British Slot Car Magazines:
Model Cars
Here is a checklist for the major British slot car magazine, Model
Cars.
Sometime before December 1968, Model Cars incorporated Miniature Auto
magazine. For the scratchbuilder, almost every month in the late 60s/early 70s,
Model Cars' John Veasey (or another expert)
solders together a brass pianowire or pan chassis. Awesome!
* = my collection.
Additional contributions by Johnny Anderson [JA].
| Model Cars |
Early issues:
First Issue was April 1964.
March 1966 - Honda F-1 car,
History of suspension, Bertone. |
| Ck |
Vol # No # |
Date |
Contents/Highlights |
| 1967 |
|
Vol 4 No 1 |
Jan 1967 |
Ferrari F-1 plans |
|
Vol 4 No 2 |
Feb 1967 |
Lola T70 plans, Renault record car |
|
Vol 4 No 3 |
Mar 1967 |
? |
|
Vol 4 No 4 |
Apr 1967 |
Chaparral 2E superplans |
|
Vol 4 No 5 |
May 1967 |
? |
|
Vol 4 No 6 |
June 1967 |
? |
|
Vol 4 No 7 |
July 1967 |
? |
|
Vol 4 No 8 |
Aug 1967 |
? |
|
Vol 4 No 9 |
Sept 1967 |
? |
|
Vol 4 No 10 |
Oct 1967 |
? |
|
Vol 4 No 11 |
Nov 1967 |
? |
|
Vol 4 No 12 |
Dec 1967 |
? |
| 1968 |
|
Vol 5 No 1 |
Jan 1968 |
? |
|
Vol 5 No 2 |
Feb 1968 |
? |
|
Vol 5 No 3 |
Mar 1968 |
? |
|
Vol 5 No 4 |
Apr 1968 |
? |
|
Vol 5 No 5 |
May 1968 |
? |
|
Vol 5 No 6 |
June 1968 |
? |
|
Vol 5 No 7 |
July 1968 |
? |
|
Vol 5 No 8 |
Aug 1968 |
? |
|
Vol 5 No 9 |
Sept 1968 |
? |
|
Vol 5 No 10 |
Oct 1968 |
Plans of Lotus 49B and Repco Brabham BT24 [JA] |
|
Vol 5 No 11 |
Nov 1968 |
1/24 F1 chassis by Trevor Tennant,
Plans of Renault Alpine,
Honda V8 RA 302 and Sunbeam 1923 G.P [JA] |
|
Vol 5 No 12 |
Dec 1968 |
F-1 Cooper Maserati, Modern Chassis
Trends * |
| 1969 |
|
Vol 6 No 1 |
Jan 1969 |
McLaren M8A & Lola T160 plans,
chassis trends |
|
Vol 6 No 2 |
Feb 1969 |
Matra F-1, Taylor & Barrett, great
chassis photos * |
|
Vol 6 No 3 |
Mar 1969 |
Ferrari 612, Lola T-142, Top chassis
building * |
|
Vol 6 No 4 |
Apr 1969 |
69 CanAm Lola, Anglewinding, Rolls
Royce* |
|
Vol 6 No 5 |
May 1969 |
Matra 630 plans, formula 5000, Easy
anglewinder * |
|
Vol 6 No 6 |
June 1969 |
Additional anglewinding, 59 Ferrari
Dino* |
|
Vol 6 No 7 |
July 1969 |
McLaren color schemes, Rare Italians |
|
Vol 6 No 8 |
Aug 1969 |
Rewinding for Performance By John Veasey,
Plans of Le Mans Ferrari 330P [JA] |
|
Vol 6 No 9 |
Sept 1969 |
Plans of Chaparral 2G [JA] |
|
Vol 6 No 10 |
Oct 1969 |
? |
|
Vol 6 No 11 |
Nov 1969 |
? |
|
Vol 6 No 12 |
Dec 1969 |
Very detailed building of a state of the art (at that time)
1/24 chassis by US Pro Bob Emott (4,5 pages).
