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  30 Dec 2007, 00:27
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30 Dec 2007, 08:46
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 Real name: Graham Lane 
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Wow, I'd buy four of those Astons in green (or silver) for my hire fleet straight off if they were done as bombproofs to go with the Ferraris and Lamborghinis!
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30 Dec 2007, 10:39
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Jon Grainger
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The Aston looks great! It would go well with my "guest range" (the cars I let guest's use when they drive)! Jon P.S Graham: Nice signature! |
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30 Dec 2007, 13:16
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 No1 super guy
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Crazy paving............
 Good one I suspect the Aston will be a "high impact" car, as I think it's gonna be paired with a new chase car, suggesting 90o x-over and maybe side swipes in the set. But, I don't think even Scaley know what the chase car will be......or do they...... 
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30 Dec 2007, 14:20
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Tea Boy Group: PLUS+ Posts: 33 Joined: 19-February 06 From: Canberra Member No.: 3,703 |
Hi All
What would be really terrific would be Scalex announcing a "low impact" motor compatible with their current range and future cars. Something with the performance characteristics of a Ninco NC1 would be sensational! Our Club has just about stopped using Scalex cars for racing. Of our 19 classes in 2007 we were down to only 3 Scalex - Nascars, Muscle cars and Aussie V8s. Scalex motors are just too much of a handful with the magnet out - even with weight added. And with the magnet in, most of the cars are simply too fragile. A real pity. They make some truly beautiful racing models. Cheers C57 |
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30 Dec 2007, 14:33
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 Deane Walpole (eahorc.com) Group: Members Posts: 7,699 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Shotgate, Essex Member No.: 1,702 |
Nuro - Please include the Micro stuff. For some reason that always gets overlooked.
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30 Dec 2007, 14:54
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Still Learning 
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QUOTE (C57 @ 30 Dec 2007, 14:20)  Scalex motors are just too much of a handful with the magnet out - even with weight added. And with the magnet in, most of the cars are simply too fragile. You could always turn the voltage down. |
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30 Dec 2007, 14:57
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Deane Walpole (eahorc.com) Group: Members Posts: 7,699 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Shotgate, Essex Member No.: 1,702 |
Or use weaker magnets. Or stock magnets mounted higher.
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30 Dec 2007, 15:58
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DT
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QUOTE (montoya1 @ 30 Dec 2007, 15:33) Nuro - Please include the Micro stuff. For some reason that always gets overlooked. The full MicroScalextric range for 2008 will be shown 
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30 Dec 2007, 16:57
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 Slothead Group: Members Posts: 164 Joined: 8-April 04 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 817 |
There will be a few, great new cars next year, Last week, got a (hidden) link from MRE, and I must say, its looking very good,
cant wait to get them!! -------------------- Dont wake the lion!
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30 Dec 2007, 18:43
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 Sir Slotalot
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QUOTE (Atego-1828 @ 30 Dec 2007, 16:57) There will be a few, great new cars next year, Last week, got a (hidden) link from MRE, and I must say, its looking very good, cant wait to get them!! Which is
-------------------- Don't Forget That I Finish Last ....... I Am The Best At Being Worst Have A Look Here For Great Slot Racing LEFT TURN DIGITAL RACING IN ESSEX |
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30 Dec 2007, 19:10
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Slothead Group: Members Posts: 164 Joined: 8-April 04 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 817 |
Cant tell you, it issnt aloud,to tell/ or show pics before 01-01-08, so just wait, or subscribe to the MRE newsletter
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31 Dec 2007, 13:23
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Tea Boy Group: PLUS+ Posts: 33 Joined: 19-February 06 From: Canberra Member No.: 3,703 |
Thanks (S and M1!!) for your suggestions on dampening the standard Mabuchi motor. Very helpful. But we've tried them.
"A lighter magnet" isn't a bad option even if regrettably (and unsurprisingly) comes with the on/off characteristics of magnet racing. Our club got through what seemed a long, long season with one class using lighter magnets but I don't think we were ever entirely confident that all the magnets were the same gause! But if you aren't a magnet hater, this does help with many cars. "Turning down the volts" assumes a variable transformer - not all our club tracks have one. In any case, reducing the volts deadens the cars. By that I mean that It doesn't just reduce the top end speed, it smoothers the acceleration too. The effect is a "doughiness" like using a seventy ohm controller when a forty-five or less resistor is needed to make to the car run freely. Another bind is that the Scalex cars that would benefit most from a less assertive motor are their "classics" such as the recent F1 Goodwood series. These have little room for adding weight to stabilise the cars. Result: class unoffically "abandoned" half way thru the season and an impressive collection of slightly dinted shelf queens. There's an irony here . . . The two Astrin Martin C57s that came with my first set had old Triang/Hornby railway motors (which SCX still use in their vintage F1 cars). Frankly, those motors had/have better handling characterics than the Mabuchis still favoured by Scalex. This does not say a lot for 50 years of technical development when it come to Scalex motors. Well, nothing good anyway. When compared with the fantastic strides made by Scalex in recent times, the continuing lack of choice in motors is even more a mystery. So, please Scalex! Give us that choice. Put out (after market if needs be) a nice smooth 15,000- 16000 rpm motor that we can snap into your increasingly beautiful little cars. (It's not as if we aren't already spolit for choice with 20,000 to 30,000 rpm plus speedsters.) Oh well, I started this in 2007 and its now 2008. Guess my own motor is already easing off a few notches. Time to have a drink and stop banging on . . . Looking forward to seeing the Scalex newbees. I'm sure they'll be up to the usual high standard appearance-wise, great to run on their lonesome and almost good enough, indeed temptingly good enough, to race. Cheers and a Happy 2008 C57 |
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31 Dec 2007, 13:50
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Learner Driver Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 21-December 06 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 5,560 |
OK, it's already 2008 in Australia, where's the review?
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31 Dec 2007, 14:04
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 .. Leo A Capaldi .. Group: Members Posts: 2,482 Joined: 8-January 06 From: Scotland's Garden Member No.: 3,399 |
QUOTE (Nuro @ 30 Dec 2007, 00:27) Check back to this post at midnight (BST), 31st December to see the full and exciting range. Nuro says "BST" not sure if that adds an hour or subtracts an hour, UK is currently on GMT. Hee, hee. hee. -------------------- Don't Browse - Drive!
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