Talking Utter Slot

Talking Utter Slot

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Talking Utter Slot episodes

  • Clubbing With The Queen

    While Fly's release of a tiny Tom Cruise might be satire, is the model of the late tiny Queen Elizabeth's 911 treason? For one thing, where's the Corgi? Fortunately, Scott has a solution.


    Nick, fresh back from the Wye Valley Club slot rally in Abergavenny, reports on how the bargain bucket Scalextric Subarus got on and asserts, quite assertively, that a NSR Porsche 911 is not a rally car no matter how many co-drivers you add to it.


    There's also talk of Super Bonkers Skinny Motors, Tungsten putty and overheated tyres, all news to Scott who probably should het out more.

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    43 min
  • The Search For The Green Morgan
    All great quests start somewhere and The Search For The Green Morgan is no different: it starts today. Not to be left out, Nick's quest to repaint as many Scalextric Subraus as he can find on eBay continues despite, checks notes, 'rampant profiteering' by the spray paint makers. Elsewhere there is discussion on the merits of a pig-whale hybrid: unwelcome as a slot car (think Porsche liveries) but could produce epic bacon rashers if such a Chimera were ever achieved in reality.

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    44 min
  • Cogs & Comlications

    Family links mean Nick is uniquely excited about the upcoming Avant Slot Mitsubishi Galant BTCC car, sparking hopes for a renaissance of Supertouring slot cars.


    There's talk of racing Citroën Méhari, hopes for a dinosaur liveried Porsche and curiosity about just how many cogs are under the new Scalextric Land Rover. Meanwhile, in the Ford Puma WRC match, Spain are 2-0 up.

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    52 min
  • … and then there were three.

    Posing the questions other slot car shows shy away from, we ask this week's guest, Tom Howard, world rally reporter at Autosport magazine: "Have you got axel mankers?"


    Nick has discovered how affordable old Scalextric Subarus are and has embarked on a mission to relivery as many as possible: where there's a decal, there's a way. Meanwhile, Scott is still digging out old rally cars, this week a classic Fly 911s and a Team Slot Lancia.


    There's also debate as to the merits of brown bar magnet cars, speculation on which Ford puma WRC will be better now that Scalextric UK has finally released its version, and simple jealously that the new Holden is already out in Australia.


    Mank on!


    You can find Tom's slot car video on his XS/Twitter account : https://twitter.com/TommyHoward

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    48 min
  • Look Who's Talking Now

    Dave Kennedy: he's King of the slot car news and for once he's the one answering the questions. The answers are revealing and may surprise you. We talk about working for slot car companies, what's good and what's bad, we talk about the expansion in slot car media and we learn what slot car Dave would put into production if he ran a slot car company.


    Dave's popular Slot Car News channel can be found on YouTube; just search for 'Slot Car News'..

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    59 min
  • Cops & Robbers

    Are we paying too much for our toy cars? Is £250 daylight robbery or is the new Avant Slot Mercedes double set actually a bargain?


    Nick's getting more bang(ers) for his buck by kit-bashing re-released snap-fit models to bolster his TV Cop Shows fleet. With so much focus on law enforcement, Scott confesses to arson, or at least very unwise pyromania with classic Scalextric boxes. There's also a great joke which involves reference to the 1980 hit single, Fade To Grey.

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    48 min
  • Conversation About Collecting - Part 2
    The second part of the conversation with Gareth about his large slot car collection. In this section we discuss the practicalities and challenges of selling a collection.

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    33 min
  • Conversation About Collecting - Part 1

    Like many of us, Gareth started playing with and then collecting slot cars. A lot of slot cars. So many he didn't know the exact number. Then it lost its magic and he sold them.


    This two-part conversation covers both sides: the fun involved in building up a collection and then, in part 2, doing the unthinkable - selling them.

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    35 min
  • Bust In Monte Carlo
    You say Mona-co, I say Mon-ah-co. Either way it's all Monte Carlo and Nick's hotel minibar is expensive, as are the latest amazing creations announced by Hobby Classic and Modelant. There's accusations of shaved chassis, bemusement at half-painted models from Fly and, in a public service for those who love us, suggestion of what we might like to find in our Christmas stockings. Yes, it's nearly that time. Colour of the week is green as Scott takes delivery of the latest from Carrera and Scalextric while Nick's been beheading Beatles. It will all make sense when you listen.

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    46 min
  • Brown Cars Matter

    Brown slot cars aren't as rare as you think, if indeed you ever think about such things at all. We do.


    We're also wondering if the driver of the new Scalextric Lotus Esprit is carrying a few extra grams?


    Looking for a quest? Try finding John Lennon's old Mini, just watch out for the rival gangs of Mini and Beatles fans also on its trail. If there's ever another Indiana Jones movie...


    Meanwhile, Nick's started a Miami Vice themed slot car collection. Cue the synth music.


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    46 min

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Grown men playing with slot cars is much more fun if you don't take it too seriously. Be it Scalextric or Carrera, NSR or Slot.it, or even old Ninco and Fly, there's fun to be had with all of them…