31st-Aug-22, 01:46 PM
August 20th - Last meeting before the Summer break.
SCX Club trucks
Check out the clock in the first photo'. 17:40. Forty minutes starting from scratch, to this point. Not bad eh? Note the casters on the edge of the bridge section. This certainly helped speed up the process. This section is too big to go on the trolley, right rear, and usually has to be muscled in from the store room!
Second photo, trucks heading to the grid. On the far side the newest addition, a custom Gulf prepared by Vic' especially for the occasion.
A close up of the Gulf. Compares well with the FLY GB Track version elsewhere on this forum. https://slotracer.online/community/showt...28&page=10
Next photo, typical 'head to head' action. The only way to tackle the orange and white 65, the fastest on the track, block it!
View of the rostrum with thirty six seconds on the clock and Vic leads Shaun, Mark and Bill as they come round to finish lap two.
Screen shot shows how close the class was after all six heats. The first four places each separated by 0.6 of a lap and the last two just a tenth of a lap apart.
Owner/driver NASCAR & American muscle
From front to back - Dave's Tide NASCAR, Shaun's Corvette, Bill's Camaro and Vic's custom Fedex NASCAR.
Looks like Shaun - and particularly David - are praying to the Slot Car Gods for a win.
Vic switched to the blue Camaro while Mark joined the fray with the lightly customised 48 NASCAR.
Enlarge the grid shot and youll see Bill's lightning reactions. Lights have just turned green and his orange Camaro is already a blur!
Mark took his second overall win of the night, ahead of Vic - whose change to the Camaro paid off - then Shaun, Doug, David and Bill.
Member loaned Legends
Only one photo of the last class, the Pioneer Legends race prepared by yours truly. Embarrasing to say the original red car refused to move in practice, being substituted with the Pearl White No.25. (Tested back home and the red car worked perfectly. Weird!) Anyway, lanes three, four and five were very evenly matched while the Gulf car in lane two proved VERY squirrely! Even so, racing was very close. Heats for these were 4 minutes, 3 for the other classes. David won by a fifth of a lap. Mark and Shaun tied for second, Vic was fourth, Bill fifth and me last. And the squirrely Gulf? Turned out I hadn't noticed that although I'd trued all the cars tyres it had similar - but different - factory fitted rears. I'll order the correct type ready for next time.
August 20th turned out to be the last meeting before the Summer break, so the next meeting is October 15th.
Oh, bonus! Although we ran three classes we finished racing early and were packed up and out the door before ten o'clock. Those castors must have had something to do with it!
SCX Club trucks
Check out the clock in the first photo'. 17:40. Forty minutes starting from scratch, to this point. Not bad eh? Note the casters on the edge of the bridge section. This certainly helped speed up the process. This section is too big to go on the trolley, right rear, and usually has to be muscled in from the store room!
Second photo, trucks heading to the grid. On the far side the newest addition, a custom Gulf prepared by Vic' especially for the occasion.
A close up of the Gulf. Compares well with the FLY GB Track version elsewhere on this forum. https://slotracer.online/community/showt...28&page=10
Next photo, typical 'head to head' action. The only way to tackle the orange and white 65, the fastest on the track, block it!
View of the rostrum with thirty six seconds on the clock and Vic leads Shaun, Mark and Bill as they come round to finish lap two.
Screen shot shows how close the class was after all six heats. The first four places each separated by 0.6 of a lap and the last two just a tenth of a lap apart.
Owner/driver NASCAR & American muscle
From front to back - Dave's Tide NASCAR, Shaun's Corvette, Bill's Camaro and Vic's custom Fedex NASCAR.
Looks like Shaun - and particularly David - are praying to the Slot Car Gods for a win.
Vic switched to the blue Camaro while Mark joined the fray with the lightly customised 48 NASCAR.
Enlarge the grid shot and youll see Bill's lightning reactions. Lights have just turned green and his orange Camaro is already a blur!
Mark took his second overall win of the night, ahead of Vic - whose change to the Camaro paid off - then Shaun, Doug, David and Bill.
Member loaned Legends
Only one photo of the last class, the Pioneer Legends race prepared by yours truly. Embarrasing to say the original red car refused to move in practice, being substituted with the Pearl White No.25. (Tested back home and the red car worked perfectly. Weird!) Anyway, lanes three, four and five were very evenly matched while the Gulf car in lane two proved VERY squirrely! Even so, racing was very close. Heats for these were 4 minutes, 3 for the other classes. David won by a fifth of a lap. Mark and Shaun tied for second, Vic was fourth, Bill fifth and me last. And the squirrely Gulf? Turned out I hadn't noticed that although I'd trued all the cars tyres it had similar - but different - factory fitted rears. I'll order the correct type ready for next time.
August 20th turned out to be the last meeting before the Summer break, so the next meeting is October 15th.
Oh, bonus! Although we ran three classes we finished racing early and were packed up and out the door before ten o'clock. Those castors must have had something to do with it!
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