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