Hello dearest, You reminded me of the car track I used to play with when I was a kid. It's remarkably similar to this one. But very simple; the track described a simple two-way "eight" that could be driven by 2 race cars. By the way, you know that I live in Monza, near Milan, where the Formula 1 Grand Prix races take place in September on a famous circuit that I think you know. But I never went there... Bye. Your friend, Luca.
Very nice set up you have there. Not sure if you addressed it or not but adding background pictures/terrain on the walls behind the track might add to the overall effects. Looking forward to seeing you work on this.
Thanks. I've ordered some polypropelene sheet to go around the edge and act as a final barrier to cars leaving the table. I'll experiment with some backdrop images on it I think.
I would definitely recommend a lap counter, if you haven't got one already. I guess it's important to have the most interesting circuit first. Scenery can come later. Keep up the good work!
Thanks. I do have a physical lap counter but it makes a lot of noise as the cars pass through it. So I removed it and will be using a phone app instead. It's called LapTrax and detects the cars passing by based on motion and/or colour. I'll design a small gantry to support the phone above the track :) The app does lap times too :)
That looks like the start of a fantastic set up. I look forward to seeing it to completion. One question: Are both lanes equal(ish) in length? I ask as I don't see a crossover.
Wow, that is quite an undertaking you have ahead of you! All in all I like all of your suggestions, and I think they will look amazing if executed with patience and passion (knowing you that should not be a problem, won't it? 🙂). To help you not to mess up any vital part of the basic build, you might watch Luke Towan as he builds his own railroad layout from scratch - you might glean some useful tips or tricks of the trade from him (just a suggestion, I'm not implying you don't know what you are doing!).
Thanks - and thank you for the suggestion. I've watched Luke for a long time, but it will probably be worth going back at looking at some of his older videos again :)
Good morning Nerd, that was a grest setup for the track, my only disappointment☺ was we never got a drive demo, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia, Les
You certainly will have modelling aplenty coming to this channel, MN. Terrific explanation and visual context of what is to come in the future.....plus all the other projects still in the pipeline.
I'm really loving your set-up mate! 👌 To be honest i didn't envisage the track looking this good, as its quite difficult to squeeze a decent run into an awkward space and still maintain good running cars. You've got a lovely mix of curves and straights, and will be so much fun to run. Also loving your plan for the scenery and accessories and my favourite thing, the lighting! Can't wait to see this progress, even though I'm so excited about the Manchester and the York and also the M3 and The Prince of Wales too! Some really exciting stuff you've got going on, thanks for posting. Take it easy mate. Happy modelling 👍👊
This is every kids dream,amazing work Stu,and I can’t wait for the scenery to come together!Great work!
Thank you mate!
Hello dearest,
You reminded me of the car track I used to play with when I was a kid.
It's remarkably similar to this one.
But very simple; the track described a simple two-way "eight" that could be driven by 2 race cars.
By the way, you know that I live in Monza, near Milan, where the Formula 1 Grand Prix races take place in September on a famous circuit that I think you know.
But I never went there...
Bye.
Your friend,
Luca.
Thanks Luca. Monza - such a classic circuit. The banking on my circuit was sort of inspired by the old Monza banking :)
@@ModelNerd Gosh!
Looks like you're building in lots of scope for fun. Don't forget that you may need access to that radiator sometime. Best wishes.
Thank you. Yes, good point! Hopefully the table is far enough from the heat.
Very nice set up you have there. Not sure if you addressed it or not but adding background pictures/terrain on the walls behind the track might add to the overall effects. Looking forward to seeing you work on this.
Thanks. I've ordered some polypropelene sheet to go around the edge and act as a final barrier to cars leaving the table. I'll experiment with some backdrop images on it I think.
I would definitely recommend a lap counter, if you haven't got one already. I guess it's important to have the most interesting circuit first. Scenery can come later. Keep up the good work!
Thanks. I do have a physical lap counter but it makes a lot of noise as the cars pass through it. So I removed it and will be using a phone app instead. It's called LapTrax and detects the cars passing by based on motion and/or colour. I'll design a small gantry to support the phone above the track :) The app does lap times too :)
Love it 👍🏻
Thanks 😁
Keep those slotcar videos coming!!!
Thanks - will do!
I've been wanting to do this for ages. I've purchased all my cars already and am now trying to figure out how much tracks I would need.
Awesome! Are you using a program like Ultimate Racer to plan your layout? I found it really helpful.
Almost forgot: are you really going to paint a hundred figures all by yourself? Or will that be a family activity for the next 25 weekends?
Ah, good point! I hadn't thought about that! Ooops...
That looks like the start of a fantastic set up. I look forward to seeing it to completion. One question: Are both lanes equal(ish) in length? I ask as I don't see a crossover.
Thank you. They're fairly equal in length, although to be honest the shorter lane is a little slower so that also compensates a bit.
Now it's time to beat James May's world record
Haha!
Love that layout! I wish I had that much space to work with!!! 🔥
Thanks. Yep, I'm lucky to have it for sure.
Wow, that is quite an undertaking you have ahead of you! All in all I like all of your suggestions, and I think they will look amazing if executed with patience and passion (knowing you that should not be a problem, won't it? 🙂). To help you not to mess up any vital part of the basic build, you might watch Luke Towan as he builds his own railroad layout from scratch - you might glean some useful tips or tricks of the trade from him (just a suggestion, I'm not implying you don't know what you are doing!).
Thanks - and thank you for the suggestion. I've watched Luke for a long time, but it will probably be worth going back at looking at some of his older videos again :)
Good morning Nerd, that was a grest setup for the track, my only disappointment☺ was we never got a drive demo, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia, Les
Thanks! I'll do a demo drive next time :D
Awesome. Great job. Very inspiring.
Thank you mate
Superb Stu love it. Bouncing off the barriers is a Scalextric skill surely ;)
Haha, it sure is!
Even with the magnetic cars
Loving the great condition slk
@@mikelucraft Thanks. It's actually my dad's original car from 1964! It just needed a bit of TLC to get it running again.
Great update, thank you and keep them coming
Thank you - I'll try!
Where is the Batmobile? You have to own one for a proper setup! 😀
Haha!
Excellent, good progress
Thank you
Looking good!
Thank you
Nice
Thank you mate
You certainly will have modelling aplenty coming to this channel, MN. Terrific explanation and visual context of what is to come in the future.....plus all the other projects still in the pipeline.
Thank you! Hopefully I'll have more modelling time soon and will be able to make more progress.
I'm really loving your set-up mate! 👌 To be honest i didn't envisage the track looking this good, as its quite difficult to squeeze a decent run into an awkward space and still maintain good running cars.
You've got a lovely mix of curves and straights, and will be so much fun to run.
Also loving your plan for the scenery and accessories and my favourite thing, the lighting! Can't wait to see this progress, even though I'm so excited about the Manchester and the York and also the M3 and The Prince of Wales too! Some really exciting stuff you've got going on, thanks for posting.
Take it easy mate.
Happy modelling 👍👊
Thank you mate! Yes, I'm quite happy with the final layout.
great set up, you're so clever with all this. already looking forward to the inaugural Model Nerd GP!
Haha, thank you!