My first table track

by **olddude13** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:13 pm

Started build today made good progress on table build and track setup, Started at 10:00 this morn stoped at 7pm
Had help from my 11 year old
Track Carrera Analog
18'x 8'
Modeled after Riverside with a twist
Power stock Carrera for now
Controllers Professer motor not sure on model, plugs in to Carrera pots 125$ (very tunable) each light years ahead of stock Carrera stuff
Located in Solon Ohio 44139

by **chappyman66** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:17 pm

Nice homage to Riverside! Looks like lots of fun to be had with the two of you!

by **olddude13** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:18 pm

Hears a few more
Also had help from my 16 year old in the fore ground

by **olddude13** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:25 pm

Found some cool steel powder coated gutter cover i may use for catch fence ill cut off the bend in my step sheer
The holes are smaller than the regular soft plastic rolls
More to come

by **slothead** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 9:30 pm

Very nice!

As you may know, a conversation has been going on here about why kids don't play with slot cars. I think this puts a twist on that - too bad more kids don't have an olddude to show 'em the ropes and hang out with.

by **HomeRacingWorld** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:17 am

Looks like a very solid structure to me. Interesting how you followed the track dimensions and built the table to suit.

Congratulations.

by **RBPhillips** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:56 am

The Esses, Turn 6.....Very, very cool!

by **FC47** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:16 am

Ditto, lookin good!

by **ourwayband** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 3:07 pm

I like the table and track.Nice set up..
Looks like it will be tons of fun!

Rusty

by **olddude13** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:27 pm

Had a few beers and thought about the track also looked at few Riverside builds. I also thought about my real racing (Mosport) also known as Canadian Tire
its one of my favorite tracks i love the elevation changes so i went what i call Organic on the build.

by **olddude13** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 8:32 pm

A few more
Now to figure out the best way to secure track and allow for anchor points for armco and some catch fencing. We will be racing 1/24 cars along with 1/32 so fencing/ rail must be strong.

by **2cool** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:39 am

I love the elevation changes too, did a lot of that on my Strombecker layout. Like to see a pic of how you finalized the curvature and elevation supports. Great work beautiful!

-Ed

by **mattb** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:52 am

Hot glue works great for attaching track risers, landscape forms and other parts of your track. Looks good.

by **olddude13** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:04 am

Updated photos

by **TuscoTodd** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:27 pm

Definitely dig all the elevation changes and curve types! Should be a challenging track to run!
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