Anyone know a good place to buy an AFX set?
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Anyone know a good place to buy an AFX set?
Two places , Craigslist and FB Marketplace.Quote:
Originally Posted by yatesville88fan
When l was 10, neighbor had a set with the big body cars. Track had a big banked curve that you could carve around at full speed. Asked for a set for Christmas, but got an HO set and no banked curve. Just not the same, got spoiled on the neighbor's track.
I had an HO set as a kid. It had banked curves but you had to get the angle perfect when setting up to keep the cars from flying over the rails. Fun times for sure. I wore the wheels off a couple of cars from running them so much.
We used to play with my dad’s slot cars from when he was a kid. Never knew they had races. We just held down the throttle and never let up
We had a 4X8 sheet of plywood that we screwed down our track to. Shared
A bedroom with 2 brothers so we would put the track against the wall when
not in use. Pull out and put between 2 beds and ran our cars. There was also
Ed Shocks hobby shop that had a 10-12 lane track that you could race your cars
on against others. Man those were the years mid ‘60’s to mid ‘70’s.
There was a place to race these in Paducah. I can remember Dad taking me to watch while he and his buddies "played", 68-72 time frame. He ended up buying a small, 2-slot set for all of us to use at home. Wish we still had it. I remember just a little of going with him to the race place, but remember it was always a fun time watching those cars run.
Attachment 537484 still do, this pic is from some of my sons friends racing on the 1/32 scale set up
Really cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob o
AWESOME AWESOME :thumb up2::thumb up2:Quote:
Originally Posted by bob o
That's one way to keep the kids at home.
Wow! This thread was a trip down memory lane. So much time spent as a kid in my parents basement sitting on the concrete floor with the bigger cars (1:32 scale?).
I remember:
- Constantly fiddling with brushes
- The smell of burning ozone from the little electric motors
- Swapping tires
- Cleaning the electric motors and "diff" gears
- Putting stuff on the track to do smoky "burnouts"
- Blocking up the corners with books to make banked turns
- Putting pillows and blankets at the ends of the straights to catch the fly-overs that the guardrails couldn't contain
- Building "custom" bodies out of paper and cardboard.
I bought a new AFX track about 5 years ago. Had a blast with it but now Ive gotten into rc airplanes and the slot car track hasnt been used in a while
I never did them at a hobby place, couldn't afford that.
I did have one of those Tyco sets that you clicked together and could make various configurations on the living room floor. Got a LOT of use out of that as a kid.
Something like one of these
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gC0AA...UI/s-l1600.jpg
Oh yeah ^^^^ had quite a few of those tracks.
I have a 4x8 layout that I built for my son, that I would be willing to sell.Quote:
Originally Posted by yatesville88fan
When I was around 10 there was a large commercial track that my friends and I would race on. I had a McLaren Eva that I modified. I rewound the engine so it would turn more rpm’s. I soldered a tubular frame together. I put on sticky McMillian tires with graphite bearings for the axels. I won some trophies with that setup. Only problem it didn’t have brakes after rewinding the motor.
Oh yeah - loved the AFX stuff.
what kind of track is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by bob o
Here is some "Big Boy's Toy's" racing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUNE5VxBNpw
Carrera track on a table I made myselfAttachment 537550Quote:
Originally Posted by yatesville88fan
Oh yes! Loved them
Anybody have any experience with the Carrera brand? They seem to get good reviews.
Do you know of any hobby stores close to us that still have a track?Quote:
Originally Posted by WVBullet
Anybody ever use a Carrera slot car track?
Not right off hand, Dave, but I’ll keep my eyes opened.Quote:
Originally Posted by yatesville88fan
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https://www.facebook.com/SlotCarMap/
man, this is a cool topic. I never had a crazy set but i always dreamed of having that amazing set that was in the toy section of the JCPenney catalog.
one day, I am going to find one at a yard sale and set it up in the garage. Another cool thing is to have, I believe it was H/O scale, train set running next to the track.
Some more RC trucks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs0wseXgcWQ
https://atlantaslotcarraceway.com/
This one is near me.
Dang I wished I lived closer.Quote:
Originally Posted by limit5bass
I was fortunate to have a 2-lane home track - recall the Ferrari was faster than the other. The box was about the size of one of today’s ginormous “big screen” TV’s. We also had a very large public 6/8-lane public racetrack in Wonderland Mall. I grew up in a family with a midget car racing heritage…
Get ready to spend 45 minutes…..truly amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-AvGfN4bJ0
Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by WVBullet