screwysquirrel said:
I just remember on my old HO set (a Tyco over-under Figure 8) from the 1970s, I used to run my old Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars on the painted road. They were a LITTLE out of scale, but worked pretty well anyhow.
Hi SS. Your post remended me of the reason I kept thinking about this hobby for so many years, adding slot cars to the action. Then I found out that HO slots are 1/64 and HO trains are 1/87. Close, but so far away.
Then I found out about Johnny Lightning Thunderbolt slot cars that are 1/87 scale.
I started a thread several years ago on the subject. If you are interested it is at
Slots & Trains . The centurytel links no longer work nor do some of the pictures as I have changed sites, but if you are interested I can make the information available again.
I kept hearing that you should start small, so I put the 8' x 32' HO layout on hold and am almost ready to start construction on an 8' x 9' walkin N scale layout, which will be posted in the June-July Track Planning Contest. That IS smaller than what I originally had in mind.