axman Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 (edited) Here's another fibreglass track I installed... I think around 1990... There's a few familiar and much younger faces in the crowd.. Fibreglass loves being a compound shape. What made the bank special on these tracks is I could finally achieve a shape called an elliptic paraboloid.. That is the corner is curved in two planes.. sort of like the shape of a bowl... something just not possible with normal construction using a single layer of MDF or ply. I thought this would be the holy grail of banked corners.. . After much grief making the mould I finally managed to get the entry of the bank to this shape but found it was only marginally better on the inside lanes where the transition from straight to banked turn takes place and certainly was'nt worth all the extra work from a car performance point of view. I also found a downside of Fibreglass is that it just does'nt like sitting flat enough for long straights as its hard to keep the joins smooth. On a positive note for fibreglass I remember having the yellow track (in post #125) at the Sanctuary Cove Boat show... out in the open. We would come back in the morning with the track wet from last nights rain, chamois it down, plug in the laptop and start selling track time. Cant do that with a timber track! I think these tracks would have worked well for scale racing. Wonder where they are now... Edited May 17, 2014 by axman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry J Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 A laptop in 1990??? I think you mean Commodore 64. Quote Cheers, Garry J Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axman Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 (edited) Hmm.. you're right Garry. The blue track is about 1990 with a C64, the yellow promotion track a few years later and started out with a C64 but got a Laptop later on when I sold it. The laptop was ideal for the promotion tracks as I did'nt need external power. It was the same P.C. version as Barry had at Annerley and the same as the one my son Heath is operating here at a fete around 1996. All the tracks I sent overseas had the same setup. (box under the track for switching and timing - computer really just there to display and enter info). Edited May 16, 2014 by axman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Quikslotter Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) Does anyone know what happened to the track from Moonee Raceway in Sydney Rd Brunswick.? Edited May 18, 2014 by Old Quikslotter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.A Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Track and Hobby in Brunswick had it as a hire track and was still with it when they moved to Thomastown and then to Bendigo.What happened to it after Bendigo closed i have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Quikslotter Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Ahh, did Maurice Coppola have it in Bendigo then? I know him through some other interests. Will call him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.A Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yes he did have it at Bendigo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axman Posted May 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 I think the last track at Moonee was another modified AMF Royal 95. We made a King track out of ours.. Ray simply added a few straights to his and no bank the last time I saw it. By that stage the old Moonee Track had gone to South Australia.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Quikslotter Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Thanks Kim, It was the later one I was curious about. Will give Maurice a call and see what happened to it. He may till have it. I did hear a while back he was looking at a new track. It would be pretty tired by now I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espsix Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) I raced on it when I was up in bendigo, first it was out at kangaroo flats, he then moved it into town across from the train station, last time for me was a 12 hour, it was pretty tired then. After it shut down he went prospecting for gold. Edited May 19, 2014 by espsix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Quikslotter Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 I saw it opposite the train station. He made more from gold than he did from slot cars...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espsix Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 That would be right. You know what they say about motor racing ( and slot cars ), how do you make a million dollars from either, start with 3 million! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Quikslotter Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Haha, just looking at options. Buy an old track and fix it up or build a new one? Not trying to run a business, just run a club track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.A Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Talk to Peter at Mobile Raceways he may very well be able to help you out with a track,either a second hand one or he can design and build one to suit your needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Quikslotter Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Will do.If I can't get an old one I will build my own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32coupe Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Ken at Penrith slotcar is getting rid of his trioval if anyone is interested. Quote A man without a woman is like a neck without a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axman Posted May 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Go for it Old Quikslotter.. If you've got the time, space and desire... build your own. These days of predominantly flat tracks make it a very do-able home project you can get immense satisfaction from. If you've got a few mates and are looking to get a club going even more reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Quikslotter Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Thanks Kim I think I will build my own. Have a design very loosely base on a Blue king but with a hammerhead where the hairpin used to be. I wont have a Quikslot bank either. lol Will post a sketch later. Darren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAKKAJ Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Did you build the one at the amusement centre at ulladulla on the south coast nsw..... It had the saw put through it about 2003 I remember useing it in the earlie 80's maybe late 70's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Quikslotter Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 (edited) This is my track plan. Modified from a blue king with two extra corners. Edited May 24, 2014 by Old Quikslotter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axman Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Pretty good plan old Quikslotter.. I agree with your " hammerhead" idea. stick it at the end of the main straight and get the exit parallel to the main straight like Garry J 's Birkdale track. That will give you more options for the exit out of the deadman to get some interesting " eases" happening where traditionally "the finger" is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Quikslotter Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 This is my final layout. Start the build next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.A Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Looks good and a an interesting and challenging track.The section at the right hand end of the track is a mirror image of my new 3 lane track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springbok Racer Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 ......just consider your marshalling though... Jan Quote 'The older I get the faster I was.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Quikslotter Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Basically took a blue king straight and bent it 90 degrees.I like this one and will start buying materials next week. It will be a 6 lane track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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