Download or read book Racing and Collecting Slot Cars written by Robert H. Schleicher and published by . This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers 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.
Download or read book Slot Car Racing in the Digital Age written by Robert Schleicher and published by . This book was released on with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert 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.
Download or read book Model Racing written by Carlo Tonalezzi and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BUILD - 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!
Download or read book Slot Car Dreams written by Philippe de Lespinay and published by . This book was released on 2021-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 320 pages of slot car history with 750 photos - soft cover
Download or read book Collecting Drag Racing Model Kits written by Tom Boyd and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relive the golden age of drag racing through this exhaustive volume covering the best drag racing model kits of the era. Model expert Tim Boyd, author of Collecting Muscle Car Model Kits, turned his attention to the fantastic drag racing model kits available from the late 1950s through today. Some racing model kits were actually 3-in-1 kits, where the builder assembled the drag-race version of the car in lieu of the street or custom version. Boyd starts by covering the options, collectability, variety, availability, and value of these wonderful kits, and then concentrates on the highly detailed drag racing-only kits that became available starting in the mid-1960s through today. He also shows the differences between original kits, older reproduction kits, and new reproduction kits that many enthusiasts find at swap meets and online sources today. Many of these great kits were from the 1960s, an era when building model kits was a widely popular, serious hobby, similar to video games today. Not only was it fun to build the kits but it was also a great way to learn about all the different race classes and categories because there wasn’t regular TV or online coverage during that era. The artwork on those kits was fantastic, and many collectors today seek original kits largely because of it. The classes of racing covered are Gassers, Rail Dragsters, Stocks and Super Stocks, Funny Cars, Pro Stocks, Exhibition Racers, and more. Drag racing cars designed by model companies that never actually existed are also covered. Nostalgia drags are some of the most popular events around the country today. People can’t get enough of these old race cars that were built in an era when variety, innovation and home building ruled the day. This book is great for modelers in general, model-kit collectors, and drag-racing fans young and old alike.
Download or read book Slot Car Racing Tips Tricks Techniques written by Robert Schleicher and published by . This book was released on with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 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.
Download or read book A Day at the Slot Car Races written by Carlo Tonalezzi and published by . This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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!
Download or read book Slot Car Bible written by Robert Schleicher and published by . This book was released on with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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.
Download or read book Model Car Racing written by Robert Schleicher and published by . This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to Build and Detail Model Cars written by Terry Jessee and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This generously illustrated guide to assembling, detailing and customizing model cars presents ten chapters covering plastic model kits ranging from muscle cars and lowriders to race cars, hot rods and pickups. Each project addresses a different set of techniques representing skill levels that grow more advanced as the book progresses. From assembling and painting a muscle car right out of the box to building a hot rod complete with fuel lines and plug wires, as the reader finishes each project he or she develops an understanding of the skills necessary to utilize laser-etched parts, assemble hinged doors and hoods, apply metal foil for chrome finishes and execute custom paint and decal finishes. Step-by-step photos -- including 100 in color -- illustrate all of the skills and techniques described.
Download or read book Model Car Racing written by Robert H. Schleicher and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building and Detailing Scale Model Stock Cars written by Bill Coulter and published by Kalmbach Publishing, Co.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how to detail wheels and engines, and other skills to make your own stock cars the most realistic models ever.
Download or read book Vintage Slot Cars written by Philippe De Lespinay and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nostalgic history looks back at vehicles, tracks, packaging and racing memorabilia from such popular slot-car manufacturers as Aurora/AFX, Tyco, Scalectrix, Strombecker and Cox, as well as dozens of smaller toymakers.
Download or read book Model Cars written by Consumer guide and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes all types of information on model cars, including getting started, plastic and metal models, collectibles, sources and advice from the experts.
Download or read book Building and Racing Electric RC Cars and Trucks written by John Joseph Carroll and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great how-to guide for building a race-winning vehicle! Includes beginner tips and techniques for buying race vehicles, racing assembly setup and adjustments race tuning, and racing strategies. By John Carroll. 8 1/4 x 11 1/4; 64 pgs.; 160 b&w and 100 color photos; softcover.
Download or read book Classic Racing Cars of the World Coloring Book written by Carlo Demand and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black-and-white drawings of classic racing cars dating from the period 1895 to 1978, with information on cars, drivers, and races.
Download or read book Thingies written by Carlo Tonalezzi and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD by Philippe de Lespinay (Los Angeles Slot Car Museum Curator). Thingies stand proudly as slot-car rebels in this newest work by author and slot-racing enthusiast Carlo Tonalezzi. Vibrant photos of these classic model cars adorn the pages as a brief history explains how they helped to propel the hobby into a global phenomenon. Enjoy images of the BZ Banshee, Classic Industries ASP, Dynamic Bandit, Cox La Cucaracha, and many more. All photos taken on American Model Car Raceways vintage tracks. "Coffee Table" style photo book with over a hundred big size color pictures. As model car racing refined itself and became more competitive, enthusiasts started to make their own chassis, wire their own motors, and pursue faster and faster cars. But with this heightened spirit of serious competition came a decrease in the number of fans who could keep up. The pool of racing enthusiasts who had the time and money to keep pace with slot racing technology was shrinking. Hobby companies, themselves competing against one another for the highest profits, were spitting out chassis, gears, and kits faster than the average racer could put them together; and by the time they did, an even faster car had made their new model obsolete again. To the newcomer who wanted to be competitive on the racetrack but didn't have the time or means to build a model from scratch, enough was enough.The hobby industry knew something had to be done. The void was filled by an industrial designer named John Power. His efforts materialized as a Ready-to-Run slot car released by Classic Industries. The Manta Ray was extremely well received, and other "rebels" soon joined the gang: the BZ Banshee, Classic Industries ASP, Dynamic Bandit, and Cox La Cucaracha, to name a few. So the futuristic dream cars, or Thingies, were born. Ready to race right out of the box, they were aggressive looking--and, most importantly, they were fast!
