When several projects go sideways for David (it is Episode 13), he shifts gears and races over to the other hobby that shares his basement with the Olympia logging layout. That’s right, it’s finally time for a tour of his 1:32 scale slot car track!
MRVP Insider: MRVP Underground with David Popp, Episode 13 — Off to the races
By Angela Cotey | May 20, 2020
| Last updated on February 11, 2021
Interested to see your slot car track modeled after Meadowdale. Why? Well, I was driving sorta professionally for a guy and we had rented the Meadowdale track. At the time I was a mere lad of 18 (this was about 1960-61 and I was driving a Lotus Formula Junior for a guy from Pennsylvania by the name of . None was else was on the track and I was hotlapping around. Something broke and cartwheeled the car and sent it flipping end over end down the track. I did get hurt and my racing career stopped for a couple of years. I later got back into racing on my own as the “class” of racers I was in at the time had moved on down the road while I convalesced. Been a model railroad most of my life and reader of MR most of my life. Just an interesting anecdote for your recreation of Meadowdale.
Towne Comee
San Antonio, Texas
prowordsmith@sbcglobal.net
Guy I was driving for was named Ed Lowther. Forgot to add it.
It’s not a surprise that a model railroader would build a slot car track as well. The creation process starts with prototype research and eventually a track plan is created. Building benchwork, wiring for power distribution, creating structures and scenery is almost identical. Instead of locomotives and rolling stock, the race track has realistic models and other features to add details. I have a HO model railroad, and 10 feet away is my slot car track. The modeling skills required for both trains and slot cars are the same.