Scale RC Cars range come in may different ranges with the most popular being 1/10th scale and 1/16th scale although you do also have 1/5th Scale but these are usually within the Petrol RC Car Model range and not nitro cars.
A large range of scale rc cars can be found at Nitrotek, a leader in the nitro rc cars industry as well as a range of rc helicopters.
Scale RC Cars look extremely lifelike but smaller than their real life cousins. The technology and design that has gone into each of the scale cars is very state of the art with incredible speeds being produced by even the lower end of the range.
When looking for scale nitro and rc cars, Nitro are worth a long look due to their unique high specification range of nitro cars with Free Delivery within the UK on all orders.
If your interest is in building your own scale rc cars then there are RC Car Kits available which allow you to build up experience if you are new to the RC Car industry while having the self achievement of building then racing your own scale rc nitro car.