Scalextrics...

[Cobra_GT500]

Any one here into Scalextrics? I am it's a fun hobby racing around a track with my ford LM gt 1969 mo del and ferarri p340 race car. Also have a peugot 908 hdi fap. I'm looking to build a track with scenery and what not one day. I would consider going to competitions. Sometimes I run endurance races and short sprints. I'm also looking to expand my collection of scalextric car.

 

[ItGivesYouWings]

Yep. Not quite a collection but I have an SCX Tuning set, the PITBOX set and an Aston Martin DBR-9 Team Modena with its rear wing broken.

 

[W3H5]

@axletramp is the guy you should speak to about Scalextrics. He was big into it.

 

[axletramp]

@axletramp is the guy you should speak to about Scalextrics. He was big into it.

Haha, not for quite a few years, although I have bought some beautiful handmade stuff recently.

Yup, 1980 Scalextric UK National Bronze Medalist. Still whip it out now and again to impress the ladies!

@Cobra_GT500 Do you ever club race or is this purely a hobby you do at home?

 

[Danny]

Any one here into Scalextrics?

I used to have a fine collection between the ages of 4 and 15. 👍

I was more interested in collecting the cars I liked than racing them though. I didn't have the patience required to clip everything together into a coherent shape somewhat resembling a track.

This was always my favourite.

 

[axletramp]

Pah! Magnatraction is for wimps! Building your own 1:32 scales cars with bespoke aluminium chassis, tyres you've sanded down to a lower profile with your own sore and bleeding hands, winding your own electric motor armatures with thicker (but perfectly legal ) copper wire and building exact scale replicas of real world circuits - that's what proper red-blooded fans do!

 

[W3H5]

Fanboy alert.

 

[Danny]

Magnatraction is for wimps!

But things have changed since you were a young lad, Steve. Printed type, for instance.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Love the stuff

 

[Cobra_GT500]

Haha, not for quite a few years, although I have bought some beautiful handmade stuff recently.

Yup, 1980 Scalextric UK National Bronze Medalist. Still whip it out now and again to impress the ladies!

@Cobra_GT500 Do you ever club race or is this purely a hobby you do at home?

It's just a hobby I do at home. I would like to race in clubs though would be cool. I'm trying to collect some limited edition cars as well but only the ones I like . I really want an ston Marin db9 scalextrics but can't find one.

 

[axletramp]

DB9 or DB9R? Ebay has some of the latter.

If it's a road version, then you might get lucky and find a 1:32 model kit and adapt a chassis to fit it. That's what they do/did at clubs.

 

[Cobra_GT500]

I've been looking at the Aston Martin DBR9 Gulf (C) C2960. It looks sick i should check to see if my local hobby shop has one if not ill buy it online.

 

[noshog]

I built this in my last house, had it so I could fold up against the wall. Unfortunately I had to shift house and don't really have room for it any more, but it's in safe storage ready to be set up again when I have room. Started collecting quite a few F1 cars but don't have any pictures.
Was mainly just for fun with friends but a couple of us entered a proper endurance race once, was a lot of fun, we did alright considering it was our first competitive race.

IMG_20131002_173906 by noshog, on Flickr

 

[Bo]

Maybe change the title to Slot Cars, just as a general category?

Anyway, mega Scalextric/slot car historian/fanboy here.

 

[Cobra_GT500]

Maybe change the title to Slot Cars, just as a general category?

Anyway, mega Scalextric/slot car historian/fanboy here.

How do I do that?

I was actually thinking of trying to make an f1 course but not sure how to go about it will need to see if I have enough pieces and have enough space to do it .

 

[Bo]

There should be thread tools on the top left.

 

[Robin]

I had a Scalextrics set when I was a kid but then got more into Hornby instead. With the size scalextrics was you could never really build a decent layout but now that they have smaller versions it's more do able.

Still whip it out now and again to impress the ladies!

You get arrested these days for doing that

 

[axletramp]

You get arrested these days for doing that

And I won't stop until I do!

