Scalex FordGT Review

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Scalex FordGT Review

Scalextric Ford GT Review by Nuro The 2004 Ford GT, developed and built with the know-how of Aston Martin, one of Ford's UK acquisitions, is a celebration of the legendary Ford GT-40 the famous car that wiped the competition at Le Mans in the 1960's. It is a car designed for the modern man and unlike the GT-40 is generous in its dimensions. Compared to a Corvette C5, The Ford GT is 3 inches longer, 3 inches wider and 3 inches lower in height. The 550hp brute has been released to a welcoming public that appreciate it's super- car status. Even Jeremy Clarkson likes it and he was one of the first UK customers to take delivery of one. 10 were available to European customers in 2004, but a few more will be available in 2005. Click on images for bigger version



The Scalextric Sport edition of the Ford GT is sumptuous, elegant and pleasing to the eye. It gives you the impression that it could be the fastest car in your slot-car garage before you even set it down on the track. The lines are simple, moulding faultless and tampo printing perfect. The quality of new production methods of Scalextric is evident again as you look over the assembly and fit of the component parts. The Limited Sport edition is one of 6000 examples.

I'm not sure why the wipers are not nested in the off position. The car arrives with them on the glass, but can be moved down. There are no other small bits that can easily break off. Lets just hope that the photo-etched plated are glued in well.
The slick tyres have good grip and don't need much preparation. The sidewinder motor provides good power. Smoothly without excess noise. The lights are clear and bright still unfortunately connected directly to the power with no capacitor so coming on and going off with controller variation.
Some other issues: The four side indicators could have been slightly less prominent. They seem to be embossed rather than recessed. The Ford badge on the front could have been raised and the fuel cap, slightly less pronounced, but these are minor qwirks.

Details such as the photo-etched front and rear grills, and front vents on the bonnet add to the quality of the model
The mid-mounted engine is visible through the rear glass and looks neat as with the original.
The helmeted driver looks fine, but this is actually a road car, not a racing car so I'm not sure why he has a full face helmet. The dashboard is detailed and the gear stick looks good

The wheels seem to match the original and have fine printing on the hubs. Brake disks are visible through the chromed rims. The ugly rear bumper - added by Ford to comply with modern regulations is faithfully reproduced. When opening the car, there is a little trick to removing the under-pan where the rear exhausts are clip under the rear bumper.
Inside, we see the typical Scalextric layout. Pre-greased and ready for Digital installation. A strong neodymium magnet is sitting in the rear-most position, but the car performs very well without it. With it's wide stance, low center-of-gravity and good tyres it doesn't really need the magnet. As in the real car, the best fun is had when you turn off traction control.
The car fits together very well. The two front screws and two rear screws hold plastic air-dam moulding front and back that help distribute the pressure at the screw pillars, closing the split shell perfectly. Two more screws fix the chassis to the underside of the cockpit interior. There is no movement at all with this chassis.
I'll add times to this review in a day or two. My track room is being renovated and there are dust-sheets all over the circuit. I look forward to more Ford GT's. I hope Scalextric produce a few more so that we can race them against each other.
Review provided by Nuro of SlotForum.com

This article was published on Tuesday November 08, 2005.