History of car Ho slot
Since the subject of the research of the book Braverman is your hobby Slot Car Racing, seems to have awakened some interest, thought I'd be in the history of the car as a quick review of the main race this book will be especially the US and Britain, but I can add other than I of France, Italy, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands and Argentina if you to be interested.
There are actually two basic types of books who are dedicated to running slot, and those on model cars or models in general, with a chapter or more on slot cars there are also books contemporaries, meaning the races under treatment at the time of publication and those dealing racing slot as a historical subject, starting with the first book of Roger Gillham on Scalextric, published in 1981. for now, I'll just concentrate on the classics, books for years 50 and 70 covering the slots as a contemporary activity, starting with the cradle of its all, England.
The first cover model electric car race, first edition 1957, second edition 1959 half of the book on electric rail races, half on the train racing gas, still popular at the time of the second edition mentions racing slot, from Scalextric and VIP were already, but still considers the rail race of the noble sport.
Then a long period, and three books all came in 1965, perhaps the highlight of the fashion slot, beginning with our old friend DJ Laidlaw-Dickson and fellow model modeler alumnus Cars Vic Smeed, and Kenneth Gee, who has written on various hobbies.
In 1967, there was a kind of a book, the paperback Model Cars Encyclopedia, published by the MAP magazine, Model Cars and also published numerous other publications hobby As mentioned, an encyclopedia of terms model car racing, Ackermann zinc spray direction, and a very mixed bag of contemporary elements and totally out of things today like Lindsay engines.
The latest publications of the 60s classic was this book by Phil Drackett, which seems to have been a fairly prolific writer of the time for motor sports and related fields - not too well known in the slot racing I believe Despite the date 1968 it could have been written in 1965.
And here's the US contribution, starting with a small pocket book that not really belong doesn here, but as it is a real book, the first in the US to mention the new pastime 1961 and a chapter on model Motoring, I included this - Aurora is proving very active on the promotional side, a good clue to some of the current manufacturers.
Then the first real book in the country covering the slot racing, although still give a fairly important part in the train race Richard F Dempewolff was the editor of Popular Mechanics, which had some of the first items on track slot racing in the country in the mainstream press, behind Rod and custom Modeler American Young men Published in 1963, with an edition in the UK in 1965.
A year later, the oldest writers of the industry hobby toy, Louis H Hertz who actually published an article on the first model motor racing system in 1945, in a model now publishing its historical information is excellent, as it should be, but you can say that M. Hertz wasn t really a notch - he speaks in bizarre model railroad gauges languages and still think that models roads are significant in model railroading but there was a second edition, in 1967, just updated to include more on commercial raceway phenomena M. Hertz, the floor please.
Now, the book that started this idea of a slot library and perhaps the best seller of the crowd, just judging by the number of copies seem to pop up on eBay Published in 1965 and written by Bob Braverman, engineer model builder and motorcycle racing, and Bill Neumann, Chief Rod personalized editor where Bob has written numerous articles.
Now, another by an old online hobby writer freelance illustrator and designer, Paul Plecan first printed in 1965, but is in fact the third printing, from 1974 Released in two versions and hardback cover flexible.
Back to paperback volume in the series Library Skillfact, a shot dollar A general survey of the hobby, as most of these books, published in 1966 by Editors Engineers Ltd New Augusta, sound like a cult you too .
In 1967, when slot mode starts slipping - but publishers do not know, because these books were probably in development since last year.
1967 Irwin Stambler primarily a science writer Another introduction to the hobby, with many photos of manufacturers, and a framework for Russkit Russkit on a template that is current.
Another star of the group, published in June 1967 and have undergone at least seven printings in October 1973, this copy was printed, he also came in an educational pack with eight copies of the book, tape and film tape, but I'll add a photo later, once I get the hamsters powering the digital camera This is a true child of the book, and of course in the end the little brother win the big race on the track commercial with its small ca 1963 Eldon car wouldn t even have survived the first bank turn see the cover photo and wonder why commercial slot racing was essentially a fad in the United States.
Seems like 1967 was a good year - here is another from Aurora, once a general introduction, but a very good, and just about as current as you can get for a pound at a time author is credited, but many of the cars used as examples were built by Bob Braverman and curiously for this HO specialist, HO is barely mentioned - of course at that time, they had bought KB, then they may be trying to promote this line, although indirectly and discreetly.
Another excellent 1967 book by Robert Schleicher - Yes, the same one that publishes the magazine Current Model Car Racing or perhaps his father - Hi, Bob At the time, it seemed enough to date with all that focus on the scale and hopping kit and RTR cars, but now its treasure trove of information released by Van Nostrand, a major publisher like many other books of the time.
