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The iconic Minilite wheel, originally designed for the Mini Cooper in 1962, has made its debut in the HO slot car world, thanks to Vincent Wheel in Germany. A blogger tests the new wheels on their renovated blue Cheetah car, appreciating the design and planning to order more for their collection.

It wasn’t too long ago that I wrote a post about moving the Road Crew Uptown with some expensive cars. Well, that ol’ wheel has rolled around again, because this post is the opposite! So, what do you do when you have a small group of rough, scrap-built early Thunderjet 500 closed rivet chassis sittingContinue reading “Road Crew Expansion: Downgrades Ahead!”

The Corvette Grand Sport must surely be one of the most exciting “footnotes” in the history of sports cars. As many enthusiasts likely know, only 5 of the real thing were built, but there are many reproductions out there, some so carefully built that only a real expert could tell them from one of thoseContinue reading “NEW BUILDS: Grand MASTER Sport!”

To look at this Ford GT40, you might think the body is one of the latest Auto World releases. That would be a reasonable guess considering that, having finally figured out it was time to re-press their version of this famous car, they just issued it in red with white stripes. But that guess wouldContinue reading “Meet the Fleet – Sportscars: Ford GT40”

I admit I’ve had bad luck with the Model Motoring ’69 GTO body; like most MM bodies it is beautifully detailed and great to look at, but it seems to be poorly balanced, with too much weight over the rear wheels; the two versions of this that I have in my muscle car fleet haveContinue reading “NEW BUILDS: Big GTO, You’re Really Lookin’ Fine…”