right. I bought a new Carrera car after maligning them so much all these years. Why? Because it was on sale, that's why. I found it in the Carrera aisle at my local toy store on sale for 25 euro, which is way below the standard retail price of the cars normally.
Porsche 918 Spyder
I don't know what it's capable of. At best, an impressive middle of the pack finish. At worst, no better than any of the other Carreras. Either way, I'll put this car through the paces and he'll run all the races. I'm ordering replacement urethane tires immediately. The rest of the car will have to remain stock. I'll try to "tune" it as best as I can.
You never know. If it were to do well, I might sing a different tune. Or maybe what I would do was try a different Carrera car and see how it does. And if that one did well, I might continue. THEN I might sing a different tune. But you're talking about this car going up against Slot.it, NSR, Thunderslot cars. Real racing slot cars. This car is at a tremendous disadvantage.
