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New SCX Skoda Fabia WRC

SCX® presents the Skoda Fabia WRC Red Bull THE REAL CAR The Red Bull version is the one shown off by the semi-official Skoda team at the end of the 2006 season. The Czech manufacturer presented the Fabia WRC at the 2003 German Rally, and officially dropped out of the competition at the end of that year. Three private teams carried on developing the cars for three more seasons. The Czech Kopecky team was the most closely-linked to the manufacturer, while First Racing supported François Duval and Armin Schwarz's Red Bull Team fitted out Fabias for drivers like Panizzi and Ekstrom, as well as the driver of this model, Harry Rovanperä. The Fabia met the requirements to take part in the WRC: a run of at least 25,000 units of the production model, no longer than 3,750mm, plus another 2,500 units from which the competition car was to be developed. With the basic model approved, the little Fabia was widened up to 1,770mm. The capacity of the fuel tanks was doubled to 90 litres and a 4-cyli...

Ninco new releases 2008

Here you have the new Ninco cars for 2008. For many people Ninco is the best quality in slot cars, some posts about that coming soon... Besides, there is already a Team USA for the NINCO World Cup, http://nincoworldcup.blogspot.com/2008/10/usa-equipo-formado-team-ready.html Good luck !!!

More Mini Replicas - For Luciano

Three more pictures of these interesting spanish slot cars, Mini Replicas, soon also in 1/24 scale, http://www.minireplicas.com/

New SCX release (Original and Digital)

Ref. 63480 Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Impala takes the pole position in NASCAR's Car of Today field. SCX is proud to present the Impala SS driven by the most exciting driver in the 2008 Sprint Cup Series, Dale Earnhardt Jr. The National Guard/Amp Energy C.O.T. is the first slot car to be released for the son of the legendary driver. The patriotic National Guard blue and white decoration makes Jr.'s car stand out in the field of C.O.T. bodies. Striking white lettering on the hood of the #88 National Guard car grabs your attention as it circles the track. And white side panels on the car gives you a high visibility car that is easy to follow even in a pack of stock cars drafting at 200mph. Dale Earnhardt Jr., who was voted the most popular driver in NASCAR in 2007 for the fifth consecutive year, joined with Hendrick Motorsports in 2008. And has driven the #88 Impala to 6 Top 10 finishes through the first 8 races of the 2008 season. The RX-42B powers Jr.'s car around the high ba...