Ref.
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Description
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| C68 | Aston Martin DB4 |
| C97 | Aston Martin DB4 007 |
| E3 | Aston Martin DB5 with lights |
| E5 | Aston Martin DB5 Marshal's Car |
Scalextric spare parts from Scalextric Car Restorations
Showing posts with label Scalextric rear lights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scalextric rear lights. Show all posts
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Rear light lenses for the vintage Scalextric Aston Martin DB4 and DB5
These vintage Scalextric Aston Martin DB4 and DB5 tail light lenses are direct replacements for the standard Scalextric items. The red translucent lenses are produced from a partially transparent material to allow the cars with lights to illuminate correctly.
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Rear light lenses for the vintage Scalextric Ferrari 250 GT
These vintage Scalextric Ferrari 250 GT tail light lenses are direct
replacements for the standard Scalextric items. The red translucent
lenses are produced from a partially transparent material to allow the
cars with lights to illuminate correctly.
Scalextric spare parts from Scalextric Car Restorations
Ref.
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Description
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| C69 | Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta |
| E4 | Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta |
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Rear light lenses for the vintage Scalextric Aston Martin DB4 and DB5
These vintage Scalextric Aston Martin DB4 and DB5 tail light lenses
are direct replacements for the standard Scalextric items. The red translucent
lenses are produced from a partially transparent red material to allow the
cars with lights to illuminate correctly.
Scalextric spare parts from Scalextric Car Restorations
Ref.
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Description
|
| C68 | Aston Martin DB4 |
| C97 | Aston Martin DB4 007 |
| E3 | Aston Martin DB5 with lights |
| E5 | Aston Martin DB5 Marshal's Car |
Scalextric spare parts from Scalextric Car Restorations
Friday, 30 September 2016
Scalextric Ford Sierra RS Cosworth XR4i rear light lenses
These Classic Scalextric Ford Sierra RS Cosworth XR4i rear light lenses
are direct replacements for the standard Scalextric items. The
clear red lenses are produced from a transparent red material allowing
the brake lights to illuminate as normal on your Classic Scalextric
Ford Sierra XR4i.
Unique Scalextric spare parts from Scalextric Car Restorations.
Ref.
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Description
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| C123 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Janspeed |
| C137 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Police car |
| C169 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Monroe |
| C175 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Cortez |
| C280 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Duckhams |
| C408 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Syntron-X |
| C423 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Fina |
| C455 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Texaco |
| C456 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Firestone |
| C469 | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Shell |
Unique Scalextric spare parts from Scalextric Car Restorations.
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Making Scalextric cars realistic with lights
Abstract
Scalextric (in one form or other) have been producing Scalextric cars since the late 1950s and over this time several different methods have been used to provide their models with lights. Head lights, tail lights, brake lights, Turbo Flash, lights for Marshal’s cars and roof lights for Police cars.
This article gives a potted history of the lighting methods used throughout the years.
Introduction
Scalextric realised long ago that their Scalextric cars can look more realistic if the cars were fitted with lights, both headlights and rear tail lights. The methods used by Scalextric very much follow the technologies available at the time; bulbs, LEDs and electronics have all played their role as time has passed.
Bulbs
The first Scalextric cars to be fitted with lights were the E range of cars (E1 to E5) produced from 1962. These used one small bulb for each headlight and one small bulb to illuminate the rear tail lights.
Bulbs were also used for the Marshal’s car, Aston Martin DB4 (E5) which remained permanently illuminated just like a headlight. The Rover 3500 range of Police cars were fitted with flashing roof lights which used electrics to switch the bulb on and off. Quite realistic too.
Bulbs were used right up to the introduction of LEDs in the early 2000s as this was the only sensible way to produce white light. In the mid 1990s some cost cutting starts to kick in and a change takes place to the method of providing the lights. The new system has one bulb located in the chassis towards the centre of the car and light guides illuminate the headlights and tail lights. This solution was both reliable and more readily serviceable too.
LEDs
As time progressed the method of providing lights in Scalextric cars remained unchanged until the introduction of brake lights and Turbo Flash for the Formula 1 models in 1988. The brake lights and Turbo Flash lights operate in the same way. A small electric circuit senses that power has been removed from the car (braking) and then switches an internal power store on, thereby providing power to the rear lights. For brake lights this was 2 red LEDs and for Turbo Flash this was 1 yellow LED.
Several different Scalextric cars during the early 1990s continued to use bulbs for headlights, LED for tail lights and LEDs for brake lights.
The next change was in the early 2000s where Scalextric replaced the bulbs to LEDs front and rear. Initially the front LEDs were orange which was not too realistic at all and looked terrible. That was not a good idea. Soon after the front lights were changed to white LEDs. So this is where Scalextric are today. White LEDs for headlights and red LEDs for tail lights.
Once blue LEDs became cost effective in the mid 2000s they were also used in the Police range of Scalextric cars replacing bulbs for the flashing roof lights.
The solution that got away
One lighting solution Scalextric never implemented was to combine the rear LEDs to be both tail lights and brake lighst in one red LED. Scalextric Car Restorations have achieved this.
While the car is under power on the track each LED emits a moderate brightness red light ideal for the tail lamps of Scalextric cars. When the power is released and the car slows down, both the LEDs become much brighter just like real car brake lights. This is accomplished with a small electronic module that senses when the car is slowing or stopping. The module then significantly increases the brightness of the LEDs for a short period of time.
