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When I got my SCX Compact F1 set I thought I could build a huge track using also my Artin tracks. But I was disappointed, they can be put together. In these pictures you can see the differences in connection, width and texture (you can even bend it a little bit). One question, can you see which is the Artin and the SCX Compact or you need me to tell you? I am not sure, but I think you can use Jiada with Artin and SCX Compact with Carrera GO, can anybody confirm it? Thank you,

You can check, in these two pictures, the technology of SCX digital and original cars. It is an interesting information. And more, if you compare it with Scalextric and Carrera, no need to talk about Artin or Jiada.

And the last one, the SCX Compact DTM, the cars are an Audi and a Mercedes, here you have some information about this championship:"The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a touring car racing series based in Germany, but also with rounds elsewhere in Europe. From 2000 onwards, this new DTM continued the former Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touring Car Championship) and ITC (International Touring Car Championship) which had been discontinued after 1996 due to high costs. Audi joins DTM in 2004 After their successes with the Audi R8 and the official support of the Abt-TTRs at the Nürburgring, Audi finally joined the DTM as a factory entry in 2004. The three constructors involved decided to switch to saloon bodies. The road models used as patterns since 2004 are the Audi A4, Opel Vectra GTS and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. All dimensions, like wheelbase etc., are made the same in order to provide equal opportunities without the actual design ...

Another new set for 2008, the MotoGP one. The bikes have no official names or sponsors on them, may be a problem with the licenses. But one of them is very similar to the famous Repsol -Honda team. Here you have more information about Moto GP from its official Web page http://www.motogp.com/en/motogp/motogp_about.htm?menu=about

And one more set, the GT, with two Porsche Carrera from the Carrera Cup. The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup (known as Porsche Michelin Supercup prior to 2007)[1] is the international motor racing series supporting the FIA Formula One World Championship organized by Porsche AG. In Porsche Supercup, drivers in identical Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) based on Porsche Carrera compete on asphalt road circuits. On average, 24 race cars take part in each race. The race 2006 The new points race in Bahrain opened the season 2006. From 13 races overall, two races took place in Indianapolis (Saturday and Sunday). Races were contested over 70 kilometres, and take off from a standing start. 2007 Like in 2006, the race in the Kingdom of Bahrain opens the new season. Two classification rounds will take place there. The 2007 race calendar comprises eleven championship rounds. New on the schedule is the classification race in Istanbul, Turkey. Racing car In Porsche Michelin Supercup the 911 GT3 Cup type 997...

And a new picture of the Formula 1 set, the new one with the Fernando Alonso Renault 2008 and the Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari. Let us hope they will be the ones fighting for the World championship this year!

SCX is going to release their new SCX Compact sets for 2008. They are packed in a different style, with a more square box and with nice drawings. There are five new sets. The first one is the F1 with the same cars as the former one, but with a reduced track that fits almost anywhere. Here you have a picture of the set, And these are the advantages SCX Compact has, according to Tecnitoys,

This is the Ford GT40 used by Jacky Ickx to win the 24 hours of Le Mans and this is the story of that incredible victory:"In 1969 Jacky Ickx raced in the 24 hours of Le Mans for the first time. This race also saw the first appearance of the Porsche 917 in Le Mans, which was regarded by far as the favourite. The Ford GT 40 that Ickx drove with Jackie Oliver appeared at that time was an obsolete car, outperformed by the new Porsche 917 but also by the older Porsche 908 and the new generation of 3-liter prototypes from Ferrari, Matra and Alfa Romeo. As Ickx was opposed to the traditional Le Mans start which he considered to be dangerous, he slowly walked across the track to his machine, instead of running. He locked the safety belt carefully and thus was the last to start the race, chasing the field. In lap one, a tragic event proved that Ickx was right: private driver John Woolfe had a fatal accident in his new and powerful 917 and fellow countryman Willy Mairesse had an accident wh...