Lions Drag Strip in HO scale. Awesome
Some years ago, a model railroad friend built an entire slot car race track with scenery. It was one of the larger scales, with cars 5 or 6 inches long. He would get together with friends and race.
The scenery was good, setting the track apart from the usual loops of plastic.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
South Penn,
Brings back great memories as my friend and I used to race at Lions every chance we got, he with his 67' Camaro SS and I with my SS 396 Chevelle. Great times!!
Doug
A lesser known (and long gone) racetrack was the Huntington Beach Legion Speedway in Huntington Beach, CA. This 1/4 mile paved oval opened in 1947 and closed in 1957. I just had to include it on my 1957 era layout. Unfortunately, I could only fit one turn.
Hornblower
hornblowerHuntington Beach Legion Speedway
That is really, really cool! pitchin' it sideways on the oval, and I love your haybales too.
Thanks and regards, Peter
That drag strip is really cool. But it's missing one thing. Long black tire tracks in the lanes.
josephbw That drag strip is really cool. But it's missing one thing. Long black tire tracks in the lanes.
A couple of more adventurous FORMER employees thought the parking lot at work was a good place to settle car issues. Some masking tape and weathering powder made some nice tire marks.
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
Medina1128Some masking tape and weathering powder made some nice tire marks.
Yes, I still need to add the "groove" to my oval track turn as well as a few "spin-out" tire marks. I think I'll give your masking tape and weathering powder technique a try. This same technique might work for tire marks against the retaining wall.
It should be fairly easy to add tire marks to the rather excellent drag strip diorama as it would simply be a fairly solid elongated black "patch" rather than individual tire marks.
Makes me a bit sad since Raceway Park in Englishtown NJ closed this year
Joe Staten Island West
joe323 Makes me a bit sad since Raceway Park in Englishtown NJ closed this year dam where do you go now vandellia in brooklyn,kennedy at 150th the connecting highway around queens or maybe front street in philly? I understand ya real strips to have fun at are closing all over that are legal.
Makes me a bit sad since Raceway Park in Englishtown NJ closed this year dam where do you go now vandellia in brooklyn,kennedy at 150th the connecting highway around queens or maybe front street in philly? I understand ya real strips to have fun at are closing all over that are legal.
Medina1128:
Love the drag strip scene with those tire marks! Are those cars Johnny Lightning Models?