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This seems like a good time to show some photos of Rob's home track set up. He has a nice space over a large machine shop just a bit north of Vancouver. His track is plastic sectional Eldon 1/24 track. This track is a blast to run on, nostalgic for sure!
Rob scratch built this really cool pit area building.
There are some really nice detail items Rob also scratch built like these signs.
Rob is the master at restoration work! Check out this cool art Rob created using an old cardboard box logo!
These vintage Porsche 904 cars by Monogram are sometimes overlooked. Rob did an awesome job on this build.
Rob dropped by the shop with some of his newest builds. Here's a 1/32 Slot.it McLaren, his first 1/32 build.
Rob built this 1/24 Monogram Ferrari from a NOS body kit and a used chassis.
You're welcome Rico, and thanks for the positive feedback!
Thanks Mitch & me too!
Nice, is this oscar/pacer specs?
Yes Mitch. Beau built it for the PASER/OSCAR Clubman Class. Although on Beau's build he used wheels and tires closer to True Scale specs. the Clubman class does allow shorter wheel/tire combinations.
A short video of the practice session on December 31, 2020.
Beau's Clubman Corvette and Howie's Sportsman car in action through the new section of the track.
Beau and Howie stopped by yesterday to run a couple laps. Check out this Corvette Beau built for the Clubman Class as raced by PASER & OSCAR. Beau turned the fastest lap of the day with this car at 4.99 seconds.
Nice job Mitch, that looks fantastic!
I have a Scaleauto blue ball bearing motor.........
Thanks Doc!
My plan is to have the track available after Christmas to those that would like to come over and run some laps. I'm looking at small groups no large race crowds. If you'd like to come by and get some laps in shoot me an email or give me a call and we'll set up a day and time.
This offer is open to anyone interested in running on the newly reconfigured track.
The initial testing at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway has gone well. On Thursday of last week, Chris Kouba stopped by for some test laps with BRM 1/24 Group C cars and some miscellaneous 1/32 cars. The track was unprepped as far as any traction compound. We cleaned the surface off using a rag and a citrus cleaner. I was surprised at how well the cars worked on urethane or rubber tires after just a few laps. it seemed to rack about 5 to 10 laps to get the cars to hook up. Here are some initial test results from that session:
1/32: Thunderslot Lola T70 w/rubber tires 6.04 sec. - Chris
1/32 Revoslot Toyota w/rubber tires 6.16 sec. - Chris
1/24 BRM Porsche 962 w/shore 30 stock rubber tires 6.23 sec. - Chris
1/24 Revell Cheetah 36D sidewinder w/urethane tires (NASTE Over 50 Class) 7.57 sec. - Bill
In this first testing there was only one issue with the track. One of the LED power indicator lights burned out on the blue lane's controller hook up. I replaced the LED the next day.
Yesterday a few guys that race in the PASER and OSCAR events stopped by. For this test session I prepped the track by spraying it with the usual traction compound solution. Ted, John, Stuart, and Bob Nak ran a bunch of laps with PASER/OSCAR spec cars giving the track a thorough shake down. All the cars run in this session were heavy hardbody 1/24 cars. There were no issues with the track during this session. Here are some results from this session:
Fastest lap 1/24 hardbody NASCAR 4.479 sec. - John
Laps in the 4.7 sec. range were routinely made by all drivers, John, Bob Nak, Stuart, and Ted.
This test session indicated the course reconfiguration increased average lap times by just about a full second. Here's a little video of this test session (new camera - I couldn't figure out how to get it off of the black & white setting. Found out today it was set to record in night vision....).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYKi4yqMftc
I want thank everyone that helped me get the track reconstruction to this point, Beau, Howie, John, and Diane! Thank you all!
Now that I can't argue with!
"Decorated"?.................for Christmas????
Thanks Doc, I really appreciate it!
You're absolutely right! I'll make that swap!
Searching for some oddball slot car stuff tonight and a somewhat familiar photo popped up. When I clicked on it I was taken to some pages from the old NASTE website. On those pages were some photos I had thought were long lost. The pages include old photos from early NASTE tracks, Rapid Raceway, Checkered Flag Raceway, Electron Raceway, Mineral Springs Raceway, Autumn Hills, Beaverton Slot Car Club, Al Blanchard's HORO HO track, TooBad Motorplex six lane 1/24 and the routed HO track, Jeff Courtney's NASTE 3 five lane 1/24 track, Glenn Gregorio's Blacklight Blacktop Carrera track, Hawksbill Station, and Butterdish Raceway. The photos are from 1997 to around 2008 or so. Enjoy!
http://www.naste.org/naste_site/
http://www.naste.org/naste_site/pictures.htm
http://www.naste.org/naste_site/pictures2.htm
http://www.naste.org/naste_site/pictures3.htm
I just seemed to fit...........
After only 4 months of work, it is done! Let there be racing!
Great story & vid!
Thanks!
I hear ya there Mitch! I have some of those. It is kinda fun to watch them go up in smoke!
That's true Mitch, and my set up is probably overkill, But I've noticed with tracks for 1/24 cars you never know who or what might show up to play. There are still guys out there that email me saying they have some old slot car stuff they'd like to bring out to run. There are still thousands of those old Parma and even Russkit metal trigger controllers out there just waitin' to come over and play!
Cool idea Doc!
Only older!
Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis 1960
Mellow Yellow - Donovan 1966
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane 1966
Li' Red Ridin' Hood - Sam The Sham 1966
Getting closer to done everyday! Yesterday I finished up the driver's stations. Kirk Smith installed controller "hangers" when he built the track. He saw photos of some he liked and had them custom fabricated here in town. To keep controllers from shorting out when placed in the brackets, he applied a rubberized coating to them. The coating was pretty well worn off when I got the track. I decided to try for a '60's look by covering them with a metallic or metal flake type of fabric that was popular back in the day. I still had to figure a way to insulate the edge of the cut out from the controllers to prevent the shorting issue. A couple hours at Parkrose Hardware provided me with a solution. I found some 1 1/2 inch rubberized hole plugs. They fit nice and snug and after a little Dremel work and some Goop, the hangers were ready to install!
This one is a K&B Ferrari. Another beautiful restoration by Rob!
Rob stopped by to show me the latest cars he completed. Keep in mind these are restorations, not new builds. Rob takes cars that were poorly built or broken, takes them completely apart, and repaints and rebuilds them. It's amazing what he accomplishes, especially considering what he starts with! I can't build models this nice even starting with new kits!
This Cox Chaparral was originally painted yellow using a brush!
Rob said the headlight area of this car was particularly difficult because of how well the lenses were originally glued into place, and the repair that the nose of the body required.
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