What's with Scaleauto?

Firstly scaleauto is part of MRRC. My understanding is (and i could be wrong) scaleauto was the parts section of the business but with the availability of the lightweight proslot GT one body molds the decision was made to brand that car scaleauto as a distinct "performance" brand. The chassis under it was substantially better than the pro slot version and is interchangeable with slot it pods. The gt one "scaleauto"vesion has been a very very competitive LMP car for a while now. I have a few and recently upgraded to the version 3 hard chassis and they go like a cut cat.
Most serious racers i know have a GT one or two and there is no doubt that the Radical will have a few folk lining up to buy them. Interestingly the new car comes with an anglewinder compatible chassis but only for flat 6 type motors. MRE reported at the nurnberg toy fair that there would be a "racing" version of this car released at some stage. Expect alloys and a different motor/ gear setup to the standard version.
As for being an odd choice to model? Perhaps radical did't charge large license fees?? This car is aimed at racers make no mistake about it and most racers just want the fast one regardless of what it is modelled on. Most of them got to know what a mosler was after they bought the slotcar.
I don't think there is any association to the US 'scaleauto" business. Just a confusing name association.

QUOTE (Ratracer @ 19 Dec 2009, 06:58) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ahh Trevor your passion for this car is showing.

With the right setup these cars are right up there.

Did you tell them Trevor that you can get F1 wheels and rubber on them as well.

Ray

Hey don't give away all my secrets. yes you can and the slot it offset pod works well. I have a gt one with a mb slot krahs geared 11/26 but preferred it at 11/27 I use the NSR f1 hubs ( a trick i learned from Bill) that way you don't need to use spacers to stop any movement of the armature on the gear when cornering. It is a perfect fit. I have used all sorts of motor/gear combos in this car and it copes with all of them. King evo 21 and 10/24 gears was particularly spectacular on the big track. I am looking forward to the new release and the release of the slot it 23k 250 gcm torque motor i can see a 2.2 to 2.38 gear eatio and a blinder of a car coming up. Its no secret i love this car but with good reason. I won an open class race by over 12 laps with this car..... 12 laps. That in 4 x 3 minute heats. I am an ordinary driver so i can tell you that is serious car advantage. One huge advantage of the gt one as a race car is that it doesn't deslot when hitting de slotted cars it just scoops them up and throws them out of the way. This usually accounts for at least one less deslot per race. Plus has the added advantage of the marshall having to track down the deslotted car (which may be your closest competitor) Hopefully scaleauto have built in the secret advantage feature into the new car.

You could buy a cheap ninco celica if these are the wheels you want

RS200 wheels are different

I found the info I was after.

RS200 Home series rolling chassis: SC-6155


RS200 R-series rolling chassis: SC-6155R

Metro 6R4 Home series rolling chassis: SC-6153

MG 6R4 R-series rolling chassis: SC-61153R

Some cars run today on more modern rims.