 

[Cano]

I would probably get into it if it wasn't so absolutely freaking stupid expensive over here.

 

[Wiegert]

I used to have a fine collection between the ages of 4 and 15. 👍

I was more interested in collecting the cars I liked than racing them though. I didn't have the patience required to clip everything together into a coherent shape somewhat resembling a track.

This was always my favourite.

Collecting them now wouldn't be a problem if I still had a vested interest in Scalextric, but my dad wasn't one to spend £30+ on each car when they were brand new. I would have been happy just to get Colin McRae's 2001 Focus, really.

All I had at that point was the Porsche GT Super Cup race set with the HP and UPS 911 GT3s. Much fun and gluing-back-on of rear wings was had.

Can't forget the faint smell of ozone the filled the room after each use either.

 

[Bo]

Collecting them now wouldn't be a problem if I still had a vested interest in Scalextric, but my dad wasn't one to spend £30+ on each car when they were brand new. I would have been happy just to get Colin McRae's 2001 Focus, really.

All I had at that point was the Porsche GT Super Cup race set with the HP and UPS 911 GT3s. Much fun and gluing-back-on of rear wings was had.

Can't forget the faint smell of ozone the filled the room after each use either.

Mmmm, cyano is a favourite for slot racers.

 

[RVDNuT374]

I had an HO Scale Aurora/AFX track when I was a kid, but over time the inside rail stopped working correctly even with cleaning, so I ended up throwing it in the garbage. I strangely saved the cars however, but they haven't been used in 10 years, so I don't know what kind of smokeshow to expect if I ever come across another set that isn't insanely overpriced.

 

[Bo]

I had an Aurora/AFX track when I was a kid, but over time the inside rail stopped working correctly even with cleaning, so I ended up throwing it in the garbage. I strangely saved the cars however, but they haven't been used in 10 years, so I don't know what kind of smokeshow to expect if I ever come across another set that isn't insanely overpriced.

Keep HO cars like that, the are worth quite a bit. I have a HO collection i'll post later.

 

[RVDNuT374]

Here's a picture of my cars:

And the extra bodies:

 

[Bo]

I have a HO collection i'll post later.

Meh, better late than never.

 

[Bo]

Now, this will probably be one of those projects I don't follow through on because I'm like that, but I wanted to just put the idea out there.

I have one of these going spare, and simple restoration can be so boring...

So why not put a twist on it, and, err, attempt this?

I need a donor car, my Dremel, and some insanity. I have the third one in bucket fulls, so I'm feeling confident. Not really, I have absolutely no clue where to start and I don't really want to spend any money on it, so we'll see how it turns out.

 

[The Bman]

I remember having slot car sets when I was young. Not the Scalextric brand, just those cheap ones you could buy at any retailer.

Earlier this year I had a resurgent interest in slot car racing. But myself not having much dough in my hands, the prices for quality slot car sets are insane.

 

[xZAMGMarmite]

I still have my Scalextric sets and cars somewhere.

Cars wise I have a 90's Alfa BTCC car [I think, unsure of what touring car series it did], Porsches, NASCAR's, Caterham 7's & 80's F1 cars. Just need to find them though.

 

[Team THRT Drift]

I don't remember exactly which set it was but I had one with two cars.

The red one was an Alfa Romeo 155 BTCC and the Yellow/White was the Opel Astra BTCC IIRC. (Is that what they're called?)

Best years of my childhood.

EDIT

Opel Calibra (Team Joest?)

 

[Bo]

I don't remember exactly which set it was but I had one with two cars.

The red one was an Alfa Romeo 155 BTCC and the Yellow/White was the Opel Astra BTCC IIRC. (Is that what they're called?)

Best years of my childhood.

EDIT

Opel Calibra (Team Joest?)

Are you sure that was a set? I don't remember the Joest Calibra being bundled with anything other than an ITC set...

However, C2006 Vectra:

May have been coupled with the 155.