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Sitting down this morning with my favorite Kona Coffee from Hawaii, taking a look at my Scalextric McLaren F1 GTR. 
Just got it yesterday And am pleased at the appearance and beauty of this model! BUT . . . when I opened it and removed it from the display case there was a residue one all 4 areas where the tires met the surface! Touched it and of course smelled it! And it smelled like grease! So now I am curious as to why there is so much grease on the surface, so I get out my handy dandy Craftsman professional 1X4 screwdriver. Removed the body and OMG grease every where! Tires had a light coat of grease on them the body posts where the body meets the chassis, front axle posts coated, so naturally I twisted the front wheels and they had no resistance and spun on the axle! Light coat of grease on the entire inside of the chassis. I am worried about the coating of grease on the body posts as we all know that petroleum based oils grease plays havoc on plastics! Now comes the best part ... you guessed it the entire rear axle portion has more grease than the front, I am assuming it is for the gear mesh? Oily substance on the rear wheels and the only body post in the rear. Enough of my rant she may get a couple of laps and then put on display.
My question is WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO QUALITY CONTROL??????
See the rectangle spot between the bursts of light? Front wheel and all the others had the same thing!
Just got it yesterday And am pleased at the appearance and beauty of this model! BUT . . . when I opened it and removed it from the display case there was a residue one all 4 areas where the tires met the surface! Touched it and of course smelled it! And it smelled like grease! So now I am curious as to why there is so much grease on the surface, so I get out my handy dandy Craftsman professional 1X4 screwdriver. Removed the body and OMG grease every where! Tires had a light coat of grease on them the body posts where the body meets the chassis, front axle posts coated, so naturally I twisted the front wheels and they had no resistance and spun on the axle! Light coat of grease on the entire inside of the chassis. I am worried about the coating of grease on the body posts as we all know that petroleum based oils grease plays havoc on plastics! Now comes the best part ... you guessed it the entire rear axle portion has more grease than the front, I am assuming it is for the gear mesh? Oily substance on the rear wheels and the only body post in the rear. Enough of my rant she may get a couple of laps and then put on display.
My question is WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO QUALITY CONTROL??????
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