[GlovemanP510]

Well after working hard on my shed it is nearing completion if i was lucky enough to get a few days without rain it would probably be finished by now. Of course rain means that i can work on the slot cars.

After getting lucky and managing to lay my hands on a pb pro and Lap tower second hand (thanks PhilR) and then aquiring the correct cables to make it work (mega thanks GregR for the cables and support) i have again become distracted from making the gantry and refocused on producing a surround for the lap tower

The idea was pretty simple in concept and again has that toy racing look to it. I was playing with the kids when i noticed an old Kaliedescope (think thats how you spell it) and my imagination kicked in that it looked a lot like a support column. After convincing my son that he didnt really need it any more, the concept was born.

Again the materials were all scrounged (whole thing was made from scrap materials) so im pretty happy with the result and more so cant wait to actually race now that i have it all working.

Semi finished result.

the kaliedescope base means i can swivel the tower to point towards where the drivers are standing when it is set up and im really pleased with the polished aluminium front. Thanks PhilR again for the tip of putting a piece of flouro green acrylic (old clipboard) in front of the LED display as it certainly does enhance the vision of the numbers.

Now i think i might get around to a little barrier fence around it and planting a few of the trees.

 

[Maltese]

Very, very nice. Great job pulling the tower together. Someone else has already asked, no doubt, but what tool are you using for the images?

Thanks

-M

 

[GarageRacer]

great job i like omega sign too nice touch
tha trees look great

have a good one

 

[GlovemanP510]

Well been away with work for a week and havn't acheived much lately but i did manage to finish off my lap tower enclosure to keep the beer swilling race fans from climbing the tower. Did it during some down time on the weekend and am pretty happy with how it came out.

There is a recess in the base going out of the side and back so the whole thing can sit flat on the bench when it is all set up nicely.
Really love the fact that the whole thing can swivel on the base and again most of the materials are scrounged making it even better - notice i did away with the witch's hats!

 

[Graham Lane]

Oh, very neat! I like that a lot.

Yep, it's better without the hats.

 

[GlovemanP510]

Well the shed is finally progressing - I now have the walls and roof finished and just have floor to level and the concrete slab to pour so the possibility of having a permanent track appears closer. In the mean time my scenery pieces continue to develop

Ive gone back to the gantry bride and am pretty happy with the outcome. All the bases have been designed to be a half straight wide and the same depth as a pitbay/grandstand so they can sit into the track anywhere and interlock with each other. The wire chanels underneath allow them to sit flat on the table/floor and even the fences line up so iuf they are next to each other it looks like a continuous fence

Again all of the building materials were scrounged so the only cost for the entire thing was the LED's for under the gantry. and include things like gutter guard, lollipop sticks kebab skewers and poly styrene sheet

I have included a few pic's that show how it was achieved as well as a couple of set ups.

Now to come up with something to put on the next base board - might have to crawl the forum for a few ideas.

 

[PSRRFH]

wow, it looks awesome, how about some muscle cars ?

 

[scam]

The Gantry looks great (you should even be able to fit the Police Range Rover under that

The track looks awesome can't wait to see a whole track shot when it's finished. Just one one questiuon though:

Why does Yoda keep appearing in the pics

 

[Paul (NZ)]

GlovermanP510, I love what you are doing with your track, you have given me so many ideas for my Gold Coast Indy track that I'm building

Keep up the good work

Cheers

 

[GlovemanP510]

mmm notice finally did someone.....

Thanks for the compliments fellas

as for muscle cars, if you have ever seen aussie v8's race you would know they started life as muscle cars they just kept improving them to what they are today - Bathurst this weekend Australia's answer to lemans or indy 500 - three days of racing on arguably one of the best motorsport tracks in the world.

I too cant wait to see a photo of the entire track but at the moment i am restricted to the odd track assembly on the family room floor and racing at the neigbours place and if i happen to be unlucky and win a police range rover in a competition then i will test it out on the bridge before pulling it apart for spares. (not a big fan of ridiculously top heavy tarmac tourers)

already came up with an idea for my next base board and even did a little more work on my hairpin set up now that my track to be has a name and i have a little time - will post photos when they are done

cheers gloveman

 

[GlovemanP510]

The shed is built!

now all it needs is a floor and then i can start moving stuff in.

