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Hi there, I have recently found your forum, joined a few days ago. This is my first post ever on any forum, it looks easy enough.
OK, I used to be really committed to slot racing in the late 60s/ early 70s at the ACDelco club in Dunstable with occasional forays to the wonderful track at Vauxhall in Luton. Grew up, drifted away as you do and have now rediscovered the hobby some 40 years later. It is light years away in terms of technology electronics etc, and yet, nothing has changed in the essentials - the camaraderie, this forum proves that. It is great to be back. Scenery and the cars are my thing, racing is the cherry on the top!
As I said in the title, I live very near Le Mans, well someone has to, and as a professional artist I paint historically correct paintings of 917s and P4s etc for a living, as such I have extensive archives of the Le Mans 24Hours from 1923 onwards of both French and English origins, hopefully may be able to help with accuracy from time to time. I seem to be in a 1970 +/- a couple of years time warp.
Don't yet have a permanent track, we set up - with my Corvette mad daughter - a 16m/50ft Scalextric track when the studio is not open to visitors, have built a pits complex based loosely on Goodwood, will upload some photos when I find out how to do so, and we have some 20 or so cars of various makes - Fly, Slot-it Cartrix, Carrera Scalex etc. Having read the topic on converting the old BRM , superb article - have tonight purchased one on *B*y for £3, should be fun! The idea is to convert the roof space over the studio into office space in one corner and build something nice to run the cars on using the rest, just don't hold your breath!
Well, I've rambled enough. RAY.
OK, I used to be really committed to slot racing in the late 60s/ early 70s at the ACDelco club in Dunstable with occasional forays to the wonderful track at Vauxhall in Luton. Grew up, drifted away as you do and have now rediscovered the hobby some 40 years later. It is light years away in terms of technology electronics etc, and yet, nothing has changed in the essentials - the camaraderie, this forum proves that. It is great to be back. Scenery and the cars are my thing, racing is the cherry on the top!
As I said in the title, I live very near Le Mans, well someone has to, and as a professional artist I paint historically correct paintings of 917s and P4s etc for a living, as such I have extensive archives of the Le Mans 24Hours from 1923 onwards of both French and English origins, hopefully may be able to help with accuracy from time to time. I seem to be in a 1970 +/- a couple of years time warp.
Don't yet have a permanent track, we set up - with my Corvette mad daughter - a 16m/50ft Scalextric track when the studio is not open to visitors, have built a pits complex based loosely on Goodwood, will upload some photos when I find out how to do so, and we have some 20 or so cars of various makes - Fly, Slot-it Cartrix, Carrera Scalex etc. Having read the topic on converting the old BRM , superb article - have tonight purchased one on *B*y for £3, should be fun! The idea is to convert the roof space over the studio into office space in one corner and build something nice to run the cars on using the rest, just don't hold your breath!
Well, I've rambled enough. RAY.
