Diecast Car Racing
A few months ago I wrote about my new favorite sport, Marble Racing , something that I'm still very much into (Go Hazers!). Shortly after I got really into watching marbles zoom down sand courses and around formula-1 style tracks, I was turned onto another racing channel. 3DBotMaker is a youtube channel that does something similar to Jelle's Marble Runs, only with 1/64 scale diecast cars. Now I've never been much of a car guy, but my brother and I had hundreds of these diecast cars when were were kids. We'd spend hours making ramps and courses to race them. So naturally I took to watching this after seeing a single race. The ascetics and courses have gotten better and more complex each season. What used to be just plastic track in a room has now become an incredibly elaborate set up with lots of detail using the scenery you'd see on a model train table. Another addition to the production value is a pair of announcers who do commentary on the race, much like wha