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I’ve been working on a new 2 lane routed track since July this year as I have been using a plastic Policar/Fleischmann track since I moved house 5 years ago. Since getting back into racing 2 years ago and starting 1/24 scale for the first time I figured it would be a good idea to at least make enough lane spacing for the 1/24 cars too. I went with 100mm lane spacing and ended up with an end to end length of around 5.2 metres. I wanted a main straight that was diagonal to the space it was in for length and a slight curve three quarters along the length. It is around 17 to 18 metres of lap length and seems like it will be fast enough with some rubber down. I did wire power to test it out but will clean that up properly once I have got the elevations worked out. I don’t have a name for it at present but it may end up being something along the lines of where I live seeing Calderwood Valley actually sounds like a decent track name. I will be adding in something of an Allan Moffat tribute with the great man’s recent passing. Maybe a repaint of a Scalextric Grandstand or something like that. Here’s a few progress photos, and one of showing 1/24 scale cars on a corner getting a space idea.

I’ve done a little more work on the track and am about 90% happy with the elevations I have set. I’ve added temporary borders on the outsides of the corners so I can feel safe running cars at speed also and started work on the pit area by adding some Scalextric Armco along the straight and marked pit bays with pin striping. I was planning on adding pin striping bordering the track but it starts to get a bit expensive so I may just mask and airbrush. It also doesn’t stick that well to the flat paint I used on the track surface. I have also added timing and it is working pretty well. I’ve found MJK tyres to be the best runners on the track but noticed Revoslot tyres seem to work well also. When I run rubber tyres for a while I am seeing a little rubber line in some of the corners and these are starting to help rubber tyres grip. No tyre products are being used just a spin on damp cloth to clean them seems to be the way to go.

No. Well. Maybe. I could be tempted. You know the drill.