@AOF
It is....well nevermind then
Because it reminded be of my old Aurora Race Tracks lets just pretend it is HO. Going by just memory and know what regular, non-motorized HO vehicles look like, I think the HO size of the Aurora, Tyco, AFX cars are probably a bit bigger but its hard for me to be sure after all tis time without one in my hand.
@Rekp
I didn't even know that Tomy made AFX although for nostalgic reasons I prefer the original Aurora with the screw down Steering Wheel Dashboards as Controllers. I also had forgotten that these sets use transformers and when I built my large (Ping Pong Table Size) Layout I had to get a bigger one. I wonder if the different Brands could be interchangeable?
@Nigels
I think that your Scaletrix and AFX or Tyco had easier connections than the Original Aurora. In fact, now that I think of them, the Clips might have been made of a Lead like metal and there was a chance they would bend and break. In the picture below you can see the Pins and Clips that had to be used. The plastic Clips on the bottom were actually just coming out to replace the Lead like ones that looked the same about the time I got out of the hobby. Must have been about the time the world realized lead wasn't good for you. It took 2 Pins and one Clip at every track connection point. As you can see it was very easy to lose these for children.
A feature I really liked about the Aurora tracks that I am not sure the other Brands have is that every straight track had 2 counter sunk holes drilled in them and the curves 1 (see pictures below). This made it perfect to screw down the tracks so they would not move.
![[Image: s-lo1600.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/mtqTW65X/s-lo1600.jpg)
![[Image: s-l160jj0.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/v4VbYtRQ/s-l160jj0.jpg)
![[Image: s-rrl1600.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/xqp2L4nf/s-rrl1600.jpg)
It is....well nevermind then
Because it reminded be of my old Aurora Race Tracks lets just pretend it is HO. Going by just memory and know what regular, non-motorized HO vehicles look like, I think the HO size of the Aurora, Tyco, AFX cars are probably a bit bigger but its hard for me to be sure after all tis time without one in my hand.@Rekp
I didn't even know that Tomy made AFX although for nostalgic reasons I prefer the original Aurora with the screw down Steering Wheel Dashboards as Controllers. I also had forgotten that these sets use transformers and when I built my large (Ping Pong Table Size) Layout I had to get a bigger one. I wonder if the different Brands could be interchangeable?
@Nigels
I think that your Scaletrix and AFX or Tyco had easier connections than the Original Aurora. In fact, now that I think of them, the Clips might have been made of a Lead like metal and there was a chance they would bend and break. In the picture below you can see the Pins and Clips that had to be used. The plastic Clips on the bottom were actually just coming out to replace the Lead like ones that looked the same about the time I got out of the hobby. Must have been about the time the world realized lead wasn't good for you. It took 2 Pins and one Clip at every track connection point. As you can see it was very easy to lose these for children.
A feature I really liked about the Aurora tracks that I am not sure the other Brands have is that every straight track had 2 counter sunk holes drilled in them and the curves 1 (see pictures below). This made it perfect to screw down the tracks so they would not move.
![[Image: super-smiley-emoticon.gif]](http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/word/super-smiley-emoticon.gif)