Nick Notarangelo Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 why not add a section like this since model car bodys are used and do your cars go this fast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMPCZ-uv4B8&feature=related
slantasaurus Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Ummmm, I think he already has........ http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showforum=9
Evil Appetite Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Isnt that TOO fast? Kinda like watching light travel
moparmagiclives Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Look down a little farther in the main page. Some really cool stuff
Evil Appetite Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) .Im almost missing my track. Had a monster setup when i was a kid Edited January 18, 2012 by Evil Appetite
Harry P. Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 We already have a slot car section ("Model Car Racing").
Guest Johnny Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 The wife was laughing ber butt off watching the guys heads move while following their cars around the track! Way faster than they ran back in my day, that's for sure!
Fabrux Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 They're speaking Finnish. And those cars are fast...
Gregg Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 You should check out Adam Friedman's Punching The Donut DVD, covers the 2005 Buena Park nationals. Jairus and I went there I think it was 2006? Incredible, to say the least.
Nick Notarangelo Posted January 20, 2012 Author Posted January 20, 2012 I know the website has stuff on it for track racing but I would love to see maybe a artical or two in the old mag itself,maybe like a beginers artical. Oh and Gregg you need to post a Vertigo warning with the one video you have with the truck and the camera on the track,I almosted hurled.
Jairus Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 I have been bugging Gregg for years to include slot stuff in the mag. But after hearing "NO" for so long.. I eventually quit. If you want to learn more about slot cars, join one of these other forums: Slot blog.net Slot Forum.com Old Weird Harold FYI slot car hobby is divided up into a lot of different classes and factions. The one you want is called "Hard body" racing or NASCAR. Currently there are only NASCAR and maybe Sports cars being raced. But some tracks hold vintage races where Cox, Monogram, Revell cars are raced for fun. Back before 1965, most all slots entailed a model car body mounted on some type of aluminum, brass, steel framework. Nearly all were kits that the kid had to build. Todays factory cars are already built and have some sort of blob like vacuum formed body that resembles a bar of soap. If you want to get into slot racing yourself, you have to learn to walk before you can run. What I mean is that the cars you see racing in the video were specially prepared by professionals. That is why they go so fast. Most-likely handbuilt and feature motors that are far superior to anything we had just 20 years ago. I suggest you pick up this neat little Parma chassis and mount a hard body on it. The chassis is good and solid, fairly quick and easily upgradeable. Good luck!
mikemodeler Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 Check out the Modelroundup's new page and you will see that Round2 has 4 slot car bodies coming out in the next month or two. It makes me want to buy and build a slot car track to relive my younger days of racing at the LHS and building cars like Jairus mentioned. I am afraid that if I take the plunge back into slot car racing my model building days will be over as I won't want to build, just race!
Jairus Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Mike, I just build. No tracks near yet (one being built in Albany). But I enjoy both aspects of the hobby, ie: Building and Racing. Plus there can be just as much modeling in slotcars as building a beautiful static curbside! Example: That is one of the blob bodies I told you about. It is going on a racing car for my friend in San Diego for a race Jan 28th. The body shell is a Gurney Eagle, vacuformed. He wanted a devil as the driver so with-in the racing limitations I took one of the aero vac figures and added horns and a roll bar. The flames are hand painted and the chrome is alclad. Took about 8 hours to produce. Edited January 20, 2012 by Jairus
Dr. Cranky Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 The work I've seen on this forum and other places is amazing. I agree with you, J. Unfortunately, I already have my stove cooking at full steam with so many other hobbies, another one would literally push me over the edge.
Jairus Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 Seems to me that you are already... ah, never mind.
Darin Bastedo Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 I have been bugging Gregg for years to include slot stuff in the mag. But after hearing "NO" for so long.. I eventually quit. Perhaps he would let you do a column like the resin talk or the diecast reviews. I for one would like to see more stuff like your Ferrari GTO build up in print. While I wouldn't necessarily be interested in box stock reviews of mass produced slot cars, the building of homemade slot cars definitely interests me, as that is model building just as much as the static models are.
Guest Johnny Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) One of my first larger scale was the Revell 56 Chevy. It had the bars with the screw holes that glued into the body on notches molded in for use as a slot car body! I remember trimming painting clear bodies for the 1/24 scale brass chassis cars in the late 60's! CanAm type cars, Nascar and Muscle Car bodies mostly! Anyone have an idea what the scale speed would be for those cars??? Somewhere around I still have my coveted Orange MRC controller! Edited January 20, 2012 by Johnny
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