Scalextric - named circuits
#1
Posted 16 January 2012 - 03:35
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#2
Posted 16 January 2012 - 12:36
#3
Posted 17 January 2012 - 23:32
You'd need a big bedroom to attempt Le Mans. I note even Scalextric didn't suggest trying the Nordschliefe!
Has anyone ever done the Snaefell Mountain Course?
#4
Posted 18 January 2012 - 06:05
Sad isn't it .lol.
Pete
#5
Posted 26 February 2012 - 22:34
I offer as an example:
and
#6
Posted 27 February 2012 - 10:15
My neighbour was always fascinated watching us playing with toy cars.
David
#7
Posted 28 February 2012 - 07:38
About 20 years ago a friend and I went through a phase of building circuits in my garden, we tried to make them as accurate as possible and this version of Brands Hatch was pretty close. We also did a very good Silverstone but the photo hasn't survived. Our Le Mans circuit wasn't scale but it had a 70 feet long Mulsanne straight.
My neighbour was always fascinated watching us playing with toy cars.
David
The dog looks interested too.
Vince H.
#8
Posted 28 February 2012 - 07:40
#9
Posted 28 February 2012 - 09:35
Lovely to drive on and with a lap time, for my slow old nails, of around 8.5 to 9.0 seconds.
#10
Posted 28 February 2012 - 12:04
I once build a rather convincing Monaco complete with all the ups and downs using piles of books and cardboard boxes. Alas the cars frequently flew off into outer space. I would love to have built a permanent version with scenery but just didn't have the room. That was back in the sixties so I would probably still be working on it!
#11
Posted 28 February 2012 - 12:14
Also, as I'm now running series from 1950-51 and 1959 there are only a few out of date 250.Fs around and anyway, no F.1 at Rouen in 1959. This is for an F.2 race.
#12
Posted 04 March 2012 - 10:34
I did not have the money to buy something like Scalextrix,.
But I had a lot of HO Faller AMS track to race our AMS and Aurora cars on.
The Faller AMS model where slow, but Aurora where fast, great fun to drive.
I was the trackbuilder and build many of the 60's tracks, Le Mans, Reims, Rouen, Spa Francorchamps, Silverstone, Brand's Hatch, Aintree, Watkins Glen, Sebring, Indianapolis (that was not very hard to build...), Monza and Zandvoort.
I even had an alternative Nurburgring that used all the parts..
we had a lot of fun on sundays then..
That was before I discovered some other way to spend the weekends..
Paul
Edited by paulhooft, 04 March 2012 - 10:37.
#13
Posted 04 March 2012 - 10:49
#14
Posted 04 March 2012 - 19:41
#15
Posted 05 March 2012 - 13:46
#16
Posted 05 March 2012 - 13:56
#17
Posted 05 March 2012 - 15:55
One day I might discover that other way......
offspring of that hobby:
2 daughters....
Paul
#18
Posted 05 March 2012 - 16:05
#19
Posted 13 June 2012 - 19:39
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#20
Posted 13 June 2012 - 20:13
Hi,
I like it but can not name this one!
However You must be the pioneer of all the now very modern:
Non overtaking Tracks!!
(just a little joke,
As I known you are not!!!)
Kindest regards
Paul
O.K, anoraks, name this one:
#21
Posted 13 June 2012 - 20:34
#22
Posted 13 June 2012 - 21:22
No, Tim, this is a 1950-ish race with mostly French cars plus a couple of Maserati 4.CLTs.
#23
Posted 19 June 2012 - 07:55
There wasn't a 1959 Circuit des Remparts, Tim (as I'm sure you knew!)It's Angoulême - does this mean you're running a 1959 Circuit des Remparts, Barry?
#24
Posted 19 June 2012 - 10:57
#25
Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:17
#26
Posted 19 June 2012 - 12:45
#27
Posted 20 June 2012 - 16:48
This is based on the circuit before the realignment of Bottom Straight.
#28
Posted 22 June 2012 - 23:17
Edit: Would be almost smack on, for the bit between Echo valley and The hairpin.
Edited by werks prototype, 22 June 2012 - 23:20.
#29
Posted 23 June 2012 - 06:08
#30
Posted 24 June 2012 - 02:08
#31
Posted 25 June 2012 - 18:47
The dog looks interested too.
Vince H.
Waiting for his turn to drive!
I missed these replies at the time. Pippa the dog watched the cars closely but never chased them, she did go to dog obedience classes for a couple of years.
David
#32
Posted 21 July 2012 - 08:15
#33
Posted 21 July 2012 - 09:46
Here's an easy one....
#34
Posted 21 July 2012 - 09:55
Edited by Barry Boor, 21 July 2012 - 10:00.
#35
Posted 30 July 2012 - 12:21
And a poke in the eye with a sharp stick for anyone who dares to say Spa!
Edited by Barry Boor, 30 July 2012 - 12:22.
#36
Posted 30 July 2012 - 13:24
Paul M
#37
Posted 30 July 2012 - 15:20
#38
Posted 30 July 2012 - 20:21
Paul M
#39
Posted 31 July 2012 - 05:54
Now, how did you know?
#41
Posted 11 August 2012 - 21:41
Here's an easy one....
Does the cars jump after the start/finish line?
#42
Posted 19 August 2012 - 09:59
Here's another easy one to recognise:
Edited by Barry Boor, 20 August 2012 - 06:24.
#43
Posted 19 August 2012 - 10:16
#44
Posted 19 August 2012 - 10:20
Actually, I need to modify it a bit, the two long legs are too far apart.
Edited by Barry Boor, 19 August 2012 - 10:26.
#45
Posted 20 August 2012 - 06:25
Edited by Barry Boor, 20 August 2012 - 08:29.
#46
Posted 20 August 2012 - 09:07
I applied the little grey cells to identifying last week's but failed - are you going to give us the answer? The bridge over the short start/finish straight should have given me a clue but didn't......
Paul M
#47
Posted 20 August 2012 - 09:29
#48
Posted 20 August 2012 - 14:12
#49
Posted 20 August 2012 - 14:38
#50
Posted 20 August 2012 - 15:19
http://www.ebay.co.u...=item25743396a5
The "Skid Chicane" came with a number of different styles of track decoration, illustrated is the late 70s version. A "must-have" in the 70s for maximum fun...
There was also a "Long Chicane" version made up of two pieces of track with a more gentle taper and non-shiny surface, into which sections of chicane track could be inserted to extend it.
Edited by Hamish Robson, 20 August 2012 - 15:21.