Gentlemen,
As a newbie to SF I thought I would share some pictures of my home track. It is a landscaped Scalextric Classic 4-Lane using a MRC variable (0-18v) train transformer per lane. Buildings are a mixture of mainly vintage Scalextric and some newer Carrera Garages (tucked under the bridge), Mike's Scenic Supplies, Gakworld, carrera4fun.de paper vending machines and SCX Rally tent. the 150 people are a mix of vintage Scalextric, MRRC, current Carrera and SCX, a couple of old Tamiya army men and the Pit Babes from Slot.it. Over 350 trees have been planted!! Track and slot-car collection are located in my garage where I am fortnate enough to have 2 spare parking slots.
Race control and timing is through a pair of DS-Slot Stop'n'Go and DS-300 boxes linked to a PC-LapCounter software (thanks Guy Langenakens- brilliant stuff!).
We race on the track as part of our Los Angeles club (The On The Hill Gang) every 2 to 4 weeks, usually 12-18 people depending on the weekend.
Hope you like it and welcome any thoughts on improvements. The buildings and people all need painting and refurbishing but one thing at a time! I have only just got the 800 cars sorted out in the display cabinets! Apologies in advance for the low quality of the pictures, still figuring out how to do the digital camera thing!
All the best,
Stephen
The Overall Track: approx 16 meters/55 feet per lane, part of dispay cabinets reference libary in background
Pit Row Close Up
Pit Straight and drag up the hill with 8ft workbench in background
Continuing across the hill/bridge and other end of pit straight. Note the real tire wall at the end of the straight consisting of used slot car tires fromt he last 15 years
Back part of photo the off-camber curve down the hill leading into u-turn leading into back-to-back Goodwood chicanes - a favourite of the marshalls! - and then down the main straight.
Grandstands on main straight
View of Goodwood infield section with historic cars display
The sweet taste of victory
One of the two display walls for the colection. Cabinets are perspex to my own design with mirrored backs which each hold 50 cars on 5 shelves of 10 each.
As a newbie to SF I thought I would share some pictures of my home track. It is a landscaped Scalextric Classic 4-Lane using a MRC variable (0-18v) train transformer per lane. Buildings are a mixture of mainly vintage Scalextric and some newer Carrera Garages (tucked under the bridge), Mike's Scenic Supplies, Gakworld, carrera4fun.de paper vending machines and SCX Rally tent. the 150 people are a mix of vintage Scalextric, MRRC, current Carrera and SCX, a couple of old Tamiya army men and the Pit Babes from Slot.it. Over 350 trees have been planted!! Track and slot-car collection are located in my garage where I am fortnate enough to have 2 spare parking slots.
Race control and timing is through a pair of DS-Slot Stop'n'Go and DS-300 boxes linked to a PC-LapCounter software (thanks Guy Langenakens- brilliant stuff!).
We race on the track as part of our Los Angeles club (The On The Hill Gang) every 2 to 4 weeks, usually 12-18 people depending on the weekend.
Hope you like it and welcome any thoughts on improvements. The buildings and people all need painting and refurbishing but one thing at a time! I have only just got the 800 cars sorted out in the display cabinets! Apologies in advance for the low quality of the pictures, still figuring out how to do the digital camera thing!
All the best,
Stephen
The Overall Track: approx 16 meters/55 feet per lane, part of dispay cabinets reference libary in background

Pit Row Close Up

Pit Straight and drag up the hill with 8ft workbench in background

Continuing across the hill/bridge and other end of pit straight. Note the real tire wall at the end of the straight consisting of used slot car tires fromt he last 15 years

Back part of photo the off-camber curve down the hill leading into u-turn leading into back-to-back Goodwood chicanes - a favourite of the marshalls! - and then down the main straight.

Grandstands on main straight

View of Goodwood infield section with historic cars display

The sweet taste of victory

One of the two display walls for the colection. Cabinets are perspex to my own design with mirrored backs which each hold 50 cars on 5 shelves of 10 each.
