Finishing and Accessories
The outer edge of your table top should have some form of guardrail to
prevent cars from flying off the track onto the floor (where axles get
bent and other nasty things happen). While this would never happen to any
car you or I were driving, your guest’s enthusiasm may well exceed their
driving proficiency. On each circuit, there are usually one or two corners
where it is advisable to attach a piece of self adhesive rubber weather-stripping
to the guardrail to cushion any impacts and reduce repair time.
Track signage, flags etc. can be cut from your old race magazines or made
on your computer with any graphics package. This way you can customize
your own signs. Pit buildings can be made using balsa wood. A length of
1/2" or 5/8" radiator hose, cut in 1/2" lengths creates an excellent replica
of a tire. A dozen of these make an excellent tire wall that looks and
acts like the real thing. Our model railway hobbiest friends have all sorts
of excellent ideas for buildings, trees and other effects. To cover in
overpasses or add hills and valleys to your track, tack on some metal window
screening (which holds it’s shape) and cover with drywall compound. It
dries like a rock, stains easily and looks very realistic. Of course, you
will want to paint up any 1/32nd scale track figures that might come with
your race set. We created some flag marshals by sticking a flag in the
hands of a couple of figures. You can paint skid marks and coloured kerbs
to add realism. I’ve added green start lights, yellow caution lights and
several blue lights for night time track illumination for our LeMans Enduro
racing. I also built in a master control switch which cuts power to both
lanes, in order to maintain control of over-enthusiastic drivers and those
hard of hearing!!!
Use your imagination!!
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