SCX & Scalextric Classic

Scalextric is a major international brand of slot car racing that first appeared in the late 1950s and is currently owned by Hornby. more...

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The majority of Scalextric Products are 1:32 scale, though between 1968 and 1970 Super124 cars and track were manufactured at 1:24 scale. In the late Nineties, Micro Scalextric at 1:64 scale was introduced. Cars and track are not compatible between scales; however 1950s models should run on modern Scalextric track and vice versa.

At the beginning of the 21st century Scalextric did a major redesign to make the track easier to assemble. The new design is known as ATS. ATS track can be connected to the classic design of track using special adaptor pieces.

Also introduced this century is Scalextric Sport Digital, in which up to 6 digital cars can be raced in a single slot. The cars can change from one slot to another using special slot-lane change tracks, the lane change or otherwise being controlled by a button on the throttle. Sport digital cars should run on non-digital track unmodified, but standard cars require a new circuit (digital chip) to be added to them before they can run on the digital system.

Other manufacturers (such as Fly, MRRC, SCX and Ninco) produced cars that can run on Scalextric track without modification.

History

Scalextric came from the Scalex brand of Minimodels Ltd, which was a clockwork powered race car system that first appeared in 1952. Their inventor, Mr B. Francis, showed Scalextric ("Scalex" plus "electric") cars at the annual Harrogate Toy Fair in 1957. In 1958, unable to meet demand for their popular range, the parent company was sold to Lines Bros Ltd, who operated as "Tri-ang". Their subsidiary Rovex, which specialised in plastic, then developed Scalextric, converting the metal cars to the easier and cheaper to mould plastic. The track, which was originally a rubber compound, became moulded plastic at a later date. Production continued at Mini-models in Havant until 1967, when it moved to Rovex's own site.

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