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The Coyote Lakes Raceway (CLR) provides a fun environment for 1/32 scale Carrera Digital 132 slot car racing and is an evolving platform to satisfy my ongoing creative urges.
CLR is located in a 15’ x 20’ room in a private residence outside Phoenix in Surprise, AZ. It was designed and built for fun. The raceway is comprised of Carrera Evolution/Exclusiv plastic track with Digital 132 wireless controllers, equipment and cars. Both Carrera brand slot cars and non-Carrera chipped cars are run. I developed and printed most of the decals for the cars and the structures myself. I designed/printed some decals from scratch and others I ‘borrowed’ from somewhere on the internet. The raceway has a pit lane, four double crossovers, and one right to left crossover. A Carrera wall wart with copper taping and three power jumpers provide even current across the circuit (variable power supply in work).
The scenery concentrates on a circa 1970 era race track in the Arizona desert that is celebrating its first year in operation. CLR is not intended to represent any specific historic race circuit. Many details are post-1970 but not many and even those seem to blend well into the intended era. Many buildings and structures look like they are new and not weathered, but then it is the first year of CLR operations. The kit structures are mostly from Magnetic Racing and are all painted in CLR's color scheme of Almond and Orange. The structures, paddock and spectator areas are lit by LEDs on a separate 12 volt power circuit. People are a mix of vintage and my 3-D printed figures.
The majority of the slot cars are Carrera brand cars. Many were manufactured and purchased as digital cars. Some have Carrera chips installed into non-digital Carrera cars and into other brands of cars like Scalextric, Monogram, Pioneer, Slot.it, Ninco, Spirit, Avant Slot, and others. I have a few cars with a Carson chip installed, but most are various format Carrera encoder chips. No apologies for the cars having magnets because I like it that way.
A geology or biology professor would no doubt disagree with some of the terrain and vegetation in the scenery, but I still sleep just fine at night with the scenery I installed.
I stole as many good ideas from everywhere that I could. I am not here for profit, just for fun and this document is intended to share some of that fun. Be flattered and proud if I stole an idea from you – not mad. Most of the photos attached are a little old and many improvements have been added since.
A special thank you to Home Racing World website and forum for ongoing inspiration in the world of slotdom. Also to Dave Reinecke for the visit to his Colorado home and track and for the scenery pieces that were the start of this addiction.
Half Fast Slotter
Jeff
CLR is located in a 15’ x 20’ room in a private residence outside Phoenix in Surprise, AZ. It was designed and built for fun. The raceway is comprised of Carrera Evolution/Exclusiv plastic track with Digital 132 wireless controllers, equipment and cars. Both Carrera brand slot cars and non-Carrera chipped cars are run. I developed and printed most of the decals for the cars and the structures myself. I designed/printed some decals from scratch and others I ‘borrowed’ from somewhere on the internet. The raceway has a pit lane, four double crossovers, and one right to left crossover. A Carrera wall wart with copper taping and three power jumpers provide even current across the circuit (variable power supply in work).
The scenery concentrates on a circa 1970 era race track in the Arizona desert that is celebrating its first year in operation. CLR is not intended to represent any specific historic race circuit. Many details are post-1970 but not many and even those seem to blend well into the intended era. Many buildings and structures look like they are new and not weathered, but then it is the first year of CLR operations. The kit structures are mostly from Magnetic Racing and are all painted in CLR's color scheme of Almond and Orange. The structures, paddock and spectator areas are lit by LEDs on a separate 12 volt power circuit. People are a mix of vintage and my 3-D printed figures.
The majority of the slot cars are Carrera brand cars. Many were manufactured and purchased as digital cars. Some have Carrera chips installed into non-digital Carrera cars and into other brands of cars like Scalextric, Monogram, Pioneer, Slot.it, Ninco, Spirit, Avant Slot, and others. I have a few cars with a Carson chip installed, but most are various format Carrera encoder chips. No apologies for the cars having magnets because I like it that way.
A geology or biology professor would no doubt disagree with some of the terrain and vegetation in the scenery, but I still sleep just fine at night with the scenery I installed.
I stole as many good ideas from everywhere that I could. I am not here for profit, just for fun and this document is intended to share some of that fun. Be flattered and proud if I stole an idea from you – not mad. Most of the photos attached are a little old and many improvements have been added since.
A special thank you to Home Racing World website and forum for ongoing inspiration in the world of slotdom. Also to Dave Reinecke for the visit to his Colorado home and track and for the scenery pieces that were the start of this addiction.
Half Fast Slotter
Jeff
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