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David87

6,648 posts

211 months

Friday 29th December 2017
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russy01 said:
You sir are a lucky man! We’ve sold an incredible amount of SL5’s this year and I personally think it’s all you ever need. If you have any troubles at all please drop me a message...

Here is the SL5 being tested at Home earlier this year when we received our test ARC PRO base...
Thanks, Russ. Luckily my not-so-subtle Christmas gift hints paid off. hehe Ordered three more cars, plus a bridge and another couple of bits from you yesterday with the eBay 20% code. That's eight GT3 Scalextric cars I have now. biggrin

Have PM'd you.

///ajd

8,964 posts

205 months

Friday 29th December 2017
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wst said:
If I remember right the problem is this bulge (in the red circle)



Worth confirming that's the specific problem, but if it is, it's safe to sand it down. If you're worried you'll go through and hit the crown gear on the axle, you can remove the body (2 screws in front of front axle, 1 screw behind rear axle) and pop the axle out while you work.
Thanks - I had a feeling it might have been related to this - I guess its only <1mm thick so you’ll soon be through to the gear.

Seems most of the track is fine, just a couple of outside 45deg section radius 2? curve pieces.

Great fun, like the Arc air, nice added dimension.

Cars are very delicate mind - on day 1 lost a wing mirror on each (they just snap off with hardly any force when little fingers pick up), and have trashed the rear side diffuser, rear spoiler snapped in two and one of the pick ups split in 2 - all after some high speed offs again by little trigger fingers making car meet skirting board. Superglue beckons. The pick actually snapped as it left the track! Set came with plenty of spares, so it looks like these are sort of sacrificial.

Bought from russy, which was nice. smile

The 911 RSR have nice lights from and rear.

David87

6,648 posts

211 months

Friday 29th December 2017
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Can you not turn the throttle power down with ARC? I’m planning to do this with my three-year-old son to avoid complete and utter destruction of my nice cars. I’ll probably buy him something crap to really abuse, though. biggrin

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

197 months

Friday 29th December 2017
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Has /would anyone consider a few mates round on the Le Mans weekend makes a massive track ideally in the garden if weather permits and run it non stop for the whole 24hrs. Lap counter needed.

wst

3,494 posts

160 months

Saturday 30th December 2017
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Not quite on the weekend itself Welshbeef, but there's an annual Le Mans 24hr in a sports hall in Henley-in-Arden (early April usually - this year it's on the weekend when the cloxks change) which is quite a good challenge. Hourly updates over the PA with The Cure playing, 10 hours raced in the dark, a 98 foot Mulsanne straight... quite a sight to see if you are in the area on the weekend and want to drop in!

kellys hero

544 posts

249 months

Monday 1st January 2018
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This Christmas saw a renaissance with Scalextric, I have a couple of oldish sets 2004 and newer, plus odds and ends from the 80's. For Christmas we decided to look at Scalextric for my 11 years old, he has bought a couple of cars in the past to run my kit.

He is also mad about Muscle cars so straight on to Jadlam and ordered the American Classics set, he was over the moon, Mustang and Camaro (what could be better for him) He has already extended with my stuff and it now occupies the spare room, a couple of extra bits from E bay has also seen more barriers and borders so he has a "street" circuit.

I miss being 11.



He has also had a chance to run the Mini he bought recently..



Which has given me a chance to give the TVR a rare outing..

Skyedriver

17,667 posts

281 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2018
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The detail on modern Scalextric cars is very good, almost to good to race and risk damage
Bought a shed load of extra track a few months ago from Jadlam and set up a permanent layout in the attic. Then 6 new cars for son and I this Christmas. Couple Jadlam the others of the "bay"

as a postscript, one of the models was a second hand Caterham road going car (copy of my own) and it arrived with a headlight lens missing if anyone has one spare. Bought a spare headlight but it's silver and the Caterham ones are clear.

russy01

4,693 posts

180 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Skyedriver said:
The detail on modern Scalextric cars is very good, almost to good to race and risk damage
Bought a shed load of extra track a few months ago from Jadlam and set up a permanent layout in the attic. Then 6 new cars for son and I this Christmas. Couple Jadlam the others of the "bay"

as a postscript, one of the models was a second hand Caterham road going car (copy of my own) and it arrived with a headlight lens missing if anyone has one spare. Bought a spare headlight but it's silver and the Caterham ones are clear.
Ive just had a look in our spares and returns and we currently have no Caterhams to go back. However we sold a lot of the Lee wiggins Caterham over the last couple months, so its only a matter of time until somebody returns one. I'll keep an eye out for you...

ALawson

7,814 posts

250 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Rus what do you do with returns, do some get sold via eBay! Any cosmetically marked cars for sale? The kids will only damage new ones!

russy01

4,693 posts

180 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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ALawson said:
Rus what do you do with returns, do some get sold via eBay! Any cosmetically marked cars for sale? The kids will only damage new ones!
If its new and unused it goes into stock. If its got a problem it gets fixed or goes back to Hornby for replacement or credit. Its kind of funny, for a shop that sells hundreds of cars every day we never have many cars about to play with!