Then we leap forward two years to 1969, and one of my favorite cranks of all time a book called How to build model cars, with small chapters on plastic kits and powered models and many on slot cars - but like the two previous years didn t exist anglewinders No mention dominant in 1969, or even floppy body mounts or any other modern development vaguely about as late as it gets is a metal frame and chassis Champion brass rod and the band - and check pattern on the cover not that there's anything wrong with that, but you have to ask what his target audience was.
Then, in 1970, and another writer hobby old line rears its head This book was originally published in 1956, when he talked about everything but the slot racing or running rail already exists - but the new edition of 1970 - just in time to miss the boat - adds a chapter on sub-car races Posted by Funk Wagnalls, so that's fine with me.
And the last of this series in the original generation of books, jumping ahead to 1979, our friend M. Schleicher As Minnie Minoso, he has played an active role in 5 years soon sign of the times, the book covers cars as on all scales, cars, and without slot electric RC racers and gas.
As soon as I take my breath, I will add some of the latest things.
Here is the case for the book Ed Radlauer, a part of the reading encouragement series The tape is broken, it is, so I can not tell you what is on the inside of the tube is a short strip film, like 35mm, but probably a kind of slides because it is short enough to be a real movie, and I doubt that most schools have a 35mm projector.
Aurora book was made by assembling articles by I think three authors Bob was one of them, but curiously didn remember to do the contract This happened a lot to me We worked on some projects not subset in the late 70s and I would produce something of his from his library or mine and look, not memory.
Part of the problem is common to the industry When you edit and re-edit and re-re-edit, your mind is in a strange place that I just made the final cut on the next race car model number, and even under torture, I could not tell you what is in it.
Philip could be the exception here being the top person he is.
Here are some other, secondary publications, whether brochures on various aspects of slot racing, or great books on pattern making, with at least one chapter on slots.
But I'll start by paying tribute to our ancestors, gas diesel powered around the pole and rail riders, with some nice British publications there were at least four or five books of Great Britain on the subject, as well as two or three magazines - more than in the States, I believe that the hobby was invented in the United States and was very popular there for a while Anyway, the DA Russell is actually a large x 11 February 8-1 booklet of about 30 pages, but published in 1945, so before the crowd manual car model GH Deason, well known in the hobby, was released in 1949 and was published Drysdale by The Press.
Next is a true classic in the field and I am pleased to receive without notice with a set of equipment of paper in the Detroit area note the price of 60 cents per Eldi It s, one of the leading providers of specialized products for railway running gears guys mostly unsure of the date of publication, but by 1956, which would make it the first publication of all, even if Sá handout booklet of about 40 pages - but I actually think they two or three other books as well, on building cars.
Back in the States, most of the first articles were in the magazine Popular Mechanics type, with Rod personalized crowd Here Sá small special booklet published by the National Research Bureau, Inc. a CIA front, no doubt, a article in Mechanix Illustrated - it shows a plate-shaped tin together Scalextric beginning being permanently set up on a map, with an electromechanical tachometer also being added.
Ray Hoy was one of the most active promoters writers buildings from about 1963, and eventually became editor of the scientific model and car model car track also, I think it was a professional photographer, but was as entrepreneurship, like any self-respecting American, and founded Rayline, publish how-to books, and trying to start a company to catalog the books Rayline were systematically pushed by two of these magazines so there should be plenty around, but I had some trouble getting it they came in two different versions also typed and stapled to more professional printed book, about 20 pages - no date of publication, but probably about 1965-1967.
Speaking of MSC MC T, here's their house cartoonist, Juan, with Quips track, published in 1966 by Publishing House Hobby California Inc. With a sample of humor period - greatly influenced by VIPs and other cartoonists of this I would very macho age.
A little booklet rather strange, published by the Plymouth division of Chrysler, in combination with an uncredited Strombecker, to promote the new Barracuda so about 1967 If you can not read the title, he said stocks Slots They're Both Large the kind of thing I would probably never have found without eBay, I must admit.
I'm a bit in chronological order, but here's a series of small books published by Hobby Industry of America HIAA, the ABCs of racing car model, to introduce cars under and RC races public publication Director is Barbara del Rosario, Elmsford Raceway, and the intro is by her husband Luis, a slot pioneer of the race in the States He went through at least four editions, from late 70s I think, and that was to be distributed to people interested in hobby stores and racing centers to spread the word.
