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Guys,
Firstly, It has been an inspiration for me to look at all the most awesome tracks that so many people have put together and posted on here, please keep it up as they are just so great to see. Over the past few years and during a particularly difficult time for me I have taken great comfort in seeing these great accomplishments and it has enthused me to do something myself. As a very keen slot car racer when I was a child, I have long harboured the desire to have a proper scenic layout that I was never fortunate enough to have as a child. Without realising why, as a near middle aged man trapped by the responsibilities of adulthood, I started to buy the odd scalextric car and bits and pieces until I got a set for my son. We tried to play it a few times but he was too young (3-4 years old) The collecting carried on until I got around to venturing into my loft about 2 years ago, when I then put a floor down and put power and light in it. It has then taken me the last couple of years to get to where I am now and there is still some way to go before I can rest. Firstly, as I was not going to convert the loft into living space I was always going to be compromised with the area that I had to play with. My layout has to go through the 'A' frames of the roof supports creating a 'U' shape with access down the middle. More than a couple of track variants have been tried out from the basic shape. They have been thoroughly tested and progressively evolved into what I have now. I have tried to make the track as long as possible and as challenging as I could, without it being too difficult for the boy to have a go at. As I have just finished putting in the elevations today and testing it all works well I thought that I would share things with everbody. It has given me a lot of pleasure to get to where I am and the real fun hasn't even started yet as it's the scenery/landscaping that I am most looking forward to………..
After putting the table top in between the A frames and testing the first tracks...
Later eveolutions of the track and elevation construction..
Some early buildings and figures..
Video.. (I found it very difficult to film and race at the same time...so its just the challenger)
View My Video
Some favourite cars
Firstly, It has been an inspiration for me to look at all the most awesome tracks that so many people have put together and posted on here, please keep it up as they are just so great to see. Over the past few years and during a particularly difficult time for me I have taken great comfort in seeing these great accomplishments and it has enthused me to do something myself. As a very keen slot car racer when I was a child, I have long harboured the desire to have a proper scenic layout that I was never fortunate enough to have as a child. Without realising why, as a near middle aged man trapped by the responsibilities of adulthood, I started to buy the odd scalextric car and bits and pieces until I got a set for my son. We tried to play it a few times but he was too young (3-4 years old) The collecting carried on until I got around to venturing into my loft about 2 years ago, when I then put a floor down and put power and light in it. It has then taken me the last couple of years to get to where I am now and there is still some way to go before I can rest. Firstly, as I was not going to convert the loft into living space I was always going to be compromised with the area that I had to play with. My layout has to go through the 'A' frames of the roof supports creating a 'U' shape with access down the middle. More than a couple of track variants have been tried out from the basic shape. They have been thoroughly tested and progressively evolved into what I have now. I have tried to make the track as long as possible and as challenging as I could, without it being too difficult for the boy to have a go at. As I have just finished putting in the elevations today and testing it all works well I thought that I would share things with everbody. It has given me a lot of pleasure to get to where I am and the real fun hasn't even started yet as it's the scenery/landscaping that I am most looking forward to………..
After putting the table top in between the A frames and testing the first tracks...


Later eveolutions of the track and elevation construction..




Some early buildings and figures..




Video.. (I found it very difficult to film and race at the same time...so its just the challenger)
View My Video
Some favourite cars
