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 6 Jul 2005, 06:11
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 Doug Teggin  
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 RACER's new releases available end of August / beginning of September. RCR19A - 250 LM Maranello Concessionaries - No. 7 red / blue stripes - Reims 12 Hours 1964 winner - First victory of 250LM - Graham HILL / Jo BONNIER RCR19B - 250 LM Maranello Concessionaries - No. 23 red / blue stripes - Le Mans 24 Hours 1965 L. Bianchi / Salmon RCR20 - 250LM PIPER RACING - No. 21 green - Le Mans 24 Hours 1968 - D.Piper / R. Attwood RCR21 - 250LM PIPER RACING - No. 9 green - BOAC 500 Brands Hatch 1968 - P.Rodriguez / R.Pierpoint RCR20 and 21 are equipped with RACER bigger tyres type 330P4 (Fly Classic) As usual plastic chassis and SLOT.IT mechanical parts      
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6 Jul 2005, 06:31
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 Top Tuner  Group: Members Posts: 366 Joined: 16-October 03 From: Denmark,Silkeborg/originally Farningham near Brands Hatch Member No.: 231 |
WOW!
but I suppose they are going to cost a small fortune 
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6 Jul 2005, 06:37
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 Trackhead Group: Members Posts: 733 Joined: 5-February 04 From: Stockholm, Sweden Member No.: 618 |
The green Piper version looks fantastic, but I wait for the Porsche 935...
Kind regards // Rickard -------------------- I collect Slot Classic, winners of Le Mans and Monte-Carlo and everything from Swedish Rally and Dakar Rally. I´m especially looking for Slot Classic Alfa Romeo Guiletta (CJ-4), Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato (CJ-11), Aston Martin DB4 GT Le Mans (CJ-11/1), Ferrari 335S (CJ-7), Pegaso Z-102 (CJ-1 and CJ-2), Rolls Royce 20/25 (CJ-10), Pierre-Yves Lebeau Cunningham C4R and Ninco Ferrari 166 LeMans 1949 Finish Line Code 3 Limited Edition of 500 (50116FS).
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6 Jul 2005, 07:07
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 Learner Driver Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 23-September 04 From: Donges, Bretagne, France Member No.: 1,329 |
Give me some money for them!
Really, really fantastic!!!! The green one is my favorite. 
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6 Jul 2005, 07:22
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Slothead Group: Members Posts: 110 Joined: 18-December 03 From: Glattfelden, Switzerland Member No.: 409 |
Terrific, I also love the green #21!!! I know they have Slot.it tools inside but, does anyone know how they perform (without magnet) ?
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6 Jul 2005, 07:25
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 Trackhead Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 29-September 03 From: Cape Town, South Africa Member No.: 162 |
No don't those look superb!!!!!
 That's how Slotcars, either new or old cars, but RACING cars should look.. The stance, the fact the wheel arches are FULL of rim and tire.. they just LOOK awesome... Ahh, the word I was looking for..... ATTITUDE.... Big Al -------------------- |
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6 Jul 2005, 07:35
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 Anthony Bartlett 
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 1,005 Joined: 25-September 03 From: Brussels, Belguim Member No.: 141 |
Doug
Who took that first pic - imho - a superb pic of a car in action.......... Racer simply are the best ............. (how long will it take now before we argue -er sorry debate - about scale) -------------------- |
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6 Jul 2005, 07:38
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Slothead
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i should skip the Rothman box and buy (finaly) a Racer instead
 how many times i was that damn close to buy one ;( simply outstanding cars -------------------- When there's no room in h3ll the dead will walk the earth
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6 Jul 2005, 07:45
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 Alan Tadd
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 3,683 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Bath Uk Member No.: 200 |
These 250's are stunning looking, please, please somebody tell me they are built to true 1/32nd scale.....Anyone know?
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6 Jul 2005, 08:23
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 Dave Cummings
Group: PLUS+ Posts: 1,040 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Bracknell Member No.: 2,309 |
For your info, On getslotted.co.uk 250LM are £149
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6 Jul 2005, 08:48
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 Philip Insull
Group: Members Posts: 820 Joined: 30-December 04 From: Dudley, West Midlands Member No.: 1,792 |
Racers cars go very well due to the slot.it running gear on both the RTR's and Kits, however being resin as you would imagine they are heavy and performance does suffer a little as a result. Another word of caution to anyone who seriously wants to race one rather than doing a few gentle demo laps is that an "off" can result in damage to a much higher degree than with a plastic bodied car. I suffered a relatively low speed off while bedding in tyres on my 412P at Wolverhampton last week and managed to take most of the front left tab spoiler off the car against the lexan barriers, a plastic car would have bounced off with no damage.
But they do look stunning and they are amongst the best quality finish on any commercially available slot cars.  Phil. |
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6 Jul 2005, 09:53
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 Allan Wakefield
Group: Moderators Posts: 5,835 Joined: 16-September 03 From: Switzerland Member No.: 5 |
Zubi - I have one set up with Ortmann tyres and no mag - come over and try it! its about time
They are fantastic to run and although they are resin mine is still 99% perfect and gets driven fairly hard. But to answer beeJay - No they are way off scale sadly, if you want scale fidelity the one you want is the Protoslot one but it needs building of course. -------------------- QUOTE " Life isn't about how many breaths you take, it is about how many moments take your breath away." |
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6 Jul 2005, 10:44
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 Team Owner
Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 29-October 04 From: North Carolina, US Member No.: 1,510 |
At first glance I thought that first picture was of the 1:1 car. I was scrolling down looking for a pic of the slot to compare with it. Then I realized that the first picture was actually of the slot. Great action photo.
I've been slowing my purchases down somewhat, but I'm going to have to get me one of those. Steve |
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6 Jul 2005, 12:13
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 Simon Moss (Undisputed #1 Racer Fan) Group: Members Posts: 552 Joined: 20-December 03 From: Cambridgeshire, UK Member No.: 411 |
I am an avid collector of the Racer series, and have many in my collection. I couldn't care less about the scale issue because once they are all nestled together comfortably in there own cabinet, there is nothing to compare against, only themselves.
I will not be hesitating to add these also. M |
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6 Jul 2005, 18:14
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 Russell Sheldon Group: PLUS+ Posts: 2,466 Joined: 19-September 03 From: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Member No.: 46 |
The #21 David Piper / Richard Attwood car, which finished 7th in the 1968 Le Mans 24-Hours, would have been ideal to race against the Protoslot Kit Alfa Romeo 33/2, which finished 4th, 5th and 6th.
The Protslot Kit Alfa's are 1/32nd scale while, unfortunately, the Racer 250 is somewhat larger in size. The photos were taken by Giacomo of Slot Car Amazing Shot who is also the Slot.it Webmaster. Giacomo takes stunning photos, such as these:-   Kind regards, Russell -------------------- |
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