Die-Cast Safety Truck for Race Track

[dwdirks]

I needed a race safety truck for my slot car racetrack so I found a cheap ($5) 1/32 scale  die-cast 1950's Ford pickup and converted it into a race-ready safety truck.  It's just a static model, I did not convert it into an actual slot truck. The Safety Truck adds just a little bit realism on my slot car track. 

The safety workers are from a Marx toy set that were called NASA workers. I  will restyle them to look like race track safety personnel. The jack and part of the fire extinguisher are from an old Scalextric pit box set. The light bar is from a rally slot car. The broom is cobbled together from bits of wood and a slice of foam sheet. The gas can is a rectangular piece from an electrical board with some wire insulation for the filler neck. The hose in the truck bed is some insulated wire with a scrounged metal fitting on the end that I thought looked like a hose end. Balsa wood push bars were added to the front and rear bumpers.

The race flags are made from bits of stiff wire with shiny paper flags in red, green, yellow, black and white.

 

The truck is getting pretty full of safety gear.
 

Our safety truck is now nearing completion. Now we need to hire some workers to operate the truck.

 

The truck is pretty much ready to go but the new crew members are still a little bit up in the air while their uniforms get the finishing touch.
 

They don't look too happy right now.
 

The safety crew members are finally on the job.

 

Ready for action at the highest point of Overlook Raceway Park.
 

The no. 38 Mustang is leading the no. 88 Camaro as they fly by the Safety Truck and crew. 
 

 

 

[Phirewriter]

Cool, where did you find it? More pictures of your track please! Redoing my basement/workroom and will hopefully be rebuilding my slot car track. Need to finish my shelving and reorganize my kit's and other stuff first. Haven't decided yet if I'm going to landscape it yet.

[High octane]

Nice job on the safety truck with contents and crew members.

[Gramps46]

Great idea and execution.

[dwdirks]

Phirewriter, High octane and Gramps46, 

thanks for the comments and questions. I found the truck at a tourist place in Lancaster County, PA, I'm sure you can also find it online if you search for inexpensive 1/32 scale die-cast. I will try to post some photos of my track in the slot car section in the next few days. I did already post about my F150 Racing Truck a few months ago. Here's a link: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/121280-f-150-race-truck/

[Phirewriter]

Somehow I missed that, I usually check out the thread if it looks like there's something new. Your F-150 and track look awesome!

[dwdirks]

I just posted some photos of my slot car race track, here's a link: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/135658-overlook-raceway-park/

[randyc]

Another nice piece for your layout.  At first, I thought you had it positioned in the "crash line" from the curve, but see you put it where it shouldn't get hit.   That could be disastrous in a couple ways.  Nice.