Still being worked on. Has been moved three times and finally ended up in my small back laundry room.
Started slot car racing in 1962. I have lots of vintage cars from the era I'm slowly restoring, too.
New member and my eight-year-old home track
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Steve Neill
, Jan 16 2021 01:00 AM
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Posted 16 January 2021 - 11:36 AM
Welcome to Slotblog, Steve. That's a very nicely-detailed track, Steve! It's the first slot car track I've seen with its own cows, in the 50+ years I've been involved with slot cars. 
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Posted 16 January 2021 - 01:57 PM
Well done and detailed. I also like the layout of the racing. And CowHenge. Cool!
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Posted 16 January 2021 - 03:47 PM
Nice track setup.
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Posted 16 January 2021 - 06:28 PM
Greetings and welcome. Steve,
Looks like lots of fun to drive!
Very nice track. Steve!
Is there a particular brand of 1/32 cars you prefer?
Thank you.
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Posted 16 January 2021 - 08:30 PM
Welcome, Steve. Thanks for sharing you cool track.
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Posted 16 January 2021 - 08:40 PM
Cows at Stonehenge looks like John Allen influence.
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Posted 16 January 2021 - 09:14 PM
My favorite cars are NSR, Revoslot, and George Turner kits.
Here's my latest from him. Lotus 40. Also my scratchbuilt from my own molds and forms a Copper T73 with a Beardog chassis. Very quiet and smooth car to run.
BTW the track is Ninco.
Thanks so much for the kind comments gents. Very much appreciated.
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Posted 16 January 2021 - 09:21 PM
Wow. Beautiful cars Steve.
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Posted 16 January 2021 - 09:38 PM
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Posted 17 January 2021 - 04:29 PM
Nice work, Steve. I am in the process of reviving my half finished track from 2001. I got a little more inspired when I saw your track. Also saw your website and The Chameleon looks exactly like the creature from The Outer Limits (ep. 04-13-64) , my all time favorite Sci-Fi. Cars and creatures, can't beat 'em! 
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Posted 17 January 2021 - 05:18 PM
Thank you so much. Get it going it will bring you much joy.
I have had a long career and now I'm loving my hobbies!
All the best to you.
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Posted 25 March 2023 - 07:34 AM
So that track has gone through many changes over the years since I first made this thread. It's now scalextric. I just could get it together to make a routed track in my small little back room. But I did manage to fit in about 40 plus feet of track into a 11x5 ft space.
I get to spread my wings racing with the Farrout Slot Car Club on their larger tracks so this track is a great way to practice and test tuning of my cars.
Controllers are Professor Motor.
I've also been doing a video series called, "Slot Car Fun" on Youtube where I talk about all things slot cars that covers my 60 years of experience and a bit about my hollywood career. Here's one of them.
This one covers the new Revoslot 2002 and a trip to Stephen Farr Jones track for setup day. A bit of an interview with Eddie Shorer about his new book I'm really enjoying currently.
If anyone is up here in Ventura with me give me a shout out.
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