Thought I'd share a few of my slot cars...

[BTK]

Slot car drag racing has caught on here in my area over the last few years, so I thought I'd share a few of our cars.

Forgive me, I'm not a great model builder.

We have really started doing "no-bar" cars, which basically means no wheelie bars at all.

Bandit resin 79 Malibu (About to get blowed apart and converted to an 80)

Original Johan SC/Rambler kit

74 Impala Promo

55 Post and TLB 55 replica we had built by a good friend

This habit is too damned expensive! I've got two boxes full of them and am now building a 55' 150 model of our real car and a 91 modelhaus caprice wagon. Sheesh!

Thanks for looking!

[nascarfan12]

Some very nice cars, gotta love the ole '55's.

[vintagercr]

Great looking slot cars!

[LaughingIndian]

Dang, that looks like a blast. Slot cars go too fast and look like insects more than cars ... but dragsters seem like they replicate the real thing. Without the wheelie bars, I bet, makes it interesting piloting them. You use 'chutes?

Maybe someday empty shopping malls will make pretty cool miniature salt flats ...

The 55 looks great, as does the scrambler.

[BTK]

Thanks for the compliments!

Yes, having no wheelie bars is a challenge finding ways to add weight. A lot of guys instead use a controller that will make the car leave soft. As for parachutes, there are plenty out that have resin copies on them but aren't functional. I have seen a few pictures of them in the 60's that were functional, but we go 35-42 mph in 27.5 feet now I think getting a parachute to stop it would just look unproportional. We do use a very thick glue though that stops them in a few feet.