Anyone know anything about slot-cars?

[ironhat]

One of the things that the grandkids and Pappap (Me ) like to do when they come over is race slot-cars. I know that they're persnikity but the track won't conduct electricity on intermittent panels. I have epoxied a couple of the joints but it is pointless. Does anyone know who makes a substantive track and car and in HO scale?

[smorris]

I'd think that any local hobby shop should have those. I know the ones around here have some pretty nice ones, not the WalMart type slots.

[crokett]

The last set I had we used some plywood and used finish nails to hold the track in place on the board. When we were done playing with it we would just slide the track under the bed. Later on we added a box to the board so we could store the cars, controllers, etc.

[lebomike]

My son and i had a track a number of years ago and we had the same problem, so we soldered a small wire from peice to peice on the under side of the track. That kept the electric flowing evenly all around the track.After that we had allot of fun . We had gears to change ratio and larger tires, etc. Had allot of fun with those. We had the track setup all the time in the basement.

[bmyers]

Usually the dead spots come back to life after rubbing a nickel along the metal rails to remove the tarnish. You could try an eraser too. DO NOT use steel wool as it will get caught up in the cars. That and wiggling the joints of the track should get things going again.

Good luck! Slots cars are fun!

Bill