Scalextric discount codes & promotional codes April 2024

About Scalextric

The desire to replicate and study Scarletti's micro-world has produced exciting literary works and an obsession with model ships, houses, railways, etc. So it's no surprise that ten years after the car was invented, the Leonel Train Company of the United States began to produce the car that is now recognized as the first trough car. They use a wide groove track and battery-powered, electrified train track in the middle. Wires mounted on two 1:24 scale cars provide power to the small motors on each vehicle to propel them forward. This may sound familiar, but independent speed control is an optional addition. These first cars were used as animated models to supplement the model railways, not the racing toys themselves. With the outbreak of World War I, the sales of these cars in Europe suffered a great impact, so in 1915, the Lionel Train Company returned to the toy train manufacturing industry. Soon, however, enthusiasm for cars and animation models reappeared. By the late 1930s, many people had begun to build and race their own 1:16 And 1:18 trough cars.