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I'd go for the Boxsters, available for around £10 or so on Fleabay. I use my 2 sets for TIPEC club nights several times of the year & despite them spending half their time on the floor they are so far undamaged after 3 years.
Your cars will be fixable, find a Scalextric dealer in your area & get the bits, the spares are cheap.
Your cars will be fixable, find a Scalextric dealer in your area & get the bits, the spares are cheap.
The Boxsters and the Audi TTs are both 'Durable' so theyll both take a lot of stick. I acquired some new Scalextric cars recently and even though theyre now made in China, theyre a bit too smart to spoil racing.
Id suggest getting a pair 360 spin Nissan 350Zs. Theyre currently being cleared out at £20 - £25 a pair and youll have hours of fun with them. The only thing better than a pair of the newer 360 cars (theres a few different types) would be a pair of the original 1980 Mini banger racers (Mad Hatter and Mini Ha Ha for an eBay seach).: Id suggest going for new boxed ones if you can find them though... If you get these youll need track corner borders so that the utside lane car can spin around too.
Id suggest getting a pair 360 spin Nissan 350Zs. Theyre currently being cleared out at £20 - £25 a pair and youll have hours of fun with them. The only thing better than a pair of the newer 360 cars (theres a few different types) would be a pair of the original 1980 Mini banger racers (Mad Hatter and Mini Ha Ha for an eBay seach).: Id suggest going for new boxed ones if you can find them though... If you get these youll need track corner borders so that the utside lane car can spin around too.
Anything from the 'Super Resistant' range will give you hours of fun racing, withouth the worry of knocking bits off.
Available are the Boxster and TT already mentioned, as well as a Gallardo, F430 and Porsche GT3. For some silly fun, you could also try either the Minis or the Fiat 500s. Both are quick, but road holding is slightly trickier due to skinny wheels and high c of g - makes for some fun racing and quite good to hone your skills with.
Available are the Boxster and TT already mentioned, as well as a Gallardo, F430 and Porsche GT3. For some silly fun, you could also try either the Minis or the Fiat 500s. Both are quick, but road holding is slightly trickier due to skinny wheels and high c of g - makes for some fun racing and quite good to hone your skills with.
GC8 said:
For real skill you need pre-Magnatraction; with Minis being the ultimate test of skill...
Or the 1990's Lemans Porshce...magnets that did nothing but ,with long enough bodies to block the entire width of track! true skill in sliding one of those around a track
Simple but dammit one of these survived being thrown out a 3rd floor window and worked once pulled out of the mothers rockery!
Edited by Oily Nails on Tuesday 2nd June 21:01
It's the Digital one and they go for £38 delivered on Ebay. It's immaculate
Ebay Linky
and hastily taken pics on my iphone:
As you can see it comes in the original box and the car has all the mirrors and aerials still intact. I have a load of track including digital bits so if you're after anything in particular then I'll see if I've got it.
How about £25 delivered?
Ebay Linky
and hastily taken pics on my iphone:
As you can see it comes in the original box and the car has all the mirrors and aerials still intact. I have a load of track including digital bits so if you're after anything in particular then I'll see if I've got it.
How about £25 delivered?
I've just bought a Sport set, the rally pro one 
, but thought about a digital and was told by my brother-in-law (who runs an online model shop) that the digital is just too fancy if your just the amateur racer.
So I bought the sport and pan on getting some more cars and track to maybe's make a Le Sarthe look alike
, but thought about a digital and was told by my brother-in-law (who runs an online model shop) that the digital is just too fancy if your just the amateur racer.So I bought the sport and pan on getting some more cars and track to maybe's make a Le Sarthe look alike
I put this up in my living room from time to time:
British Slot Car Racing Association Nationals Track at the World Championships, MK, 2008
British Slot Car Racing Association Nationals Track at the World Championships, MK, 2008
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