Moving Time Coming Soon [Hopefully]

Warning: Massive thought dump below

 I looks like we might be nearing the end of the Covid Lockdown for the time being, or at least the part that keeps me stuck at home. It's very possible things can happen at a rapid pace coming soon. So if this blog suddenly goes silent for a bit, it will be because I'm moving and have to settle in my new place.

In the meantime I've been running both the Lola and the Elva, and they're both so much fun. Still tight as a zipper and fast as hell. Once I gave the Lola the same treatment I gave the Elva, they were neck and neck. Truly fantastic race cars. 

I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching this car go around the track.

All of these cars I've gotten over the past few months signify a major change for me. As strange as it sounds, adding these cars and racing them has been very therapeutic and has really helped me get through the breakup of my marriage. I'm not out of the woods yet, but I'm working on it and it's looking better. It's going to be a very exciting future and I'm ready for it.

This is also going to be the end of my table soon. I'm proud of that table. I built it myself from scratch. I'm going to be sad that I won't be running on it anymore. I'll still be using part of it. I'm going to dismantle the wings and make a shallow desk for my apartment. Nothing too fancy, but enough to hold my computer and that stuff. And I'll be taking a little bit of my table with me, and that's cool. I'm even going to keep the green top.

That means I'll be going back to the rug. I'm ready for that and looking forward to it. That'll mean I'm inside in my climate-controlled apartment, and can keep it setup for as long as I'd like without any complaint. And if I get lucky and get one of these places with a nice big living room, then I'll really be stoked. I might even end up needing more track pieces. And if I do, I'll buy them. 

There it is. Do that in about an hour or so, slap some wood on the top and you're racing!

The new chapter will be about getting back down on the rug, how to survive it and having good racing. I'm going to be doing a series of videos as well, so that'll be happening. I'll have more control over my time when I move, so it'll be easier to get them done. Here's the one I did on the Lola the other night:

Anyway, there will be more of this theme, as well as some others. Nothing too serious, I'm just trying to have some fun. The video above was mostly a test of a new lens I got on my camera, and I was happy with the result. So I'm going to go back to each of my cars and do a special about each of them, highlighting each car's track successes and failures, as well as any and all other dramatic details that might exist. It'll give me a chance to explain what I like about the cars and how they have done under my ownership. 

I'll be doing a series on low-budget tuning and tips as well, to keep things all in one place. Some stuff has been seen a thousand times, and I'm hoping to do it a different way. And I'm not that guy who has a million years of slot car experience and knows everything. Never claimed to. And my videos will show it. But if someone wants to know how to sand their tires, and they can also find out how to paint their track, tune their cars, see reviews on cars, and all that good stuff, then that's what I'll be doing. I also have other ideas that I'm going to keep to myself for the time being. 

I'm going to put a hold on buying any cars for awhile. I'll be moving, and it's hard to tell how long they'll have to stay boxed up. It'll depend on how quickly I can get moved in. I don't have much furniture, so I  really don't think there will be much downtime. I probably won't be able to take the wait for very long. I race every day, so I'll need it up and running in short order. 

Forward back into the past. Going back on the rug will be interesting, especially after being spoiled by being on a table for all that time.

I'm also planning on running another Championship series. That'll be one of the first things I start up. I might even make one a feature of my video series. Strangely enough, one of the most difficult things to shoot for me is decent racing footage. I can do staged drone lap footage, but that's always at a slower speed to pick up the car better on camera. But I'm working that out. I'll have a solution somehow when the time comes. 

Until then I'm tuning and running cars. Nothing special, although I admit that I'm mostly running the Thunderslots, followed by NSRs and the occasional Slot.it for balance. Since the weather was so cold, I couldn't rely on any of the car responses I was getting. Now that it's warmed up the cars are acting much more stable and reliable. Same goes for the track. Once that room gets below the 5°C mark, only a fool would be racing then. I'll have a little time this weekend for racing, and maybe even a bit into next week.