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It took me on and off for 3 years and I finally got it done while my son (Toby)sleeps alot! LOL so I took advantage of it. Umm it has high banked curves on right near the wall where laptop is. I used laptop as lapcounter with trakmate software. It has two overheads. Its 4 by 10 - 45 feet long (if i count it right) It is 4 lane tyco with afx high banked tracks. Finally used it last week and it was a blast!

Wes

Nice looking layout Wes... Looks really good with the gutter catch fence too. I like the way you varied the curves up so they were not just 90 degree corners...

Hi Wes :wave:
Congrats on getting your track done! That looks like a fun to drive track! :thumbsup: Very nice, I wish we lived closer, we'd love to run on it.


Live from Daytona Beach.....
Larry

yes it looks great

Get all your chores done and ask your mom if we can come over and race! The new track looks fast...nice work! Where do you get the net material?

Gotta love those 4- lanes. Nice set up ! My Dad and Brother are comin down from MN. for the Atlanta Motor Speedway shoot out March 17-21.I set up a 4x8 4-lane so we can prime for the big race. Have to break out the highly prized Nascar collection I recon.

Looks great Wes! How does the banked turns hold up? rr :thumbsup:

Beauty,eh! Now you just need a few wood wedges to help ease the transitions in & out of the banked turns. Fast is Right! COOL!

Nice Wes. Question ???? When you raised the track, did you glue the second level tracks together?

Get all your chores done and ask your mom if we can come over and race! The new track looks fast...nice work! Where do you get the net material?


I bought the net materials from flea market for 25 cents (it was one big roll - it was 6 inches wide) its plastic and its perfect. I am almost out of it and have no idea where to get them.

Wes

Nice Wes. Question ???? When you raised the track, did you glue the second level tracks together?


All I did was put some wood under it and some rubber cone (the one you use for table or chairs) and it holds fine but sometimes it would let go but most of the time it stays. Most of the tracks are nailed down that helps too.

Thanks guys for kind words and cannot wait to race it again. We all race tyco, srt, afx...

Wes

Way to go Wes,Nice job.

Mike

Very nice! Looks like you have a great room to have it in as well. Looking forward to getting mine at least functional sometime this year.

Have a blast! :cool:

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Super job Wes, it looks like one heck of a fun track! Timing system too - you've definately done it first class all the way around.

One little detail thing I would change is to find a way to reduce the damage potential presented by the screws that are holding the catch fence. If a car hits those screws its body will likely be damaged - bad.

One option is try to find some rubber tubing, like automotive vacuum tubing, that's large enough to fit over the shaft of the screws that are holding the catch fence. Bring a screw to an automotive or hardware store and find some rubber tubing that has an inside diameter large enough to slide the screw through. You may have to back the screws out and rescrew them down. The rubber tubing would buy you a better level of protection.

Another option would be to use straight hollow plastic tubing instead of the screws and glue or RTV the tubing into holes in the table. This is probably even safer on the cars than the first option.

In the meantime - don't crash!


hmmm i didn't think of that. thanks for the idea. i will do that. I am thinking of like umm fuel hose line that you use for cars - just cut one side off and cover it with the screw? now will head to hardware store.

Thanks man!
Wes

Look in the gutter isle of the big box stores.Gutter Guard?

Look in the gutter isle of the big box stores.Gutter Guard?

yeah I seen those.. but they are made of metal. Mine was made by plastic in a roll. i got them in flea market. I did go to home depot to look for more but nothing. I guess i ll look for it again at flea market - if i do find some then i can give someone for free.

Wes

Now you are rolling Wes!

I bet you are having fun now...

Wait till you find out that a track is never truly "done".....
Have fun,
Scott

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Now you are rolling Wes!

I bet you are having fun now...

Wait till you find out that a track is never truly "done".....
Have fun,
Scott

oh yeah that's true!! this is my third time that I changed it.

Wes

I found another option for crash fence mesh material. It's called "plastic canvas" and is used for craft projects. It comes in different colors but mostly a translucent white. It's categorized by the number of holes per inch and the 7 and 10 mesh sizes look to be about the best for HO scale. It comes in various sized sheets and is very inexpensive, about 60 cents for a 10.5" x 13.5" sheet. Larger sizes are available. Craft stores like Michaels, JoAnns, and Hobby Lobby stock it as do many online sources.

Good Idea! I will try and check it out this weekend. I have been busy with my son lately. thanks for the idea.

Wes