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In another post about lane spacing for the Legends, I brought this up about our old track.
Now it started in our old hobby shop and then when we moved home, I built the table where the wood track sits today.
I made about 5' 3" wide. I wanted a "cushion" of space between the outside edge of the borders and the table wall. When it came down, I just cut the MDF to fit that space which is why the oval today is kinda an odd size.
The FIRST edition was a 8 foot table in our old hobby shop. The short track racing was fun and boy did we tear them up...hence the name at the time.
When we moved, here is what I came up with. Built the table to hold it.
Notice the borders outside and in.
Table built. Now you see the sections here. There were 4 sections. The curves and the straights which were built in two equal halves.
Each section was built with wire jumpers installed for increased conductivity.
You may notice the color. I took each section and used masking tape to cover the rails and then just used cheap Wal-Mart gray primer to give it the visual effect I wanted.
This is not true banking, but unlike what others might say, it worked. I did not want drastic degrees here. Some sponge foam of on the outside and screws on the inside border to "pin it" down.
Then drilled holes and screwed the inside down.
For walls I used screen cap and then behind it I used plastic gutter guard. Secured with hot glue. Worked great and guess what? used the same method on the wood track today.
My buddy Tom shown testing the flat track before the banking.
So there it is...photos are small because? Because back when it was built, not everyone had " fast internet". Some were still on dial up and a 56K modem
So made them small for faster loading.
Anyway...nice walk down memory lane. Maybe if you are thinking of an oval...this might help. There is NOTHING you can't do.
Now it started in our old hobby shop and then when we moved home, I built the table where the wood track sits today.
I made about 5' 3" wide. I wanted a "cushion" of space between the outside edge of the borders and the table wall. When it came down, I just cut the MDF to fit that space which is why the oval today is kinda an odd size.
The FIRST edition was a 8 foot table in our old hobby shop. The short track racing was fun and boy did we tear them up...hence the name at the time.
When we moved, here is what I came up with. Built the table to hold it.
Notice the borders outside and in.
Table built. Now you see the sections here. There were 4 sections. The curves and the straights which were built in two equal halves.
Each section was built with wire jumpers installed for increased conductivity.
You may notice the color. I took each section and used masking tape to cover the rails and then just used cheap Wal-Mart gray primer to give it the visual effect I wanted.
This is not true banking, but unlike what others might say, it worked. I did not want drastic degrees here. Some sponge foam of on the outside and screws on the inside border to "pin it" down.
Then drilled holes and screwed the inside down.
For walls I used screen cap and then behind it I used plastic gutter guard. Secured with hot glue. Worked great and guess what? used the same method on the wood track today.
My buddy Tom shown testing the flat track before the banking.
So there it is...photos are small because? Because back when it was built, not everyone had " fast internet". Some were still on dial up and a 56K modem
So made them small for faster loading.Anyway...nice walk down memory lane. Maybe if you are thinking of an oval...this might help. There is NOTHING you can't do.
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