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Three Sisters - Savage GT - 30th-Aug-21

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:

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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.

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Then it was routed and I left him to paint the basics on. First coats:

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Then when he had finished all the kerbs, we put on the backdrop and sorted the fencing areas out.

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And eventually on to laying the copper tape.

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Then wiring, we went for a 2 position driver stations with simple extensions for maximum flexibility  of driver position and sight lines.

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And then we began putting fences back and a little testing.

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RE: Three Sisters - Savage GT - 30th-Aug-21

Today I popped over to sort out the timing and here is where he is at now.
He has yet to add sponsor boards, fine details and finish up a few things that need tidying.

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RE: Three Sisters - JasonB - 30th-Aug-21

Very nice indeed, well done.

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RE: Three Sisters - rallyhub - 30th-Aug-21

Well done. I also like the neatly painted spectators in the grandstand.

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RE: Three Sisters - KensRedZed - 30th-Aug-21

It looks amazing!

When can you come over and do the same here? I'm in Canada, eh! 

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RE: Three Sisters - Anthony B - 30th-Aug-21

Wonderful track - thanks for sharing - love it

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RE: Three Sisters - Savage GT - 31st-Aug-21

(30th-Aug-21, 01:20 PM)rallyhub Wrote:  Well done. I also like the neatly painted spectators in the grandstand.

I think he bought them all pre-painted 

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RE: Three Sisters - rallyhub - 31st-Aug-21

(31st-Aug-21, 06:23 AM)Savage GT Wrote:  

(30th-Aug-21, 01:20 PM)rallyhub Wrote:  Well done. I also like the neatly painted spectators in the grandstand.

I think he bought them all pre-painted 

That is clever.

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RE: Three Sisters - Fast Co. - 8th-Sep-21

Cool track! It looks to have great flow. It just goes to show that you can have an amazing track even with somewhat limited space.

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RE: Three Sisters - wolfman - 7th-Nov-21

Hi Savage GT 

Lovely looking and fluid track plan youve created there .... It could almost be a drift track :-) !!!

I have notions of trying to route a track and this could be a nice one to base it on.

Could you tell me what size it is overall ?

cheers

Ian

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