[Kevan]

When I was a kid I'd pretend my diecast dinky cars had some kind of motor (it was my hand pushing it) and pretend it was being raced on a track (it was a pile of wooden blocks laid into a circuit)...and I'd pretend I was racing one car against another
... that's 'playing'

Move forwards a few decades and all that pretend isn't pretend any more, it's real, it's not my hand pushing that car, it's not a pretend track and that imaginary car I was racing is actually hard to catch and the laps my cars are doing are measured by computer and all this captured on video, uploaded to YouTube and watched by others. 

If you want to call racing your Slot cars playing it sounds like you missed out as a kid.

[munter]

“If you want to call racing your Slot cars playing it sounds like you missed out as a kid.“

Really, Kevan?

[Henk]

I got a Faller set when I was 8 years old, always played with it.
Since I stopped racing at clubs I play at home, even using ghost cars (SSD/Magic app) 

[StuBeeDoo]

If you want to call racing your Slot cars playing it sounds like you missed out as a kid.

Comparing my childhood slot playing with what I do now, you could say I missed-out. However, my parents' priority was keeping myself and my brothers fed, clothed, safe and warm.

Back then I had a basic Scalextric figure-of-eight set with a couple of extra track pieces and a couple of extra cars.  Now I have enough track (but not enough room.....) for a 60mtr rally loop, and between 50 and 60 cars.

The difference.......?  What you can afford.


I have a notice in my attic that reads "We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing".

[Anthony B]

I too used to push my matchbox cars around a track made in the sand in the driveway. Made bridges with 2 half bricks and wood for the crossover, and mud ramps. Ahhh what invented memories :)

My Latest repaint - converted a Ninco F50 into an F50 GT

   
       

   

[chappyman66]

I love the F50GT.   Nice work.

Mine is 3DP.
   

[Kevan]

Over the years I've always looked at other peoples repaints with envy because it's something I'd like to be able to do but hate doing, hence not good at 

[KensRedZed]

Over the years I've always looked at other peoples repaints with envy because it's something I'd like to be able to do but hate doing, hence not good at 

If you visited my workshop for an hour. You would walk away an educated painter, and love to paint cars after that.

Instructional videos will help you understand the theory. But the best way is to have an experienced painter watch what mistakes you might be making on a one-on-one level. How you apply the paint really matters.

I'll paint a car as a demo. It only takes 20-minutes from start to finish. Then you paint a car right after. I'll coach. But you'll be doing all the painting. It's a quick way to learn.

Let me know when you're visiting Canada next?

Warm regards,
Ken

[Kevan]

I've only ever been outside the UK once and that was over 40 years ago so can't see me ever visiting Canada but thanks for the offer Ken 

Thinking about it the thing I dislike is the masking, basic painting I'm ok with and don't mind especially as my daughter bought me an airbrush for Christmas 2022

[StuBeeDoo]

Over the years I've always looked at other peoples repaints with envy because it's something I'd like to be able to do but hate doing, hence not good at 

I'm not good at it.  I wish I was...........
Also, my facilities aren't good - the only place I have to spray is a draughty, leaky, unheated garage.  All the spraying I do has to be done on warm, dry, calm days.  Here in the North East of England, that severely limits the time I have.  That I have sprayed 12 bodies this year isn't far short of a miracle.
As for masking, I'm not good at that either.  That's one of the reasons I stick to plain liveries.

.......And, in any case, no-one but me ever sees the fruits of my spraying labour.  Although I suppose my step-daughter will see them when I'm gone and she's consigning everything I leave behind to the bin.