That is the best slot car video I have seen!!!!!
5,502 December 29, 2008 5:26 pm
Re: NASTE Stuff..... (2 replies, posted in NASTE)
Got my stickers today. They are great! I'll be sportin' them the next time we get together! --------------Bill
5,503 December 29, 2008 4:12 pm
Re: HO Slot racing................... (15 replies, posted in Track)
Hey Rick WELCOME!
Hobby Town on SE 82 Ave (just south of Johnson Creek Blvd) has HO parts, as well as Tammy's Hobbies in Beaverton. Bryan's still looking for interested parties to get some racing in on his HO tracks. Hey Bryan...........
---------------Bill
5,504 December 29, 2008 4:07 pm
Re: Marklin slot cars (15 replies, posted in Cars)
That's sure not what I was thinking of! Looks to be some sort of off-beat battery set car to me?????
5,505 December 29, 2008 3:15 pm
Re: Marklin slot cars (15 replies, posted in Cars)
I'm not familiar with them. I've seen them, but I was thinking they were older than 1970's. I was also thinking they were about 1/30th scale?
5,506 December 29, 2008 10:19 am
Re: Fly Porsche GT1 Evo (28 replies, posted in Cars)
I saw Rico run his Fly "whatchamucallit" at Jeff's. It looked like it has very good potential for racing on routed tracks! It was definately FAST! Even though it was extremely loose, it still seemed to go through the corners well.
---------------Bill
5,507 December 28, 2008 4:51 pm
Re: Fly Porsche GT1 Evo (28 replies, posted in Cars)
I'm thinkin' about pickin' up the Fly Porsche GT1 EVO 2-R, and then buying a separate EVO 3 chassis.
Need to compare Monte's to Rico
5,508 December 28, 2008 3:53 pm
Re: Fly Porsche GT1 Evo (28 replies, posted in Cars)
Strontium, that's great!.....Hype impregnated plastic?
I like the looks of the Fly "racing" Porsche 911s also.....
I may wait to see the comparison between your EVO and Monte's to decide on which version to get.
5,509 December 28, 2008 11:57 am
Re: Fly Porsche GT1 Evo (28 replies, posted in Cars)
Oh yeah, forgot about the New Years deal....
The Electric Dreams info says the Evo2s come with metal wheels. Is that true Monte?
Are the Evo3s wheels plastic Rico? SCI indicated they call them something fancy but they're actually plastic.
5,510 December 28, 2008 11:02 am
Re: Fly Porsche GT1 Evo (28 replies, posted in Cars)
Rico, I wouldn't have gone back to the car either! Man it was cold!!!!
$55 was a good deal! I haven't seen any go for that.
It will be interesting to compare them. Speaking of that, do we have a plan for the upcoming NASTE Thursday?
5,511 December 27, 2008 6:59 pm
Re: Fly Porsche GT1 Evo (28 replies, posted in Cars)
I've done a lot of looking. Looks like one of these cars is going to cost you around $60 to $70 from any of the hobby shops via their internet sales. The best deals I found were on the Porsche GT1 EVO2 cars, but for $6 to $9 more you can get the EVO3. I found the best prices on Ebay, under Fly Racing, quite a few "Buy-It-Now" deals. The best deal is if you can score a good deal like Monte did on his Porsche GT1 EVO2. Porsche EVO3 chassis are available for $13 (Fantasy World is currently out).
5,512 December 27, 2008 6:08 pm
Re: Fly Porsche GT1 Evo (28 replies, posted in Cars)
Here's some of the Fly racing info:
http://flycarmodel.com/index.php?option … Itemid=237
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http://flycarmodel.com/index.php?option … Itemid=237
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http://flycarmodel.com/index.php?option … ;Itemid=51
5,513 December 27, 2008 5:35 pm
Re: Fly Porsche GT1 Evo (28 replies, posted in Cars)
OK, I'm gettin' jazzed about the Fly "racing" cars. The Porsche GT1 EVO 3 looks pretty trick. Rico, how about some details?
You said it wasn't very good on the old Marshall Field track but better on the new track. So better on a flat track?
It worked good on Greg Hodge's routed track. Have you tried it on a 1/24 routed track yet?
So there are many different "racing" Fly cars. Would a class for any Fly cars work? Something like we started out with at BSCC with the Slot.It cars, only non-magnetic?
I'm thinkin' non-magnetic would even up the different types?
