Last night saw some of the borders around the track coming off due to people leaning over them. Today saw me SCREW the bastards back in so they shouldn’t break off anymore. Everyone is more aware of them now as well. Continue reading Rippling corners and crashing borders
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Sorry I haven't posted much in a while. I've been sick with the flu for the last week or two and haven't used my computer much. I hope to be back to usual next week or so... I hope... (0) You will notice a new link on the top of the page. It's a contact page that allows you to get in touch with me via the website for whatever reason. If you have issues or questions, use this form to contact me! (0)  May 12th, 2009 |  slot cars |  Bunnings, Jaycar, PC Lap Counter, slot car track, Ultimate Racer |  Leave a commentI spent tonight painting the grassy area’s around Warril Park Raceway. I bought a couple of test paint pots from Bunnings.They came up alright and will look better once they get a little wear and some scenic stuff on them. Continue reading Painting the grass  Presenting Warril Park Raceway! The last few days have seen the track go from looking like a piece of MDF on a table to a functional slot car track. After finishing the routing, I started painting the slots. The slots are painted white for lane 1 and red for lane 2. Continue reading Stage 5, 6 & 7: Painting, taping and wiring April 27th, 2009 | slot cars | Bunnings, Dick Smith, OzzieSim, PC Lap Counter, Phidget, slot car track | Leave a commentYesterday I started routing the table tops for the slot car track. The day went well until the afternoon and I managed to get all the corners routed with only one slip. The trammel I built made the corners much quicker and easier to route. The straights are when it started to frustrate me. I could not get them to line up properly at the ends and I made one more mistake. Continue reading Stage 4: Routing the tables April 24th, 2009 | slot cars | Porsche, Red Racer, Scalextric, slot car track, slot cars | Leave a commentWell, I’ve laid the new track plan onto the board and, besides a few minor adjustments, it fits beautifully. Continue reading Stage 3: Laying the track plan and new car  4 Photos in this Gallery. I’ve started work on the new slot car track in the spare room (the sun room). The new track will be 3m long by 1.8m wide. The track will probably be 2 lanes wide and fairly intricate to promote skilled racing instead of all out speed. Continue reading Stage 1 & 2: Clearing out the room and building frames |
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