Slot.IT Silk Cut Jag! Its HERE!!

[Phirewriter]

Just got the new Silk Cut XJR9 in and found that they have decals covering the Silk Cut sponsorship. After some of the problems with the Rothmanns Porsches I decided to open some and remove the decals to see what would happen. Good News! The decals came off with no problems or damage to the tampo printing. I used scotch tape, lightly burnished to the surface and pulled straight up, everything came off with just a few applications of tape. The decals are located on the nose, wing and on the sides of the car, the photo shows the before and after the decal removal.



I removed the decals from 5 cars (per customers request) and all had zero problems.

Mike @ Pastimes Hobby Shop

[john d]

That is good news! Thanks also for the before and after pictures.

[racejoe]

Mine is en route!!

[ElSecundo]

Ugly, ugly, ugly. I'll take two, please!

[MG Brown]

Mike- you may want to check the purple square above the front wheels... that should say "Silk Cut" also.

[Phirewriter]

Thanks MG, They are indeed there and cover up with the purple square of decal material (which came off easily too)

Mike @ Pastimes

[SpeedRacer]

Thought you guys would get a kick out of seeing what came in today!
The new Slot.IT Silk Cut Jag!
Pictured here with the original SCX Silk Cut and a Scaley Castrol.

[Bonez]

Has anyone tried to peel away the stripe stickers to reveal the Silk Cut livery? If so, was it difficult? Any advice?

Thanks.
Bonez

[SpeedRacer]

Nope...
They just showed up today. Not too interested in messing it up yet...

[ElSecundo]

Just picked up a pair yesterday. Wow -- totally worth the wait.

[racejoe]

Originally Posted by Bonez

Has anyone tried to peel away the stripe stickers to reveal the Silk Cut livery? If so, was it difficult? Any advice?

Thanks.
Bonez

Just the stuff at the top of this thread.

[Citizen Chicane]

Why is "Silk Cut" covered up?

[Wet Coast Racer]

Because it's the name of a cigarette brand, and slot cars are intended for youngsters. Go figure.

[Citizen Chicane]

Oh, yeah, youngsters.

I took my Ninco master track over to a friends house last weekend and set it up and let his kids race on it while we watched the Ohio State football game. Judging by the land speed records they were trying set I surmised that no child would ever get within ten yards of my Slot-It cars.

[bartbrn]

Anyone else having a problem with the XJR9 front axle rubbing on the body post? The first 2 I've opened have had this problem, though none of the Castrol-liveried ones seem to have been affected, oddly enough.

The "non-tobacco" decals over the Silk Cut markings are done much better than the original 2000 of the Rothmans 956 sets -- the "real" markings are clear-coated, THEN the phony-baloney markings are filmed over. The trick is to cover as much of the "phoney-baloney" markings with one piece of 3M transparent tape as possible, burnish the tape COMPLETELY (very much like doing letra-set dry-transfer lettering or decals), but with a fairly light hand -- you DON'T have to bear down on it with a ham fist -- then quickly strip the 3M tape away. In most cases, the entire over-film will come off in one piece. If it doesn't, just re-burnish the remaining film with a clean piece of tape, or pick out the stray pieces with a fairly soft tool -- a toothpick frayed at the end, or a paper-stick Q-Tip broken off. If you use anything sharp, like an X-Acto blade, you stand an excellent chance of buggering the real markings.

Bart