Let the games commence!

[Dangermouse]

[HomeRacingWorld]

Looks like a lot of fun. Good luck and keep us posted please? I want to follow this :)

By the way, that old track is a great one too.

[Ember]

Congratulations DM. It's finally going to happen. I know you've wanted to do it for ages.

Did you manage to re-home the old track or did you just give it the chop?

[Cosmic Bilby]

...and the "old" wasn't that shabby either just quietly....

[Dangermouse]

We will either re-cycle the old track and use bits for the new one or we will pull it down and see if anyone else wants to play with it... :)

cheers
David

[dreinecke]

I'm ready! :banana-rock:

[Dangermouse]

[MoparGreg]

Hey David this is going to be cool. Im very happy for you that you are going to build a new track. You have spoken here & there about it for a long time now. Keep us updated as you go. Im keen to see some plans.

Oh & do us a favour. Come over & route my track when you are done as Ive had my track table built for many months now just waiting to be routed. :)

[Dangermouse]

yep Greg - my brother lives in Japan -he has helped build all 3 tracks - we were going to do it last Christmas when he was over - but we ended up with a lot on and I couldn't get the timber organised in time.

So we may not get it routed, painted and taped while he is here - but we will give it a crack - at least get the design finalised so I can route it.

cheers
David

[HRWJim]

Please keep us posted. I can't wait to see progress. I'm with Harry i thought the old track looked great. Jim

[Dangermouse]

So the brain has been ticking and after visiting some inspiring smaller tracks (your's was one Ember) I am thinking of a 16x4 layout for the slot cars which will give me room to build the 8x4 model railroad layout I have had bookmarked and sitting with my trains for the last 4 years

cheers
David

[Dangermouse]

so we might try to fit something like this in

[Ember]

Mine? Shucks. Ta.

I like the scenic potential in that draft David, but the driving side makes me nervous. Not sure why. Might have another look at it later on bigger screen.

Part of the fun is the planning.

Embs

[Dangermouse]

Happy Christmas Ember

I think once we start drawing on the board we will get a better idea of what works and doesn't work

DM

[Dangermouse]

So we were drawing on the boards tonight and have come up with this

the blue and the yellow are the slots - not the road width
back will be elevated, maybe with a hump-te-do in it, esses on the right will climb up to the bridge and then down before climbing up again after going under the bridge - lanes are pretty much the same length - the board is 4.8mx1.2m (16x4) and the track run is around 19m (62ft)



It is a work in progress not a work of art :) :banana-rock:

DM