dazza Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 I’m looking at building a new routed timber track and I want to be able to run 1/24 scale plafit cars on it. What is the best width and also what radius corners do they not like lol Cheers Dazza Quote Midwestern Model Raceway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benno Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 I'm looking at building a new routed timber track and I want to be able to run 1/24 scale plafit cars on it. What is the best width and also what radius corners do they not like lol Cheers Dazza 110 - 115mm ( ideally ) would be perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotbaker Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) Plastic Track Measurement Comparison http://www.ncphobbies.com/132help.html Some of the early 60's commercial tracks were made with 4" (101.6mm) lane spacings, which is minimum for 1/24 flexi cars. Plafit style cars are great on this size track. The Carrera tracks handle 1/24 scale cars OK, and you could get away with Ninco for the smaller sports cars. If you have the space, I'd go with the old 4", with the Carrera 3 7/8" as a minimum. You could use Carrera plastic track dimensions on this site as a guide for corner radii, and o'all track widths. Edited September 9, 2019 by slotbaker Quote Steve K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted September 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) I'm looking at building a new routed timber track and I want to be able to run 1/24 scale plafit cars on it. What is the best width and also what radius corners do they not like lol Cheers Dazza 110 - 115mm ( ideally ) would be perfect What should the overall track width be mate ? Edited September 9, 2019 by dazza Quote Midwestern Model Raceway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermouse Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 For 1/24 you need wider gutters as well - for lane width you could go anywhere from 100mm - 110mm -for the track width I would go 70mm on the inside and 120-150mm (or a bit more) on outside of curves. So for a 4 lane track the straights would be 440mm - 470mm and turns would be 520-550mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted September 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) I’m only doing a 2 lane track what would be recommended as a minimum corner radius for 1-24 scale cars ? Edited September 10, 2019 by dazza Quote Midwestern Model Raceway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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