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Garage Track Scenic Update

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Just an update on this track after settling on its final configuration.
I wasn't that happy with the expanses of grey and after looking at a lot of posts decided it needed more green. As I've said before I'm no scenic modeller and the ultimate aim was to get a fair representation of a typical British race track. There's still a lot of deatail to finish, but the big job was to incorporate the main green section through the middle and I achieved this by a piece of good luck. I also play golf and was at a local driving range and noticed the matting they used for flooring and asked where it was from. Without hesitation they offered me as much as I wanted and I took a large piece. It was green, but very shiny and not quite what I wanted. So I let it into the track where required and in doing so was able to create some contours by the mat being slightly too big so when I pinned it down it created relief, but i'm not sure how well this shows in the pics. I then sprayed the matting with a light coat of Plastikote white, followed by Humbrol Grass Green spray and was very happy with what this achieved. Anyway I think the track looks much nicer now and it's now a case of adding more trees, figures & buildings, perhaps a bit of scatter material in moderation, but this can be done in stages and without any major upheaval.
Here's the pics:



















Apolgies for being picture heavy, but one of my favourite pastimes on SF is looking at members tracks, so I'm pandering to those who share that passion!
The other main job I intend to address is that of a backscene because the brick walls and garage"stuff" don't really help the overall impression of the track.
As I say it's not up to the standard of some, but it'll do for me.

Cheers

Dave
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Hi Matt & Thanks,

I painted the borders with acrylic which I mixed to get as close as possible to the shade of the "grass". There's also a couple of stretches in concrete grey just to break it up a bit and this was a mix of black & white exterior paint. I am thinking of a little scatter material on the green borders to add texture, I've a few more ready made trees to add, but might have a crack at making some from scratch. Nice now to be able to continue adding to the track whilst still being able to run cars!

Cheers

Dave
Thanks Folks,

Splitrim I built the supporting base in two sections from scratch using sawn timber after finding a few guides on various slot sites. There is a heck of a lot of wood you can't see and I then laid MDF on top and the whole thing is on castors so I can get it away from the far wall. Total size is 15' x 5'6" and it's very solid! This pic shows a little bit of the build.



Dave, the postponement of the Flatcap series came at just the right time for me, the project is still very embryonic! Might have something to do with the time I spend on this baby, comments very welcome.

gresleyfour, many thanks, always nice to have your efforts appreciated by other slot fans.

Dave
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Lots of wood, screws and glue!
Actually bear with me and I'll try to take a photo of the underside.
Watch this space,

Dave
Hi wayne,
The matting is pretty thick stuff to begin with so I think I only had a layer of foam board underneath, then I made sure the mat was right up against the edge of the track before I pinned it down, the loose Scaley barriers were added afterwards by pinning them through their vertical struts. Glad you like it, I'm certainly ready to receive visitors now!

Dave
Hi Mars
I'm afraid I didn't take pictures of the constructrion process, but it wasn't that hard and there are guidelines on slot car related sites which I found easy to follow.
I will be posting a few new pics soon, no great progress, just a few details which I've added, here is a plan of the track if that helps:



Please note that I have removed the digital pit lane as it was non-functional and this track is 100% analogue.

Cheers

Dave
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Hi Mars,
My track is 15' x 5'6", this one below I did for another forum member and it ended up being the reason why I changed my original design. Not sure how big it is, but it's a smaller version of the garage track. Hope it helps:



Cheers

Dave
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Hi Ade
I'm just giving the old girl a bit of a restore, having taken off the non-standard logos it's going to need a bit of work to get the glue off, if you put them on can you remember what adhesive you used?
Photos will follow,

Cheers

Dave
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