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Lots of other jobs demanded time today, but did get the track screwed in place and spackled. Also glued down a remnant of MDF under the overhang in one spot where space for tail sliding was a little tight.

Ready to cut spots for wiring and then paint the roadway.

Looking good ......... keep going.
Painted and copper tape.....soon!!!!!
Richard

Put down the first layer of concrete, er, paint on the roadway tonight. It's actually a paint/primer combination. How many paint layers do you experts recommend on the road surface?

I only did one coat of paint over the primer and regret it now - my Bondo repairs show through. Couldn't see them or that I didn't get them sanded smooth till the paint fully dried. Now I have to pretend not to notice.

Slothead

I did two if it needed it. The track looks great!

I'd do two coast minimum. My test track isn't much smaller, and it holds up well unless you use it as a table. :)

I concur, 2 be fine.
This really makes it look like a roadway,will be fun to watch you paint in the details.

Remind me to go look for some blue foam chunks I think I saved. :think:

Taping and wiring are done. It's alive!
Derek's homemade taping tool worked great - no breaks, and both taps worked the first time. :P

Fun driving slot cars isn't it. :lol:

Looks real good ! Would you recommend building wood tracks to your friends ?

For a small footprint, that's a great track. I've been following this since you started posting about building a track, and even copied the original plan for this track on graph paper to see if I might use it too. In my version the left hand turn is a sweeper with a somewhat consistent radius, though I imaged cars going clockwise so it opens up a bit going into the back straight.

Is that a lap counting and timing gantry on the front straight? If so I hope you'll post lap times for your cars. If I go ahead with an indoor-outdoor 4' x 8' oval it will be one lane too and the fun will come from recording lap times for similar cars then simulating multi-car races on the computer. There are many ways for solo racing to be a lot of fun.

Slothead

Just a great effort.

You will certainly have many hours of fun on it.

That just looks like a good time!
Bravo sir!