[BAracer]

#65

"Everyone loves slot cars!"

Kelly loves muscle cars, he's just bought a load. Neil loves trucks, but prefers his muscle cars 'vanilla' so he can decorate them to his liking. He also raised some issues relating to race circuit landscaping...is a scheme ever finished?...how do you avoid damaging beautifully created scenery with offs? Watch the video for the answers. Chris showed us a champagne gold McLaren, which has a gem of a brass chassis.

Greg then took us into the brave new world of 3D printed tyres. You can theorise as much as you want about the concept, but nothing beats seeing how someone has approached the topic and having the evidence of success or otherwise laid out in front of us. And he told an interesting story...And he was also told another way to make front tyres which cuts out all the fiddly stuff!

Wayne highlighted a recent story regarding slot cars operated by brain waves rather than hand controllers. We all decided the cars would all probably suffer from a lack of brakes. However, as a vision of this slot car future, Greg showed us some 'out of this world' you tube videos, just stunning. 

Newbie Jeremy took us through his slot car history. A newbie to the Chat, but fully competent is all things slot car related, including driving slot cars by just eye movement... 

Greg then gave us a masterclass in how to plan a track using software rather than just starting with whatever is at the top of the box and working through to the last piece. Straights, corner design, borders, lane changers for digital, crash zones if you are running on 3D printed tyres. All the clues were there for any of us to be able to sign up to one of the pieces of software and have a go. 

And finally, prize winning Kyle was back to show off his new car, which was just one of many in some very well stocked display cabinets. One for 'Show + Tell' in another Chat perhaps. But watch this Chat if you want to see his diy 'deer-proof' slot car carry case, his racing bus which doubles as a moneybox, and his 'circuit with wings'!