by midmoslts » Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:40 pm
Wood is sooooo nice. It has been said that it is smooth and so on. That is all true, but that is not what I think is the best thing about a wood track. The pest part is that it can be whatever you want it to be. You are the designer not someone that has the general customer in mind. We as people don't come from a set of common molds, so why should our slot car tracks?
Don't be afraid to make mistakes. They can be fixed. Follow your hart and do what you feel is right to you. This is a great place to ask the questions that will ensure you avoid possible pit falls. However the answer may not always be right for you. I was told that I should build my track lower than I did. Well, I was told that is what people do. That is not what I did and have not regretted it one second. Many questioned the radius of my tight turn. I would have been one of the people that was not sure about it, but it was what I had in my head and it wanted out. In the end I have been really happy with the turn that we all questioned. It is indeed a hard turn to get around, but it makes the track challenging. One would have thought that the inside lane would be way slower then the other lanes as it is such a tight turn. It is the place that you can make up a ton of ground when done right. It is easy to over drive the turn, but it is so much shorter in distance than the other lanes that you go in behind a car and roll out in front it.
I think you will find that most of the people that have gone the way of a routed track will keep going that way. Nothing wrong with plastic track at all. That is how this hobby gained it's popularity for home racing. Whatever you decide in the end, good luck with it and have fun.