Since I'm in booklet mode, here are some first British publications, from 1967, the Confidential Crafts series, model, with a chapter on car models, for most locations, including scratchbuilding and make your own Then track the project Club Making model cars, our old friend DJ Laidlaw-Dickson, published by Wolfe for the dairy industry do not see a connection you I t It has a good 30 pages on slots, including even a anglewinder chassis, and views of the club and the commercial tracks Had a hard time finding it for some reason.
Let brochures and enter a heavy literature from 1962 with Warring HR, English well-known author on many topics of hobbies, especially the engines of all types that made the review section engine in model maker, gas and electric - hmmm, sounds like stoves, never mind a chapter on rail-road cars, which is actually covered and rail slot, but in 1962 would indicate that he was a bit late especially since all commercial track systems that are listed below.
Back to States that Manuel Aircraft model cars and boats, a project of winter Law from 1965 ARCO it says on the cover, publishes authoritative books that educate, guide, inspire, entertain , increase knowledge in many areas of public service, business, sports and leisure.
And as Mike Z showed earlier, there were unexpected cardboard versions of some of the brochures or magazine-style publications, as racing model Buyers Guide, Fall-Winter 1966 actually just the magazine in an affair, probably for the library.
In England for most of the rest of them, and we jump next few years, to 1970, and our old friend Vic Smeed who took to DJLD Model Maker About a chapter of 20 pages about cars as and four pages of car and track illustrations, no pictures of money was tight in 1970 and the net carrying cost 16s, whatever that means - not quite right book.
A large torque, almost coffee table style books on Cars model, Guy 1976 Williams book, and Vic Smeed book published in 1980 and includes a chapter on the development of slot logic race by Ian Fisher and Jensen it is very up to date.
Among those was an American publication in 1979 by the Consumer Guide It was a fairly widespread, cheap book, in both hardback and paperback book with a chapter of seven pages on the slot car racing .
1981 was a pretty big year for whatever reason, with these three publications Usborne guide, an illustrated color booklet large type of publication, with six pages on the slot and the race without slot; Scale models of cars of Richard Knudson, published in Minnesota with four pages on slot racing and R C; Gerald Scarborough and the book must be English with a ten-page chapter on slots, mostly of the variety club.
To close this chapter, the HO cars and the UK a little weird to think that weren t more books on HO races, given the popularity was, especially in the States, but they'll catch up lost time later in a publication WFP, 1982 by Geoff Preston.
Hope you do not mind if I t takes you back to the literary world, this time the Netherlands and in Germany - then Italy and Spain and return to the US and latest British pounds.
Elsevier is best known as an editor, but in 1965 when I got my Roman numerals right, they published this little pocket book, which I think means Miniature Roadways - Racing in the House - perhaps our Dutch friends can help here it seems to be mostly about HO cars, especially Faller, but also mentions Minic and Jouef, and a little bit of Carrera More landscaping as shopping, based on a quick shot of eye.
Then a step forward to 1996 and a photocopy published self in a spiral binding book by Bert van der Zee, the collection Jouef - the Dutch are crazy Jouef.
Germany seems to be the most prolific country for slot car books outside the Anglo-Saxon axis, although Spain may be catching up fast There were at least a few books of the 60s, more than in most of the country first, from 1966, a translation and adaptation of the book Vic Smeed, Erich H Heimann.
M. Heimann also seems to have written his own book, called Build-Race-Win, but I have a copy and it has not a date about Chuck, so a better image and the details would be welcome.
Then there seems to be a pretty big difference, as everywhere, until 1993, and catalog model cars, with some slots there, and the marks are not limited to Germany or a several paragraphs on each brand.
Barely two years later is a book about the German manufacturer HO Faller, and AMS - Auto Motor Sport - Online He says the great book of the AMS, but it is still a paperbook, slightly larger that a paperback edition.
I put it here because I think it was around the same time, but there is no date I can find on this book self-published probably about Marklin Sprint, by Ch Rothenbacher Temmenhausen.
In 1998, Mr. R Diger Marx published this catalog Stabo Cars is a Sammler - unless it was Walt Disney, because one of Frontpiece pages talking about Micky Maus - perhaps our German friends could enlighten me.
Then we get into the heavy stuff Carrera in 1998 by Henry Smits-Bode This one price, of course DM.
A year later, it was the battle of Carrera as Bernard Eisbach published The Carrera Buch - all systems - all kinds - all prototypes - and the market price as well.
AMS feller is back to the turn of the century, 2000, and the car HIT.
In 2001, Mr. Smits-Bode a version of its manual Carrera book on lines 132 and Universal Transpo.
Then there was a series of books called 2004-05 Ferdis Garage, by Ferdinand Schm kel - here are Volumes 1 3, not sure other unreleased.
