Diecast Model Car Retailers
Written by admin on August 11, 2008 – 1:33 am -Alina asked: Almost everyone has played with diecast toys when they were a young child. Diecast vehicles are pretty reasonably priced for a lot of the recent ones in stores and for some of the older ones that are common. You can often find them in the local supermarkets, and even a lot of grocery shops have a rack or area where you can find diecast model cars. In this day and age there are loads of different companies and retailers and they make diecast vehicles of every kind, there are cars, airplanes, construction vehicles, boats, military vehicles, and more. 1:18 scale is one of the most accepted scales for diecast car collectors. There is an extensive range in this scale with price linked to the details and number of working parts. Some... more
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The Beginnings of Slot Car Racing
Written by admin on July 27, 2008 – 5:13 am -Ron Sharer asked: The slot car is well known by everyone in some form or another. The 1950’s and 1960’s were a time when people were able to enjoy all the new and exciting things being introduced for consumption. Along with new music styles and fads like the hula hoop and slinky, there was the arrival in full force of commercial slot car racing. Companies like Revell, Monogram, Cox and Strombecker, took detailed models of popular stock cars, Indy cars, formula 1 cars and sports cars, added rudimentary chassis with motors and the hobby of slot car racing was officially was established. Home sets were sold by the tens of thousands at Christmas time, in HO scale, 1/32 scale and even 1/24 scale. Of course, racing with family and friends... more
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Origins of the Remote Control Car
Written by admin on July 23, 2008 – 6:36 am -Riz Davis asked: The beginnings of the remote control car can be traced back to the 1940s, when small, nitromethane-powered engines first entered the market. At the time, the only way to control an engine-powered model car was with a tether. While these cars were fast, they merely ran in a circle from the tether. In the late 1960s, the first miniaturized solid state radio control systems were introduced, allowing model cars to have servo-controlled steering, throttle, and brake functionality that could be remotely controlled from a transmitter unit. Several early commercially viable remote control cars became available by 1966, produced by El-Gi (Elettronica Giocattoli), a company from Reggio Emilia, Italy. Their first remote control car model... more
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1967 - Slot Cars Go Tech
Written by admin on July 5, 2008 – 11:56 am -Ron Sharer asked: The year was 1967. Slot car racing had officially abandoned scale appearance in favor of speed. This was a natural progression but one that would have long standing consequences. The motor of choice until this time was the Mabuchi 16D, a motor popular for its balance of low weight and power. From the factory, these motors were not competitive. To make a competitive motor the internal armature would have to be altered. The easiest way, was to have some of its windings removed to decrease it’s resistance which was called de-winding. The best modification, was to remove all the windings, and replace them with thicker gauge wire with less turns. This was called rewinding and it became a cottage industry of it’s own.... more
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