This LED kit connects to the car with only two wires connected directly to the car motor making the fitting simplicity itself. The kit is protected against improper electrical fitting.
General
On the whole Scalextric has used lighting to good effect over the years. They basically did the best they could do with the technologies around them. The only real flaw was the use of orange LEDs as head lights and the missed opportunity to add combined brake lights and tail lights.
About the author:
Gary Harding has been working with Scalextric cars for over 35 years and now operates Scalextric Car Restorations in the UK. Scalextric Car Restorations is a Worldwide internet based business that offers for sale high quality Scalextric cars and Scalextric parts from the 1960s to the present day. All the restoration work is carried out to the highest standards with the highest quality parts available. Only the best cars are selected and the final result is a car that is genuinely like new.
Further help and advice relating to this article or Scalextric cars in general can be found at:
http://www.scalextric-car.co.uk
Scalextric (in one form or other) have been producing Scalextric cars since the late 1950s and over this time several different methods have been used to provide their models with lights. Head lights, tail lights, brake lights, Turbo Flash, lights for Marshal’s cars and roof lights for Police cars.
This article gives a potted history of the lighting methods used throughout the years.
Introduction
Scalextric realised long ago that their Scalextric cars can look more realistic if the cars were fitted with lights, both headlights and rear tail lights. The methods used by Scalextric very much follow the technologies available at the time; bulbs, LEDs and electronics have all played their role as time has passed.
Bulbs
The first Scalextric cars to be fitted with lights were the E range of cars (E1 to E5) produced from 1962. These used one small bulb for each headlight and one small bulb to illuminate the rear tail lights.
Bulbs were also used for the Marshal’s car, Aston Martin DB4 (E5) which remained permanently illuminated just like a headlight. The Rover 3500 range of Police cars were fitted with flashing roof lights which used electrics to switch the bulb on and off. Quite realistic too.
Bulbs were used right up to the introduction of LEDs in the early 2000s as this was the only sensible way to produce white light. In the mid 1990s some cost cutting starts to kick in and a change takes place to the method of providing the lights. The new system has one bulb located in the chassis towards the centre of the car and light guides illuminate the headlights and tail lights. This solution was both reliable and more readily serviceable too.
LEDs
As time progressed the method of providing lights in Scalextric cars remained unchanged until the introduction of brake lights and Turbo Flash for the Formula 1 models in 1988. The brake lights and Turbo Flash lights operate in the same way. A small electric circuit senses that power has been removed from the car (braking) and then switches an internal power store on, thereby providing power to the rear lights. For brake lights this was 2 red LEDs and for Turbo Flash this was 1 yellow LED.
Several different Scalextric cars during the early 1990s continued to use bulbs for headlights, LED for tail lights and LEDs for brake lights.
The next change was in the early 2000s where Scalextric replaced the bulbs to LEDs front and rear. Initially the front LEDs were orange which was not too realistic at all and looked terrible. That was not a good idea. Soon after the front lights were changed to white LEDs. So this is where Scalextric are today. White LEDs for headlights and red LEDs for tail lights.
Once blue LEDs became cost effective in the mid 2000s they were also used in the Police range of Scalextric cars replacing bulbs for the flashing roof lights.
The solution that got away
One lighting solution Scalextric never implemented was to combine the rear LEDs to be both tail lights and brake lighst in one red LED. Scalextric Car Restorations have achieved this.
While the car is under power on the track each LED emits a moderate brightness red light ideal for the tail lamps of Scalextric cars. When the power is released and the car slows down, both the LEDs become much brighter just like real car brake lights. This is accomplished with a small electronic module that senses when the car is slowing or stopping. The module then significantly increases the brightness of the LEDs for a short period of time.
This LED kit connects to the car with only two wires connected directly to the car motor making the fitting simplicity itself. The kit is protected against improper electrical fitting.
General
On the whole Scalextric has used lighting to good effect over the years. They basically did the best they could do with the technologies around them. The only real flaw was the use of orange LEDs as head lights and the missed opportunity to add combined brake lights and tail lights.
About the author:
Gary Harding has been working with Scalextric cars for over 35 years and now operates Scalextric Car Restorations in the UK. Scalextric Car Restorations is a Worldwide internet based business that offers for sale high quality Scalextric cars and Scalextric parts from the 1960s to the present day. All the restoration work is carried out to the highest standards with the highest quality parts available. Only the best cars are selected and the final result is a car that is genuinely like new.
Further help and advice relating to this article or Scalextric cars in general can be found at:
http://www.scalextric-car.co.uk
Monday, 4 January 2016
Scalextric slot cars with tail lights and brake lights
We have developed a small electronic circuit that controls 2 red
LEDs. What’s special about this circuit is that when connected to power
the LEDs illuminate at a low level. Then, when the power is removed
the LEDs illuminate much more brightly.
This means the LEDs make great brake and tail lights for slot cars. Simply connect the power wires to the motor electrical connections and mount the LEDS to the body. Job done, your Scalextric car or slot car now has stop and tail lights. Simply brilliant for night races.
Another great insight from Scalextric Car Restorations
This means the LEDs make great brake and tail lights for slot cars. Simply connect the power wires to the motor electrical connections and mount the LEDS to the body. Job done, your Scalextric car or slot car now has stop and tail lights. Simply brilliant for night races.
Another great insight from Scalextric Car Restorations
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