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Well, over the past couple of weeks I've done a little work to the circuit. I decided to build two grandstands each a little less tall than the original plans for the single one I was going to do. Each measures 36" L X 10" D X 10" H. Not quite complete yet, but getting there.
You may have noticed that lack of completion is a theme at Woodland Trace Raceway. I'm trying to get a general idea of where all this stuff is going to fit (it is getting crowded and I do want to have space for some greenery). The buildings roofs are not fixed so that I can do some interior work at a later date.
The area inside the broad curve is getting paved. I'm simply cutting 3/8" thick black foamcore. It will get shimmed another 1/4" to equal the height of the Ninco track and the garage floors. The Shell logo on the blacktop was printed on my freebie Epson printer onto clear 8 1/2" X 11" address labels and then laminated with same to seal in the ink since it tends to flake off when dry. I'm not happy with it and will probably paint it with flat enamel later. I'm using the same black foamcore to do the pitrow. I was thinking of purchasing the Fly pieces, but I'm holding out to see if Ninco will do a working pit row after the release of their digital equipment.
I will buy into digital when it's available here, but am undecided whether I will leave the outer two lanes up and running as a classic track with digital the inner two lanes. If the digital works out well I may remove two lanes and redesign slightly. That will give me more room for greenery and such.
Other than building the grandstands and beginning to pave the paddock area I've been working on some small detail stuff. I put up some walls and doors to the interior of one of the buildings. Added a gallery of posters to the walls. Placcards on the restroom doors. Fashioned some wooden crates from balsa and scaled down shipping labels. Found Bibbendum on eBay for about $8 (although shipping about doubled his price). I'll be building some tire racks for the Michelin and Goodyear bays at some point.
Comments?
Regards,
Steve
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You may have noticed that lack of completion is a theme at Woodland Trace Raceway. I'm trying to get a general idea of where all this stuff is going to fit (it is getting crowded and I do want to have space for some greenery). The buildings roofs are not fixed so that I can do some interior work at a later date.
The area inside the broad curve is getting paved. I'm simply cutting 3/8" thick black foamcore. It will get shimmed another 1/4" to equal the height of the Ninco track and the garage floors. The Shell logo on the blacktop was printed on my freebie Epson printer onto clear 8 1/2" X 11" address labels and then laminated with same to seal in the ink since it tends to flake off when dry. I'm not happy with it and will probably paint it with flat enamel later. I'm using the same black foamcore to do the pitrow. I was thinking of purchasing the Fly pieces, but I'm holding out to see if Ninco will do a working pit row after the release of their digital equipment.
I will buy into digital when it's available here, but am undecided whether I will leave the outer two lanes up and running as a classic track with digital the inner two lanes. If the digital works out well I may remove two lanes and redesign slightly. That will give me more room for greenery and such.
Other than building the grandstands and beginning to pave the paddock area I've been working on some small detail stuff. I put up some walls and doors to the interior of one of the buildings. Added a gallery of posters to the walls. Placcards on the restroom doors. Fashioned some wooden crates from balsa and scaled down shipping labels. Found Bibbendum on eBay for about $8 (although shipping about doubled his price). I'll be building some tire racks for the Michelin and Goodyear bays at some point.
Comments?
Regards,
Steve
