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Hello All,
Here are some photos from my little winter rally layout [ 76 x 183 ] cm
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Hello Everyone,
Kids want play value and volume sales from that side fund the needs of the older hobbyist. The kids I know want some flexible track as they have for their lego trains. I also would get some for my offroad visions of a 'rough and undulating' road.
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Hi Richard,
I am no expert but all I have seen basically says soaking in hydrogen peroxide in strong sunlight over several hours (days) will help get the white back BUT there is a strong chance the decals will not survive....
Thank you for the advice. The part about the decals being lost is scary. So I will live with the off-white. sweat_smile
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Hello All, and a happy new year,
I have noticed that over time my white Scalextric cars turn Berge. Perhaps it's the aging of the clear coat. Is there anything that can be done to restore the white areas while preserving the "decals"?
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Hi Everyone,
Here is what I did. I opened my Arc Air unit and found the two leads that feed track 2 [green] and routed them through a double-throw switch. That way both leads are isolated from track 2 when the switch is off and track 2 is fully powered again when the switch is on.
I drilled a small hole in the side of my Arc Air to mount the switch. With the switch off [ lane 2 isolated] and the Arc Air app set up for one driver, Rally tracks are possible! [no short circuit error]
With the switch on you are back to the normal Arc Air un.
See the photos below of my little 76 x 184 cm [30 x 72-inch] rally circuit on a folding table for apartment dwellers with limited space.
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Hello Everyone,
Thanks for the information shared. I did not know this was so involved. I thought that perhaps Scalextric's software engineers had missed a few lines of code that resulted in the speeds being displayed in the wrong boxes.
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Hello Everyone,
Recently I started to use the new version of the ARC app with my Arc Air setup. [i like the classic App] However, I have noticed that in the section More Statistics the Average speed is higher that the Top speed. How is this possible?
I am set to km/hour [real]. I tried changing to km/hour [scale]. No change. The average speed remained higher than the Top speed.
Has anyone observed this or can explain it?
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Hello Scalextric Design,
Yes, an excellent budget car you have in the Rally Start model. Keep it going with new liveries. In my part of the world, the bodies are repainted and modified to take front and rear LEDs.
For your next iteration please create a hatchback version. Keep it simple, same chassis, front, etc. Looking forward to this.
Sincerely,
Richard
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Hello Scalextric Design.
Your Scalextric start rally car is an excellent budget car. I have several of them including the new Castrol version. How about some 'hobby' versions such as your very own Scalextric version and an Airfix version, also a Corgi version, a Hornby version, a Hambrol version [that one should be very colourful], to name a few. This should not be a problem since you all come under the Hornby Hobbies umbrella. Thanks for reading. All the best.
Richard
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Hello Andy,
You are correct on the logic of the existing C8210. The track proposed could introduce a lot of 'bang and bash' fun in a small space when multiple units are used. grinning
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Hello Scalextric track Design Engineers,
Could you produce the cross-over from the Classic Era but in the Sport format as shown in the pic. This would be more versatile for your layout-building customers.
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Thanks, It would be interesting to set it up with Magic Arc App on a PC and see if they all work.
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Hello to All,
Does SPARKPLUG work with the ARC ONE power base?
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Yes, I agree the Hillman Imp would be a most welcome classic.
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“New sparkplug in a vintage set” Many of you will be familiar with the now vintage SCX Chrono rally pack. Then there is the new Scalextric Sparkplug to control your car via an app on a smart device. With some modifications, I have adapted the sparkplug to work with the rally pack. I cut away a bit of the end of the sparkplug to expose the contacts. Then I soldered on a 3.5mm mono plug to make it more universal and to adapt it to work with the vintage SCX yellow plug as seen in the photos posted. I used an old flash drive cover to neatly cap off the wires, and there you have it. Eureka! It works great. The rally pack as many of you would know does not power up the track until the startup countdown is completed on the starting box base. The solution is to do an initial 1 lap with a car in place to power up the sparkplug and establish Bluetooth connectivity to your smart device. After that, it works superbly and reconnects to your smart device the instant the countdown is done. You will get the “put the car back on track” message at the end of each session of laps but that is no problem as it reconnects as soon as the sparkplug is powered up again at the end of the next countdown. Using your phone as a controller takes some getting used to but that is another discussion. See photos.
