[Swissracer]

Slot Classics (Spain), one of the most expensive but beautifully presented and detailed resin kit manufacturers out there, not for the average slot fanatic in style and cost (average €155 per kit) maybe but certainly desireable to the collector and builder.

One of the latest releases is the stunning Pegaso Spyder Touring, as raced at Le Mans in 1953.

Three were ordered for the race but a fire in one depleted the Team to two. Running V8 motors with a Roots Compressor, Webber twin Carburator and dry housing 4 overhead cam system, they were clocked at more than 230Km per hour on the Hunaudieres straight.
Sadly the braking system was not as advanced as the engine and this was to cause car number 28 (livery for the kit) to crash in spectacular fashion entering into the Dunlop curve during second practice. The driver 'Juan Jover' was thrown clear and survived although a long stay in hospital followed. The other car had just retired with braking problems. These two events combined to make the owner W.P. Ricart decide to withdraw from the race.

However, this has not detered Slot Classic from producing one of the most amazing kits I have ever seen, I can't do a full build review as the car was given to me to make a special series in GSR magazine. I can however show you the quality and attention to detail you get for your money...

Enjoy...

In the bottom right corner is a resin throwaway tool for ease of wheel assembly. The pinion gears are SlotIt and extra, as is the Evo 1 motor I chose for the build(not pictured).

THE most detailed and clean resin body I have seen.

Great attention to 'period' and quality for the driver also.

These are full metal cast parts and virtually blemish free.

Thick etching makes these parts stand out from the crowd.

Placing a light kit into this model might be a crime when you look at the great glass ones supplied.

Crisp, thin and clear - what else could you ask ?

I feel Slot Classic have more than equalled their asking price with this model, if the others are a match then I know whats on my birthday list for the next decade, I am going to enjoy making this alot

 

[thomas]

...I have some experience with these kits - built 2 Morgans - and mus agree 100% with Swiss - it's real value for money - even if it's a lot of money for a slotcar! These are not shelve-queens - these cars run very well - and have the most beautifull wheels I know for slotcars!!!

 

[Guest]

To my mind Slot Classic make the worlds best slot cars. I have been give some wonderful cars by them for review and am waiting for RTR Pegaso Spyder Touring for a magazine review.
Slot Classic also built what I believe was the shortest production run of any 1/32 eletric model car

ever made with only 11 cars leaving the factory. These were Auto Union D Types (1938) and were rail cars built for me. 10 production cars and 1 prototype, which had different wipers to the production cars. I also have a Slot Classic Morgan rail car which has been pictured in many magazines. If I could only collect one make of slot car it would be Slot Classic.

Rail Racer

 

[Guest]

these are the pictures of the Slot Classic Auto Union prototype.

Rail Racer

 

[Ecurie Martini]

I have built the Ferrari 350S and raced it as well- no shelf queens in my shop! Later models may have had a bit more attention paid to casting thickness than the Ferrari but my experience was that although I did a fair amount of grinding and even cut away large sections of the driver-cockpit casting that are hidden by the tonneau cover, the combination of the heavy body and narrow track make for a somewhat "tippy" car. I have added weight by fashioning a guide holder from 0.125" brass (needed to get the guide down far enough) and by using some stick-on lead on the bottom of the chassis but have yet to achieve the performance I want to go along with the great appearance. ( I want, at least, to be able to run with the Ninco classics of the same period) Currently I have it fitted with a PlaFit Rabbit - a bit too much motor - slot-it gears and alloy rear wheels machined to take the Slot Classics photoetched inserts (the kit, as supplied had good but not overwhelming resin wire wheel inserts)

"On the list" as a to do is building a scratch brass chassis and some more grinding of the body. Assuming that this approach is successful, the Aston, Morgans and 300SLs on the shelf will get the same approach.

EM