[compound_goose]

i have a 1/32 layout that i use most of the time , but i am thinking about getting a 1/64 scale set for my room where 1/32 is too big. i will probbably be getting a scalextric set but sould i buy the track individually to build a track or get a set?

i have no knowledge whatsoever about 1/64 can anyone give me any 1/64 websites or anything?

 

[Tropi]

1/64 (HO) is compact but quite a lot different fom 1/32 in behaviour.
They remind me of demented insects!
As in other scales, an HO set is by FAR the best value and highly recommended way to start out. You can often find amazingly cheap sets from Tyco/Mattell and even Scalextric at around half the list price. At those prices, it won't break the bank, should you change your mind later.

Generally, HO track is hard plastic and a LOT easier to assemble/disassemble than any 1/32 track, which is greatly in its favour and from which 1/32 manufacturers could perhaps learn some useful lessons.

One of the really favoured makes is Tomy (was AFX), but this I believe is still not available in complete sets in UK, although individual cars and track sections can be sourced from one or two specialists. I imported two large 4-lane \Tomy sets direct from USA and the price, even with shipping and some tax was still WAY lower than buying the same sets as individual parts over here. The one drawback was paying shipping on 110 volt power supplies that I can't use here!

I will check my bookmarks for useful contacts later and try to remember to post them.

 

[Tropi]

Quite simply one of the BEST slot sites on the entire internet is that run by Gregory Braun

http://hoslotcarracing.com

This site is superbly laid out and presented - a pure pleasure to visit.
Here you will find an incredible amount of useful info for HO scale (and a good deal about 1/32 too). Gregory himself is a software engineer/author, some of which is free to download, and I have found him to be incredibly helpful on a 1-to-1 personal basis. He actually located the best deal for my Tomy sets!

One of the little known facts mentioned is that motorised HO cars oringinated in UK in the 1950s, making it a close run and hotly mass debated point as to which company and which scale hit the shops first!