Slot car racing

Well had the afternoon off so decided to attack the track and get the landscaping finished,Yes I have to fit some trees to it but those can wait till I get them.

So all the copper track was masked off prior to setting all the scenic scatter,this was done simply with diluted pva sprayed onto the scatter with an old household sprayer,In order for it all to adhere properly it was soaked well and truly,as it was so hot in the shed it was dry in less than half an hour.

After wiping all the excess Pva around the track and demasking the copper strip I simply used a dry brush with some brown paint to simulate mud on the tarmac,not only does this look the part but it has enhanced the grip but still allows the cars to slide.

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Just couldnt help myself getting some action pics///this was fun camera in one hand controller in the other

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This shot took around 150 shots to get in focus and I had not realised the car actually got airbourne YEAH HA

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One of the final jobs is to make a timing set up,which will involve a cheap laser pointer ,a phot cell and a lap top...over to you Nigel on this one as it it beyond me !!!!!

looks brilliant mate...….really do like it...…...superb fun to be had with that.

https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/miniatures/vehicles?li=featured&tag=slot+car


Found this though might be worth a look for custom cars

Thanks for that much appreciated

Dvae

Roadrunner wrote:

https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/miniatures/vehicles?li=featured&tag=slot+car


Found this though might be worth a look for custom cars

DONT encourage him Aron...…….he'll soon have as many cars as he has boats...………………..

I decided the track was to short so with 2 weeks to go to the blackpool show It is full steam ahead so to speak so an extra 8 feet are being added to the set up.All the sections simply bolt together so I can choose how long or short as neccessarry.

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Next year I will be attending various model shows collecting monies for the RNLI

Hopefully I will get it 80% done for Blackpool....I have ordered 200 pine trees to put on the set up hopefully they will arrive this week....so thats going to be fun planting them as I am NO Percy Thrower 

ohhh jeeze mate...……....WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!!…………...I Thought your other circuit was brilliant...……….what have you done...…….

Had to don my Percy Thrower Gardening skills on tonight and plant some trees....200 holes later and a hot glue gun and I was done....I knew I should have ordered 400 instead of 200

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And I'm a lumberjack and I'm alright....found this keyring in a car that was being scrapped in work just couldn't resist myself

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looks great...………..I know where to come this Christmas for my tree

Well it looks like James Herriot has paid me a visit today

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I hope they are all fenced in...…………...don't want one leaping a wall and damaging my rs1600...….bad enough driver as it is...…..

As I have remodelled my shed and finally got room to put the track up on a semi permanently and tere was a gap of 37ins a new board had to be made....the others were just for the Blackpool show.These were stripped bare so I could reuse them.
I decided a mountain scene was needed with some snow effects on it.....I started on the base board by glueing some wood to the underneath of the Mdf boards all cut to size...I then simply got the router and jig saw out and went to work......

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A tunnel was needed to get the cars back to the other base board

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more to follow

looks very interesting Stav………….look forward to seeing this develop...……...