by BARC 1 » Wed Jul 06, 2016 9:31 pm
I scratch build my own cars and use the Carrera D132 stuff for digital. It gives you all the options of D132 because it is D132.
If I was just going into this again, I think I would look at using the Scalextric 132 track for 143 scale cars. I used GO track and added outside and inside borders, and in hindsight it would have just been easier to use the Scalely track. The whole issue with Horneby being in receivership casts a bit of a shadow over that product line, so I would still go with the Carrera digital equipment.
I have many posts on this forum showing my adventure into 143 analog, and then into D132 components on 143 cars when I went digital.
I honestly wish Carrera would have built a 132/143 track instead of the very large 124/132 they went with. To me it would have made more sense with the 143 and the 132 sharing the same track, and then people could have easily moved between the two scales. 124 then could have been done as a separate stand alone scale. It( 124 scale) needs are much different and it requires more robust power supplies and electronics to run the bigger cars. The marriage made in heaven would have been between 143 and 132, and not between 124 and 132 IMO.
COX back in about 1976 produced their Superscale which was 143 cars running on Eldon 132 scale track. The proportions of this just look really good.
So my advice is to go with 132 track ( Scaley , Ninco) the Carrera 132 track is just too large to fit in a small area, and the GO track is really small and will prevent you from running any 132 cars unless you add the borders, and if you add the borders then the 132 track would have been a better choice. If you have an inventory of 132 cars it would be a shame to not put in a track that would allow you to run these from time to time. The larger track would still allow you to build and prepare cars for 132 proxy racing as well. So something to think about.
Cheers
Dan