[knoath05]

That looks tedius.... but really well done!

 

[tangerinedream]

Fantastic attention to detail, it'll really suit a wide range of cars, modern and period classic, I'd love to see Can am cars running around.
If it's any consolation our UK post and couriers are having severe delays at the moment as well.

 

[MANIMMAL]

Can Am? I have a few, not a huge field though I’m sure the following can finish with a Mclaren Lola Porsche type shot.
I decided yesterday that I would put a plaster footing in for the gantry, but then I got inspired and this happened…

24 hours ago

It just didn’t look right in place so I got the strippers in?

Filled in some holes, lost the old grass, there’s no going back…

 

[MANIMMAL]

Now some paint and base level gravel and dirt, then let the pva and paint dry overnight. The contrast in the concrete base pic is out, it actually looks good..

 

[MANIMMAL]

This morning was time to make a bunch of Armco fence posts, a bunch of pewter Armco, drill some holes and prepare get some grass onto the gravel.

 

[MANIMMAL]

All the fences out to get some green bits glued on

once dry the vacuum pretties things up a bit and the fence can go in for real this time, now painted up

 

[MANIMMAL]

When building I like to drill through wires resulting in time consuming repairs

on a plus it gave me an opportunity to move the wiring underneath the control building.

 

[MANIMMAL]

As it stands this afternoon. I need to finish painting the gantry and glue the lighting into the gantry, then this bit is good for now.
The real issue with this is the pewter Armco. This is not an area that sees impacts, but if it does it will be messy. I figure I should get a few fun hits in before it gets tedious and messy.

As you can see I also fitted Armco on the control side.

 

[malomay1968]

I love that armco, wonderful piece of work.

 

[MANIMMAL]

The Armco looks great, I must agree. For the longest time I’ve been wondering how to do Armco that both looks good and lasts. The pewter has become hard to get atm in Australia plus with postage it’s about $30aud per metre if I could get it. I’ve tried steel shim in the past and found it too stiff to get any curve, and cutting up drink cans can be trying of my patience. I found 10 a4 sheets of .1mm aluminium for $30aud delivered, that’s about $3aud per metre of tedious time consuming work that is worth the effort. The new Armco replaces the Nismo balsa fence on the inside of the banking on turn one. There will be more to come when more styrene is procured for fence posts.

looks much better. Note the last image where the Armco finishes isn’t finished, I ran out of the 3/16 styrene tube I’m using to mount the styrene to the posts.

 

[MANIMMAL]

Can am shots of the pretty much finished gantry.

 

[MANIMMAL]

In the background of this image you can see the damage already on the pewter Armco.

An overview before the turn one Armco was installed

Finally a Carrera NASCAR looking flash

 

[GRUNZ]

I have to say that the damage adds to the patina of the track!

 

[MANIMMAL]

Yeah a bit of patina is always nice. The smashed fence palings will get replaced shortly with shiny new ones. This section is after the bridge where the elliptical entry fools many.

 

[Transmission]

Fantastic looking track. Great work!

 

[knoath05]

Always enjoy your updates Chris! Can you get a close up of your LOCH DOWNS Bathurst style sign please?
I've 3d printed mine but would like to see yours!

 

[MANIMMAL]

I found an appropriate font in ms word, adjusted the size to suit and printed it onto paper. The time consuming part was to then cut out the letters to make a nice stencil. I sprayed a mix of water and surfactant onto the scenery surface and placed the stencil down, then dabbed base interior paint with a blunt brush. Once complete I removed the stencil, touched up any errors and where the centre supports for the d&o’s were and sprinkled with some white/grey ballast stones. It’s not perfect nor should it be.

 

[Jack_the_Slipper]

Great!! Realy nice.

 

[GRUNZ]

Man, that is really cool.
I was looking at liveries for my next Bentley, and I found this particular picture:

And I thought it would be cool if i could recreate this view in a layout...Yours is a step in this direction.

 

[MANIMMAL]

I have no green Bentley, nor to my surprise any 1/32 b12h cars so this will have to do. For the ocd the car is running counter clockwise on a clockwise circuit, necessary to get a similar image.

The view from the other side, the Bentley and the sign are about a metre from each other.