[Gordon Steadman]

Related to the slot racer's manual thread.

I stopped racing around 1974/5 after having been doing just about nothing else since I was thirteen (1960) including studying, attending every school lesson etc  

I returned four or five years ago I was surprised how hard it was to get back up to speed with what was happening. The main problem was where to source parts, especially as my heart is still in the sixties and the cars we used to race back then. It was only by joining a forum (SFI) that thing slowly took shape and the help provided there was invaluable.

If there had been a clear map on how to get started / restarted, it would have been useful rather than the wallowing around I had to do.

[Fluff]

Same thing here Gordon ,got back into it 4 years ago , nobody stocked scratch building stuff , just scalextric also hardly any proper model shops .The SFI forum helped greatly , still an awful lot more to learn .I still miss being able to nip up the model shops and get what I need 


Steve

[Nonfractal]

If there had been a clear map on how to get started / restarted, it would have been useful rather than the wallowing around I had to do.

I started the slot hobby about three years ago.
Perversely , I enjoyed the "wallowing about".
Learning new things at every race meeting and blogging the learnings has been great experience for me. 
It also meant I had to work everything out  for myself, so despite many dead ends, I have working processes that are not always aligned with the way others set their equipment up. 
Alan

[Gordon Steadman]

If there had been a clear map on how to get started / restarted, it would have been useful rather than the wallowing around I had to do.

I started the slot hobby about three years ago.
Perversely , I enjoyed the "wallowing about".
Learning new things at every race meeting and blogging the learnings has been great experience for me. 
It also meant I had to work everything out  for myself, so despite many dead ends, I have working processes that are not always aligned with the way others set their equipment up. 
Alan

It would have been a lot easier if there was a club to go to. I really only have access to Bordo twice a year and at other times it's the forums.

As far as setting up is concerned, I just make it go well at home and hope it still works when racing at Bordo, I have no other reference point.

[Mitch58]

If you still want the older cars there are many out there in need of restoration and still some unmolested cars too. I find that I enjoy bringing these old cars back to life as much as I do the club racing.

As for the new cars, some of them are fantastic.