Luvit...been looking for an idea to duplicate and this is IT!!! LUVIT,,,,,Been collecting Scalextrix since I was 10 and Im now 64😁Something I can do in my spare time now....kept them ALL for my sons Thank you.
Well, that’s great news! Glad you like the layout and are thinking of duplicating it. I too received my first set when I was 10. Got back into it when I was around 40. Out of it at 50 and now really into it again at 65. No age limit for this wonderful hobby. Go for it! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Found you Dave and subscribed, what a great layout you have built, and some great modelling skills on show!! As for the race a very exciting close finish!! Which brings me to say that my Scalextric set back in the 1970's had banked corners and we could never stop the cars from flinging off on those said corners!! Nearly had my old mum's eye out a few times 😂🤣
Thanks for subscribing and commenting Ian. I am not a very creative person at all, but something happens and I can build things for my track for some reason. I am getting pretty good at fixing my crashed foamy RC planes too. lol. Anyways, slot car racing has come a long way over the years. The tracks are computerized now and the cars stay on the track better with the built in magnets and grippy tires. The real pros take the magnets out. This hobby sure helps me get through the long Canadian winters when I can’t fly. Keep your flying videos coming and I will try to do the same with my little slot car channel. Cheers mate! Dave
Thanks for the nice comments Pat. You have a good eye for detail. lol This layout was just on the dark grey carpet to start and just got bigger onto the green carpet. Somehow it just all fit together. As for the scratch builds, I seem to be able to work with foam board. Keep me away from wood. Thanks again.
Very nice layout! I can appreciate you making your own buildings and walls out of foam board. I also made a pit garage, office and walls for my track out of foam board, and plan to do a snack stand and benches. It saves a lot of money and is also fun! Cheers!
You just gave me some ideas. I don’t have any snack stands, benches or any other smaller pieces. It’s time to get some more foam board. lol. Thanks very much for your comments Dave.
Yes Oscar, I really love that car. It was not real expensive, but has good speed and has lights. Real happy with it. Thanks for watching and commenting. Dave
Well Frank, that’s the first time I have seen us slot car guys described like that. lol. Glad you enjoyed the track and video. Have you had any thoughts of giving it a try again? Thanks for watching and commenting. Badass Dave.
Thanks for commenting Majordog. Sounds like you had lots of fun making Scalextric track. A long time ago. That was in the UK, right? I take it that all the track and cars are made in China now.
@@Talladavid it was at Hornby hobbies at Margate Kent UK and your absolutely right they stopped making stuff there in the mid 90's as it meant more profit for them buy having it made in china. They made everything there at one point, cars, track and the train sets as well. I still have my set from the 60's in a loft somewhere.
@@majordog2399 I think it’s time to get that Scalextric set out of the loft and see if you can get it going again. It’s too bad that almost everything is made in China these days. Having said that, we complain when things cost so much so it has to be made there. Thanks Majordog. Dave.
like it, as a kid, I had one with a load of the extra track, I had two transformers as one wasn't enough but I had no one to race so I set up a pace car with an elastic band around the hand controller, worked fairly well, suppose there's something to do that nowadays but back in 68 it was good enough. . I always like to build in flyovers and tunnels made out of shoe boxes, I had the Lotus & McLaren F1 cars, Ford GTE & Dodge Charger Indi cars, motorcycle and sidecar outfits that would not stay on the track until I added magnets, endless nights of racing against a rubber band, I usually won.
Ah, those were the days Sicks6six. I would have received my first slot car set in 68 as well at the age of 10. It was made by a company called Eldon. The things I used to do with that set back then. I wished I kept it. No rubber bands needed these days. lol. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Thank you Zo. Stay tuned to the next video. There might just be a few more new buildings. Yes, I take pride in going as fast as I can without coming out of the slots. Too much of a pain going to get the cars. lol. Thanks for your nice comments. Dave
G'day to you Dave, well done mate, you get a lot more out of it ifn you make the Buildings etc your self, I integrated a AFX set with a HO Scale Train Set ,it covered approx. 15mt all up ,it was Years of fun, sadly had to take it down due to House Reno
Good day Paul. For sure, it is so much fun and rewarding making as much stuff as you can. I get sad when I have run out of things to make. Do you have plans to set up the AFX and HO train again? Thanks for watching and commenting. Dave
G'day to you Dave, sadly I have had astroke so not as mobile as I used to be,sold of most of the AFX/HO Train things, kept a few HO things my Son will help me he said to built a down size track,thanks for reply Dave @@Talladavid
Dennis, thank you. I kind of screwed up with that race. I only had to pit twice. Should have been three times which would have made for a much closer race. Next race will be 24 laps and for sure it will force me to pit three times. Thanks for watching and commenting. Dave
For sure George. I can drive my car about 3 seconds per lap faster than the ghost car. But when I have to stop for 3 pit stops for a total of at least 30 seconds, it makes for very close races. Thanks for your reply. Dave
Thanks XA351GT. The dimensions are 8’ x 18’. The length of the track is 80’. You are correct. The ghost car can’t stop for pit stops. It is calibrated to go around the track in 12.5 seconds. I can go around in about 9.5 seconds. So with me stopping for 3 pit stops at 10 seconds each, it makes for a close race in the end. Especially if I come off the track. Thanks again for your comments and questions. Dave
Using the Scalextric Racing App or what I use, Magic ARC App hooked up to my tablet. You calibrate your ghost car before the race. It asks you to go around the track at the slowest possible speed. After that it asks you to go around the track at the fastest possible speed without the car coming off the track on the curves. It’s all done on the tablet. It’s lots of fun.
No sir Roger. That was the old days. Slot car tracks are getting real computerized these days. No tape on the controller needed. I do use tape to hang my tablet or phone from the ceiling to get those nice recordings of the races though. Lol
