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HO scale drag strip

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Posted by ATSFGuy on Friday, November 2, 2018 6:13 PM

Medina1128:

Love the drag strip scene with those tire marks! Are those cars Johnny Lightning Models?

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Posted by jfb on Friday, November 2, 2018 5:33 PM

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.

 

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Posted by joe323 on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 6:56 PM

Makes me a bit sad since Raceway Park in Englishtown NJ closed this year

Joe Staten Island West 

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Posted by hornblower on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 2:48 PM

Medina1128
Some 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.  

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Posted by Medina1128 on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:55 AM

josephbw

That drag strip is really cool. But it's missing one thing. Long black tire tracks in the lanes. Big Smile

 

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.

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Posted by josephbw on Monday, October 29, 2018 9:18 PM

That drag strip is really cool. But it's missing one thing. Long black tire tracks in the lanes. Big Smile

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Posted by HO-Velo on Monday, October 29, 2018 6:43 PM

hornblower
Huntington Beach Legion Speedway

That is really, really cool! pitchin' it sideways on the oval, and I love your haybales too. 

Thanks and regards,  Peter 

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Posted by hornblower on Monday, October 29, 2018 1:45 PM

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.

 

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Posted by Doug Goulbourn on Monday, October 29, 2018 1:27 PM

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

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Monday, October 29, 2018 12:09 PM

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. 

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HO scale drag strip
Posted by SouthPenn on Monday, October 29, 2018 8:42 AM
South Penn

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