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ok, hello again, this is the official start of the airfield track previously started in 'new kid on the block'. things were getting a bit hectic over there with 3 tracks on the same topic so i decided to split them to avoid confusion....(also its really hard finding anything when theres about a million pages to leaf through)
so the old topic will contain the original scaley track and the catalan village stuff (still continuing...i'm picking up the benches and railings tomorrow from the laser company) . and the 1:43 plane stuff can be placed here for convenience.
so to recap...the idea is a single lane rally track set in a (sort of )abandoned airfield used until recently by josep hernandez (brother of the farmer in the catalan village track) for his illicit operations. he has recently been found out and sent to the clink, meanwhile his irresponible nephew (the runaway catalan son) jordi junior, runs the roost...however his friends leave a lot to be desired and things soon go pear shaped!
before long the airfield becomes a playground to all the local low life who use it for their evenings entertainment, be it burning , shooting or joy riding.
so the track is flat, and surfaces are all textured (mud, rubble, airstrip, weeds etc) and the old abandoned planes are used instead of trees and buildings as the punctuation for the scenery.
also it is all at 1:43/48 scale, meaning a whole new set of rules for me to learn the modeling.
also worth mentioning, some of the planes are scrapped ww2 stuff whilst other slightly more modern stuff was used for the illicit trading
errr thats about it.
i've started on the actual layout modeling now (platerboard paste for texture) and the routing has been done on 2 thirds of the track, heres an over view from yesterday
so the old topic will contain the original scaley track and the catalan village stuff (still continuing...i'm picking up the benches and railings tomorrow from the laser company) . and the 1:43 plane stuff can be placed here for convenience.
so to recap...the idea is a single lane rally track set in a (sort of )abandoned airfield used until recently by josep hernandez (brother of the farmer in the catalan village track) for his illicit operations. he has recently been found out and sent to the clink, meanwhile his irresponible nephew (the runaway catalan son) jordi junior, runs the roost...however his friends leave a lot to be desired and things soon go pear shaped!

before long the airfield becomes a playground to all the local low life who use it for their evenings entertainment, be it burning , shooting or joy riding.
so the track is flat, and surfaces are all textured (mud, rubble, airstrip, weeds etc) and the old abandoned planes are used instead of trees and buildings as the punctuation for the scenery.
also it is all at 1:43/48 scale, meaning a whole new set of rules for me to learn the modeling.
also worth mentioning, some of the planes are scrapped ww2 stuff whilst other slightly more modern stuff was used for the illicit trading
errr thats about it.
i've started on the actual layout modeling now (platerboard paste for texture) and the routing has been done on 2 thirds of the track, heres an over view from yesterday
