Paulali Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 can you get borers for the salextric C8205,I see loads of borders for half straights but not the full straights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcote Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Yes, just the C8223 half straight borders are the full width. There are the C8233 lead-in / lead-out straight borders too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulali Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 thankyou woodcote,im going to show my ignorance again here,i have 15 straights,so if C8223 are for half straights i need to get 30 of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulali Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 found the answer ,yes the C8223 are 175 mm in length,still odd why they dont do them for the full straights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcote Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I don't think they've ever been full-straight borders for Scalextric. Even the old 1960s green rubber borders were half straight length. It's probably because borders are mostly used on the corners and then for a short stretch of straight until the car gets nicely lined up again. That's what the longer in / out straight borders are designed for. Most people leave their straights border-less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorp Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 gee whiz how are you going to know if you are driving to close to edge of straight roadmaybe we need those noise makers on sides when we become distractedin future expect to see driverless toys too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulali Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 I don't think they've ever been full-straight borders for Scalextric. Even the old 1960s green rubber borders were half straight length. It's probably because borders are mostly used on the corners and then for a short stretch of straight until the car gets nicely lined up again. That's what the longer in / out straight borders are designed for. Most people leave their straights border-less.I just wanted to carry the border theme right round the layout but yes you are spot on thst they sre only needed for corners woodcote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulali Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 gee whiz how are you going to know if you are driving to close to edge of straight roadmaybe we need those noise makers on sides when we become distractedin future expect to see driverless toys tooMy arent you a really happy chap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulali Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 I don't think they've ever been full-straight borders for Scalextric. Even the old 1960s green rubber borders were half straight length. It's probably because borders are mostly used on the corners and then for a short stretch of straight until the car gets nicely lined up again. That's what the longer in / out straight borders are designed for. Most people leave their straights border-less.I just wanted to carry the border theme right round the layout but yes you are spot on that they are only needed for corners woodcote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorp Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 humor for woodcote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTLMRP Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 How much width is added to the track when this type border is added?How wide is this border section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy P. Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I measuered them last night: 6.3 cm wide, so 12.6 cm added width in total if added to both sides.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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