AFX Speedway.

[RV Racing]

Gets better and better!

Question for the professor: What paint did you use on those slick plastic Scalextric guardrails?

Keep up the good work.
Rick V.

[downtowndeco]

More progress. I added tire barriers. I also added a racing line to the rumble strips by smearing on a little black paint w/a rag.

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I need to build a retaining wall between the two long straights. Here I've just used some left over white & red blocks. They would work but I ran short so I'll need to come up w/something more permanent.

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Reverse view.

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One last one for tonight. Comments or questions are encouraged.

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[downtowndeco]

I used a flat white krylon primer on the guard rails but even then it's sort of iffy.

[vins123]

Hi
outstanding work, really nice
Sylvain

[qball41]

This is one AMAZING TRACK!!!!!!!!!

[downtowndeco]

I added one of two parking areas. This is the Andretti lot. The cars are 1/64th Scale diecasts. I misted them w/dulling spray so they'd didn't have that unreal gloss. IMO gloss has a scale just like everything else so I think the cars look better when they're not blindingly shinny. I made the fence out of finishing nails & screen.

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[TuscoTodd]

GREAT detail work!
:text-bravo:

[RV Racing]

I'd be delighted to park in the Andretti Lot! You make an excellent point about "out of scale" gloss -- the dulling spray adds the right touch of authenticity. I think the guy who painted the parking lot stripes might have used a wide brush . . . my only suggestion would be to thin down the stripes (perhaps 1/16" pinstriping tape -- about 4" wide in 1/64 scale?).

Aluminum or plastic screen? Looks terrific!

Great work!
Rick V.

[downtowndeco]

The screen is metal.

I added a second parking lot (the "Granatelli" lot) & painted the pit stalls concrete color. I used gray craft paint. I added in a little raw umber & green to make it look more like concrete. This is just the first coat. When dry I'll give it a second coat, add the stripes & then 'age" it a bit with grease stains & burn out marks. Questions?

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[downtowndeco]

OK. So I taped off the pit lane & added the pit stall dividers with yellow Track Tape.

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Next I added some basic tire scuffs & pit grease using black paint. I thinned it down, & put it on wet w/swiping motions.

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Next i needed to add some burn out marks. I cut two small pieces of black chalk that were about the width of a tire & stuck them to a piece of adhesive foam. I spaced them about as far apart as a set of tires.

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After I added the tire marks I wiped them w/a rag in the direction that the cars would have been going. See the blue tape? that's where a pit wall is going to be to protect the teams while working on the cars. Questions?

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[TuscoTodd]

That turned out GREAT!
Appreciate you sharing not only the progress pics, but also the methods used! Very slick!
:handgestures-thumbup:

[dreinecke]

Outstanding work as always! This is easily one of my favorite HO layouts. Nice work!

[downtowndeco]

I added retaining walls along the front straight & between the pits & the front straight. I used Evergreen styrene strips. I still have to paint them (flat white) to add signs. They are not glued down yet but you get the idea how they will look.

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[vonsirius]

Looks nice, good job!

[downtowndeco]

I started to add some signage. I found a few I liked, printed them out & glued them on with a glue stick.

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Completely unrelated but since I have your attention here's a 1/24th Scale D3 slot I just painted up. It's not a copy of any of the movie cars but I think it captures the spirit. : )

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