The Roedale Slot Car Club have been attending Modelworld since 1978 demonstrating our sport and providing the opportunity for the public to try slot racing first hand. During this time we estimate that over a million people have seen our sport, and in excess of 25,000 have driven the on the track itself.

The first show in 1978, held in the newly built Brighton Centre and titled the Brighton Model Railway Show, ran for four full days over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend. At that time we didn't have our own portable track, but the old Reading Club did and it had been planned to hold an Area Round on their portable.

No suitable venue had been found for this, however, so we borrowed their track for the show and, on the Sunday, ran the only Area Round ever viewed by the general public.

Billed as 'A qualifying round for the British National Slot Racing Championships', it was an outstanding success in its own right and probably the only time the winner of an Area Round final has been cheered by a crowd of several hundred!

As a result of that successful weekend, we promptly built our own portable track, seen here at an early outing in Midhurst, and have subsequently displayed it every year at what is now known as Brighton Model World - this being the 27th consecutive year!

After some 25 years, our old portable track finally became more or less worn out and a replacement was needed. The simple design that had been so successful was retained and the expertise within the Club was used to good effect to build the new track seen here.

Modelworld 2005 will see the debut of our new portable track, faster and smoother than its predecessor, but intentionally still easy to drive to allow newcomers to enjoy a competitive race after a short practice session.

The Show itself has changed from being essentially just a model railway show to one of the biggest and best model and hobby shows in the UK and we hope to see you at this years Modelworld from Friday February 18th to Sunday February 20th.

Futher details are available on the Modelworld web site.