Ninco
Ninco is a Spanish manufacturer of a 1:32 scale car racing track system . The founders were Eduard Nin and Eladio Cosculluela (died 2001 ). The company name (company) is made up of the first syllables of the surname.
history
The company is based in Barcelona and has been producing vehicles for car racing tracks - so-called slot cars - on a scale of 1:32 since 1993 . These vehicles quickly gained a foothold in the market and were often operated on Carrera and Scalextric systems. In 1998, Ninco rose to become a system provider by offering its own rail system and other necessary accessories such as controllers and power packs in addition to vehicles.
Rail system
The Ninco rails are 18 cm wide, the distance between the two lanes is 9 cm. They are made of soft plastic. In contrast to other major manufacturers, Ninco offers three different road surfaces for their rail system: asphalt , terrain ("offroad") and snow . Asphalt corresponds to the normal surface, terrain is characterized by an uneven surface and snow offers particularly little grip . All three types of rails can be combined with one another.
With the asphalt rails, two- to eight-lane tracks can be built, with the other types of rails, two- and four-lane tracks.
In addition to the standard rails, the manufacturer also has bottleneck and lane change rails and a reversing loop in its range; Loopings and banked turns are not offered.
vehicles
The first Ninco slot cars were rally vehicles, but the range has now expanded to include DTM , Formula 1 , Champ Car and others. The inclination towards rallying is still noticeable in the model range. In 2003, Ninco also offered slot cars with a so-called swing arm for the first time (the swing arm was almost standard in slot cars in the 1960s and 1970s , but is hardly found in modern designs), which makes it possible to drive over small obstacles. At the end of 2006 a licensed slot car version of the Ferrari 360 GTC was released.
With a rather restrained range of models, a complete range of rail systems and constant product quality, Ninco has also been able to gain a foothold in countries with traditionally different car racing systems (such as Carrera in Germany or Scalextric in Great Britain / USA). This, and not least the general slot car boom in the 1990s , is due to the fact that the vehicles from different manufacturers are compatible with all rail systems available today.
In 2009, Ninco introduced a 1:28 scale vehicle series under the name XLOT. In terms of their size, these are located exactly between the established scales 1:32 and 1:24, which are dominant in the home and club area. The belt drive of the vehicles, which are all mounted on a metal chassis, is also unusual. Compared to the regular Ninco vehicles in 1:32 scale, XLOT vehicles stand out due to their extended setting and tuning options. Due to the only moderate change in size, they can still be driven on the Ninco rail material, even if this was originally developed for vehicles of a smaller scale.
digitalization
The digital system ANALOGIC & DIGITAL by NINCO was announced at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in 2005, which allows up to six vehicles to be driven in two lanes. After the market launch was postponed several times, the system was brought onto the market in winter 2006/2007 under the name N'Digital . Which now even allows up to 8 cars to be driven at the same time. In contrast to the systems of other manufacturers, retrofitting of existing railways and vehicles (also from other manufacturers) is possible without any problems.
