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17 Nov

Lets See Your Hobby

Show off your hobby videos to the world. HobbyZip continues its pace as the place to watch and share hobby fun. Come over to watch a clip or create an account and upload your hard work. Here are a few of the recent featured video uploads:

07 May

RCSLOT Launches HobbyZip Hobby Videos

After much awaited anticipation, RCSLOT is happy to announce the launch of our new website:
HobbyZip.com – Hobby Videos
We need your help to grow the HobbyZip community. Upload a video today and share it with friends, clubs, racers, pilots, and more.
HobbyZip has been created to become the ultimate source for Hobby Videos. From R/C racing, [...]

20 Jul

Athearn’s New Athearn Ready To Roll Product Line

Carson, CA – Athearn Trains is pleased to announce that it has purchased tooling for twelve different HO truck trailers from A-Line.  The trailers will be part of the Athearn Ready To Roll® line of products.
“These models will give the Athearn® RTR vehicle line the widest variety of HO truck trailers in the market,” stated [...]

26 Jun

Lionel Nascar Train Set at the RCSLOT Shop

We’ve setup a Lionel Nascar Train Set to help show customers and those interested in getting into the hobby what a train set is and how it works.  The lights, sounds, and realism are really something.  Here’s a few pictures and video of our demo train set:
 

 

 

 
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NASCAR READY-TO-RUN TRAIN SET. MODEL 7-11004.
The thrill of NASCAR, [...]

22 Jun

RCSLOT is now a Lionel Trains Authorized Value Added Dealer

 

 
Lionel Past & Present
The history of Lionel is more than a history of a product or a company. It’s the joyful experience that brings smiles to faces, brings people together, facilitates quality family interaction, and helps kids learn and develop. While the products are beautiful to look at and built to last for generations, the [...]

07 Jun

Members Post Pictures Of Your Tricked Out RC Vehicles

Feel free to show off your RC Truck, RC Car, RC Boat, RC Heli, RC Airplane, Model Train Layout or Slot Cars here on the blog. Post pictures of your tricked out T-Maxx like the one you see here, post pics of your hopped up RC Gas Boat or whatever else you may have. What better way [...]

30 May

M.T.H. Electric Trains Show Schedule

M.T.H. Show Schedule for the Week of May 28, 2007

May 30, 2007 – M.T.H. Electric Trains will be attending the Big Train Show in Ontario, California Saturday and Sunday, June 2 & 3 at the Ontario Convention Center.
The just released 2007 RailKing One Gauge catalog will also be available for attendees. Large scale fans in the [...]

25 Apr

Model Train Scale Explained

Typical Model Railroad Scales: (largest to smallest)
1:12 Large Scale
1:13.7 7/8 inch scale
1:20.3 G, Three-Foot Gauge on Gauge 1 Track
1:22.5 LGB and Bachman
1:24 Half scale
1:29 Aristo-Craft, USA Trains, standard gauge on #1 gauge
1:32 I scale
1:48 O scale
1:64 S scale
1:87.1 HO scale
1:120 TT scale
1:160 N scale
1:220 Z scale
Checkout Model Trains to see what hobby and model train parts RCSLOT has [...]

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