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Frequently asked questions at ModelMotorist.Com Frequently Asked Questions at ModelMotorist.Com What people are asking us at ModelMotorist.Com. - Question: Hi. I've just been searching your wonderful website and have a request. I am trying to find a Tomy AFX intersection/crossroads track piece or an equivalent which I can then adapt to my Tomy AFX track. I am located in Australia and have dealt with U.S sellers quite frequently through Ebay so payment via paypal is not a problem. We have limited supplies here in Australia of older track and your help would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Angel. Answer: Hi Angel Glad you enjoy the site, check back frequently as the site continues to expand. We do not sell any of the products shown on the site. We are informational in nature until we start our own product line. Supply and distribution have always been poor in electric H.O. vehicles. Auto World is selling T-Jet + X-Traction sets with Tomy track, as well as Racemasters. I don't know if Auto World is global or not, parts of Europe are getting Auto World sets, but I don't know about down-under. I have used e-bay to buy and sell, but I generally don't sell track, because I can't get enough. My experiences with e-bay have been okay depending mostly on the person packing. With the exception of Europe where the delivery system uses packages for pinball games. I got an email from the Netherlands in which he said European shippers could not deliver a bowling ball packed in concrete with out damaging the ball. Sorry I can't be more help at this time. - Question: I'm getting back into HO slot car racing and am trying to build a layout. I've noticed that there are many different styles of AFX track. But the thing I?ve noticed is the model numbers. I've seen some with 5003349, some with 25xx and some with 86xx. What is the difference with these. Answer: Hi Gordon There are actually three different styles of Aurora H.O. slot car tracks. 1st made was Playcraft, Thunderjet and Thunderjet 500 (known as pin and joiner or lock and pin). 2nd AFX Speed-Lok tracks. 3rd TOMY AFX. The main difference is the connection styles shown at the following addresses. Thunderjet uses this connection and comes in Road (black), Sand (brown), and Snow (white) colored tracks. http://www.modelmotorist.com/web-content/auth2lel.jsp AFX Speed-Lok uses the following connection and only comes in black. http://www.modelmotorist.com/web-content/auaf2lel.jsp TOMY AFX uses this connection and comes in Road (black) and Dirt (brown). http://www.modelmotorist.com/web-content/aura2lel.jsp As far as molded numbers go, they represent changes in manufacturers and locations. USA, Mexico, Canada, Japan, and China. Thunderjet came in standard 2 lane, single lane, and Wide track ("O" Scale). AFX came in 2 lane and single lane. TOMY AFX comes in only 2 lane tracks. Adapters for connecting all of these tracks styles together have been made, but are not easy to find anymore.