Discussion
Eric Mc said:
falkster said:
Bebee said:
and your age?
I'm 37, I didn't think my age was relevant as I presumed after 18 I would have been too old for 'toys'. 
falkster said:
Well I broken the news to the wife to which she just rolled her eyes!!! Ive taken the next week off work so I can look into it more and hopefully have something by midweek.
I still dont understand how the 2,3,4 lane tracks work yet can have upto 6 cars running on the same lane so Im presuming the cars are controlled rather than the track - suppose Ill find out.
Off to B&Q first thing to get some MDF to make the surface.
Ill let you know.
To do the cars all on the same track you need Scalextric Digital. Ive not used it but i belive what you have is a 2 lane track which has joining pieces in it so a car can go from on lane to the other. You press a button on your controler and the car goes to the other lane. Its only the newer cars that can be used for this but i think you can buy a conversion kit to upgrade older cars. I still dont understand how the 2,3,4 lane tracks work yet can have upto 6 cars running on the same lane so Im presuming the cars are controlled rather than the track - suppose Ill find out.
Off to B&Q first thing to get some MDF to make the surface.
Ill let you know.
Get on ebay you can find some bargains - I bought loads of track when i was building mine a lot of it had hardly been used. Works out far cheaper than buying kits or new track pieces.
Depending on what you want to do with track layout. I designed my own if you go on the scalextric website they have a designer thing so you can plan exactly what track pieces you need and if it will join back together
HoHoHo said:
The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys
So true.You are never too old.
I have been playing with Scalextric for nearly 30+ years now and never plan to stop. This weekend we were doing a little Christmas shopping and shortly after the fiancee asked what I wanted for Christmas we happened to pass a model shop with a 4 lane digital set up on special. I felt duty bound to mention that it was about time i upgreaded, but that I was torn between 4 and 6 car powerbase and the cost of upgrading all my existing cars to digi being not a million miles from the cost of a real winter car I keep planning to buy...
HoHoHo said:
Eric Mc said:
Bebee said:
That's right, Take Eric Mc, if it wasn't for a profile pic of him stood next to the lovely VBH (lucky barstuard) we wouldn’t be able to guess his age of around 35
Should've gone to Specsavers.Eric Mc said:
HoHoHo said:
Eric Mc said:
Bebee said:
That's right, Take Eric Mc, if it wasn't for a profile pic of him stood next to the lovely VBH (lucky barstuard) we wouldn’t be able to guess his age of around 35
Should've gone to Specsavers.
theshrew said:
To do the cars all on the same track you need Scalextric Digital. Ive not used it but i belive what you have is a 2 lane track which has joining pieces in it so a car can go from on lane to the other. You press a button on your controler and the car goes to the other lane. Its only the newer cars that can be used for this but i think you can buy a conversion kit to upgrade older cars.
Get on ebay you can find some bargains - I bought loads of track when i was building mine a lot of it had hardly been used. Works out far cheaper than buying kits or new track pieces.
Depending on what you want to do with track layout. I designed my own if you go on the scalextric website they have a designer thing so you can plan exactly what track pieces you need and if it will join back together
I've found a guy in York that is on eBay. He puts circuits together then lists them with no reserve. 50ft for £100!!! Get on ebay you can find some bargains - I bought loads of track when i was building mine a lot of it had hardly been used. Works out far cheaper than buying kits or new track pieces.
Depending on what you want to do with track layout. I designed my own if you go on the scalextric website they have a designer thing so you can plan exactly what track pieces you need and if it will join back together
Great idea with the track planner, I was planning on trial and error but as I still don't fully understand the way the digital bit goes I'll have to wait and see. (is it just the car technology or is it the way the track is powered?)
I was thinking of planning a circuit within a 6x12ft board? Too big? Too small? Use as much of the board as poss and filling the space with a little bit of scenery.
falkster said:
Eric Mc said:
It's thne internet. Most of us don't know who you are. For all we knew, you might have been 12.
Suppose you're right, although I did mention my wife in my initial post. Im pretty sure it's still against the law to get married at 12. :lol:falkster said:
I was thinking of planning a circuit within a 6x12ft board? Too big? Too small? Use as much of the board as poss and filling the space with a little bit of scenery.
Depends on what you have room for. Also think about how, who and when it will be used. If it is mainly going to be you on your own then you will need to make sure that that tricky kink that you keep coming off on is near to you, not at the hardest to reach part of the track...Bigger is usually better though and I would certainly be looking for a bridge or two. You might like to spend a couple of hours searching Youtube and the like for some hints and tips. Plenty out there!
Eric Mc said:
falkster said:
Eric Mc said:
It's thne internet. Most of us don't know who you are. For all we knew, you might have been 12.
Suppose you're right, although I did mention my wife in my initial post. Im pretty sure it's still against the law to get married at 12. :lol:falkster said:
(is it just the car technology or is it the way the track is powered?)
It's both. The track is permanently powered (so for example cars with lights have the lights on constantly rather than just when moving). The cars themselves need a decoder chip (which is essentially their unique ID) and this also provides them with a tiny LED which sticks out of the bottom of the car. You can get digital-fitted cars (i.e. ready to go), digital-ready (need a decoder fitting but have a simple socket to plug it into) and standard analogue (to which you can fit a decoder with a little light soldering). The track has a few different sections which operate like railway points in order to let you change lane / enter the pits etc. Just ahead of the junction there is a small pickup set into the track. When you press the button on the controller, the car's decoder switches on the tiny LED which triggers the pickup to operate the junction.
There are various neat extras like a pitstop game, lap counters etc and with the top-end 6-car powerbase, you can also hook up a laptop and get huge amounts of data out of it as well as setting up specific races.
Rude-boy said:
Depends on what you have room for. Also think about how, who and when it will be used. If it is mainly going to be you on your own then you will need to make sure that that tricky kink that you keep coming off on is near to you, not at the hardest to reach part of the track...
Bigger is usually better though and I would certainly be looking for a bridge or two. You might like to spend a couple of hours searching Youtube and the like for some hints and tips. Plenty out there!
The room won't have anything else in it apart from the track - maybe a few Motorsport pictures, might also wear a helmet at the time im using it. Bigger is usually better though and I would certainly be looking for a bridge or two. You might like to spend a couple of hours searching Youtube and the like for some hints and tips. Plenty out there!
I was really hoping for bridges and tunnels!!! No tunnels at the other end of the room!!
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