Slot Car Dreams
Author: Philippe de Lespinay
Publisher:
Published: 2021-02
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780578853581
DOWNLOAD EBOOK320 pages of slot car history with 750 photos - soft cover
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Slot Car Bible
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher:
Published:
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781610606738
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis sensational slot car salute presents a wealth of information on beginning and advanced techniques for collecting, building, tuning, and duplicating the amazing little cars that were at the peak of their popularity in the 1960s and '70s. All the rage among youngsters and adults alike, slot cars and more than 50 track layouts duplicating famous circuts like Daytona. Indy and Monaco, are featured here in photographs that vividly recount the enthusiasm surrounding this popular hobby. Follows Schleicher's popular Racing and Collecting Slot Cars 0-7603-1024-6.
Slot Car Racing in the Digital Age
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher:
Published:
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781616732073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert Schleicher wrote the book on slot car racing—literally. In the three short years since Schleicher’s Slot Car Racing: Tips, Tricks & Track Plans was published, the hobby has been virtually transformed by new products and technologies. This new volume, a perfect complement to its predecessor, brings readers and racers up to date, offering a concise, comprehensive overview of slot car racing’s developments, along with expert, practical guidance for putting this information to good use. A primer on the latest digital and analog developments for both 1/32 and HO scales, Schleicher’s book delivers the lowdown on building cars from individual components on ready-to-race chassis, as well as popular tune-up tips to get even more speed and better handling out of today’s cars. Schleicher also provides track tests of 70 cars and a slot-car shootout featuring 23 more vehicles. Finally, Schleicher includes nearly 50 track plans: 14 tabletop-size plans for Scalextric, Classic, Carrera, Sport, SCX, and Ninco brand track; 14 plans modeled on real circuits like Watkins Glen, Monaco, Spa-Francorchamps, Sears Point, and the Bahrain and Shanghai F1 courses; and 17 4x8-foot HO scale plans. Illustrated throughout with color photography and track plan line art, this is the book that no serious slot car racer can afford to be without.
Racing and Collecting Slot Cars
Author: Robert H. Schleicher
Publisher:
Published:
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781610606677
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovers slot racing cars and tracks, how to duplicate real race tracks in scale, troubleshooting and performing maintenance on slot cars, racing terms, and how to organize a race event.
Slot Car Racing: Tips, Tricks & Techniques
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher:
Published:
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781610605045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the past three years slot cars have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the hobby industry. Slot cars have also become so fashionable they have received exposure in automotive and general interest magazines. The time is right for a meaty, loaded follow-up to the highly successful 2002 MBI release, Slot Car Bible. In this new title, Bible author and Model Car Racing magazine publisher Robert Schleicher provides enthusiasts with more tips, tricks, and track plans for 1/32-scale and HO slot cars. This title will offer a wealth of tuning, maintenance, and driving technique information and will include chapters on snap-together raceways and building cars from kits. It will also have performance tests of new products and plans for creating NASCAR replica cars and tracks.
The Slot Car Handbook
Author: Dave Chang
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
Published: 2007-08-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781861269164
DOWNLOAD EBOOK1/32 scale slot racing, made popular by Scalextric, is enjoyed by all ages. Half the fun of the hobby is taking apart, tuning, upgrading and reassembling the cars, but until now this has been a black art. For the first time, this complete guide to tuning and racing gives step-by-step instructions on how to set up the cars and the track to give the best performance.
Model Racing
Author: Carlo Tonalezzi
Publisher:
Published: 2019-04-30
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781096452188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBUILD - RACE - WIN - REPEAT...The Rise & Fall of the Golden Years of Slot Car Racing Explained. Text includes articles from the main magazines of the period. Also includes a Worldwide Racing Directory, listing active slot car raceways from different countries in 5 continents...! By 1966, model-car racing was so popular that it threatened to replace bowling as the nation's favorite indoor sport. For as grand as the outcome, the force that propelled slot-car racing into a national pastime was a simple one: the realism of the original slot cars. The builders and racers of these models knew that the quest for speed should not come at the cost of the way a car looked. Their design was at the heart of their very integrity. In this new effort, author, researcher and slot-car racer Carlo Tonalezzi charts the meteoric rise of this hobby-sport and photographs classic model racing cars in their natural habitat: The commercial racing tracks. Models made by Russkit, AMT, COX, MPC, Monogram, and more are captured on vintage tracks from the American Model Car Raceways. These realistic beauties were made during the Golden Years of Model Racing. True pieces of Americana, they are today as magnificent as ever. Read all about what really happened during this exciting period of model racing bliss!
Here is Your Hobby ... Slot Car Racing
Author: Robert Braverman
Publisher:
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSlot Car Racing Log Book and Journal
Author: Carlo Tonalezzi
Publisher:
Published: 2020-01-03
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781660014057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs a racing competitor the best way to track your improvements is to keep a record of your efforts that shows your results. The goal is to keep improving your lap times and eventually make you a faster racer with a top performing car for each type of track layout. With a racing Log Book you will be able to check your past efforts plus you will have a complete log of what has been done to the car in order to make it perform better, such as going faster on long straightaways and getting more grip on technical curvy tracks. Experiment with different gear ratios and accessories for different types of tracks and have all your accomplishments organized in one place for future reference. What worked and what didn't? Your Log Book will keep a clear record of all your best results and what is needed to be done to achieve them. By doing this you will always know what made that perfectly-tuned machine a champion car, or you will know which improvements will need to make in order to get there. In addition, you will have all the info on every car you worked on if you ever need to restore it back to its original factory setup. Not only that, but you will have records of everything you have done to any of your cars at any racing event: What gear ratio was used? What wheels and tires? Did you change the guide or brushes? Did you add weight? All of your specific technical data will be neatly organized for future reference in your Slot Car Racing Log Book & Journal.
A Day at the Slot Car Races
Author: Carlo Tonalezzi
Publisher:
Published: 2018-06
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780996557245
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Slot Car Evolution - COVERED! 1960's Golden Years of Model Racing - COVERED! American Model Car Racing Congress - INVESTIGATED! Bowling Killed Slot Car Racing - DEBUNKED! Exclusive Interviews with slot car companies - EXCITING & INFORMATIVE!
