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Got the track off the floor!

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Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:26 pm
by olddude13
This is our first table track we are doing Riverside Raceway
lots to do lots of fun
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:32 pm
by olddude13
Set the elevations and guard rails also played with the plaster cloth
Guard rails are thin azak type material pinned with 1/8 rod we will be running 1/32 and 1/24 cars on the track
Re: Got the track off the floor!

Posted:
Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:52 pm
by williamg
Excellent.
Nice to see a little helper too. Father son time is missing in lots of kids today with phones, video games and computers.
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:38 pm
by chappyman66
Yup, looking great!
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Sat Jan 12, 2019 10:25 am
by dw5555
Looks good. It's nice when you can start adding scenery.
Dave
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:01 am
by F1Fan
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Sat Jan 12, 2019 7:40 pm
by SpeedyNH
go wood?
pretty nice though.
speed
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:50 pm
by olddude13
i had so much track we had to do it. next track will be wood short track looking forward to it.
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:54 am
by TuscoTodd
Looks like a fun layout and having drift aprons, etc makes for a lot more fun! :)
Great to see your son was involved in the build as well!
:banana-dance:
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Sun Jan 20, 2019 8:42 pm
by olddude13
Making progress, built one more rail in turn 7 also got carried away with the foam spray
built the mound for the Champion Bridge also built the controller pits and car stations on edge of facia almost for got the catch fence is up but not complete needs posts. That piece of foam is a cutoff in turn 7
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:49 pm
by chappyman66
Interested to watch the foam. I knew a guy who did most of his scenery that way....spray foam and caulk. Claimed it was faster and easier on the cars......
I was thinking of doing the same thing so this is helpful!
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Mon Jan 21, 2019 8:05 am
by 3nickel
This is what I have to do to get off the floor. Thanks for the great pics olddude13. I bet that foam will look good with paint. The plaster cloth looks great. Was it time consuming to work with?
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Mon Jan 21, 2019 8:22 am
by olddude13
Thanks, i may still cover foam with plaster cloth in some spots i filled the large voids with scrap packing foam then sprayed around take your time if it gets on the track it comes off after cured do not mess with it wet let it cure, Foam cures pretty fast depends on temp mine cured in a few hours you can save your cutoffs and put under your plaster cloth for hills and such
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:07 pm
by indybob009
Nice idea using foam. Good work ' any more progress.
Re: Got the track off the floor!

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Sun Mar 03, 2019 2:13 pm
by Fathead59
Very nice work , thinking about doing just about the same thing, I have a Scaletrix track set that will run 6 cars wirelessly . will be using 1/4 inch foam board as boarder, keeping a little room for movement of the track when the cars are running