My particular interest is in combining slot cars with model trains for exhibitions. I started doing this many years ago with Tri-ang Railways and Minic Motorways, but then I found out about Playcraft Highways. Over the years I learned more about Playcraft Highways and its inventor Derek Brand...

I am planning a new version of the Tyco US-1 Trucking table top layout that Doug, Rod and I took to Gaydon this year: My plan is to add an extra circuit with a gradient, to enable six trucks and two trains to be on the move at any one time: The issue however is height: The high level piers...

Chatting to Roger at the Coventry Transport Museum event today we agreed on me taking a Tyco US-1 Road and Rail layout to Gaydon in 2018. I had been booked to be there with it in 2017, but an issue with a Stepladder changed all that! I see there have been a few postings about US-1 on the Forum...

Dear All, I am quite new to 1;24 scale, buying my first stuff a year ago. I am not actually a racer. Nearly all of my previous slot car experience has been with HO roadway systems Minic, Playcraft, Aurora, Faller AMS, Tyco US-1 and others..... I do display layouts, featuring HO slot cars and...