Articles, reviews, tips, trick, and how-to’s
I collected articles on (hopefully) topics of interest to the 1/43 slot community. If you have something that you would like to see posted here or linked here, please let me know.
o Reviews:
o SCX Compact 1/43
§ SCX Compact Review 2007: a new line of 1/43 compact cars released by SCX, NASCAR and Tuner cars
§ SCX Compact Review 2008: Formula One set and cars
o Carrera Go!!! 1/43
§ Carrera Go!!! Fast and Furious cars: two new cars in 2006
§ 2004 Carrera Go!!! cars: a whole line of really good looking and fast 1/43 cars.
§ Carrera Go !!! sets and cars by Harry Wise from Home Racing World.
o Artin 1/43
§ Hevy Hitters: new cars and sets from Artin made exclusively for Walmart
§ 2006 Artin 1/43 cars: Artin finally releases 3 news cars in July 2006.
§ Fastlane 1/43 set: new Artin/Fastlane slot car set by Mike (a.k.a. Micyou03)
§ 1/43 NASCAR racers: new look, same great old little car.
§ Artin 1/43 IRL cars: the new and improved Artin 1/43 cars.
§ Artin 1/43 Mercedes CLK DTM: new and improved car, same old feel and performance.
§ New ’04 Artin 1/43 cars: Saleen, Nissan 350Z, and Mitsubishi Evolution.
§ Artin 1/43 Saleen and Lamborghini by Harry Wise from Home Racing World.
§ Artin 1/43 PowerPasser system by Harry Wise from Home Racing World.
§ Artin 1/43 Mercedes 300 SL and Porsche 911 by Harry Wise from Home Racing World.
§ Artin 1/43 4-lane set by Harry Wise from Home Racing World.
o Other Brands 1/43
§ Review of Ranch Design chassis kit: the first aftermarket aluminum chassis for 1/43 scale.
§ Review of 1/43 Jiada set: a new Chinese brand available early 2008 in the US
o Cars:
§ 1/43 cars : A summary of what can be done to convert all kinds of models to 1:43 slots
§ Nascars 1/43: a pictorial summary of various available NASCAR 1/43
o Artin 1/43
§ Artin 1/43 cars: Overview of my personal car collection
§ Artin 1/43 cars : A collection of pictures of custom 1/43 jobs
§ Artin 1/43 cars : A collection of pictures of many of the existing current and vintage Artin 1/43 cars.
§ Artin 1/43 cars : Tune-up and prepare the cars for best performance.
§ Artin 1/43 chassis: how to identify them and what are the differences?
o Car modifications
§ Converting Fastlane bodies onto Artin chassis and keeping the lights on
§ Wheels and Tires Truing: am article on how to best get your wheels and tires in round with a Dremel and a 9V battery
§ Slide guide: mounting a slide guide on your 1/43 Artin cars to replace the standard pin guide.
§ Artin 1/43 Emergency vehicles and upgraded motors: flashing lights on a fire truck and motor upgrade in a highway patrol car.
§ Upgrading Carrera Go!!! cars: Carrera Go!!! cars with Ninco NC2 motor, guide flag, and other upgrades by Heiko Kalkowski.
§ Lowering Artin 1/43 cars: How to avoid that annoying space between wheels and wheel wells
§ Windracer NASCARs: how to mount these great looking NASCAR bodies onto Artin 1/43 chassis
§ HO silicon tires on an Artin 1/43 wheel: tip from Hoosier Hustler
§ Motor tips by various contributors
o Painting, Scratch-building, and related:
o Casting Resin Bodies: an article by VBachRog on casting HO and 1/43 resin bodies
o Home Made bodies for Artin 1/43: an article on Kevin’s (a.k.a. “DirtLateModel”) home made styrene and vacuum formed bodies.
o Convert an Artin 1:43 race truck into a dirt late modified car by HoosierHustler
o A good review of paint stripping techniques
o Future: A great article on using Future floor wax as clear coat
o Painting 101: A fantastic article by Tim from Slot Car Heroes on painting and decorating a car.
o Series of articles on how to detail model cars
o Scratchbuilding a chassis: A collection of articles Brent Carlson put together on scratchbuilding.
o Layouts:
o Definition file for Artin 1/43 track (right click the link, then “save as”) for Tracker 2000.
o Layouts for Artin 1/43: fantasy layouts of various sizes and flavors, all the 2004 Formula1 circuits, and Le Mans.
o Artin 4-lane turns: How to get around the limitation of the 90 degree turns with the stock Artin turn track pieces.
o Artin counter track piece: Just a few wires, and use the Artin lap counter track piece as a sensor for your computer lap timer/counter
o Automated pit lane entry track piece: modify an existing Artin 1/43 track piece and for a few $$ have a remote pit lane entry track piece.
o 4 car fun with 2/4 lane Artin 1/43 PowerPasser combination: how to spice up PowerPasser layouts.
o Electrical, Power, and related:
o Integrated Track Sensors: how to build your own integrated slotted optical track sensors.
o Adding brakes to the stock Artin 1/43 controllers: Add only one wire to your stock Artin 1/43 controller and get the benefits of dynamic braking
o Cheap and Easy Adjustable Voltage: can’t afford that adjustable power supply, try this.
o Simplified and Cheaper Driver Station: A simpler and less functional but easier to build, version of the driver station.
o Complete Driver Station made easy: what each slot driver should have in front of him at the track.
o Lighting:
o Light Bridge / Timing Gantry: how to get LEDs to illuminate those pesky photo-sensors.
o Wiring Lionel lights with AC: probably the cheapest way of wiring your scenery lights if your track power supply can’t do the job.
o Replacing light bulbs with super bright white LEDs in Lionel lights (applies to other brands as well).
o Wiring and control of tri-color caution lights: another use of LEDs for track scenery.
o Super-Bright Low-Voltage LED based head/tail/brake lights for cars: light up the sky (and the cars on your track) with these.
o Using SlotTronics Light Kits to upgrade lighting of Carrera 1/32 cars
o Scenery:
o A great article by Demether on how to make easy and cheap modeling flock and really good looking conifer trees
o Discussions:
o Discussion on drag strip controls a.k.a. known as “the shifter” (“Slotict”, a.k.a. Rand on the SCI board, baptized it).
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