This is the first of what I hope to be an occasional series on the scale aspects of the hobby. Am I a rivet counter? Well, not much of one, really, not literally. I have counted how many rivets to put on a scratchbuild or two, but don’t go counting the little bumps on an…
Paul Gage RevoSlot Tire Test Everyone loves running the RevoSlot cars with the exception of the rear tire wear issue. To fix this we have talked about running BRM’s brass bushings in place of the rear bearings and then running a 3/32 axle, spur gear, wheels and Slot It F30 tires. F30’s are a solid…
The club is very fortunate to have a great mix of talented members that make the club what it is. One of those members is the owner of Immense Miniatures – Marc Tyler. Marc created this great article to help us all do a better job on painting our driver heads to make them look…
Guys This is kind of off-topic for the website but I thought this information would be usefule. Last week I bought an LED TV from Goodwill and when I got it home it had a black screen–apparently no power. Upon further investigation I found it was not quite a black screen. By shining a flashlight…
For painting slot cars and scale models, my paints of choice are lacquers and Auto-Air Colors water based paints. For the lacquers I use Tamiya, DupliColor, and PlastiKote rattle can paints as well as various airbrushed lacquers. But the paints I often default to are the water-based paints from Auto-Air Color. These paints are very…
Here is the first look at the new RevoSlot cars that the club will be using for it’s first quarter race series. The cars are so well constructed the video’s will show the basic steps that can be used to properly set up the car. This is just a first look. I am sure we will learn more about setting these cars up as we race the series. Expect some real race set up tips very soon.
I decided to repaint my DHL BMW Z4 GT3 1/24 Scale Auto slot car in the paint scheme of the first Art Car, the 3.0 CSL painted by Alexander Calder that Herve Poulain drove in the 1975 Le Mans race. I thought that I might chronicle this repaint and the methods that I used. There are many paint products out there and many methods that will yield good results. The effort that I went to on this project might be considered overkill…
How can you tell if your cars drivetrain is set up correctly before you come to the track?
One of the best ways to make sure your car is set up before you turn a wheel at the track is to do a little homework to make sure the drivetrain is as good as it can be. One of the best tools to use to make sure your cars drivetrain is set up properly is a…