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Hello,
Perhaps you refer to Scalextric Start Track. Introduced in 2010 but is now discontinued. Only one type of curve and straight is available. Stiffer material than Sport track.
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Hello Scalextric Design,
How about a simple factory DeLorean. It would be cool to have a classic like that on our layouts.
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Hello Scalextric design
It is time to give us the VW camper van with the safari windows on the roof. It will sell in the tens of thousands you can't go wrong.
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I plan to build a simple oval track and put in a pair of Scalextric crossover curves C8203. Where is the best place to put them? As the cars enter the bend at the end of the straight or in the middle of the bend or at the end of the bend as the cars exit? Any ideas?
Richard
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Hello,
How about the Scalextric Volkswagen Camper van. You can do some painting of the body to customize. In many countries, minivans are the main source of public transport.
Richard
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Hello Salextric Designers and Engineers.
First thank you for the wonderful 2019 offering. There are a few must get when they come out. Now here is your assignment fpr 2020 should you choose to accept it. See the photos. Revise an old favourite and update it with easy change pickups, headlights, magnatraction, high detail etc. Also produce the Vintage set all new.
Let me know so I can make a down payment to help with funding development!/media/tinymce_upload/be001c6318181c0645af71d1e4138e13.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/e78407ef8fbc7a1b958afed6d9636f9e.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/b845f240e4930bf3959e3debe89b71cc.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/9857c95784bd0d1247cf759c71b6aaf8.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/a8f613a243cee9709370c0593bcde5d8.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/10f7e4afa2df3391e5279c5c49112a0f.jpg
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Hi Richard. Scalextric Super Track System (STS) was made by SCX (Exin) in Spain from 1985 to 1990. The off-road 4x4 cars are around 1/43 scale and the track is smaller than the SCX / Scalextric 'Classic' track and not compatible.
The STS 4x4 cars do run on the SCX / Classic track, athough the beauty of STS was the specialist rally-style track system and the smaller size, so you could fit complex layouts in small spaces - maybe a room full of different rally stages.
There are some exceedingly cool videos if you search Scalextric STS or STS 4x4 in YouTube. There's also this great website (in Spanish): https://sts4x4.com/
Hello Woodcote, and thanks for that infomation. It would be fantastic if Scalextric did a Sport version of those rally style tracks. I would be first in line to get a set.
Richard
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Hi Richard. Scalextric Super Track System (STS) was made by SCX (Exin) in Spain from 1985 to 1990. The off-road 4x4 cars are around 1/43 scale and the track is smaller than the SCX / Scalextric 'Classic' track and not compatible.
The STS 4x4 cars do run on the SCX / Classic track, athough the beauty of STS was the specialist rally-style track system and the smaller size, so you could fit complex layouts in small spaces - maybe a room full of different rally stages.
There are some exceedingly cool videos if you search Scalextric STS or STS 4x4 in YouTube. There's also this great website (in Spanish): https://sts4x4.com/
Hello Woodcote, and thanks for that infomation. It would be fantastic if Scalextric did a Sport version of those rally style tracks. I would be first in line to get a set.
Richard
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Hello All,
I know there is a historic relationship between Scalextric Classic amd the original SCX and that the tracks are compatable. I saw on the internet a track system called Scalextric STS 4x4. The tracks were brown in colour (off road style). Are they the same size as scalextric classic? the tabs seem different?
Richard.
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Hello,
If you send some pictures of the problem, it would help in understanding and suggesting a solution.
Richard