5,514 December 27, 2008 2:13 pm
Re: International Proxy Series 2009 - We have an entry! (9 replies, posted in Events)
What body?
5,515 December 26, 2008 8:04 pm
Topic: Fly Porsche GT1 Evo (28 replies, posted in Cars)
Monte & Rico
It's Fly Porsche Evo2 you guys have?
FLYRGEVO2N 07002 Fly - Porsche GT1 1998
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo 3 RACING
This would be for a non-magnetic class?
Does this chassis have a separate motor pod, or is the chassis one piece?
Fly has a few different versions of this car. The Evo3 looks to have a separate motor pod.
---------------------Bill
5,516 December 20, 2008 9:53 pm
Re: NASTE for 2010 (51 replies, posted in NASTE)
Tried out my 1/32 cars at Hemi Heights. Pretty much the same results. If anything their performance was even better on the Hemi Heights surface. The Slot.It Nissan and Lancia were definately better at Hemi Heights than the BullRing. The Slot.It cars, HRS TCONY, and NSR Mosler were the best, and all close in performance. The Carrera Roadrunner stock car and the Scalextric NASCAR Ford Taurus were again at the bottom of the heap, actually behind the Carrera Aston Martin. ------------Bill
5,517 December 20, 2008 11:35 am
Topic: NASTE Stuff..... (2 replies, posted in NASTE)
Hey guys I took a lesson from Dave Naylor of OSCAR. Check these out:
5,519 December 16, 2008 9:08 am
Re: SCX 1/43 cars (10 replies, posted in Cars)
So, we're on for June?????
5,520 December 16, 2008 8:21 am
Re: SCX 1/43 cars (10 replies, posted in Cars)
Monte, I have saws!!!! --------------------------Bill
5,521 December 11, 2008 6:41 pm
Re: NASTE for 2010 (51 replies, posted in NASTE)
I don't remember how much glue it had down. I don't think Jeff applies it over the whole track. I think he tacks it up the same way I tack up my track. ---------------Bill
5,522 December 11, 2008 5:48 pm
Re: NASTE for 2010 (51 replies, posted in NASTE)
How about we try out some different cars when we go out to Jeff's next Thursday (the 18th) for NASTE Thursday?
5,523 December 11, 2008 5:47 pm
Re: NASTE for 2010 (51 replies, posted in NASTE)
Yes! That's Glenn's tires on my TCONY car. ------------------Bill
5,524 December 11, 2008 5:36 pm
Re: NASTE for 2010 (51 replies, posted in NASTE)
More testing on the BullRing. Here's some results listed worst to best:
1/32 Carrera Roadrunner stock car. Stock wheels and tires front & rear. Body has been lowered on the chassis. Full interior replaced with cardstock & cut down driver figure. Magnets removed. A little lead in the front & rear, low in the chassis. Difficult to control in corners. Slides just a little then wham, on it's roof! Better, but still mostly sucks!
1/32 Carrera Aston Martin (007 car). Stock wheels & tires. Body slightly lowered on chassis. Full interior removed and replaced with flat card stock. Chassis is stock, no weight added. Works suprisingly well. Bettre than the Carrera Roadrunner, but still challenging in the corners.
1/32 Scalextric Taurus NASCAR. Sidewinder chassis. Golf club lead applied to underside of chassis. Rubber tires from a Scalextric Camaro. Works pretty well but needs a better guide flag - too shallow for 1/24 routed track.
1/32 Slot.It Lancia. Offset anglewinder pod. Independant rotating front wheels. Just a little lead up ahead of pod. Stock rubber tires. Not too bad - needs more traction.
1/32 Slot.It Nissan R390. This one has a bunch of lead added. That's about it. Works pretty well.
1/32 Slot.It HRS chassis based stock car. This is the Monte spec TCONY car (see details of mine in the gallery). Inline motor pod. Urethane rear tires. No weight or lead added to the chassis. This thing works great! Very fast & handles extremely well, much better than I thought it would!
1/32 NSR Mosler. STOCK. Anglewinder motor pod. NSR rubber rear tires. Unbelievable! Fast! Handles GREAT!
More to come...... -------------------Bill
5,525 December 10, 2008 3:50 pm
Re: NASTE for 2010 (51 replies, posted in NASTE)
Those are good points Rico. As you stated we will need to get input from more people. Quite a few potential classes are already being discussed, so I thought it would be good to get the dialog going well before next season! Maybe a combination of classes and race formats would be appropriate? Something for everyone? And most importantly, who's interested? -------------Bill