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The '''Aurora AFX''' range of [[slotcar]]s (1971 - 1983/1984) were scaled to blend in with popular 00/H0 model railway systems. | The '''[[Aurora]] AFX''' range of [[slotcar]]s (1971 - 1983/1984) were scaled to blend in with popular 00/H0 model railway systems, and could be thought of as the technological successor to Aurora's '''[[Aurora Model Motoring]]''' range. | ||
Since AFX didn't appear until the 1970s, it's a bit out of the [[BTMM|Toy Museum]]'s date range. | |||
==Origins and development== | ==Origins and development== | ||
The ancestor of the range was the 1:76 00-scaled '''[[Playcraft]] [[Highways]]''' range, originally manufactured for Playcraft by [[Jouef]], which Aurora acquired and improved, replacing the original "buzzy" push-pull "solenoid-and-ratchet" motors with something more sophisticated, until finally | The original ancestor of the range was the 1:76 00-scaled '''[[Playcraft]] [[Highways]]''' range, originally manufactured for Playcraft by [[Jouef]], which Aurora acquired and improved, replacing the original "buzzy" push-pull "solenoid-and-ratchet" motors with something more sophisticated, until finally bringing out the '''A/FX''' or '''Aurora Factory Experimentals''' range in 1971, with standardised chassis that took clip-on bodyshells (the longer 1973 "speciality" chassis also took a fixing screw). | ||
==See also:== | ==See also:== | ||
* '''[[Playcraft Highways]]''' – ''the predecessor | * '''[[Aurora Model Motoring]]''' – ''the predecessor to Aurora AFX'' | ||
* '''[[Highways|Playcraft Electric Highways Model Motoring]]''' – ''the predecessor to Aurora Model Motoring'' | |||
==Links:== | ==Links:== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:51, 22 December 2018
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The Aurora AFX range of slotcars (1971 - 1983/1984) were scaled to blend in with popular 00/H0 model railway systems, and could be thought of as the technological successor to Aurora's Aurora Model Motoring range.
Since AFX didn't appear until the 1970s, it's a bit out of the Toy Museum's date range.
Origins and development
The original ancestor of the range was the 1:76 00-scaled Playcraft Highways range, originally manufactured for Playcraft by Jouef, which Aurora acquired and improved, replacing the original "buzzy" push-pull "solenoid-and-ratchet" motors with something more sophisticated, until finally bringing out the A/FX or Aurora Factory Experimentals range in 1971, with standardised chassis that took clip-on bodyshells (the longer 1973 "speciality" chassis also took a fixing screw).
See also:
- Aurora Model Motoring – the predecessor to Aurora AFX
- Playcraft Electric Highways Model Motoring – the predecessor to Aurora Model Motoring
Links:
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