Ever since I first got into slot cars in 2005, I had been waiting for someone to finally produce them. During those years, I tried all sorts of things — modifying an SCX Volvo 850 sedan racer, buying Betta vac-formed bodies, trying Pendle resin bodies, even attempting to turn an SCX Volvo S60 ETCC into a V70 by cutting away the entire rear section. Every attempt ended in failure, but I kept struggling with this obsession for nearly twenty years.
And now, at last, before leaving this world, that long frustration has finally been resolved. I could not be happier about it.
My plan was to shave the fender lips thin, fit longer axles, and push the wheels and tires out to the absolute limit to widen the track width.
But for some reason Scalextric seems to have changed things so that the wheels simply won’t come off the axles, no matter what you do.
But for some reason Scalextric seems to have changed things so that the wheels simply won’t come off the axles, no matter what you do.
I kept trying to twist them off, but the wheel centers just sheared apart before the wheels would budge.
As a result, I ended up buying three Police Cars as chassis donors.
For me, the 850 Estate BTCC absolutely had to wear the OZ five-spoke wheels, not the ATS ten-spokes.
I had been waiting twenty years to see this shape.
There are still a few points I’m not completely satisfied with.
There are still a few points I’m not completely satisfied with.
But rather than worrying about that, I want to savor the simple happiness that something which never existed before is finally here.
Even with the extension, the time left is short.
Well then—on to the next car.