The last contribution to date by our German friends, Mr. Schm Kel again from 2007.
Sure it is a 1978 Surtees TS20 does not know the driver From the Aurora AFX British F1 series.
It is perhaps Jean-Pierre Jaussard Claude Bourgoigne Ray Mallock or Philip Bulman best estimate is Jaussard.
In the original photo, it seems that the car is shown race at Brands Hatch If that is the case, the drivers might be Philip Gordon Bulman or Smiley.
Not much I fear Italy, so I expanded the types of limits and if one of our Italian friends, or others, have something to add, fire away Griddly.
First, from July 1966, the comprehensive guide to SLOT Racing by AUTOMODELLI, which was a period of review, I think it's something like the Model Manual For, with reviews of what was available at the time, but also articles on hopups engine, etc. another copy, but a good one this time, an Italian friend.
Moving forward nearly 40 years, to 2003, and here slotcars Made in Europe from 1930 to 1980, by the leading experts of old toys Dr. Paolo Rampini It's published by his own company, which may explain the list price a little outrageous to 72 - but it is often available at a price, because obviously he didn t sell at this price too an excellent resource on some of the more obscure brands, especially Italian course but a curious beast lot of filler materials such as catalog pages readily available from companies like Strombecker and Revell, a list of clear plastic body of the United Kingdom, etc. as usual, no frame shots, except by chance, and while the preface is translated in English, none of the important things is M. Rampini is a bit extreme Let me cite the case of the preface since about 1965 under cars were considered only toys for children, there was even printed books to teach children all the ways a model car could be destroyed by cutting and modifying I do not know what kind childhood he had, but he obviously didn t involve playing.
Between, there were some curious case first a sort of catalog brochure company Polistil, hardbound This is the 1974 version and I also 1978, but do not know how long they have them there pictures of beautiful color of all their lines toys, including Polistil Policar, and cars to under Dromocar, and also a company profile and their business philosophy.
And here is another 1974 Autohobby by Marco Bossi This is really more of an antique toy book, with all the beautiful cars of toys made by Bing, EHD, and other classic toy makers, but I included an enticing illustration of a catalog in 1900 in France, I'm sure Philip appreciate that he said something like the correct direction and continues to drive.
I more or less voluntarily limited my collection of books in Spanish, because in addition to not read the language although I understand a little, especially the French similar parts, modern books are either on rally racing or hopping plastic cars, or that interests me, I think there are at least five or six other contemporary books, in addition to those that I have listed and if there were more before 1999 please let me know.
Let's start with our old friend Kenneth Gee, who wrote your book Model Car Racing in 1965, it was translated into Spanish in 1969 by Diorki It looks like it was updated in 1969, but slot racing in Spain must have been still mainly Scalextric type of race.
The Spanish slot car phenomenon began in the early mid-1990s, and in 1999 a book was published in honor of this, Javier Ribalta, we will see again.
Next was a book on 40 years of Scalextric Spain, Simo Escayola Torn s.
The following year, 2003 Ninco tooted his own horn rightly, in fact, since they started the revolution with a book on their tenth anniversary Ninco 1993-2003 It bilingual in English and Spanish version and although English is better than others, it is still enough Spanglish Co-authors are Javier Ribalta and Muraday Juanma Fernandez, and they make some pretty incredible claims, even considering that its book of business Did you know that when Ninco published the Toyota Celica was the first time in the history of racing slot cars had to compete with the same model by other manufacturers Maybe nobody told them about the 35 Ford GT40 made in years 60 or Ninco introduced the concept of the classic race never heard of Scalextric Bugatti I guess Give yourself a pat on the back guy Whoops, guess they did.
In 2005 Classic Slot celebrated its tenth anniversary in a coffee table book very nice, in a trilingual Spanish, English, German - guess s where most of the collectors are beautiful pictures, the English is the same old stuff, though understandable.
In 2008 came the coffee table book to end all coffee table books very heavy volume on Scalextric, History and Nostalgia 265 pages and heavy enough that the postage of Spain costs about as much as the book it is actually a paean to the boxes and art of all Scalextric box and connected sets sold in Spain and Portugal, not a catalog of what's been produced strictly in Spanish and very beautiful.
Now we return to the United States, and more or less time modern, by this I mean from 1980 But first, a slight transition with two other books.
In 1970, a few years after the second edition of the piping model and Roads, Louis H Hertz was back with the book on building and collecting model cars in only getting a few mentions machines here, but they are in the index, and there are a few pages on the use of clear slot car bodies to build static display models.
