ScaleAuto slot car body accuracy?

[Ben_B]

In my quest to put a 1/24 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 on my shelf, I’ve discovered ScaleAuto has a new Huracan GT3 Evo version coming soon. Are their car bodies relatively accurate or do they tweak the dimensions so the body will fit on a standardized slot car chassis? I’ve tried contacting ScaleAuto and both of their US distributors, but never received a reply from any of them.

My thinking is that if the bodies are to scale, I could combine one of their white body kits with a modified Nunu Audi R8 GT3 chassis and cockpit.

Thanks!

Ben

[vintagerpm]

Don't know anything about the ScaleAuto kits, but another source of Huracan bodies is Slotfabrik in Germany.
www.slotfabrik.com/product_info.php?info=p286_sfbody-1043.html

Mike

[starfighterace]

Aug 20, 2022 11:12:46 GMT -8 Ben_B said:

In my quest to put a 1/24 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 on my shelf, I’ve discovered ScaleAuto has a new Huracan GT3 Evo version coming soon. Are their car bodies relatively accurate or do they tweak the dimensions so the body will fit on a standardized slot car chassis? I’ve tried contacting ScaleAuto and both of their US distributors, but never received a reply from any of them.

My thinking is that if the bodies are to scale, I could combine one of their white body kits with a modified Nunu Audi R8 GT3 chassis and cockpit.

Thanks!

Ben

Yes, this is standard practice by slot car manufactures. Doesn't mean every one you come across is badly disfigured. Monogram in the '60 issued their cars both as kits and slot cars. In 1/32 Airfix and Hornby issued several of their slot cars as model kits. Most were obvious stretched, widened,or funky wheel wells while others were pretty darn good. Scaleauto stuff looks very good in the box. Only you can decide if it's "good enough" to build a static model from it. Keep in mind these are usually generic, so you might have to come up with dive planes, wing configuration and any unique louvers or scoops for the particular you you want to replicate.

[Ben_B]

Thanks, guys!

I got a reply on another car modeling forum today and learned that there’s an industry standard of a max width of 84 mm for 1/24 cars, so they won’t interfere with each other on the track. The Huracan works out to about that, as does the Audi. ScaleAuto’s dimensions for their Lamborghini sound pretty close to the real car. I’m going to try to order a white body kit and see if I can bash something together with a Nunu Audi. I think the hardest part of this project will be getting a response from one of the US distributors.

Mike, the Slotfabrik body was on my list until I saw the ScaleAuto one. It’s the first generation car, while the ScaleAuto one is the Evo. Both cars I’m hoping to build are Evos. I think the ScaleAuto body might be a tad cheaper, too.

Cheers!

Ben