TR7 scale 1/32nd or larger????

[Alasdair1707822495]

Sorry if not got hang of this.

Posted original question to Scalextric forum and it been moved to Airfix forum

I have Scalextric TR7 I wish to customise.

Trying to establish the scale of it as by my calculations based on dimensions of original car it seems to be bigger than 1/32nd (approx 1/27th)

Can anybody confirm either way please the scale used for the scalextric red and white early rally version??

Many thanks

[Andy P.]

There is always a certain amount of "wiggle room" when it comes to scales.

Part of it is simply down too the cars look better when inaccurate (window pillars are always too big for example), usually is more for practical reasons trying to fit a motor, wires and gears inside (bumps in the body of the rear of an F1 car).

I have a 1/32 TR7/8 from George Turner and it is indeed a tiny bit smaller than the old Scalextric model.

I also have a sctratchbuilt 1/24 scale TR7 and it is indeed larger....

I would trust your own calculations.

Mass produced models are toys first, models second so some inaccuracy is par for the course..