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Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:28 pm

Here is a few pictures of my collection of vw bugs and porsches on my downstaires slot car track these are 1/32 if anybody knows of thing 1/32 slot cars or 1/32 things in plastic that i can make one Please let me know Dennis Domeck

Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:47 pm

The Strombecker Thing is 1/32 scale. It shouldn't be difficult to modify one to fit a slot chassis.

They're not hard to find.

Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:51 pm

Here's one in the classified ads:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=569526

Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:36 pm

thanks just what i was looking for love this forum always helpful people.

Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:22 pm

Wow, what a cool track. Do you have any videos of your VW's running on it? Would love to see them.

I have several HO VW's that I race once in a while when my tracks are set up.

Tom

Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:50 pm

citroen wrote: thanks just what i was looking for love this forum always helpful people.

When you finish it please post pictures so we can see it on your track.

Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:41 pm

thanks i just made 3 videos to put on u tube one with vw bugs one with 356 porsches one with porsche and audi race cars when i put them on i will put thm on the site

Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:16 pm

In case your interested...

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/pml/clt/3629078139.html

RARE 1969 ELDON VW DUNE BUGGY 1/32 SCALE ROAD RACE SET - $150 (MAPLE RIDGE)

HAS ALL THE PARTS AND THE BOX .THE BUGGIES ARE MINT WITH THE SPRING FLAGS. V.W. COLLECTORS WILL LOVE THIS ONE. 150 FIRM.

Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:49 pm

Eldon also made a VW Beetle slot car set.

Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:49 pm

Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:53 pm

Now that's just cool. 8)

Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:34 pm

Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:38 pm

Awesome detail.. cable cars, fairground, wow!

Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:41 pm

tikitime wrote: Awesome detail.. cable cars, fairground, wow! thanks me and my sons had fun building it it only took about a year

Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:48 pm

Blue Baron wrote: The Strombecker Thing is 1/32 scale. It shouldn't be difficult to modify one to fit a slot chassis.

They're not hard to find.

A Strombecker Thing is 1/28 scale. The mexican copy of this model (made by Impala or ALSI) is a bit smaller, more or less scale 1/29.

Another plastic model is the HSV vacu modelkit, scale 1/35.

images of these can be found on this page:
http://users.telenet.be/181/book%20toys%20181.pdf

Sat Mar 02, 2013 4:09 pm

Wow, I have great memories of those 1/32 slot car sets. My dad had a pretty cool setup in our basement in the mid 60's. I love your setup Mr. Domeck.

Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:30 pm

I've got dozens of vintage slot cars. mostly 60s-70s stuff. Got hooked on the Dynamic cars...
Here's some random pics of my junk
NOS REHco Bug kit

Dynamic "Silver Hornet" car (oddball GE motor)

I'll get some current pics of my display cases one of these days...

Sun Mar 03, 2013 8:50 am

love the thing would you sell that? Please put a picture of it on.

Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:28 pm

The Thing in the photo is a common A/FX HO.

Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:30 pm

Doc*181 wrote:

A Strombecker Thing is 1/28 scale. The mexican copy of this model (made by Impala or ALSI) is a bit smaller, more or less scale 1/29.

Another plastic model is the HSV vacu modelkit, scale 1/35.

images of these can be found on this page:
http://users.telenet.be/181/book%20toys%20181.pdf

The reason I mentioned Strombecker is that although it's slightly larger, the length is somewhat abbreviated and it should fit a 1/32 chassis okay. But you're more a specialist on Thing toys than I am.