by btaylor » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:37 am
I would say the Scalextric cars are a little better built, but thats an overall viewpoint,as they vary from car to car, At least in my limited collection. Even the detail of the cars is somewhat varied. I ran all three of the newest cars last night,and found them to be pretty much matched right out of the box. The Talbot was amazingly smooth,and a joy to drive.
The BRM had some sticking guide issues,and would not recover well from a drift. an easy fix. Tires on the DBR4 were a little different compound,or had gotten dry from age,as it was an 08 release i believe. As with all the vintage GP cars, the skinny tires and narrow track, make them a drivers car, and you really have to be on your toes in the technical parts of the track. I will do timed laps this weekend to see what needs done to match them all up for racing. It will probably be as simple as PG tires for most of them, and the usual chassis fixes, axle spacers, bushings glued etc.
But overall, they run pretty much equal in my opinion.
Bob