My newest track, excited and happy

HO Scale Slot Car Forum
From T-Jets to Magnet Missles!

My newest track, excited and happy

Postby ChallengerGuy » Sun May 11, 2014 11:13 pm

I really loved the look of this track when I first saw it. An opportunity came up for me to acquire it and the rest is history.

(It's on FB too but I figure not everyone is on FB). Enjoy!

Oh, it's a rail track with a dead strip for timing. Built in 1993 on the west coast. Oh, the circle hole by the driver stations has been replaced with a new track call button.

Image
User avatar
ChallengerGuy
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 369
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:46 pm
Location: SMF

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby BRP32 » Mon May 12, 2014 5:16 am

Great looking track!

Ho I assume based off the AFX grand stand?

I run both scales also myself.

I love the old t-jets and afx and tyco pro cars.

Wayne :D :D :D
BRP32
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 1209
Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:53 pm
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby ChallengerGuy » Mon May 12, 2014 7:32 am

Yes, HO...I simply do not have the space to recreate a 1/32 layout in my garage while still retaining "use" of my garage. I have been racing Fray cars so this track is a welcome addition for our group. I will be focusing on tjets since I sold off all of my AFX and Tyco cars last year. Still have my 1/32 cars so one day a track may be in my future.
User avatar
ChallengerGuy
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 369
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:46 pm
Location: SMF

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby TuscoTodd » Mon May 12, 2014 8:13 am

That is a sweet looking track! Would love to have something like that myself!
Congrats!
User avatar
TuscoTodd
HRW Bouncer
 
Posts: 7145
Joined: Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:25 am
Location: Rural Ohio

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby dreinecke » Mon May 12, 2014 8:33 am

That is a really nice track!
User avatar
dreinecke
King of the Dum-Dums!
 
Posts: 7360
Joined: Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:39 pm
Location: Colorado

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby Wolseley Hornet » Mon May 12, 2014 10:57 am

Very nice!

What a find!

David.
User avatar
Wolseley Hornet
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 669
Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:25 pm
Location: East Riding of Yorkshire. UK.

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby ourwayband » Mon May 12, 2014 11:36 am

Great looking track!!

Rusty
User avatar
ourwayband
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 2471
Joined: Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:10 pm
Location: West Tennessee

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby BIG E » Fri May 16, 2014 1:03 pm

WOW!
I'd love to let loose some of my Aurora T-Jets on that track! I especially like the idea of the "lap length equalizer" turn section.
The blue color on the infield section looks great. Very cool. Enjoy your new raceway! -- Ernie
BIG E
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 939
Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:30 am
Location: NY/Metro area

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby bkrownd » Fri May 16, 2014 1:11 pm

Light blue is kind of an unusual color, but it really is bright and cheery. It looks like an ice racing track. ;)

Image
User avatar
bkrownd
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 387
Joined: Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:29 pm
Location: East Hawai'i

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby waaytoomuchintothis » Fri May 16, 2014 2:46 pm

I think I saw some film once about guys in Quebec tearing around on a large pond in what was left of Ford Cortinas, Consuls and Taunuses with some other hulks I didn't recognize. They looked like they were having a ball, . It was black and white and the contrast against the snow made it very hard to tell much of anything, but when they climbed out of those cars they were falling down laughing and flopping around like madmen- especially when they rolled one of those roly-poly old British sedans right off the pond and onto the snow bank. Made you want to get a hulk and join the fun as soon as you could get there.
User avatar
waaytoomuchintothis
"Seasoned SlotRacer"
 
Posts: 7576
Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:16 pm
Location: Chesterfield, Virginia

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby ChallengerGuy » Sat May 17, 2014 8:01 am

so maybe I will track down four snowmobiles and make my ice racing track complete! That would be cool. Yeah, I like the track since the colors really do seem to match the 1950 house I live in. I thought it was built in 1963, not 1993, when I first saw it. It's great fun...I am working on matching a set of Road Race Replica Mustangs to make the track complete.
User avatar
ChallengerGuy
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 369
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:46 pm
Location: SMF

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby ChallengerGuy » Mon Jun 16, 2014 10:20 pm

I've made some progress...and more since this picture was taken...removed the felt sharpie lane striping from 3 lanes (thankfully the white lane was painted very nicely). I had to use nail polish remover and two steel wool pads to do the job.

Image
User avatar
ChallengerGuy
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 369
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:46 pm
Location: SMF

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby ChallengerGuy » Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:04 am

Here's the finished track with the lanes finally cleaned. OMG that took like 4 hours to get the horrible sharpie felt removed...
Image
User avatar
ChallengerGuy
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 369
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:46 pm
Location: SMF

Nice Track :)

Postby Ralphthe3rd » Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:00 am

Your track looks awesome :handgestures-thumbup:
Looks like a fun course to race on, and it packs alot of action in a little space(4' x 8'), as my own two courses are also setup on 4' x 8' :)
User avatar
Ralphthe3rd
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 645
Joined: Fri Sep 07, 2012 9:11 am

Re: My newest track, excited and happy

Postby ChallengerGuy » Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:41 am

It's an Atari Crystal Castles arcade game. It's also a heat blocker to my roll up garage door. Gotta keep the track safe you know.
User avatar
ChallengerGuy
HRW SlotCar Veteran!
 
Posts: 369
Joined: Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:46 pm
Location: SMF

Next

Return to HRW HO Scale



Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests

cron