Guide To Old Scalextric Track

Adrian's Slotcar World - Track Sections - Curves

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Track Sections - Curves Inner Curve 45 PT/52 (Current C152 and C8029 for a pack of 2) Good for tight wiggles in the track (see my Test Track). Not very common second hand.

Inner Curve 90 PT/56 (Current C156 and C8028 for a pack of 2) Used to make hairpin bends. Great for sliding round but need to drive carefully otherwise you will come off (this is the tightest curve). If you enter the corner too slowly when running on the inner lane, your rear wheel can drop off the inside of the bend (Dad decided he did not like slot cars because he always became stuck at a hairpin built in a circuit at the family home over Christmas). I have found borders for the outside of this bend (which are a bit narrow) but have not found any evidence of the existence of inner borders.

Standard Curve 22.5 (Current C154 and C8026 for a pack of 2)

Standard Curve 45 PT/51 and C151 (Current C151 and C8025 for a pack of 2)

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Adrian's Slotcar World - Track Sections - Curves

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Outer Curve MM/PT 53 and PT/53 (Current C153 and C8027 for a pack of 2) Covers 22.5 degrees so 16 are needed to make a complete circle.

Outer Outer Curve PT/84 (Not currently in Scalextric range, however it is in the SCX product line up) I only have 4 of these which is enough to make a 90 degree bend. These are marked £5 each because they are rare. The ones I have were made by Scalextric. If I like them (they are not included in my Test Track) I will investigate getting some SCX ones.

Banked Curve C/187 (Current C187) I have only tried these sections a few times because I don't like them. My first cars were actually the trucks which fall off a banked corner. The catalogue also states that most new cars cannot handle it because they do not have the required clearance and axle movement. I have never seen an Inner or Outer Banked Curve so they are harder to realistically add to a 4 (or 6) lane circuit. I have already sold some of these at work and I have some more which will probably go the same way. They will not appear in my Circuit.

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Adrian's Slotcar World - Track Sections - Curves

http://www.adriansslotcarworld.co.uk/Curves.htm

Banked Curves Three curves are meant to be self supporting and produce a 180 degree corner, but from my experience they don't quite make it. As you can see the rest of the circuit is actually needed to keep it in place and the few times I have used these track sections I put big books behind the corner to support it.

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Adrian's Slotcar World - Track Sections - Specialist

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Track Sections - Specialist C249 Right Angle Crossing This is a fun piece of track, but not so useful for proper racing with cars you don't want to purposely ram into each other. It also does not work well with a four lane track. New with no markings in 1980 catalogue. Had yellow markings in Scalextric catalogue of 1983.

Change Over Track PT/82 and C182 350mm (13 3/4") long (same length as straights). One can be used to make a single lane, otherwise a pair are needed. (Current C8006 and C8030, both are packs of 2). Same as Hazard Chicane except for the markings.

Hump Bridge marked £3 but have seen 3 for £5. This one is also broken. I also have a box for one of these.

This is made up of C191, C192, C193 and C194 and a piece of straight track. The previous owner had the pits set up for fuel stops. The "points" were operated by model railway points motors which where controlled by an old (Amstrad) computer. On further examination (eg. trying to find the part numbers) I discovered that the straight section in this picture with the bits sticking out to the side is actually a piece of SCX track (PT/3060). I probably got this straight muddled up with the straight that was actually used by the previous owner of this set. It has isolated sections with addition wires soldered to them. This will require futher investigation.

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Adrian's Slotcar World - Track Sections - Specialist

http://www.adriansslotcarworld.co.uk/Specalst.htm

C191 Le Mans Start I have not tried this track section yet. Marked £12.

C272 Lapcounter The slot cars have to have a certain amount of inertia, otherwise the mechanism will stop them. There is also a connector missing. I don't generally use this track section and on my main circuit I will be using a computer based lap counter.

C272 Think Tank but does anybody know how it works? E-mail me if you know.

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