Share your diecast work space
New to diecast racing but long time fan...
- My friends, who can tell me what those green measuring mats are called? — LobotomyScam
- They're cutting mats. Find them at Hobby Lobby and Joann's if you have them near. — redlinederby
- Thanks, I actually saw them at Wal-Mart after asking about them. — LobotomyScam
Work shop rearrange forgive the Construction... lol
After finding this site and watching race videos up the wazzooooo!!! I have decided to move things around in the basement to Wall mount a Test Track/Drag Strip (eventually) for hosting one day. I have a long road ahead before hosting a race so Im Not rushing that part yet!!!
Sitting on the work bench is my entry for the 'Policeman Ball' Race -- HW Airline Runway Marshal...
Here is where my in progress cars hang out below.. This was before the racing bug hit me... Most I put away so I can start the Police car project..
Spray booth set up for air brush/rattle can painting ---- Wife hates the paint smell prior to the booth arrving. Now she cant smell anything with water exhuast or window vent system thru a 4 inch hose.
I have 45' wall to wall in basement ... Im setting up starting gate10' from paint booth and I ll have a 35' run for the 20.6 ' track with a 2' - 4 ' run off to stop box once all is said and done.
Have a Great day & Race On!!!
- nice — dr_dodge
- Good one ! — CutRock_R_Marc_D
- Strap some of those rockets onto a casting and see what happens ;P — redlinederby
A fairly close representation of my work area - not to scale
- Lol! — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- Love it!!!! :-) — Desert_Rat_Racing
- Heh heh... looking good! — Stoopid_Fish_Racing
- lol — ManiacMotorsports
- thats the big drawer on my desk, many ziplock baggies of stripped hulls — dr_dodge
- This is great! I can relate. — johnson9195
This be mine not much to look at. But works for me.
Well here is where the magic happens, or at least the current version of magic. This 10ft x 10ft space in the garage was where I turned out about 30 guitars between 2011 and the start of the pandemic. The pandemic changed a lot of things. Then I came across die cast racing.. if people thought I was odd building 3 string guitars - my starting to collect and race tiny cars has only confirmed that I am nuts. I am happy to fill that expectation.
This is the workbench proper
Turning to the right is a workbench/storage area and sander
Turning to the right again is my testing track with new 3rd level parking
Turning right again is the paint box - drill press - bandsaw.
This is what I used to do in this space - I still might have a guitar or two left in me. Grab some mojo.
- Awesome stuff thanks for sharing — Comet_Tail_Raceway
- Those guitars are cool! I knew a guy in MN that was trying to make a violin bedplan. — dr_dodge
- Nice guitars! — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- That’s very cool!! — G_ForceRacing
I think I'll pass on the bedpan, but I did recently stick a guitar neck into a large tin can. And of course added pickups. It's a canjo, has some wicked reverb from the can. Sounds like a heavenly choir on LSD.
- Lol! — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- canjo...lol — dr_dodge
- Ok - don’t make me fire this thing up…. — AbbyNormal
- I want to build an "almost" subsonic pipe organ, and have actually done the math — dr_dodge
- You guys are crazy geniuses!! — G_ForceRacing
Workspace is on the upper deck. Im camping in the Colorado Rockies for the Summer. Prospecting and racing hot wheels.
- Ahhh... smell that fresh air! — Stoopid_Fish_Racing
- nice! — dr_dodge
- Blue skies, tall trees and a pine needle carpet. Nice spot. — alva1370
- I posted a picture of the "L" elevated 5 lane, 10.5 footer that I set up inside the RV. Check it out along with Royz Run in tracks. I will also set up outside tracks at camp. Stunt tracks, 21 foot drag, 50 foot drag, 64 foot road course... especially at pay campgrounds. When the track comes out, all the hot wheels in the campground come out to race. We have met some great people via hot wheels. — Vulfgang
- whats your link? the visit in your profile doesn't work — dr_dodge
- Good morning Doc. The track directory has the "L " picture posted with the latest tracks. Royz Run is in the track directory. My profile page is still up but I dont have a website to link with. About 20 years ago I was at a dome house admiring a landscape featuring a plane. I think my boss, Robert Jones was dropping off a construction bid for HVAC work. — Vulfgang
Well it's very messy but it's where the magic happens in my house hold. The main brown desk is where I keep all my modding tools and the black shelf is where I keep my painting tools (and bucket of car body carcasses).
- Nice... I do most of my work in the garage and dump the leftovers inside on a desk — ManiacMotorsports
- the evil jester lab! very cool! — dr_dodge
Sadly this work area has reached a level of chaos that even I am having trouble producing anything out of. Except perhaps more chaos. So I don't know whether to have a whiskey on the rocks before I clean up or while I clean up or after I clean up. But probably not during all three stages.
- that is not chaos...lol — dr_dodge
- and I prefer vodka, some for dr, and some for the car — dr_dodge
- We have wildly differing definitions of chaos.... I wish my desk was that clean — StrayDog
- Well, this mess here is about my limit. I wish y’all well at your benches and somewhere in there is a solder and iron and an Arduino and I’m gonna find them one way or another. — AbbyNormal
- The unspoken rule of being a modified diecast racer is that your work desk is always messy. — Kingjester
- Well, after a long slow drama filled beginning it has started. A massive cleaning and reorganization of my workbench, which could either put me light years ahead for this year or months behind. — AbbyNormal
- WHY NOT BOTH — dr_dodge
I have a separate room for building cars outside of the track room because I need the TV for background noise. Total silence gives me major anxiety.
- The voices in my head start arguing with each-other if the room is silent. — Dutch_Clutch_Racing
- lol, two of those voices have a restraining order — dr_dodge
- You have to tell those voices to shut up and laugh as they get angrier. — LobotomyScam
My tight messy space... It's a wonder I don't lose more tiny items!