Scalextric Ford GT40 1966 Le Mans #7 on Home Track

A Scalextric Classic Collection Ford GT40 MK II, 1966 Le Mans No. 7. This is my home track and I am still working on aspects of the scenery. Tracks and power can be switched out for Scalextric Digital with lane changing tracks. My digital power pack races up to four cars but you can go higher than that. This Ford GT40 can be modified to run digital. California - USA - near San Francisco.

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[TheSecondLevel]

Check out my digital track/watch?v=nsnEHpcthsM

[spinsandneedles]

@laxiton I couldn't see the video but I had a sound machine for my HO scale race set in the 80s. If you want to see a really cool HO racing diorama, go to subwayfx on youtube. Frank has built a really great New York model railroad and I'm glad to see he built a static diorama for his race cars. Also you probably know about Miniatur Wunderland in Germany, a giant model railroad.

[laxiton]

@spinsandneedles Seems they had sound in the 80's if you watch the details at the end of this clip. Don't know if it came from the cars or a speaker on the track watch?NR=1&v=oQpRglD97Vs

[laxiton]

@spinsandneedles On RC cars it can be agressive depending on the ESC (electronic speed controller) - dynamic braking is possible on higher end models. They do force the motor towards 0 rpm but for slot racing in most cases except maybe competition I don't see a big use, maybe rally tracks? I could be wrong but since the less realistic scale nature of traction and speed it just seems less useful. It would certainly demand quite some 'mastering' and quick reflex to make it work in your advantage!

[spinsandneedles]

@laxiton Thank you. There is a brake button on the hand controller but it is for breaking, not lights. I didn't find it useful since throttling off stops the car. Also not all cars have lights such as Formula 1. I would like to see sound chips in the cars.

[laxiton]

@spinsandneedles Hm that size is reasonable for the variation within this track and pretty cool modelling (favorite is the lake - it makes it a pretty happy place :-)). Do the Scalextric also have the auto-brake lights out of the box on their digital system? I've seen this on the brand Carrera. I can imagine it's a relative simple procedure to implement by manufacturers as it just has to detect a throttle drop of a certain percentage to activate the rear LEDs.

[spinsandneedles]

@laxiton Yes, the track has a guide rail that you can change so slots cars going into it stay in one lane or change to the other. The hand controller has a button which you use to change lanes. It operates like a model railroad switch - a turnout to another track. The car is just going along and the lane changes ahead of its arrival at the lane change track. The table top you see in the video is about 16 feet long.

[laxiton]

@spinsandneedles Reading this thread with interest. Aah so that's how the digi lane switching works? It's the lane that switches swiftly a mechanical construction via digital command? Not the car that steers at that moment? I couldn't figure out that part since those cars don't have s servo. What is the length in meters of the track in video? To calculate the need of space to start this hobby. Thx

[TheBoone57]

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[spinsandneedles]

@ghfakar In a sense it is like command control. The power is full on and a signal is sent to the digital chip in the car for speed. But a signal can also be sent to a lane-changing track using the speed controller in the racer's hand. And then presto - you have changed lanes and can have more than one car in the same lane. Scalextric has come out with a set that allows both digital and analog. It is not like the old HO lane changing sets - there still are slots in 1/32 digital. Have fun!