Palmer Divide Raceway - MAJOR Update 3/24/13!

[dreinecke]

Yep, almost ready for the series to pass through here...I'll see if I can top last year's coverage!

[dge467]

The billboards and ads look awesome!

[dreinecke]

Thanks for the nice comments!

Finally! After two years of complaining, the little people now have a place to eat. The original CDR had a building that I believe was the concession stand to the north of the concrete grandstands. I've always wanted to replicate something along those lines. Sadly, I've only got 1 picture of the building and it is from a distance, so I've had to "guess" at most of it. Since the track is an homage and not a full replica, I figure that the ghosts of tracks past would be alright with that.

I started by scoring some concrete 4x4' grid lines in styrene and after a quick wash with several colors, I glued it into place and added Sculptamold and turf to the area. I purposefully added dirt and weathering to the pad to make it blend in with the surrounding area. The building is constructed out of styrene with Plastruct lap siding laid over it. The windows were simply boxed and have clear plastic added to them. The dutch door idea I "borrowed" from my friend Brad K's layout...although like everything he does, his is better... The roof is corrugated styrene, and I'm still not completely convinced that I'm in love with it. I wanted the building to look simple like the original picture, but wonder if it is too simple. I'll let it sit for awhile and think about it.

The signage is all printed out on my trusty ink-jet printer and glued to picture matte for depth. The RC Cola them falls perfectly into the track's official colors of white and blue, so that was a natural for the stand. The side of the stand has a small shelf with condiments and napkins for the patron's use. Those were made out of wire in the case of the mustard and ketchup containers and simple block of styrene for the napkin dispenser. The last thing that is bugging me is that the stand has no interior. I may rectify that at some point as well. We'll see how motivated I am to do that.

The picnic tables and benches are all simple styrene builds. The phone booth is a reproduction part off of eBay from an old Marx play set. It comes very plain, but paint and a plastic door I built for it bring it to life.

Now, off to get a burger at the stand while I think about the rest of the scenery...

[ourwayband]

Looks great and right with your time period!
Great detail too.
Thanks for sharing

[bkrownd]

RC Cola!

[HRWJim]

David you never cease to amaze me. Your track is continuing to inspire me to try new things. Great job. Jim

[RazorJon]

I like it, and I just drank an RC

[Wolseley Hornet]

This isn't slot racing.

. . . This is ART!

Inspirational,David , just inspirational!

[JESIV]

Wow big Dave....just Wow! I love it!
You even have the ketchup and mustard bottles for the little hot dogs!

And of course. As soon as they saw this, the little folks at my track are demanding similar treatment...so um....thanks :lol:

[HomeRacingWorld]

Awesome work, great job sir. Detail is just inspiring. I am ashamed of the low grade effort I call scenery here.

Iconic phone booth. Years from now you will explain to all your grand kids that it was a place where phones used to be :)

But...no burgers on the menu? :)

[dreinecke]

Thanks for the nice comments folks. I've really enjoyed this latest installment - albeit 2 years in the making. What can I say? I'm slow on scenery.

Art? I'm not sure I'd go that far, but I appreciate the comment. Funny enough, I just throw stuff together and it usually looks ok. If I ever took some real time, I'm not sure what I'd end up with!

JESIV - I take no responsibility for your little people. You didn't have to show them this ;)

As for the low grade effort: Really? Your tracks rock, and besides, you kick my tail tuning pretty much anything.

The phone booth is my favorite thus far - I can't even remember the last time I saw one. Funny, they were everywhere, then we started on cell phones and I can't even tell you when they started disappearing.

Burgers ARE on the menu...just can't see from the angle of the picture.

Now, off to run the T/A grid for qualifying!!!

[ListerStormGT]

Dave, just awesome work buddy! It really looks great, well done!

[Tycosaur]

Wow...25¢ for hot dog, 10¢ for fries and to wash it down with a cold bottle of RC, it just doesn't get any better than that. Oops...don't forget to look under the bottle cap.

Your track just keeps looking better.

[dreinecke]

Thanks! I've been away for a few days and am already planning a few new things!

[dreinecke]

Suck up.

Seriously, thank you very much. I'm not sure I go that far, after all, I get paid diddly for doing this lol!