Plans of Surtees T.S.5 [JA] |
| 1970 |
|
Vol 7 No 1 |
Jan 1970 |
Tamiya Lotus, Porsche 917 and 908, lots
of Lolas * |
|
Vol 7 No 2 |
Feb 1970 |
Mercedes C111 plans, Motor Tuning
booklet, chopping |
|
Vol 7 No 3 |
Mar 1970 |
Plans For Alfa Romeo 158/159 [JA] |
|
Vol 7 No 4 |
Apr 1970 |
Canadian Chassis, McLaren M12, ARC
rules * |
|
Vol 7 No 5 |
May 1970 |
March F-1, chassis by Enos, Lotus 70 |
|
Vol 7 No 6 |
June 1970 |
Race report from Totenham Raceway with some good chassis
pictures. Plans of Ferrari 512S and The 1959 "Pale Green" B.R.M,
Pictures of chassis and motor mods for a complete sidewinder
by Roger Willimott [JA] |
|
Vol 7 No 7 |
July 1970 |
Plans for Matra M.S. 120 [JA] |
|
Vol 7 No 8 |
Aug 1970 |
Plans for BMW 2002 and Fiat Abarth 1000TCR [JA] |
|
Vol 7 No 9 |
Sept 1970 |
Plans of Lotus 72 [JA] |
|
Vol 7 No 10 |
Oct 1970 |
A very strange chassis made of Stainless steel by
Brian J. Poole, Plans of Yardley B.R.M P153 and the 1970 Le Mans winning Porsche 917 [JA] |
|
Vol 7 No 11 |
Nov 1970 |
? |
|
Vol 7 No 12 |
Dec 1970 |
Plans of Ferrari Flat 12 and Elfin ME5 [JA] |
| 1971 |
|
Vol 8 No 1 |
Jan 1971 |
Plans of McLarens M8D, M14A and M15,
A 1/32 Full sidewinder designed and build by
J.A. Elliott. This a very special chassis with
the pinion inside the can. [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 2 |
Feb 1971 |
Plans Of 1970 Tyrrell F1 [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 3 |
Mar 1971 |
Plans of Alfa Romeo T33/3 [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 4 |
Apr 1971 |
Plans of Norris Industries Ti22 and B.R.M 154,
Full scale plans for bulding a 1/8 McLaren 8A
fuel R/C car by Roy Moody (USA) [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 5 |
May 1971 |
Plans of Bugatti Royale,
All You want to know about gears (slotracing) by Jim Benn [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 6 |
June 1971 |
Plans of Brabham B.T34,
"The Sydham Sidewinder" Roger Willimott describes his
new top 1/32 chassis [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 7 |
July 1971 |
Plans of Lotus 56B and Roger Penske's Ferrari 512M,
How to build "A World Cup Rally Circuit" (1/32 slotracing)
by S. Pickard,
Phil Enos is building a 1/32 Super Sidewinder with steering
fronts. [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 8 |
Aug 1971 |
Plans of Ferrari 312B/2,
Build an 1/8 R/C Racer (Full-size Plans) of Gordon Tapsell's
winning model by Trevor Crout. [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 9 |
Sept 1971 |
Plans of Porsche 908/3,
"An Inexpensive Hand-Controller". Paul Nudds describes his
top class built-on-a-budget unit. [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 10 |
Oct 1971 |
Plans of Lola T260 [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 11 |
Nov 1971 |
Plans of McLaren M19,
Ian Fisher building a 1/32 chassis with Indipendent front
suspension. [JA] |
|
Vol 8 No 12 |
Dec 1971 |
Plans of Maserati T.61 "Birdcage",
Report from 1/24 Tottenham Open ,
Full-size plans of 1/32 sidewinder by John E. Elliott [JA] |
| 1972 |
|
Vol 9 No 1 |
Jan 1972 |
? |
|
Vol 9 No 2 |
Feb 1972 |
Plans of Ferrari 312BP Sports Car,
Report from 1/24 Tottenham Open,
Report from 1971 1/32 English Nationals [JA]
|
|
Vol 9 No 3 |
Mar 1972 |
Plans of Ferrari Modulo,
An "Enduro" controller. Design and described by B.S.H. Smith [JA] |
|
Vol 9 No 4 |
Apr 1972 |
Plans of Lola T280,
A successful Enduro chassis. Described by B.S.H. Smith [JA] |
|
Vol 9 No 5 |
May 1972 |
Raceway souping, Micromold R/C, Lola
T300 plans * |
|
Vol 9 No 6 |
June 1972 |
Electric R/C, Capri, chassis by Enos
and Dominy |
|
Vol 9 No 7 |
July 1972 |
? |
|
Vol 9 No 8 |
Aug 1972 |
? |
|
Vol 9 No 9 |
Sept 1972 |
? |
|
Vol 9 No 10 |
Oct 1972 |
? |
|
Vol 9 No 11 |
Nov 1972 |
? |
|
Vol 9 No 12 |
Dec 1972 |
no more info. How long published? |
 |
|
|
|