Johnny Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Double ended live flippers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Cheers to Johnny and Syd for the effort today Dave That's all alright we enjoy babysitting your kids whilst you go out! Quote West Australian Slot Car Racing Group web: www.waslotcarracinggroup.com email: syd.miller@outlook.com scott.kendal@bigpond.com mob: Syd 0413 020 421 or Chris 0435086304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Double ended live flippers Good to see Johnny is on the same page, but he is good for vacumning! Quote West Australian Slot Car Racing Group web: www.waslotcarracinggroup.com email: syd.miller@outlook.com scott.kendal@bigpond.com mob: Syd 0413 020 421 or Chris 0435086304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 And the "here hold this" :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Oh yeah!, I forgot about that! Where's Dave when you need him? Quote West Australian Slot Car Racing Group web: www.waslotcarracinggroup.com email: syd.miller@outlook.com scott.kendal@bigpond.com mob: Syd 0413 020 421 or Chris 0435086304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 At the local bottle shop getting us drinks :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR XU-1 Posted August 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 OK - track progress has been very slow. I had to get around to finishing off the kids cubby house (It is more like a mansion) before I did any more work on the track (thats right...I wear the pants in my house ) All the track pieces have been painted in undercoat now (finally). Will be applying ferradore tonight. We (being Syd), still has to re route one or two small errors and the lane changes. Will be ordering braid this week and have sent Rick (Mr Scorpius) a message regarding the volume of scorpius goods I require... All slowly coming together. I imagine the scorpous production will be the critical path in terms of having it finished. But I hope that it is finished by early November (allowing 8 - 9 weeks for scorpius) Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR XU-1 Posted August 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 FYI - The Mansion! It now has perspex sliding windows in also Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR XU-1 Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Alright, Dont harrass me about photos because I havent taken any yet... but the track is painted now in ferradore. Its quite a dark colour grey. I think I might give it a very light second coat in a dy or two but it looks damn good. Pics will be coming soonish. All my slots are painted white also as they dont need to be colour coded for digital. Just need to get on to ordering the braid now and formally order (pay for) Scorpius. It amazing how much better the track looks once painted!! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoath Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Any pics Dave? Couldn't resist!!!! Looking forward to them though! Quote Cheers, Dick SCMR build thread Woodbrook Valley build thread "A Man's home is his castle, but his garage is his sanctuary!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 There's always one smart@## and it had to be you. Quote West Australian Slot Car Racing Group web: www.waslotcarracinggroup.com email: syd.miller@outlook.com scott.kendal@bigpond.com mob: Syd 0413 020 421 or Chris 0435086304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 How about NOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoath Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Just checking back... still no pics!!! Quote Cheers, Dick SCMR build thread Woodbrook Valley build thread "A Man's home is his castle, but his garage is his sanctuary!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR XU-1 Posted August 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 OK Knoath, Think of this more as a sneak peak... The photos were just taken tonight on my i-phone when I was out in the shed feeding the dogs - so nothing special. I will post more photos after final routing and braid is laid. We (being Syd) still has to cut the lane changes and the braid recess. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoath Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 (edited) Lovin' it already Dave!!! Is that ferrodorr just water based? Edited August 25, 2011 by knoath Quote Cheers, Dick SCMR build thread Woodbrook Valley build thread "A Man's home is his castle, but his garage is his sanctuary!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Nice work Dave and Syd. I think 3 lanes and smoothing the corners out a little was a good choice... as opposed to just making the slots follow the edge of the track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoath Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 The proof will be in the driving... and I'm tipping there'll be a LOT of driving! Quote Cheers, Dick SCMR build thread Woodbrook Valley build thread "A Man's home is his castle, but his garage is his sanctuary!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR XU-1 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 (edited) Jumping the gun a bit but I just wanted to rough in the track to check that it was fitting in with all the scenery. Its absolutely spot on!! I have all but two sections to go. Of course, I will have to pull it back out to route the lane changers and the braid recess. Thats just dust marks on the track surface by the way Dave Edited August 27, 2011 by GTR XU-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Looking good Dave can't wait to get the components so that we can finish it off. Nor can the wife Quote West Australian Slot Car Racing Group web: www.waslotcarracinggroup.com email: syd.miller@outlook.com scott.kendal@bigpond.com mob: Syd 0413 020 421 or Chris 0435086304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR XU-1 Posted September 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 3/16 tinned braid arrived yesterday and I am taking a week off early in October so with any luck, we'll get it to a stage where we are just waiting on Scorpius order. Havent been doing anything on it for a while as work is killing me at the moment working around the clock!!! I am hoping that the scorpius order will go through in October (?) and allowing 8 weeks we should be able to turn some laps before Christmas!!! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMR Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Got any update photos you can show us ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syd Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 No we are still waiting on the Scorpius componentry! Quote West Australian Slot Car Racing Group web: www.waslotcarracinggroup.com email: syd.miller@outlook.com scott.kendal@bigpond.com mob: Syd 0413 020 421 or Chris 0435086304 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR XU-1 Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 My track has now been out of action for two years now...and my shed was becoming well over grown with junk and general storage that somehow seems to move from the house...to the shed instead of just throwing stuff out / or giving it away. ANZAC day was my (and Kirks) birthday so I asked Syd and one of my neighbours, Ben (who racses with us in the WASCRG) to give me a hand to clean it up and get the shed ready for when the track is finished. It took about half a day just to clean the shed out. We only round 3 live rats!!!....and plenty of mess (I hadnt really been in the shed for the last 8 months or so). Anyway, once clean, the plan was to build a 350mm wide bench the whole way around the shed for racers to put their boxes / use as a work bench. We got half way...and hopefully I will finish the bench off tomorrow. The bench will have little tire truing station routed and wired in along it for racers to be able to test and tune their cars prior to simply just being able to turn around and run their car on the track. Of course, with the track being set up for scorius, this is very easy as each station doesnt even need a socket to plug the controllers into!! The shed is now being set up for one purpose only....slot car racing. No storage cabinets or anything. The boss has agreed to me getting another small storage shed built along side the carport!!! Winner winner! What she hasnt agreed to (As I havent brought it up yet) is building a second track that sits under this track when this one is hoisted to the roof!!!! Anyway, I took a photo of the bench the other day on my i-phone...and a few other photos of the cars 'staged on the track' (some of the cars dont have rear tires but you can hardly tell. The track its self is still just roughed in also. We are just waiting on scorpius, then we will finish the last of the routing and lay the braid. Hopefully racing very soon. Till next 6 monthly update! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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