Not Trains! Shock Horror - My Other Love Slot Cars

what an awesome, slightly new direction , nigel!! looking forward to photos of your set up as time progresses

First thing I need to do is get a replacement garage door, the old one is damaged due to age/corrosion.  Once done, then I'll be looking to build frames and boards to put the track on, then I'll start on the race track

BTW - Happy New Year!

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Something else I picked up off Amazon the other day on a whim, a lego type set that is also a slot racing set.  The cars are really small though, 1/87 scale which is even smaller than the normal AFX/Autoworld/Micro-Scalextric cars which are typically 1/64

The unbelievable thing though is that the cars even so small even have working headlights, who would have thought it possible a few years back?!? To give you a clue of the size they are about as long as a standard poker card is wide as shown in some of these pictures...  I've also attached a couple of pictures that illustrate issues with the track QC where the slots narrow causing issues (see later video for actual problem it causes)...









The set isn't perfect though, quality control seems to be an issue as some parts of the slots the inner slot seems to be a bit deformed as some have points where the slot narrows which fouls the car guide pin stopping them in their tracks (no pun intended) but I feel this can be fixed easily with a small screw driver or craft knife to adjust things.  This video demonstrates the issue;