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Looks good Gazza, did you give it a run? Might finally be able to get some non magnet racing in.

You could measure the, and look at Armchair Racers site. They have the rim measurements on their site so you can match up tyres to different brands.

MJK make tyres for various Carrera cars but I can’t see any for the Camaro NASCAR. I don’t know if the wheels match any other Carrera cars but if they do that would be the way to go.

Mamoru is a very interesting guy, great to see you met him when you were there.

I got an airbrush for my birthday last year but still haven’t used it. Main reason being I have not painted a car. I did have one about 35 years ago that used an aerosol car for pressure which was still pretty simple to use. I am currently working on an Area71 Bob Jane Monaro however for which I have bought the SMS correct Holden colour for. Hopefully I will have time in the next week to start painting the car and I will put up some pictures. I just want to get it as smooth as I can before the colour coat so have been putting extra coats of undercoat and sanding until it is smooth.

Used to enjoy the oval at Penrith Slots on a Friday night. Used to get up to 25 racers. I think Plucka may have been there for some of them.

Nice track looks well made.

Very nice Jimmy.

Great bunch of guys down here and racing 1/24 scale is a whole new experience. Retiring in a few months too. Can’t wait.

I’ve been a bit slack and not posted up the results from Thursday the 10th of October. We raced at Robertson in the Southern Highlands, at Rodney’s track. Rodney’s reminds me a bit more of what I am used to being similar to a large 1/32 scale track but with 100mm lane spacing. It’s a nice technical 4 lane track and has a nice flow to it. We only had 5 racers due to a few being at Bathurst for the 1000, and varying sickness and holidays going on. First up we raced SCX NASCAR’s. As we only had 5 we had to set up with some dummy names to be able to rotate and have at least one Marshall. Thanks to Rodney he has set up with garage door remotes as a track button if there are multiple cars involved in a crash. A good fun class and Jimmy took this one out with his newly set up car. Next up was host Revoslot Mercedes CLK GTR’s. This is a fun class as it is as even as you can expect with everyone rotating across the 4 lanes and the cars staying put. Jimmy took this one out too with nothing in it across the first 4 places. Mick was at his first ever race so was a bit behind but getting the hang of it in his second round of heats. Lastly we had 1/24 NASCAR’s on MJK dogbone chassis. This is a really enjoyable class amd one I am looking forward to running my own car in. It wasn’t ready this round so I was the hired gun in Jimmy’s no 43. Jimmy had a brand new Ford NASCAR and was looking to run away with it but broke a body mount in his last heat and dropped back just enough for me to sneak a win. Thanks Rodney for a top night and chat as he struggled to get rid of us after the racing. Back to Cam’s for the next one which was last Thursday night. I will post up when I get a chance.

The old Western Sydney race group used Dick Smith motors before NC1 became a thing. Similar revs but less torque and no brakes.

Nice work Garza.

Yeah the 37 years wasn’t related to 1985 that was when I got the Scalextric set.

The first Christmas I moved out with my now wife in 1985 she bought me the Le Mans 24 Hour Scalextric set. Needless to say it was a smart move to marry her. I was never that bloke to go down the pub with the boys after that. She has been very tolerant of my hobbies including 37 years of high end mountain bikes and building our house with an inbuilt mancave.

I’ve got the next release on order, I like this era of cars. I think it could go a little lower.