Keep an eye on our Auctions on eBay you can quite often get a bargain. But I am afraid we dont have a pool of cars I can sell off cheap!

RacingPete

8,846 posts

203 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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I decided last year that I would buy my son a car for every birthday, with the number of the car being his age. Last year number 1 was easy but struggling to find a decent number 2 for this year.

Trying to make it themed around iconic cars I grew up with so no.1 was an Audi Quattro. Trying to find either 90s early 00s touring cars or 80/90s rally cars and struggling. Have seen RS200 and Metro 6R4 but both in rallycross guise and rather were straight rally cars.

Anyone got any ideas?

ferrisbueller

29,262 posts

226 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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RacingPete said:
I decided last year that I would buy my son a car for every birthday, with the number of the car being his age. Last year number 1 was easy but struggling to find a decent number 2 for this year.

Trying to make it themed around iconic cars I grew up with so no.1 was an Audi Quattro. Trying to find either 90s early 00s touring cars or 80/90s rally cars and struggling. Have seen RS200 and Metro 6R4 but both in rallycross guise and rather were straight rally cars.

Anyone got any ideas?
Nice Escort Cosworth? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scalextric-Team-Coswort...



Plinth

713 posts

87 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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RacingPete said:
I decided last year that I would buy my son a car for every birthday, with the number of the car being his age. Last year number 1 was easy but struggling to find a decent number 2 for this year.

Trying to make it themed around iconic cars I grew up with so no.1 was an Audi Quattro. Trying to find either 90s early 00s touring cars or 80/90s rally cars and struggling. Have seen RS200 and Metro 6R4 but both in rallycross guise and rather were straight rally cars.

Anyone got any ideas?
I don’t know much about recent Scalextric cars, but these are some of the older models that were issued with number “2” printed on them.

C535 Renault Laguna BTCC (Yellow/blue)
C203 Escort Cosworth Rally (White/blue)
C321 Fiesta XR2i (White/blue)
C579 Ford Mondeo (White “Dagenham Motors”)
C294 Triumph TR7 (Blue)
C427 Porsche 911 Carrera RS (Red)
C559 Porsche 962 Le Mans (Maroon)

wst

3,494 posts

160 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Fly have made a Lancia 037 in the 7-up livery with #2 on the side. They also have made the ETCC BMW 320i with the #2 on it.

They'll be compatible with Scalextric Sport track quite happily, though I think magnet-less the BMW will be inferior due to weight distribution... not that you'll be worrying about driving them around for a few years I bet!

RacingPete

8,846 posts

203 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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ferrisbueller said:
Would like them boxed... and think that is from a set so won’t be - shame, fits the bill.

RacingPete

8,846 posts

203 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Plinth said:
I don’t know much about recent Scalextric cars, but these are some of the older models that were issued with number “2” printed on them.

C535 Renault Laguna BTCC (Yellow/blue)
C203 Escort Cosworth Rally (White/blue)
C321 Fiesta XR2i (White/blue)
C579 Ford Mondeo (White “Dagenham Motors”)
C294 Triumph TR7 (Blue)
C427 Porsche 911 Carrera RS (Red)
C559 Porsche 962 Le Mans (Maroon)
Have found the Renault Laguna on eBay... might put in a cheeky bid. thumbup

russy01

4,693 posts

180 months

Thursday 4th January 2018
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I think your best option of current stock is C3839. Not the world most exciting car, but great value and solid for a young'un to race around!

http://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/scalextric-slot-...


Another plain option - http://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/scalextric-digit...


If you want to be super prepared then here is next years car for you - http://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/scalextric-slot-...


Edited by russy01 on Thursday 4th January 08:47

seiben

2,343 posts

133 months

Thursday 4th January 2018
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RacingPete said:
Have found the Renault Laguna on eBay... might put in a cheeky bid. thumbup
I had one of these as a kid - dusted down the old set with my dad and brother this Christmas and was reminded how good the Laguna is. It sticks like glue compared to the other stuff!

Then we took the body off and ran it as just a chassis - pretty much unstickable hehe

wst

3,494 posts

160 months

Thursday 4th January 2018
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seiben said:
I had one of these as a kid - dusted down the old set with my dad and brother this Christmas and was reminded how good the Laguna is. It sticks like glue compared to the other stuff!

Then we took the body off and ran it as just a chassis - pretty much unstickable hehe
I don't have the reactions or wallet to get "into" racing a heavily magged car. They go like the proverbial off a shovel and you barely need to lift for most corners... but the corners where you do need to lift you've got to get it so perfect... lift too late and you're doing a lepton into scenery, lift too long and you're slow as hell for the next straight... I'll stick (or... not!) to non-mag tongue out

Plinth

713 posts

87 months

Thursday 4th January 2018
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kellys hero said:
I miss being 11.
I am 49 and have recently cobbled together a track in the spare room.
(17.5 x 2.5 feet, track length just under 60 feet)
Made up from a couple of older F1 sets from ebay (very cheap) and some scrap timber and cardboard (free).
Won't win any prizes for quality of construction or modelling skill, but it's a lot of fun.