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Hornby sell Scalextric
Published by JasonB on Feb 28, 2026
From Hornby Hobbies…
Hornby Hobbies Agrees Sale of Scalextric in £20m Deal
27 February 2026 – Hornby Hobbies Limited has agreed the sale of 100% of the Scalextric brand, including its intellectual property and associated assets, toScalextric Motorsports Ltd for total consideration of £20.0 million. £8.5 million of the total consideration is payable in cash upfront, with the remaining £11.5m deferred and payable out of free-cash flow. Completion of the sale is conditional upon certain consents, with completion expected to occur in early March.
Scalextric Motorsports Ltd has been established by Mark Brown, Chairman of Purbeck Capital Partners, to be the holding company of the brand in the future. Mark brings extensive experience in brand growth, capital allocation and operational execution. As part of the transaction, Mark has agreed to an ongoing role helping Hornby on its wider strategic transformation.
Under the terms of the agreement, Scalextric’s operations will continue to be supported within Hornby’s existing infrastructure. Hornby will manage the brand as agent, ensuring operational continuity while enabling Scalextric Motorsports Ltd to focus on accelerating the brand’s next phase of growth.
You can read the full statement on the forum
Scalextric Tuning
Published by JasonB on Jan 31, 2026
- Scalextric Tuning Back in 2020 Andy wrote a ten-part series about tuning a Scalextric car, which you can now read over on the Forum. It was and still is an excellent, in-depth series, which works through the steps for improving a standard Scalextric model, to provide measurable improvements in lap times. Highly recommended!
Track Planner
Published by JasonB on Jan 10, 2026
- Track Planner Track Planner is a brand new, intuitively simple, and accurate way to design, plan, and visualise a routed or custom built slot car track. In fact it’s so simple that you could be producing custom, pro-quality designs in just a matter of minutes! It is also totally free.
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Track Plans
Published by JasonB on Dec 22, 2024 in Features, Plans, Tracks
Our Track Plans section is just the thing if you’re thinking about building a new layout, or even if you just want to check out some ideas. Whether you’re looking for a comprehensive layout plan with all the parts and measurements listed, or just looking to kick start the creative process, we might well have what you need.
There are over 170 circuit designs from every major manufacturer, and more will be added regularly to build up another one of our invaluable reference sections.
We’ve got designs for Scalextric, Carrera, Ninco, Tomy AFX, Policar, ScaleAuto, Airfix, and Wrenn. We’ve also got designs for custom built layouts, for those who want to rout their own track. In fact we’ve got track plans for almost every size and scale of layout you might want.
So why not head across and have a look?