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Landscaped......finally

Postby martin0409 » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:25 pm

I switched to digital racing with Carrera D132 some 2 years ago and posted the layout in the digital forum of this site (here's the link : viewtopic.php?f=30&t=6277 ). After I modified the circuit to run all my analog cars on it, I did not do anything with the track. Finally, I started doing something and here's what i have done so far :

1. Put lots of trees on it, close to 50 of them and some 20+ pine trees
2. Fabricated 14 street lights with 8 LEDs on each post
3. Fabricated a big 32 inch long grandstand to accommodate all my little spectators
4. Fabricated a track barrier from start to finish on both sides of the lane to protect the landscape from flying 1/43 GM powered cars
5. Fabricated 4 windmills (with motors)

Here are some pictures. Thank you for viewing.

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Postby HomeRacingWorld » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:50 pm

What a great job!

LOL, the wind farm is a hoot. CLASSIC!
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Postby Dundee Denny » Mon Nov 28, 2016 9:53 pm

WOW, fantastic looking, just keep staring at what you have done here!!

"Been thinking" about solar farm, as I am always fascinated by the one on US127 near Alma, MI.

You figured it out!!

GREAT job!!

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Postby BARC 1 » Tue Nov 29, 2016 12:18 am

Looks great.
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Postby TsgtRet » Tue Nov 29, 2016 12:22 am

Outstanding! Love the little details and particularly the wind farm! :banana-dance:
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Postby SLOTTING SINCE 1963 » Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:21 am

Great Job !!!!!
Just hope the windmills generate the power , needed for the Flood Lights !!!!!!!
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Postby CrockettNZ » Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:22 am

WOW that looks FANTASTIC
love the wind farm it's good to see you are thinking of the planet
those flood lights look awesome as well
as does the grand stand lighting :clap: :clap: :clap: :text-bravo:
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Postby hillbilly » Tue Nov 29, 2016 5:22 am

Great layout Martin, really like the fencing and the touch of fall. hillbilly
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Postby dw5555 » Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:32 am

Looks fantastic. That's a lot of lights goin on.. What are you using to power them?

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Postby bobbyraz49 » Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:43 am

AWESOME !

18,000 RPM windmills ? Should keep dust off the track !
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Postby DaveKennedy » Tue Nov 29, 2016 11:07 am

That's a crazy cool track! Amazing to see a wind farm with functional motors!
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Postby DaveKennedy » Tue Nov 29, 2016 11:09 am

Hello Martin, I just want to check if it's ok for me to share this on the Carrera of America FB page....
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Postby ourwayband » Tue Nov 29, 2016 11:14 am

Great looking layout!!

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Re: Landscaped......finally

Postby martin0409 » Tue Nov 29, 2016 12:03 pm

Thank you all for your kind and generous words. The lights including the lights in the grandstand being all LEDs are powered by one single 6 amp power supply and the voltage is set at 10volts. The windmills are powered by a single 2 amp variable power supply with each motor connected to a rheostat to slow down the rpm, otherwise strong wind will sweep the landscape away from the track :D :D

Yes Dave, it will be an honor for me if you share my track on FB. Thank you.

BTW, i forgot to add that my track sits on a 5 x16 feet of movable table and has a running length of 74 ft inside lane and 75.5 ft outside lane. Track is happily sitting in the basement somewhere in Ontario Canada to make a lot of people happy racing analog and digital cars.
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Postby Broman62 » Tue Nov 29, 2016 1:23 pm

Super awesome Martin...windmill and lightning is very cool but I think the fencing is the schadizzle!!! Any chance to show a closeup of the light pole tops?? Thanks for sharing this awesome layout!!
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