Things have changed for the better on my
website READ the IMPORTANT WEBSITE INFORMATION
below
I have begun building and mating track
to homemade wood track. Click here to learn more. Your input is
greatly needed. Thanks Send Mike a comment here.
Welcome,
I'm Mike and over the next year, I will be creating new track
alternatives and structures for 1/32 scale .
General Info
I am in the midst of creating new models for 1/32 slot car layouts. I might be making molds for stadium seating and if anyone out there knows of a company (besides Carrera) that makes the stadiums, please contact me ASAP.
I will be making master molds of buildings for towns
and cities. I found that there are few models for rally layouts so I
decided to make my own.
Using resin to make castings of my models, I'll be able to make them affordably. Watch my site site for updates as the molds and castings reach completion and become available.
Thanks for your business, Mike
Metric Converter
Trying to figure out metric to U.S. Standard scale? Here's a couple of
converters. Once you get the "inches" just divide by 12 to get feet or look
below for the cm to feet converter.
What's New
I changed this section to "What's New!" today
because I felt it more fitting to put up-to-date info on the front
page.
For my visitors from around the
world,
click here. Please translate your email to English or tell me what language it is in before you send me a message. Thank you.
I have posted some info on my blog and on Slotcarillustrated's blog about creating barriers for my digital SCX track. I will post pictures and a "How-To" on this site for making these and for creating the hybrid SCX vinyl to MDF wood digital layout and track. If you have comments, please send
them to me here or better, post them on my blog. I will translate foreign
language posts as much as possible so all can share our sport / hobby together.
Please submit large works
here to my email (I reserve the right to edit
and post as I choose or necessary to fit alotted space) or contribute your ideas, thoughts, comments and
(constructive only) criticism if you see something posted that you may know more
about than I.
I certainly do not know it all so by all means, share.
Cars: Does anyone know how to repair the chips in a car
when they go bad and the guide stops working?
Does anyone know where to
get car bodies without paint so I can switch them out as I
choose?
Does anyone know how to correct the stock-cars from being really
loose in the corners? Mine keep spinning out. I adjusted the magnet closer to
the track but that barely made a difference.
Does anyone know where to
get decals for our cars?
This Month's Layout Project
This month I'll be making nice looking and cheap road barrier walls and skirting for my layout. Check back after December to see the how-to article
complete with pictures. It's going to be posted a little late due to Christmas
shopping etc. so keep checking back. (Sorry about the delay with the pictures. Time goes so fast when you're busy... I'll get them on here this month with the track mating project (minus the blood from my cut finger) Thanks.
About my SCX 1/32 track
I recently got my SCX set via
UPS. I chose the 3 car GT set with the pit set up. I added an extra set of
straight track (I thought I'd bought 4 sets but I guess I forgot to change it to
4 in the quantity box.
Good thing because i couldn't have used it. What I
needed was lots of inner and outer curves.
I first decided what I wanted the track to eventually look like. I
measured my basement space and determined I could put in a 5 foot x 12 foot wood
table. I have also planned for a twenty foot table addition five feet wide. The final track will be about 100'overall when completed and it will eventually have a coastal road zig-zagging down a mountain into a town and back to the control tower and pits.
I made the table 30" in height like my dining room table so I could sit
and race for hours without my back problems giving me grief.
I used standard metal
construction connectors which worked out great overall. I still have to ad cross
bracing for support but otherwise, the table is strong enough to stand on (my 13
year old climbed on it to get the car! )
My site has tech tips, videos of SCX layouts, my track info and of course, my progress on my designs and manufacturing of those models. Ask any questions or drop a line, or send video and pictures with a link. I'll post it here.
Mike
Model Structures?
Anyone with 1/32 scale plans for structures is
welcome to email me. I haven't been able to find anything at all. If you have
experince with Corel Draw 3 Suite. Contact me ASAP for a business proposal.
See the full-size video here.
This video has a great layout with lots of models, scenery etc. I plan to do the same for my layout and reproduce the structures for other people's layouts around the world.