Slot Cars

[the_matrix_guy]

Any of you guys do slor car racing? I had slot car tracks growing up and I wanted to buy a decent one for my nephew. So I started looking into it, and oh boy — I am down the rabbit hole. I had no idea this was a full blown hobby and I love the detail on the 1/32 scale. I believe that growing up, the popularized scale was smaller than 1/32. But now 1/32 seems to be the norm.


Not my pics below, but I’m interested in building something similar: a table for a dedicated track (not too big) as I don’t have the space. Half a standard room at most.

[BrickHaus]

this is sick. Closest thing to this I've recently ran with is my Anki drive kit. Slot cars would be way cooler.

[the_matrix_guy]

I saw some inexpensive sets in case you want it for your kids and wanna test the waters. You dont necessarily have to go head first into the hobby level stuff right away.

[Chuck E Ducky]

I have a few Audi and F1 1/32’s and lots of track. I know I got a bunch of track. Jump sections, drift sections, and ramp looped fit going up the wall. Railings for them are probably gone. Haven’t busted them out in a while but I definitely have some retro pieces from the 80’s as well as some recent stuff.

I may have a few C5Rs Corvette livery race cars. Slots are fun I use to see people racing them at the Fair all the time as a kid. But I think those were larger scale.

[Riot]

I had these growing up, but I’m not sure at the time I made the connection that they were “slot cars.” Like, I knew the term, and I knew I had little race cars, but I don’t think I realized until now. Haha.

[the_matrix_guy]

Same. I didnt know the term "slot cars" till I started looking just a few days ago. I was searching for "electric car race track" lol eventually I found it

[the_matrix_guy]

I have a few Audi and F1 1/32’s and lots of track. I know I got a bunch of track. Jump sections, drift sections, and ramp looped fit going up the wall. Railings for them are probably gone. Haven’t busted them out in a while but I definitely have some retro pieces from the 80’s as well as some recent stuff.

I may have a few C5Rs Corvette livery race cars. Slots are fun I use to see people racing them at the Fair all the time as a kid. But I think those were larger scale.

I am going down the rabbit hole. FAST. I am now looking at "high performance" slot cars. Haha


Some of the detail for these is impressive. It's high-end model car level of detail or better.


Post pics of your stuff (if you can). i wanna see man

[Chuck E Ducky]

Those are cool! Very detailed. I will tank some pictures next time I’m over my Moms.

[Melrosejedi]

Oh the memories, raced HO slot cars as a kid and 1/24 scale as an adult in the 90’s. We would hook three ho sets together and it was like daytona speedway and we had the tyco race center with tachs and gas gauges that would cut power to your lane when fuel was gone. I still have my 1/24 cars but it seems like a by gone sport these days.

[the_matrix_guy]

Oh the memories, raced HO slot cars as a kid and 1/24 scale as an adult in the 90’s. We would hook three ho sets together and it was like daytona speedway and we had the tyco race center with tachs and gas gauges that would cut power to your lane when fuel was gone. I still have my 1/24 cars but it seems like a by gone sport these days.

Thats dope. My nephew would get his mind blown by 1/24 scale. He just turned 7. And he has model cars that are 1/24 he has no idea 1/24 slot racing even exists.

[automeister]

I am pretty into the smaller HO scale type stuff, especially the 60 & 70s era. It is a great easy going hobby.