nice track!! how did this get to this stage since christmas?!? someone's been a bit busy!
A new track
Hi
I am another 'lurker' who has just come out of the woods!
I bought myself a Digital formula 1 set just after Christmas 2008 and after a break of over 30 years rediscovered the joys of Scalextric. Of course now it has everything I ever dreamt of as a boy. I discovered Slotforum in February and since then I have been an avid reader, made the occasional post and trawl it extensively for ideas. I have had lots of help from other forum members in particular RichG, rikoRocket, Andrew at SSDC to name but a few.
I started off with a few sheets of plywood in our garage but as you can see from the pictures it has completely taken over. The track now measures over 110 feet and is a 2-3 lane Digital.
Here is the track plan:
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As you can see I like corners (a lot!). I haven't based the track on any particular circuit> I just wanted to create somethiong that wa interesting to drive with elevations and different scenery. It takes about 15-18 secs to lap but I have a nephew who has gone around in 11 seconds. I use PB pro 1.8 with SSDC software for race management.
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I had used some of the Carrera and Scalextric buildings but recently decided to start building my own. I have completed an 8 garage pit building, complete with lights.
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My latest project is to complete the start and race control building with working start lights. My brother-in-law, who is an electronics engineer, came to stay over Christmas and I bribed with drink to build me some start lights running directly for SSDC.
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My collection now runs to about 40 cars, mainly touring and endurance cars and I particularly like the DTMs.
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I hope you like the track. I still have a lot to do and it seems so amatuerish compared to some of the amazing layouts I have seen on the Forum.
I am another 'lurker' who has just come out of the woods!
I bought myself a Digital formula 1 set just after Christmas 2008 and after a break of over 30 years rediscovered the joys of Scalextric. Of course now it has everything I ever dreamt of as a boy. I discovered Slotforum in February and since then I have been an avid reader, made the occasional post and trawl it extensively for ideas. I have had lots of help from other forum members in particular RichG, rikoRocket, Andrew at SSDC to name but a few.
I started off with a few sheets of plywood in our garage but as you can see from the pictures it has completely taken over. The track now measures over 110 feet and is a 2-3 lane Digital.
Here is the track plan:
As you can see I like corners (a lot!). I haven't based the track on any particular circuit> I just wanted to create somethiong that wa interesting to drive with elevations and different scenery. It takes about 15-18 secs to lap but I have a nephew who has gone around in 11 seconds. I use PB pro 1.8 with SSDC software for race management.
I had used some of the Carrera and Scalextric buildings but recently decided to start building my own. I have completed an 8 garage pit building, complete with lights.
My latest project is to complete the start and race control building with working start lights. My brother-in-law, who is an electronics engineer, came to stay over Christmas and I bribed with drink to build me some start lights running directly for SSDC.
My collection now runs to about 40 cars, mainly touring and endurance cars and I particularly like the DTMs.
I hope you like the track. I still have a lot to do and it seems so amatuerish compared to some of the amazing layouts I have seen on the Forum.
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OMG!! if this is amatuerish what chance do I stand? An absolute quality lay out well done
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and I am not in the slightest jealous honest
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Hi, i must first congratulate you on a fine set up. Very nice indeed. Secondly, i would not call that amatuerish at all. A big welcome to you & i hope to see more of your set up.
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Hello, a beautiful track
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and not at all amateur!
Thanks for your kind words.
I 've been at this since January 2008. Reading my post again you could read it that I only started Christmas just gone, that would have been some going! I have been trying to work out how many hours I spent on the track and it works out to be 2-3 hours per week over the past 11 months.
here are some more pics
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I 've been at this since January 2008. Reading my post again you could read it that I only started Christmas just gone, that would have been some going! I have been trying to work out how many hours I spent on the track and it works out to be 2-3 hours per week over the past 11 months.
here are some more pics
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Fantastic layout, fantastic scenery! I love it! And a nice collection of cars you have there
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Cheers,
Aston man
Cheers,
Aston man
Superb set up, top marks.
I am also interested in how you got the DTM's to run on digital, I too am a fan of the DTM's but I am a bit iffy on converting them. Are yours SCX ?
I am new to scalextric ( converted from Trains ) and have also been building a garage layout ironically from a set bought xmas 2008.
You have inspired me to add a few photo's of mine ,although nowhere near finished.
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I am also interested in how you got the DTM's to run on digital, I too am a fan of the DTM's but I am a bit iffy on converting them. Are yours SCX ?
I am new to scalextric ( converted from Trains ) and have also been building a garage layout ironically from a set bought xmas 2008.
You have inspired me to add a few photo's of mine ,although nowhere near finished.
