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Post by thezapper on Feb 3, 2013 0:08:08 GMT
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Post by Wayne Miller on Feb 3, 2013 0:13:12 GMT
My 8 year nephew has got one ;D ;D ;D
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Post by thezapper on Feb 3, 2013 0:25:23 GMT
its all about the kids....... thats why i set up the track for them......i have to keep the image of the cool uncle....
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Post by Wayne Miller on Feb 3, 2013 0:54:26 GMT
its all about the kids....... thats why i set up the track for them......i have to keep the image of the cool uncle.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by mark1scooters on Feb 4, 2013 23:07:38 GMT
I think mines still in the loft,might have a look towards the weekend if i dare go up there and confront the amount of crap we hoard up there.
As kids we used to spray hairspray on the track and watch 'em fly.Really difficult as they spin for fun ;D
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Post by thezapper on Feb 6, 2013 2:44:28 GMT
Now its time to hone my carpentry skills. planning on building a 22ft x 8ft indoor track. this is what im planning on building.......  mdf wooden track with braided copper power lines routed in..... |
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Post by benjirixon on Feb 6, 2013 6:54:20 GMT
Haha! Awesome! I bought my son one last year for his birthday but he's a bit too young to play with it......... So I did instead  If I had a decent size man cave with a bar an all I'd def have one set up be a good crack after few bevvies with the lads  |
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Post by firej on Feb 6, 2013 7:27:32 GMT
I've got some I was big into it 25 years ago we had womps & flexie cars and you would go to tracks and pay to race , when I was real little I had some tyco sets that were a blast and 2 years ago I got Carrera GO set of F1 cars I really like those scalexric sets they have some classic sets wonder if those cars will work on the set I have?
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Post by hank on Feb 6, 2013 13:03:20 GMT
but theres always one problem - if you dont slow down at the bends, they just fly off and you have to put them back on!  |
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Post by firej on Feb 6, 2013 23:39:42 GMT
That's what race Marshals are for the tracks I use to race on cars were doing close to 100mph but sadly most of those tracks have vanished....
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Post by thezapper on Feb 19, 2013 4:47:02 GMT
so i ended up building this track this week end 20 x 4 ft.... now i just need to buy more cars. ;D ;D ;D    semi permanent, i was bored this weekend, its pretty fun, banked corners, and adjustable voltage power supply really gets these cars going...... |
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Post by firej on Feb 19, 2013 6:05:08 GMT
Wow looks fricken awesome!
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Post by sugarlump on Feb 19, 2013 13:31:16 GMT
That's amazing pal, how long before you need to reclaim the space? ;D
My dad dragged all our old Scalectrix out of the loft recently, both my brother and I were fighting over who gets to keep it, just like 25 years ago! Very fond memories of weekends lost turning the sitting room into a racetrack using our parents books to make bridges.
I saw recently that you can get the Batmobile and Ghostbusters hearse as slot cars!
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Post by thezapper on Feb 19, 2013 13:41:12 GMT
;D i convinced the wife it was temporrary, thats why i used screws to build it, so i can take it down..... ;)man i know what you mean about memorries! thats what possesed me to do this. and the cars are amazing now, upgrade-a-ble to the max, super detailed, and fast! especially when you run them at 14-15 volts. it keeped me busy this weekend, in the summer i have plans to build a propper wood routed track with copper braid. the plastic sets yo get too much clitter clatter, not to mention voltage drops....well see what happens, it could be just a phase.....
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Post by breezer on Feb 19, 2013 16:01:29 GMT
Read somewhere you can put a blob of solder on the track joins and it helps to reduce the voltage drops.
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Post by smallframetony on Feb 20, 2013 18:50:48 GMT
I see a baja 5b tucked away  Amazing bit of kit but the price is a bit off putting! I have two nitro rush evo's and an E-firestorm, great fun especially in the mud and snow! |
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Post by thezapper on Feb 20, 2013 20:10:12 GMT
definitely, I'm a connoisseur of all that is fun! the buggy is amazing , almost too fast for the brakes that it has!
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Post by smallframetony on Feb 20, 2013 21:25:14 GMT
You will have to upgrade the brakes, on the drift cars you can get disc brakes! I know you can get insane engines for the baja that do over 9HP!!! That's more then my scoot lol. They are great fun |
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Post by thezapper on Feb 23, 2013 1:42:31 GMT
I love this video , very inspiring to me ,its about a man's passion and love for what does!
This was filmed downtown toronto, and I actually got to meet the guys who built this. Really cool guys, and this one project changed there lives
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Post by swallow on Feb 23, 2013 7:01:23 GMT
Enjoyed that, all apart from the Audi connection - a calculated and cold blooded attempt to convince people by association that Audi have some kind of soul, which they might have had 30 years ago but they don't anymore  |
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Amazing bit of kit but the price is a bit off putting! I have two nitro rush evo's and an E-firestorm, great fun especially in the mud and snow! 
