MCR88 Model Car Racing Magazine, July/August 2016
This issue features three full race track performance tests: the World Champion 1970 Lotus 72 and 1979 Ferrari 312 T4 and the LeMans-winning 1995 McLaren F1. Learn how to install Scalextric Digital in any of the fantastic Group 5 cars. There are plans so you can assemble a 2-Lane version of the 2-Lane Suzuka Formula 1 Circuit on a 4 x 16-foot and on a 5 x 18-foot tabletop using snap-together plastic track. Use the step-by-step techniques to add simple scenery to any tabletop track for more realism and greater perceived racing action. There are full reports on the prototypes’ racing background, specifications and the performance and details of the 1/32 scale models of the 1958 Ferrari Testa Rosa, 1970 Mustang Boss 302 Trans-Am, LeMans 1973 Matra MS670B, LeMans 1995 McLaren F1, 1980 BMW M1 IMSA, Formula 1 1979 Lotus 72C, Formula 1 1979 Ferrari 312 T4, World Rally Cup 1985 Peugeot 205 T16 .
Contents #88 July/August 2016
1/32 SCALE MODEL CAR RACING:
7 Trans-Am
Scalextric 1970 Mustang Boss 302
by Robert Schleicher
10 Home Racing
Scenery for a Permanent Plastic or Wood Track
by Robert Schleicher
10 Tech Tips
Strong Scenery
15 Your Track
Albert Hetzel‘s 6 x 12-foot 3-Lane Wood
Suzuka Circuit
by Robert Schleicher
19 Real Race Track Plans
2-Lane Suzuka Circuit for Scalextric Sport, Classic, SCX, Ninco, Carrera (with optional lane-changing) on a 5 x 16-foot tabletop
by Robert Schleicher
22 Race Tracks on a Tabletop
2-Lane Suzuka Circuit for Scalextric Sport, Classic, SCX, Ninco, Carrera (with optional lane-changing) on a 4 x 16-foot tabletop
by Robert Schleicher
23 Vintage Racing
Rick Thigpen’s
Strombecker 1958 Ferrari Testa Rosa
30 Formula 1
Carrera 2014 Ferrari F14T
by Bill Wright
34 TRACK TEST
Supertuned Racers, Part 129:
Magnet-Free
Policar 1979 Lotus 72C
by Marc Purdham
36 LeMans
SRC 1973 Matra MS670B
by Bill Wright
39 TRACK TEST
Supertuned Racers, Part 130:
Magnet-Free
Mr. Slotcar McLaren F1 LeMans
by Marc Purdham
41 World Rally Cup
SRC/OSC 1985 Peugeot 205 T16
by Albin Burroughs
43 Supertuned Racers, Part 131:
Motor Pods for any 1/32 Scale Car
by Bill Deuroen
44 Tech Tips
Motor Pods for Performance
49 Digital Racing
Scalextric Digital for Sideways Group 5 Cars
by Bill Wright
50 Tech Tips
Scalextric Digital for Sideways Group 5
52 TRACK TEST
Supertuned Racers, Part 131:
Magnet-Free
SRC 1979 Ferrari 312 T4 Formula 1
by Marc Purdham
HO MODEL CAR RACING:
24 Your Track
Randy Pepprock‘s 6 x 12-foot 4-Lane
AFX Speedway, Part 2
47 Track Plans
4-Lane Suzuka Circuit on a 4 x 8-foot tabletop
by Robert Schleicher
1/24 SCALE MODEL CAR RACING:
28 LeMans
Carrera 1980 BMW M1
by Robert Schleicher
DEPARTMENTS:
6 Editorial: Are We Having Fun Yet?
46 Pit Board
48 Club Directory
54 New Stuff
On Your Tablet:
Model Car Racing is now available for iPad or Kindle. Just click on the Apple iTunes icon and search for Model Car Racing to order individual issues, subscriptions or a limited number of back issues. There’s more information on page 56 of this issue.
WHERE TO BUY MODEL CAR RACING PRODUCTS:
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MORE INFORMATION:
There is an Index of all of the past issues, a Digest of the results of the first 291 cars in our Race Track Test series, Pros and Cons of plastic track by brand, the Pros and Cons of the four digital systems, Pros and Cons of 1/43 scale and an index of the 157 previously published track plans, by size, on our website at www.modelcarracingmag.com.
