[DutchKing 66]

Hello,

As I said in my first post, I am a home racer. I race mainly Scalextric, Carrera, Ninco and SCX cars. A few Slot-its are the exception, but these cars don't perform very well on my small track. NSR cars, ScaleAuto cars and other so-called 'hobby' brand cars are not for me, but more for the hardcore club and hobby racers, whether they race on wood or plastic. My question is the following: do you consider Policar cars to be 'home' or more 'hobby' kind of cars?

DutchKing66

[KensRedZed]

New Policar are more like Slot.It rather than Carrera.

[BAracer]

Next year at our club, our rally class will be for cars from Scalextric, SCX, Fly and Policar. Not sure where that puts Policar in terms of your question.

I reckon there are just 'shelf queens' or 'racers'.

[Kevan]

Some Policars have SlotIt running gear (pod, gears, motor, wheels) and are competitive club cars.

[DutchKing 66]

Hello guys,
 
First of all, thanks for the reactions. Where I used the term ‘home’ cars I could also have used the term ‘toy’ cars. I asked you about Policar cars because there is no model shop nearby selling them, let alone having them in stock. And I like to see my cars in the flesh so to speak.
 
Model shops are thin on the ground in the Netherlands (all thanks to the internet) and I think not only in the Netherlands. There is one model shop here in Dordrecht, but it doesn’t sell slot cars or slot car sets. I can order them from the shop, though. Then the shop orders them for me from the appropriate Dutch importers/distributors. And then I have to pay top dollar. Ordering a Scalextric car for example will cost me €71/£59/$79. Anyway, this shop will be closing doors at the end of the year.
 
There is a nice model shop in Rotterdam, but it only stocks and sells Carrera. Ordering other brands is not possible. And there is a model shop in a nearby town called Sliedrecht (‘the dredging capital of the world’ as the people there like to say) but it doesn’t sell any slot car related stuff either. I can order them from the shop. Same story as the shop in Dordrecht.
 
But there is one big slot car shop in the Netherlands selling most of the slot car brands. And that’s Slotraceshop (www.slotraceshop.nl). This brick-and-mortar (and online) shop is located in the centre of the Netherlands, a 70-minute drive from where I live. I’ve been there a few times and I have bought many cars there.
 
And I buy my cars at swapmeets, like the one in Houten (twice a year, in April and November). Come to think of it: these are the only two swapmeets in the Netherlands I know of.
 
I wanted to expand my car collection with some Policar cars (they will be raced) and I wanted some input from you guys. Judging by your replies I am inclined to say they are not for me at the moment, because my track is too small and they are made by Slot-It. And that’s for me more like the hobby car side of the slot car spectrum. They will be contenders when I am going to expand my track.

[Kevan]

You're lucky to have shops like that, we don't, so all our Slot car stuff is ordered online having to see photos rather than the physical products.  You get used to it living on an island in the middle of the Irish Sea  

[DutchKing 66]

Kevan,

Then you are from the Isle of Man. Famous for its TT. I have never been there, but I have been to Liverpool a few times. Does that count?  Is'nt/Aren't there any model shop(s) in the Liverpool area?

[Kevan]

Yes probably but £60 return on the ferry (and that's only as a foot passenger) makes it expensive 

[GT40Racer]

Depends on which Policar cars you are talking about.

The classic Ferrari 312PB and P4 330 Classic GT (Ferrari F40) the Formular One cars are more like slot.it which motor pods and the like whereas the 'Home Racer' cars Subaru Toyota and Maserati are more like Carrera and Scalextric cars.

[DPJ]

Let's see a picture of your track.