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Hi, I'm David aka Bacardibeast.
And now you can see why I have Uncle Fester as my Avatar.
Some of you might have seen my earlier post, here, documenting my permanent track build. This is, as the subheading says, a condensed history so far. It will also become my log of the build and hopefully be of some use to anyone planning on building there own permanent track.
Over a year ago I decided that the decorating of my living room was a none starter until some major cash injection arrived. So to cheer myself up I decided the permanent track in the attic would get built. It's was already boarded but I needed to raise the track level to reduce noise & improve access. First thing was to breakup the track I had at the time.
Next was to plan the track to maximise the use of space I had available. I wanted a long straight, a complex section, a change in elevation and room for a few pieces of scenery. It also had to include the RMS track sections, a pair of crossovers and a Pacer system. Below are the plans as they evolved.
I finally settled on this one. It fills all my criteria now all I had to do was Start the build.
Just my luck to do it during one of the hottest Summers on record and after 2 redundancies within 9 months!
Then I had to build the table structure. I used baton to support sheets of fibre board and legs from 2x4. Not as strong as other structures shown on the forum but I'm really conscious of keeping the weight down as the attic is only boarded, not reinfored.
At this point I wanted to know more about the way the track would run. So I bought a copy of the newly released Scalextric Sport World - Track Designer. This meant that I could see the track in 3D and also take a 'Bumper cam' tour. With alittle playing around on a package that is part of my computers system, I created and posted this: Ravenscroft Virtual Tour
This gave me even more reason to get to work.
And that brings us up to date, so far. So here is todays work.
It's still about 30 degrees C in the attic, but thats cooler than it's been for weeks. I have managed make a good start on the raised section so hopefully next weekend I can get to the far righthand corner (Chapel curve). Stay tuned for more progress.
Bacardibeast

And now you can see why I have Uncle Fester as my Avatar.
Some of you might have seen my earlier post, here, documenting my permanent track build. This is, as the subheading says, a condensed history so far. It will also become my log of the build and hopefully be of some use to anyone planning on building there own permanent track.
Over a year ago I decided that the decorating of my living room was a none starter until some major cash injection arrived. So to cheer myself up I decided the permanent track in the attic would get built. It's was already boarded but I needed to raise the track level to reduce noise & improve access. First thing was to breakup the track I had at the time.

Next was to plan the track to maximise the use of space I had available. I wanted a long straight, a complex section, a change in elevation and room for a few pieces of scenery. It also had to include the RMS track sections, a pair of crossovers and a Pacer system. Below are the plans as they evolved.



I finally settled on this one. It fills all my criteria now all I had to do was Start the build.

Just my luck to do it during one of the hottest Summers on record and after 2 redundancies within 9 months!
Then I had to build the table structure. I used baton to support sheets of fibre board and legs from 2x4. Not as strong as other structures shown on the forum but I'm really conscious of keeping the weight down as the attic is only boarded, not reinfored.


At this point I wanted to know more about the way the track would run. So I bought a copy of the newly released Scalextric Sport World - Track Designer. This meant that I could see the track in 3D and also take a 'Bumper cam' tour. With alittle playing around on a package that is part of my computers system, I created and posted this: Ravenscroft Virtual Tour
This gave me even more reason to get to work.


And that brings us up to date, so far. So here is todays work.


It's still about 30 degrees C in the attic, but thats cooler than it's been for weeks. I have managed make a good start on the raised section so hopefully next weekend I can get to the far righthand corner (Chapel curve). Stay tuned for more progress.

Bacardibeast