As for what was completed over the week end did some work on the Hairpain and managed to do a little more on my hairpin sandtrap

am pretty happy with how it worked out but think i might need to paint the borders green. Had a go but the paint simply peels away from the surface of the plastic. Obviously there is a trick to getting the paint to stick to the surface so i am hoping someone out there can point me in the right direction as i know lots of you have painted your tracks and surely painting the borders must be a similar process.

Cheers Gloveman

 

[Paul (NZ)]

Floor, Table, Track,

RACING!!!

 

[GlovemanP510]

Got bored on the weekend and didnt really have enough time to do anything so got my collection of Aussie V8's out and had a bit of a play with all the scenery i have created so far - it just makes me even more keen to get this track up and running and you have got to love it when your 6 year old son spends an hour moving all the cars around and has a ball doing it - he cant wait for me to post the images on the net

So here are a few more images to share

Spectators view as they approach "Barbers corner"

Grandstand View headed under "Evolution Gantry" (datsun to nissan)

(it appears skaifey finally got off the line - Aussie Humour there)

finally the collection as arranged by my son

Hope you can see the elements coming together

Cheers Gloveman

 

[Billy_Cart]

Gloveman,

Love the collection, I don't know how you are coping not being able to race these, now that your shed is finished how long before you get to race.

We just added a new youtube video of us racing five of our V8 supercars and it was so much fun, you really have to get this finished ASAP, can't wait to see in action.

Phil

 

[1 32 slotter]

Gloveman= OH MY, you are really nailing the feel of a mid 90's and newer race course. It is really coming together quite well.
Late=Joel

 

[PSRRFH]

Hi it's all looking GRRRRRRReeeeeaat and plastic fantastic
You can get different kinds of plastic primers which usually helps the paint to stick to the plastic.

Different latex paints are good aswell because they can flex with the plastic.

Keep up the exelent work, and I'll be looking for future updates

btw. I know very litle about racing and motorsports, and my fascination with cars and racing comes from the Movies.

1. Mad Max 1, (now that was the most awesome muscle cars) havn't seen it since as don't wanna spoil the memory)
2. Convoy
3. Pinch Cliff Grandprix
4. The Duel
5. Death Race 2000

Cheers & happy times

 

[GlovemanP510]

Well solved my plastic priming issues thanks to the guys on Auslot forum and helped the look of my hairpin immensly

and also got motivated enough to finish off another little addition to my roadside signage and lighting

from plan to play

my trip to the electronic store also got another idea popping into my head on what to do next so i will add more when it starts coming together

Cheers Gloveman

 

[Slotrace.dk]

Nice billboard!
Can you give us the measurements for it?

 

[GlovemanP510]

I certainly can here are the CAD plans that i worked from

Hope they are useful - you may have to copy them and then zoom in a little to work out the dimensions. failing that pm me and i am happy to email you a larger version of the file

Cheers Gloveman

 

[GlovemanP510]

For my next trick - Lights!

Again the frustration of not having a track moves me on to building some thing else for the set up

so i started work on these for placing arouind the track - simply made from sprinkler fittings
solenoid tap for the base (drilled out to fit joiner)
13mm to 10mm joinerv (Ridge cut off 13mm end)
200mm riser
10mm hose tee joiner (ends removed to accommodate LED surrounds)
Polysytrene sheet
LED's (Electus distribution)

basicall all the bits get squished together a generous amount of super glue and than a coat of greay primer followed by some gloss white to finish

They certainly light up the track and even got me thinking they could be bigger

So the one at the back evolved - Now i have two of the massive flood lights and am in the process of making about a dozen of the little track side lights

and powered up even one of each is pretty impressive

night racing here i come - oh i forgot no track yet

sorry about all the pics if people find them annoying i will try to put less in.

Cheers Gloveman