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Scalextric

When I was a bit younger I had not heard of Scalextric sets This is until one of my uncle’s actually popped round with his entire collection and decided that it would be a great idea to assemble a track so we did and there were corners all over the place and the track went around every room in the downstairs area.

If you are not sure what Scalextric is then it is basically just slot car racing which is of course racing small cars that are powered by grooves or “slots” within the track itself. The user of the car will actually control the small model using just one button, squeezing hard for fast and soft for slow. Usually the tracks come as sets but you can mostly combine different tracks as we did to make a massive track.

Many people feel that Scalextric is actually a pretty boring thing to do but if you don’t get one of the simply circle tracks you can actually find that you will have a lot of fun with the stuff. The more corners, bridges and twists you have in the track the harder it is to successfully race without falling off so bare this in mind.. Once you go around a very tight corner you are going to have to slow down or you are off.

Although many people think that racing Scalextric cars are a bit of thing to do if you are kids this really is not the case and to have a proper race with them takes a lot of skill indeed.

Of course if these are not your thing why not look into something like RC cars or perhaps RC helicopters. Take into consideration that all of these are very hard to use in the right way.

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Source: Model Man

RC Finals

There are so many RC vehicles out there that it can be pretty difficult when it comes to deciding on what to buy. The decision ranges from RC tank to the radio controlled helicopter.

For The Skilled

If you are used to RC Vehicles then have a look at getting a RC helicopter, it is the one for people with experience. The reason that these are so hard to learn how to use is because they behave in the same way as the real things, it is best to have training with these. If this is something you do not have you will be throwing away money when you crash it like I did.

For The War Heroes

The tank is the one for the people that love to have a bit of power. The tanks actually move like the real thing and they can even fire, its pretty cool.

For Fun

Although there are many remote control cars championships across the world on the most part they are part by the younger people for a bit of fun. The great thing about these is that you can start off cheap and small and then slowly as you get better you can start to spend more money on them. Once you get to the really expensive ones nearly every single part within them can be customised to your liking.

If money is something you have a lot of then why not think about buying a few of them and just having a huge battle with some friends. It is really up to you when it comes to what you go after, do not forget the other options that are out there such as blimps and boats

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Source: Model Man