Scale Cars Model 1 24

1:24 is a very popular size for Die-cast toy vehicles, which are collected by children and adults. Primarily automobiles are made in this scale, with a few examples of tractor trailers and other larger equipment. Plastic automobile kits are frequently made in this scale.
1:24 is the largest of the traditional slot car sizes - and the earliest. Lionel's (USA) 1:24 electric autos of 1912-1916 became the first known commercial slot cars. In 1955, the Model Automobile Racing Association of Kalamazoo, Michigan, built the first track for electric rail-racing (the short-lived immediate predecessor to slot racing) in the US. Unlike the seminal Southport (UK) track that inspired it, the MARA table was designed for 1:24 as well as 1:32 competition. With that beginning, the US adopted 1:24...

Police blotter: Undercover sting finds heroin, cocaine and pills - MyCentralJersey.com

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DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, March 9. D’Andre Walker, 28, of the Somerset section of Franklin was charged with three counts of distribution of controlled dangerous substance... 25, an undercover detective assigned to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Organized Crime and Narcotics Task Force met with Walker in a parking lot off of Phillips Road. , on March 3, the undercover detective met once again with Walker at the same location and he sold the.

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N.J. man involved in rollover crash charged with DWI, police report - NJ.com

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— A 25-year-old Clinton Township man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after police found his 2000 Mazda 626 overturned on Route 639. Officers first responded to Route 639 near Stone Mill Road for a report of a motor vehicle... 22 at 9:15 p. m. Alexander Lee, 25, of Clinton Township, and passenger John Lynch, 22, of High Bridge, were injured in the crash, and Lee was taken to Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township for treatment. Police said they smelled alcohol on Lee's breath and a sample of his blood was taken for chemical testing to determine his blood alcohol content, police reported. Lee was charged with driving while intoxicated, and issued motor-vehicle summonses for careless driving, failure to inspect and failure to wear a seat belt. Additionally, Clinton Township Police arrested seven other people on separate drugs and alcohol related charges in February and March.

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[03/10/16, via automotiveworld.com]
Audi Autonomous Driving Cup 2016: piloted driving on a 1:8 scale Their detection range of between two centimeters (0.8 in) and four meters (13.1 ft) makes it possible to identify the surroundings precisely even when traveling at speed. An acceleration sensor registers changes of direction by the model car and ... [...]

[03/10/16, via AutoGuide]
Audi Hosts Self-Driving Model Car Race The cars, all 1:8 scale model Audi Q5s, will have to navigate a challenging circuit ... The competition will take place on March, 24. The winning team will receive 10,000 Euros, the second-place team will get 5,000 and the third-place team will receive ... [...]

[03/10/16, via Montgomery News]
Butterflies, model rail lines, art entice visitors to Philadelphia Flower Show Thomas the Tank Engine trains are prominently displayed in the G-scale train displays. G-scale engines are 8 inches high and about 24 inches ... railroad cars and modern railroad cars with Amtrak one of the sponsors of the display. “Model railroads ... [...]

[03/10/16, via Bloomberg]
Honda Aims for Fuel-Cell Car at Hybrid Price as GM Lends Scale The starting price for Honda’s hybrid models in Japan range from 1.69 million ... and will sell the car for about $60,000. Europe deliveries also are scheduled to begin by the end of 2016. Another measure Honda will take to boost scale and lower costs ... [...]

[03/10/16, via TopSpeed]
2016 Mercedes-AMG S65 Coupe Rocket by Brabus That cuts the car’s 0-to-60 mph time to 4.4 seconds and pushes its top speed to 186 mph. Read our full review here. The other model ... 1 seconds. The top speed is in excess of 350 km/h (217 mph), a fact accounted for by the BRABUS speedometer whose ... [...]