Catalunya - lots-o-pics. *10-12-14 update pg. 4*

[JESIV]

[dreinecke]

Starting to really come along! Nice work!

[dreinecke]

[JESIV]

[dreinecke]

[HRWJim]

James it's coming along nicely. Keep us posted. garage tracks are fun but believe me they can get challenging when the weather turns. I know it sound crazy but I miss mine sometimes. JIm

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Go James, Go!

And I will endorse those oil radiator heaters, too. The DeLonghi ones are by far the best, and can be found online for cheap this time of year, but don't delay. The price goes up when the winter weather breaks up around the Great Lakes. I can heat a 40 by 40 building 12 feet tall with two of them. Not toasty, when it gets to -9F outside, but my paint has never frozen, not car or golf cart batteries have been damaged, and even the bottles of water that we keep lined up on the wall, have ever been harmed. I usually don't wear a coat until the wind kicks up and the temperature outdoors is 50 or lower, and I never have needed a coat in the building when those two radiators are running. The roof is insulated 8 inches thick, and the walls 6 inches, and the 10X10 foot doors are styrofoam insulated 2 inches thick. But the corners of the roof have uncloseable safety vents, and there are air leaks around the big doors. Also, the two 110v window unit air conditioners are never wrapped for the winter. The radiators do a great job with all the air leaks working against them,, and they are cheap to operate, 12 to 10 hours at a time. A normal size garage would only need one, in the middle of the space.

[baford1]

Liking your sceanry thats starting to look really good

Richard

[JESIV]

Thanks for the tips and kind words...of course the issue tonight was that it was too hot :lol: *SMH* there are definitely worse problems to have. I did manage to get another 4x8 sheet of 2" foam to play with. Hopefully I'll get that cut and placed over the weekend.

I'm going to seriously look into the oil filled radiators, I found out dad uses one and he really likes it. The problem is that I suffer from cheapassitis and sometimes it flares up when I'm near a cash register :D Plus, It's hard to plop down $50, or so, for an appliance when Bruce over at Cincyslots has that specials page fired up ;)
DR it's a deal, when I get the weather controlling machine all figured out I'll send it your way!

[OldDogMotorsports]

ever consider one of the MrHeater ventless propane heaters they have one called Big Buddy with blower tha runs off a 10lb propane tank,mine has run for over 28 hr continualy before the tank ran out,but I always keep a back up tank on hand,so no problem,in my cabin I have a 30,000 btu radiant Mr Heater ventless with blower wall mount that I use year round,with great results! out here in the boonies in the winter,we always have electrical outages due to snow wind and ice,so that was the main reason I went with the propane ventless!

[waaytoomuchintothis]

You can save a lot by looking for sales online for those heaters. I think I paid $30 for the last one I got. Look for free shipping, too. It matters a lot with these things, being full of oil.

[JESIV]

[baford1]

your scenery is really looking good & i love the layout of your track really nicely done , are you going to have a pit area

Richard

[HomeRacingWorld]

Oh yeah, coming right along. Looking good.

Let us know what sponsoring a corner costs. You do take 3rd party, out of State checks right?

[JESIV]

Richard - I will have a pit area on the front straight but it will be the last piece to get done since I need that middle section of the table free to climb around on.

Harry - Of course I do..3rd party out of state checks are awesome! Especially the hand drawn kind :D . As far as cost goes..to quote the flying circus "cheap at half the price!" :lol: You just claim the corner and you're the sponsor there. Hopefully Bruce and the SCC crew are listening.