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I Remember when I came back to the Hobby a few Years ago, I marvelled at the detail and how great the cars from Scalextric were out of the box and thinking how far things had come during a 15 year break.
Eventually I stumped up the cash for some Fly Classics, which were #20 Gulf Porsche 917k and 512 CL (like in the Movie Le Mans) a Lola T70 and a 917 Spyder. All the way home, each time I stopped at the lights I would look at the cars and think how beautiful they were.
Well I got 'em home and put 'em on the track and I was horrified, noisy, notchy things with split rims and dodgy front axles. I couldn't believe how bad they were compared to Scaley models at 1/2 the price. I was so dissapointed that I threw them back in their boxes and swore never to buy another.
Then I found "Home racing World " and an article on how to make Your Fly classic into a Slotcar that ran properly, A few lengths of tube on all the wheel hubs, some new front axles and one or two other basic fly Mods and away they went.
They are now among my most used cars. The only other "must have" mod is a set of Locally (Aussie) made MJK tyres which are a non silicone rubber and work well on plastic and wood.
My 512 CL is a giant killler on all but Ninco track (not really sure why) and I know Rob (aka Gayblade) has a Giant killing Fly Chevron in his box of tricks.
Maybe someone (with more computer skills than I have) can insert a link in this thread back to the HRW fly article for the purpose of those who haven't seen it.