because you have used 1/"2 MDF, you will find that it is easy to pull this piece up a bit, to create your 'Hillclimb' part of the track. then cut with a jigsaw along the edges of the road, leaving the ends attached. Allow for plenty of 'drift space' on corners.Īt the top end of my track, i created a few switchbacks / S bends. make sure you allow for the width of the two tracks plus a bit extra, make the roadway a bit wider than normal scalextrics, so that you can have more fun drifting and getting the back end out on your cars!Īlso remember that you are not constrained by the usual scalextrics bends etc! have fun and push boundaries with your design. before i started sketching on the actual MDF, i drew it out roughly to scale on A3 paper, and designed the track that i wanted. Use a bit of old Scalextric track to find you minimum spacing for the 2 lanes, and start to draw your track. make sure all screws are flush or below the surface of the MDF, you want everything smooth.
if you can get part thread countersunk screws its best, as they pull everything down tight, and the MDF is soft enough that they will countersink themselves. you will want to crawl under and put more bracing supports across underneath later, but for now just brace it where you have a join, later on you will be able to see where it needs supported and put bracings across underneath. Once you have your frame, lay your sheets of 1/2" MDF on it, and screw them all around the edge. this will remove the temptation to run across the track to rescue crashed cars in the heat of racing! (which is exactly what destroys the old conventional track.) ive raised it about 18" off the ground, and supported it with 6 legs. its basicly a large rectangle made out of 3x2" studwork, and then i cut up some 3" square posts to make legs. Im afraid i havent got any pictures of the frame that the whole thing sits on, but im guessing that most of you out there will have absolutely no trouble building a frame.
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