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

Posted:
Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:26 pm
by dreinecke
Whew! I'm whipped. I've been wanting to close off the scenery on the back stretch of the PDR since I re-routed the pit and start/finish area. While there is no turf down, I managed to get the screen, Sculptamold, paint, and some scenic touches completed. I'm super stoked about the two following areas: the Pit Lane, and the Footbridge.
An overall shot - notice the back stretch has a fence, that shall we say, needs some work...


The new pit stalls at the PDR:


It broke!

The new footbridge:



Lots more to do, just a quick update of where I'm at.
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

Posted:
Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:26 am
by ElSecundo
Wow, fantastic! You've been busy. :)
Cool backdrop, too. How did you do that? It looks to have some texture to it.
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

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Thu Aug 30, 2012 9:48 pm
by dreinecke
El Kabong - Thanks! The backdrop is painted on the wall over knock-down texture.
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

Posted:
Fri Aug 31, 2012 12:02 am
by RazorJon
NICE TRACK THANKS FOR SHARING
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

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Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:27 am
by ElSecundo
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

Posted:
Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:18 am
by dreinecke
Kurt - I don't think it would stick. However, just painting the concrete and doing an easy background like this works fine.
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

Posted:
Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:47 pm
by Fred Fries
Looking good, I really need to head west one of these days, are you still running AC ?
Fred
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

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Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:33 pm
by dreinecke
Fred - Thanks! I'm still out in Colorado - Come on out! I'm still a happy AC driver too!
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

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Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:40 am
by reel55
David
Sort of reminds me of Riverside in California
Looks fun to run on
Verne
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

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Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:29 pm
by SpeedyNH
Dr. Dave,
that sure is cool. nice work and i sure love the theme. i used to follow the trans am around these parts in its heyday when i was in college.
one thing you're missing, tho, scenery-wise, if you were there, since you have broken cars sitting around: "Deck-'em George" (Follmer) landing another haymaker on Pete "Reprehensible" Revson in the pits after the race!
or Swede exploding his 'Cuda's diff again coming off the last corner at Bridgehampton (in particular, 'cause that one happened right in front of me and i had to jump back).
a truly great layout you have there. wish that i could ever do as well. just a little local color if you care.
speedy
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

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Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:17 pm
by Scatman1
Man, I love everything you have done with the track. I even ran a few laps in my head. Yes, I was fast. :-)
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

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Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:35 pm
by youngster
THAT Looks GRRRRREAT ; Youv'e put alot of work into that.
and that Fleet of Cars too. Great work.
YOUNGSTER
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

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Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:50 pm
by Reslotted
Looking Really good Dave, I really like a bit of scenery around a slotcar track.
I reckon you have a touch of Railroad modelling in your Genes somewhere.
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

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Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:40 am
by dreinecke
Thanks gents for the nice comments - wait until I actually get turf down! That should make it pop.
As for the Model RR...I'm really a closed MRR guy that likes to go faster!
Re: Palmer Divide Raceway Update!

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Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:22 am
by Fred Fries
what controllers work on AC, or do they need to be modded to work with it ??