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QUOTE (fbc @ 10 Jan 2009, 17:26) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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Simply amazing!!! How did you make the guard rails in the above? The ones with the "brick and wood rails". I would like to steal this detail for part of my track.
Thanks.
Doug
Simply amazing!!! How did you make the guard rails in the above? The ones with the "brick and wood rails". I would like to steal this detail for part of my track.
Thanks.
Doug
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QUOTE (erda @ 11 Jan 2009, 22:44) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Simply amazing!!! How did you make the guard rails in the above? The ones with the "brick and wood rails". I would like to steal this detail for part of my track.
Thanks.
Doug
Hi Doug
The rails are made from plastitruct strips I purchase from my local model shop. Theese are about the same diameter as a lollipop stick and come in in 1m lengths for about £2.50 ($4-5). I just cut these and paint them white. They are quite easy to bend for going around corners
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The pillars in between I made from plaster of paris. Because I needed quite a few of these I made a master from Daz modelling clay (the stuff that air dries without cracking too much). I then used this master to make a silicon mould from RTV:
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In the same mould I make a curved wall section (as in the background of the pic below) and 6 pillars.
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Once they are dry I just paint them up as you see them in my layout.
I have used the Daz modelling clay a lot and if I was doing short runs of pillars I would use this. The tunnel entrance below is made from Daz.
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I hope this helps
Rgds
FBC
Thanks.
Doug
Hi Doug
The rails are made from plastitruct strips I purchase from my local model shop. Theese are about the same diameter as a lollipop stick and come in in 1m lengths for about £2.50 ($4-5). I just cut these and paint them white. They are quite easy to bend for going around corners
The pillars in between I made from plaster of paris. Because I needed quite a few of these I made a master from Daz modelling clay (the stuff that air dries without cracking too much). I then used this master to make a silicon mould from RTV:
In the same mould I make a curved wall section (as in the background of the pic below) and 6 pillars.
Once they are dry I just paint them up as you see them in my layout.
I have used the Daz modelling clay a lot and if I was doing short runs of pillars I would use this. The tunnel entrance below is made from Daz.
I hope this helps
Rgds
FBC
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Hi Duncan
Daz goes a long way. The bridge in the pics below was made out of 1/3 pack of Daz modeling clay (I pay about £3.50 in my local art shop - comes in grey or terracotta). Rather than making a entire bridge section out of clay make the structure out of wood and cover this with the clay.
The key is to roll the clay quite thinly, say 1-2mm. I used my wife's baking rolling pin (but didn't tell her of course). Then use a plastic modelling knife to carve the lines representing the grouting between the bricks. I created the main structure on the bridges from MDF then just placed the clay on top. I used some PVA glue to secure it to the MDF. It takes a day or two to dry fully and when you roll it so thinly it can stretch and crack. You can fill these cracks using some more clay or I just paint them and cover in moss to make it look like part of the bridge.
I just followed jswms techniques for painting to get the finished effect - black for first coat, getting prgressively lighter with white dry brush to finish.
This is the entrance:
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... and the exit :
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I hope this helps.
Daz goes a long way. The bridge in the pics below was made out of 1/3 pack of Daz modeling clay (I pay about £3.50 in my local art shop - comes in grey or terracotta). Rather than making a entire bridge section out of clay make the structure out of wood and cover this with the clay.
The key is to roll the clay quite thinly, say 1-2mm. I used my wife's baking rolling pin (but didn't tell her of course). Then use a plastic modelling knife to carve the lines representing the grouting between the bricks. I created the main structure on the bridges from MDF then just placed the clay on top. I used some PVA glue to secure it to the MDF. It takes a day or two to dry fully and when you roll it so thinly it can stretch and crack. You can fill these cracks using some more clay or I just paint them and cover in moss to make it look like part of the bridge.
I just followed jswms techniques for painting to get the finished effect - black for first coat, getting prgressively lighter with white dry brush to finish.
This is the entrance:
... and the exit :
I hope this helps.
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Das clay is one of my favourites materials for modelling. I´ve also reached some nice results using this clay.
#duncanb
Depends on what you´re going to do and how. For my Barbican building (show in the picture) I have used one entire terracota clay (1/2 killo...it comes in 500g bags too) and half of the white clay (1/4 killo). The walls are approximately 3mm thick. Maybe you can have a better idea visiting my website/ building tutorial.
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cheers
leo
#duncanb
Depends on what you´re going to do and how. For my Barbican building (show in the picture) I have used one entire terracota clay (1/2 killo...it comes in 500g bags too) and half of the white clay (1/4 killo). The walls are approximately 3mm thick. Maybe you can have a better idea visiting my website/ building tutorial.
cheers
leo
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