KnightOwl

Thanks for your reply Andy. I have written to Customer service as this year its showing my renewal date has dropped back 5 months. Last year I lost 2 months and assumed in my old age I had clicked join and not renew. This year my better half ensured their was no such error. Just for the record at the moment, thanks to your info, i can see my membership runs out in october and next may. I know customer service will sort this for me as they are great and always been super helpful in the past. As usual your information is much appreciated.

Apart from invoice checking, where can I check the expiration date on my club membership and will the renewal continue from the previous date? My current membership when renewed last time didn't follow on so this time I want to make sure. Thanks in advance.

Film and TV classics. I'm Inspired since receiving my police Jag XJS.. So 3 Cars featured in 3 incarnations of the Saint TV show Roger Moore- Volvo P1800 Ian Ogilvy- Jaguar XJS And Simon Dutton- Jensen Interceptor III Salon in Blue. Ok never really watched the 3rd series of 2 hour TV films but the car is worthy of the group.

Usually 1 hand sometimes 2. I find using the brake button awkward but crumbly old hands don't help 😆

For me, on the Arc controller I wish the brake button was under the throttle control. This would probably require a change to the battery compartment. Though even just having the brake and lane change button programmable to swap them over to a personal preference would be nice. I like the yellow flag button idea 👍

I reviewed both the C4220 Chevrolet Camaro IROC - SCCA Trans-AM - Number 33 and C3758 Holden A9X Torana in the scalextric shop quite a few weeks ago but neither have been used. I have reviewed other product and they've gone up no issues. I did receive the usual request to confirm it was me who wrote them, but nothing used. The torana review would have been the 3rd so no big deal, as it seemed to be in line with the other reviews. The Iroc review would have been the first and I felt it important to let Potential buyers know about it.

Thanks Andy. Will swap over too any older rev chips I may have and see how it goes and look to the app to tame them :)

Any advice on reducing throttle sensitivity on VW Bugs, Camper and Panel vans? I have a few of each fitted with chips and the lightest trigger squeeze and they are flat out! All my other cars behave with a smooth acceleration but these vehicles are so hard to control. I'm using arc pro with just 1 power supply at the moment. In digital mode, it's bad, but if I race them on the digital power supply in analogue mode it's impossible to control them. I'm thinking of weighting them down more as the are a tough drive cornering but initially I would like to desensitise them on throttle response. Thanks in Advance 😀

I guess if you write a review and after a few weeks it's not published it means it was turned down? Any chance we can at the least get a rejection notice? I understand that feedback would be a lot of extra work for staff but these reviews can also take time to write, and if guidelines are broken it would at least be nice to know the review was rejected and not ignored or forgotten. Thanks 😀

Decided to add a pack of guide blades to my order to check and...... hurrah the new packets from Scalextric are the heavier blades! Took a picture to show what I was on about. Thanks Andy for your reply.

Under powered, bad build quality and ultimately doomed financially but...a classic under appreciated car that would make a great rally classic model to add to the roster.

...and Doyles escort mk2 with it would be nice.

Will the new "heavier" duty guide blades that came in the new release micro bond set (DB5 v Aston V8) be sold separately? I ask as I have micro scalextric products all new (post 2019) and I noticed a couple of things. Checking the spare guide blades in the bond set and comparing them to the spares from the Batman v joker and also the wonderwoman car they are less pointed and more flattened. I guess this must because of the new lap counter, as the blade needs to hit it pretty fast and hard to register a lap. I also found the other 3 cars have a tendency to skip and not cause the counter to move, even with the spares that came with them. For Nana and Grandpa it's not a problem but for my grandaughter and especially my nephews it led to major arguments lolol I'm hoping that these thicker blades become the norm as the kids love the superhero stuff and my wife has laid claim to the DB5 🤣

Before I returned mine I took the small "drift" lock screws out of an older model with the same braids. I screwed them into the drift cars to stop them spinning and 1 car definitely had a duff motor. The other one seemed massively underpowered. I then raced the old drift/spin cars on the track and they worked much better, with 1 major note that you have to Initially ensure the braids are pointing in the correct direction or they just try to constantly reverse lol. Maybe the problem is in whatever it is that allows you to place the new mustangs with the braids being either way round?

Yes im returning it to where I purchased it but no real suprise everyone is sold out. So I'll get another set...I enjoy Formula E. Might just get the cars and digi plug them. The kids have a nice layout now with the Batman and joker set cars and a batman & joker micro set that my 3 year old grandaughter loves. its set up Inside the bigger track. I got her the wonder woman car but she's a Batman fan lolol Hope you all had a great Christmas 🙂

So setup the new set and it ran Intermittently for 20 minutes. Tracks fine as I tested it with other cars. In the end 1 of the cars just won't run at all and the other is stop start. To avoid being the Grampy that ruined Xmas I grabbed an old pair of Nissan 350z's and an old club lamborghini, removed the bolts that stop them spinning 360, set them pointing the correct way round so they could drive forward and spin not reverse and the kids drove them to the ragged edge with only the occasional expected stop. Really disappointed. Are the engines in these mustangs under powered? Can't decide whether to rebuild them for testing or return. Anyone else having issues? I've given the grandkids a slighter older perfectly working set and a pair of spark plugs which scratches their mobile device addiction 🤣🤣 Merry Christmas everyone 🥳

Thanks. You inspired me. So as soon as I've sorted the livery out I will put to good use my replacement tools. Found my soldering iron was so old it was on a 2 pin plug! Then my wife confessed to having burnt out my dremel while cutting up old bookshelves! So let's hope my new found zest for soldering doesn't result in a 999 call scream😉🤠🤠 Merry Christmas to all.

Ok we've had 2 reliants, trotter style and gulf livery but any chance of some others? BMW isetta, Messerscmitt kr200 or bond bug. We already have beemers and i guess airfix have an agreement on Messerscmitts! I know the bond bug is already a kit but even a limited edition set of 3, 3 wheelers would be fun. :)

I bought this 1 too. Love it, but such a shame these high impact vehicles have easily broken wing mirrors. You can get silver mirror replacements for the challenger but the AMC javelin is a no go. I guess as the only other javelins I've found don't have mirrors as they are trans am racers not Street cars.

Mine arrived yesterday morning, so hopefully yours will come soon.

Ok so I understand not everyone races their boxed and numbered legend sets but some of us do. I also understand that some small cars are hard to add a DPR setup. Just I have to say I was so gutted the recent F1 triple pack isn't DPR. The 3 cars where the F1 drivers and cars of my youth. I personally would have enjoyed setting up a digital race with all 3 on track at the same time. In fact the set screams out for a 3 car grand prix. Sadly no. The mini triple pack is the same, though as I previously investigated converting 2 minis I have, I appreciate that soldering in a plug would spoil the aesthetic of the interiors high detail. I dont mind non dpr sets. Having recently got the Oulton Park 1961 e-type Jaguar set and in that case I feel allowing other cars to participate would be rude! Hey its all fun just a shame Jodi Niki and James won't be reuniting on a digital track for a 3 car race :)

I got the catalogue but not the car. The website discount stopped working with the site update. Customer services advised me that due to massive over subscription they're currently waiting for more cars estimated arrival July. Also anyone wishing to use the 10% members discount can either order via customer services or they can provide a code to use on the website. Customer service people have been helpful, with the addition of occasional pet noise due to most working from home. Sure beats most places annoying muzak :-) tough times but still working despite covid hurrah!