09-28-2023, 04:20 AM
When I was 14, friends wanted to hang out the at houses of the guys whose parents were cool, or had cool houses. My idea was if I built a slot car track, they'd hang out at my house. So I blew my savings on two sheets of plywood and lumber, some conductive tape, a power supply and some slot car parts, and built my track. At 8 ft x 12 ft, it took up most of our garage. Worked like a charm. Everybody hung out at my house. I built some cars, and because I had my own track with unlimited time, I could tweak my cars well enough to win season trophies at the local big track, beating guys twice my age. It was a sweet time.