Then we jump before 1978 and our old friend Robert Schleicher There are few specific references to SLOT cars here, but many indirect things, and some hardware Ron Klein, who carves quite a number of Russkit cars and AFX and since we will be hearing much more from Bob, I've included his biography and photograph - a very handsome young devil.
business leads had a small revival in the 1980s, and for a while there were two competing magazines, including of course scale Auto Racing News, John Ford, who put this 80 page History of Slot Car Racing - Volume one - the early years Sounds great, except that it was just a bunch of photocopies of articles from the magazine of the 60s, with a summary page of the history of the car in to our own Rocky Prof Russo destiny, and a short afterword by John himself not really dated, but seems to be in 1985 or 1986.
Two years later, former rival John Ford in the biz mag, Teresa Anderson, Slot editor Car Enthusiast, put this car tracks subdirectory, products and services 1987 its didn t latest magazine 20 questions, and not sure there was another edition of this directory, which was in a real paperback.
It has been more than a decade before the next book for the large scales, and opportunely came down like ebay soil and vintage slot racing scene has been increasingly known 95 pages on the classic World Vintage Slot Car by PdL TRSF TSR - Philip Lespinay with a little help from yours truly.
In 2002, another oldtimer made his contribution, an autobiography of 75 pages, with a big emphasis on slot racing by Ray Gardner, who was an important figure in the sport of the 60s, I knew him as president TOA - Track owners of America - where he was incredibly dynamic and hard work This is really a view from the trenches, someone who was both personally and professionally involved.
And this brings us to Robert Scheicher, who turned a book every 2 or 3 years from the beginning of the century, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, and its magazine Model Car Racing often the basis of these books Despite quelques- some of these titles, especially the first, there is almost nothing on the 60 in here - Robert is looking and Resolutely forward doesn t want to wallow in the past - unfortunately for us Hi Bob.
Now it doesn t really seem much on some 30 odd years, especially with renewed respect in the hobby, and many books that come out in England, but this is not the whole story - in fact, there were some other books published in the States, but they were all about HO which makes sense, since it was and I think it is still the largest market - something we great guys sometimes tend to scale so forget I'll be covering the scene HO book in the next episode.
PS Ron turns out that I was the publication in 1980 after all - that's what happens when you have a thousand mags and books - you tend to forget what you have and Gary, thank you to remember things Rayline, I forgot that too, and really appreciated your help now you see why everything I was on paper.
Not so sure because Jaussaud always wore a red helmet light of day, in fact, the same color as the STP cars.
But everything is possible because he and another French guy, Claude Bourgoignie, ran in the Aurora series.
I posted this before, but someone decided to modify my previous post for me.
I deleted your link because it goes to the same image you posted There are a few more pictures of what looks like a vintage race, but I lacked strength in the discussion, I assume you want the name in the URL to appear Sorry.
Knowing you as I do, he never crossed my mind that you need to prove your claim on the helmets group being Jaussaud s.
I posted this before, but someone decided to modify my previous post for me.
The car shown in the ad Aurora is No. 22, while the car is Jassaud No. 23 I think Phillipe can be in the pilot was Claude Bourgoignie, although Philip Bulman ran a TS20 in various races, including 1979 race of Champions at Brands Hatch.
The book was commissioned by SARN John as a return for his series 5 from the magazine, then it came out of a strange conversation to follow JimHTs He and John was promoting the mag, his wife was there to run the race the Texas series, and I was talking to him about types of races that didn t involve wings and G7 He said, only the slow guys run this stuff, who cares.
Then he approached me with OK, you aren t slow, tell me about old races and types of slower cars and asked me to make the items.
Ironically, I had the same conversation with Bob while working on one of the above books by him that we were working on a project for wargame Kalmbach, and he could not understand how someone who has done January 32 pure large scale pure models with his club could make those stupid wing cars to commercial track.
Don, you and I love these cars and others But outside the United States, I receive a lot about people who insist that only a narrow niche is the way for the race to Bob contraptions are just Grin Think to all the fun they missed.
The car shown in the ad Aurora is No. 22, while the car is Jassaud No. 23 I think Phillipe can be in the pilot was Claude Bourgoignie, although Philip Bulman ran a TS20 in various races, including 1979 race of Champions at Brands Hatch.
In fact, Rod, I think we're both wrong, as the number of cars in the original image was 52.
And my sincere apologies to PdL, as I pursued the wrong car.
Helmet, it seems like Claude Bourgoignie in the original image, I still can not find 52 good.
Aurora AFX Zolder F1 1979 - Claude Bourgoignie Surtees TS20-Cosworth picture of ICI nabbed.
Don, you and I love these cars and others But outside the United States, I receive a lot about people who insist that only a narrow niche is the way to the race.
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