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Postby Guildman » Sun Jan 15, 2017 11:00 am

Hi,
I have a lot of Artin style track as I was buying sets for £2 just to get motors a while back and my son was doing the same, BUT.....you end up with a LOT of curves and few straights. Now, I helped my son build a wood track in the loft, but I need a test track, long and thin and was wondering if anyone has built a track where the curves and a little straight is Artin , but the main straights are wooden. I believe in using what I have and using my skills to get by as I am on a fixed income.

Anyone prepared to admit doing the same?

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Re: Plastic wood....

Postby 2FER SLOTS » Sun Jan 15, 2017 2:11 pm

Yup I did...


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Fun track to run. I wanted the turns banked instead of off camber the way plastic was laying out.
First picture is from 2008 ? Track is still in operation ;)
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Re: Plastic wood....

Postby Guildman » Sun Jan 15, 2017 4:07 pm

Damn, those images didn't come up!
Interested to see how it worked out.

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Re: Plastic wood....

Postby Guildman » Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:40 am

I don't know why, but they still come up as "broken images".

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Re: Plastic wood....

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Mon Jan 16, 2017 8:46 am

Well I was seeing them. Server error on the other side I am seeing. Will try to fix.

Ok fixed original post. Photos are hosted on my side.
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Re: Plastic wood....

Postby Guildman » Mon Jan 16, 2017 9:26 am

Yup, they came up there. Thanks, Harry.
Trouble is, that's all Artin. I was talking about using plastic curves and wooden (home made) straights to make up the dearth of straights there always seems to be with Artin sets.

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Re: Plastic wood....

Postby 2FER SLOTS » Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:35 pm

First picture, everything that doesn't have the dashed center line is wood. The plastic has the white stripes. We have wood straights and wood curves on this track.

What else can I help ya with ?
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Re: Plastic wood....

Postby Guildman » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:36 am

Well, who'd have thought it? It all looks black plastic! What did you use for pick up rails and how did you join the sections to each other?

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Re: Plastic wood....

Postby 2FER SLOTS » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:22 am

The "rails" are silvered stain glass tape,just like the copper tape but with a tin coating on both sides.
The plastic is joined to 1/2" particle board by cutting a Carrera straight in half, routing a rabbet in the end of the wood the thickness of the track and aligning the slots. You could glue or screw the track to the wood.
I wanted the routed part to match the plastic as close as possible in appearance so I used the silvered tape. Jumper wires are attached to the routed section from underneath the track.
Sorry no pictures of the build.....I wasn't forumfied when I was building it :lol:
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Re: Plastic wood....

Postby Guildman » Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:03 am

Well you did a hell of a convincing job there!
Many thanks. As I can't get a proper track to work (line up) I will have to do something like that to get some distance.

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Re: Plastic wood....

Postby Nor Cal Mike » Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:09 pm

I've done all sort of weird stuff building slot car tracks over the years. I like to use what I have. I wouldn't hesitate at all to do what you have done if it were the most expedient method to get done what I wanted to get done. There is nothing proprietary about an electrically powered slot car following a groove with a couple of electrical conductors running along each side.
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