Am I too old?

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Rude-boy

22,227 posts

232 months

Thursday 22nd December 2011
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cerb4.5lee said:
Excellent! would like to put mine on display aswell,they are all tucked away in a drawer,i will investigate the rear axle now you mention it.

The missus thinks i am a big kid for liking scalextric at 38,but i have always loved it & this thread temps me into setting a track up in the loft!
"I had Scalextric long before I had you love" hehe

I'm just lucky in that I struck Gold with a Mrs who is happy for me to take over the living room a few times a year for a couple of weeks and who is pushing the idea of a house move based on needing more space for real cars, a bigger kitchen and a Scalextric/Playstation/games room.

She's even mentioned that she knows of a full size snooker table up for grabs to a good home if we can find somewhere big enough cloud9

falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Thursday 22nd December 2011
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Rude-boy said:
"I had Scalextric long before I had you love" hehe

I'm just lucky in that I struck Gold with a Mrs who is happy for me to take over the living room a few times a year for a couple of weeks and who is pushing the idea of a house move based on needing more space for real cars, a bigger kitchen and a Scalextric/Playstation/games room.

She's even mentioned that she knows of a full size snooker table up for grabs to a good home if we can find somewhere big enough cloud9
Sounds just like Sarah, although she wasn't too happy when I bought a full size snooker table 'well how often do we use the dining room?'

Mark.

11,104 posts

275 months

Saturday 31st December 2011
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Mark. said:
Just to add this in to the mix. Amazon have got the Italian Job set on quite a huge reduction.

I dropped some hints. Very cheap way to get 2 cars and a load more track.
And it worked biggrin Cinema room was up until a couple of hours ago a reasonably large circuit bounce

falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Sunday 1st January 2012
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Mark. said:
And it worked biggrin Cinema room was up until a couple of hours ago a reasonably large circuit bounce

Pics please Mark?

Mark.

11,104 posts

275 months

Monday 2nd January 2012
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falkster said:
Mark. said:
And it worked biggrin Cinema room was up until a couple of hours ago a reasonably large circuit bounce

Pics please Mark?
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Didn't take any and it's packed up again now. Wasn't much probably 10 foot by 4 in the corner of the room. Best lap was a 7.1 with both a Fiat 500 and a Porsche GT3

falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Tuesday 24th January 2012
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Unfortunately I'm not as far forward as I wanted to be, I had two weeks off but my grandad died so I had more pressing priorities.
I do have a small update, I've now completed the circuit to the final layout, made a pit lane (had to make a couple of sections myself), borrowed some POS from work to make the bridges and made the back straight into 3 lanes plus a pit lane.









Mark.

11,104 posts

275 months

Tuesday 24th January 2012
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Sorry to hear about your Grandad frown

That pit lane looks narrow - have you tried a car down it? Don't try to get the Maserati MC12 down it, it's so long I think it'd drop off the curve yikes

falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Tuesday 24th January 2012
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Mark. said:
Sorry to hear about your Grandad frown

That pit lane looks narrow - have you tried a car down it? Don't try to get the Maserati MC12 down it, it's so long I think it'd drop off the curve yikes
Thanks Mark

I have done a few laps and used the pitlane a few times, it does look narrow but it's exactly one lane width. I will be attaching barriers to both sides, if you look further up the pits you'll see my offered up pit wall.

Jez Thain

113 posts

242 months

Wednesday 25th January 2012
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Eh up!

Just picked up on this thread, ... fantastic layout so far, very envious indeed

If you're passing through Knaresborough drop by and i'll donate some stickers for all the barriers if you need any

You might want to pop along to the toy collectors fair on Harrogate showground on Feb 5th, mainly 'Dinky' toys and trains etc but there were plenty dealers with boxes of cheap Scalextric bits n bobs last year

cheers

J


falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Wednesday 25th January 2012
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Jez Thain said:
Eh up!

Just picked up on this thread, ... fantastic layout so far, very envious indeed

If you're passing through Knaresborough drop by and i'll donate some stickers for all the barriers if you need any

You might want to pop along to the toy collectors fair on Harrogate showground on Feb 5th, mainly 'Dinky' toys and trains etc but there were plenty dealers with boxes of cheap Scalextric bits n bobs last year

cheers

J
Hi mate, been a long time (other than the odd chat on here) - I say a long time, it could be 20 years!!!
Those stickers would be awesome thanks, it's my dads birthday on the 1st so could coincide a trip over with a visit to the show ground - not sure how my wife would feel about it though!!

falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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Finished copper taping every joint - it was a very long boring job.





fatboy69

9,371 posts

186 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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Never too old for Scalextric. Or Lego......

I have just dug out my unbuilt 1/12 scale McLaren MP4/4 which i'm going to start building next week.

Out of work for the past 7 months so got sod all else to do until i find a job!!!

falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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I've managed to put some time aside and get some time in.
Even after copper taping the joints I couldn't get the track working properly. I found out that the 5 hours I'd spent copper taping was wasted because the adhesive wasn't conductive (mint). Ordered some copper tape from Hong Kong and it came 2 weeks ago. I spent another 5 hours taping the joints for the same issue to still be present. I spent more time researching the issue, taking bits of track out, nipping up the joints but still no result.
Someone suggested it being the conductivity rather than the power delivery and suggested a product that might help Inox MX3 which arrived last week. I never thought it would work but after applying a tiny drop to the braids of one car followed by 3 juddery laps we have success!!
I can now get on with the permanent scenery additions that I've been collecting.

Eric Mc

121,779 posts

264 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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Not enough run off area there - old chap. I'm sure the stewards may have something to say before the first race.

falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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All the bridge surrounds are now painted and ready for decal.



Second stage copper taping, tyre wall plus advertising boards


Public areas offered up, still to simulate Tarmac though.


Car park in place but still have to paint black and white line.


Control tower made


Control tower, pit garage and grandstand finished.


Roughly offered up before I complete the infield sections.


Two of the three fence kits made. Just need painting grey.


The outside of the track has barriers/sand traps, the inside of the track will have foamed PVC board covered in PVA then sand to simulate sand traps.

It's still a marathon rather than a sprint as I've got a million and one things I need to do to call it finished.


falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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Not sure if this will work.
I was doing the filming at the same time as the controlling hence the very poor quality camera action.
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy122/Falkster_...

falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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Eric Mc said:
Not enough run off area there - old chap. I'm sure the stewards may have something to say before the first race.
Who needs a run off? Kamikaze grand prix.

cerb4.5lee

30,185 posts

179 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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falkster said:
Not sure if this will work.
I was doing the filming at the same time as the controlling hence the very poor quality camera action.
http://i784.photobucket.com/albums/yy122/Falkster_...
Quality, looks really good, bet it was tough filming & controlling the car!!

Great work, bet your happy how things are progressing, have fun.

falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Tuesday 24th April 2012
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cerb4.5lee said:
Quality, looks really good, bet it was tough filming & controlling the car!!

Great work, bet your happy how things are progressing, have fun.
Yeah very happy, I've managed to do quite a bit in a short time since getting the power delivery sorted.


falkster

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4,258 posts

202 months

Thursday 26th April 2012
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Dont tell sarah I used the kitchen floor


Maybe I should have closed the window when I put the car park in


Filled up car park and wire fence in place


Wire fence in place




Cool distance shot of the car park


Gluing the hay bales


Advertising boards in place