Welcome to the OnTracks Scalextric shop

In 1952 a small company called Minimodels Limited introduced a range of metal bodied model racing cars which contained a unique type of clockwork motor. The inventor of these cars was Mr B Francis and the trade mark known as SCALEX. By 1956 the novelty of such cars was flagging and so Francis began to seek new ways to update the product. Whilst witnessing a demonstration of electrically operated cars running on a track Francis instantly recognised the potential for his own products and modified his cars to take an electric motor. He also devisied a rubber based track system with two parallel grooves in which metal rails carried electric current thus guiding the cars by means of a "gimbal" wheel suspended beneath them. Over the last 50 years, this system has developed into the Scalextric range of 1:32 scale cars and accessories - allowing you to Race for Real!

OnTracks has been offering thousands of Model and Hobby products from our website since 1999. The family owned business is proud to offer you a complete range of Model Railway, Slot cars, Plastic Kits, Radio Control models and all the tools and accessories you could need. We consider ourselves the first stop for Hornby, Scalextric, Airfix, Tamiya and thousands of other model and hobby products. 2012 Model Ranges - now available to pre-order        To find out more about our Price Match Guarantee, click here    Amazing £50 saving today     New ranges & catalogues  Velodrome Cycling Set - just £49.99  Hornby Flying Scotsman Save a further £20 Budget OO train set Now £46 !!!      A selection of our awards         Best use of ICT - Finalist 2010 View all of our awards ? Hornby, Marklin, Fleischmann, Scalextric, Tamiya, Airfix, Revell, Bachmann, Graham Farish, Faller, Preiser, Noch, Trix. model railway, railway modelling, slot cars, slot car racing, radio control models, plastic kits, modellers tools, educational models, model and hobbies, model making, train sets OnTracksco.uk The Internet Model and Hobby Store! 20,000 products, worldwide delivery, Hornby Model railways, Model plastic kits, Scalextric slot car racing, Hornby train sets, airfix, revell, Tamiya paints. Leading model and hobby web shop. Hornby Fleischmann Scalextric Tamiya Airfix Revell Bachmann Graham Farish Herpa Marklin Trix Faller Noch Preiser