Modelracing

In Europe, countries like Sweden, Holland, Belgium and especially Germany modelracing has become rather big. Modelracing is when you take a plastic 1:25 or 1:24 kit and put it on a slotracing chassis. It has been done before in the sixties, but not with models that are impossible to differentiate from a static model. The modern modelracing cars often have photoetch parts, full interior etc and due to newly developed motors and chassis, they drive really well and competion is fierce. Often both with points for driving and also concourse so you need to build both for speed and for look.

Here are some pictures

The cars, Nascars in this case, but there are classes basically for all types of cars. The #40 Coors built by SSC member Torbjörn Lundkvist has a beatifully made updated nose, all done in the original plastic and with a file as the only tool, so that it is a 2003 version.

Here is a Nascar with photoetched dashboard. Built by SSC member Anders Lattermann, came forth place in the biggest Nascar race in Germany with 29 starting people.


Two darkside Nascars built by Anders, all chrome removed, scratchbuilt interior etc

Audi R8 sportcar with working lights on the track.

More info about modelracing

• Here are some really nice pictures from a sportscar race in Holland. Note that the track on these pictures is built up with the current available Carrera plastic track system, you don't need a special wood track, meaning that anyone can buy plastic track in a hobby shop and put up a curcuit in the basement or whatever. Any track with a lane spacing of 10 cm (4 inches) or more will work like old Revell and Riggen track etc. Mainsite at: http://www.slotracinglemans.com

• And here are a link with lots of nice pictures from the American Race Days race in Kiel, Germany with Can Am and Trans Am cars. Some pictures from thier beatiful track is found here and pictures from the big yearly Nascar race they hold. Thier mainsite: http://www.src-kiel.de

   

• A small video from a Nascar race on a landscaped track, see the action yourself, laptimes on this 29 meter long track is 7 seconds.

• A very nice page devoted to modelracing in German, lot's of nice pictures: http://www.scalerennen-norddeutschland.de

• Torbjörn Lundkvist shows his extremly nice Camaro build up.

• The only US site I found on this subject, Pelican Park Speedway.

• A Swedish page written in English with lot's of step by step articles how to build these cars and
  more is at: http://www.lattermann.com/modelracing