Scalextric Fan 27 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I am looking for help to set-up and create a great Formula One circuit in a large recently converted attic room. Is there anybody out there who might be able to help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy P. Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Are you looking to recreate an existing real-life track? If so the books by Robert Schleicher have most of the best-known track and even includes a list of track needed.Will it be analog or digital?Or were you just looking for a decent track idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalextric Fan 27 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Hi,Thanks for your advice on the Robert Schleicher books.It will be an analog track, I guess I am looking for a decent track as the room will determin the tracks layout.What i am ideally looking for is for somebody who set-up tracks - and can come and look at the area and take care of the whole thing for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy P. Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 As I said, the Schleicher bokos cover this in good detail. He basically walks you through some things to consider and has layouts based on room size.The first thing to do is measure your room and look at what track you have.Personally, I have (theoretically) a ton of space available to me (well over 10 square meters, no clue what that is in square feet) but I like to keep the track compact so I don't have to go too far to retrieve deslotted cars (the rule is in our house that when a car deslots we all stop but my son doesn't always obey...)I have about 6 full straights, 3 sets of R1, 2 sets of R3 and at least a dozen or more R2 plus several small straights and at elast 2 pairs of each 87 and 78 mm short straights.To date I have been able to build really interesting tracks that fill the space nicely and are fun to drive without more track.Oh I also have corssovers (intersections) and lane switching curves (R2 sized).I don't have any R4 curves but I am not sure I would really need/want them.I have gone to nearly all Scaley Sport but Classic/SCX and even NInco use about the same dimensions and have adapters.Otherwise trying googling and I am sure you will get some ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_hawkins1 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Hi,On ebay you can get a sixties track book, with all the famous f1 tracks from that time....they are wonderful. Some require a fair amount of space. Brands Hatch is one of the best for a mid sized track, whilst Spa is awesome if you have a lot of space and track!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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