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Favourite Track Type:
Wooden Routed
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| About 2 years ago we had a new member to the club, he didn't know a great deal but he liked racing the cars and started to learn the ropes. I tend to build/set his cars up as he isn't too confident with working on them. As time went on he got to talking about needing more practice, he had a spare room so I suggested he have a routed track at home to practice on. After some thought he decided this was the way to go and I agreed to build, route and wire a track for him, and he was to do all the scenic stuff. As he liked my track layout, we decided to do something very similar within his size constraints. I came up with a track plan he liked, and we measured up the space and ordered the materials. Then the pandemic came, so it was a case of working in between lockdowns and when I was free. So an all in one pictorial build log, that in reality stretched over a fair amount of time ... Boards constructed and put in situ: [attachment=17527] [attachment=17528] Chalked out the track giving as much sliding room we could, we decided on 90mm lane distance to give better than Scalextric track width, but still allow a decent amount of sliding room. [attachment=17529] [attachment=17530] Then it was routed and I left him to paint the basics on. First coats: [attachment=17533] [attachment=17534] Then when he had finished all the kerbs, we put on the backdrop and sorted the fencing areas out. [attachment=17537] And eventually on to laying the copper tape. [attachment=17538] Then wiring, we went for a 2 position driver stations with simple extensions for maximum flexibility of driver position and sight lines. [attachment=17539] And then we began putting fences back and a little testing. [attachment=17540] [attachment=17541] [attachment=17542] |
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