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Dr_UpGrade 25-02-2012 02:21 PM

Hey Sam,
def looking good there! Good job, well done and keep it up.. Cant wait to see it with the clay laid down:thumbsup:

philip 29-02-2012 09:09 PM

whats the post code of the venue? Im really looking forward to comming a long and dring on the track!! I love racin g on clay I havnt done so for years Phil

Airfixie 01-03-2012 12:58 PM

Hi ya when do you feel this will be finished ?? what days or nights you planning on running ??

Thanks Scott

Karting 01-03-2012 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr_UpGrade (Post 625271)
Hey Sam,
def looking good there! Good job, well done and keep it up.. Cant wait to see it with the clay laid down:thumbsup:

You wont have to wait too long as the clay will be delivered tomorrow mid-day (fingers crossed)

Quote:

Originally Posted by philip (Post 626867)
whats the post code of the venue? Im really looking forward to comming a long and dring on the track!! I love racin g on clay I havnt done so for years Phil

Personally ive never raced on clay but i cant wait either! Ill give out the postcode closer to completion but it is inbetween Heathrow (jct 2 of M4) and Uxbridge (jct 1 of M40)

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Originally Posted by Airfixie (Post 627087)
Hi ya when do you feel this will be finished ?? what days or nights you planning on running ??

Thanks Scott

Hopefully with the clay being delivered tomorrow, me and my trusty spade :woot: should have it all spread, laid and drivable by the middle/end of March.

Nights/Days are still not decided and i will run a vote on what days are best, but ATM im feeling: One Full day over the weekend for practise days and One evening during the week for racing.

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Got down to the track for a few hours after work today to start laying down the Tarp which the clay will be layed on.
Also as you can see i have started playing around with the tubing (which i will have to lift tomorrow :thumbdown: ) for a layout.
Also got the boards fixed to the wall which will be included in the track as two wall rides, i may however change one of them to a better idea i have in my head. :)
*as a note, the crossover is currently sitting 14" from the floor, i hope thats high enough! and the ply is just laid ontop not very neatly just so i can get a better view/idea. The ply will change to see through material though

Sam

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...w/7b751f0e.jpg

p.s. if anyone has any free banners of any companies (be your own comapny or a manufactor) they want rid of, feel free to send them my way :)

Karting 02-03-2012 07:38 PM

Hard, hard day's graft today :)

Got 18tons of a clay mix delivered today for free (even though i personally think it was more!) **Thanks Snowey**
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...w/e7512729.jpg

Then i decided a shovel wouldn't do, so i blagged a free digger for the weekend (my dad said he would have nothing to do with it, but once the digger arrived i couldnt get him off it for hours!
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...w/99ea206a.jpg

After a good few hours, learning how to use a digger and running into stuff we started shifting it around.

Ill be there allday tomorrow to fully move it and maybe start compacting the clay :)

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...w/af8b0207.jpg

Any questions? lol

TARTMAN 02-03-2012 08:46 PM

woohooo
 
go you, and all dads like toys as much as we do lol.......

looking good mate, west london is my old stomping ground. Looking forward to trying the track. i am a 10th off rd man, but may be tempted to get a smaller scale if the need arises for your track, but will give the 10th a go 1st.:thumbsup:

racingdwarf 02-03-2012 09:22 PM

think you maybe shocked at how far 18T will not go:wub......mini digger wins over shovel every time:lol:

Karting 02-03-2012 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TARTMAN (Post 627698)
go you, and all dads like toys as much as we do lol.......

looking good mate, west london is my old stomping ground. Looking forward to trying the track. i am a 10th off rd man, but may be tempted to get a smaller scale if the need arises for your track, but will give the 10th a go 1st.:thumbsup:

Yeah, i knew it would be the case, he has always wanted to drive one. :) Im still undecided on weather it will be too big or too small for 1/10th but my feelings are that they can get around there and be fine.

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Originally Posted by racingdwarf (Post 627711)
think you maybe shocked at how far 18T will not go:wub......mini digger wins over shovel every time:lol:

yeah i know, i was looking at it thinking, fuck me thats alot, but now im starting to think i may need a bit more, but i should know by end of sunday.

Mini digger was always planned but not this early in the stage, i mainly had to get it in for today because the delivery driver dropped a good few tonnes outside the shutter and i needed to get it in so i could lock the unit up.

Need to get a compactor in during the week. To start to actually see where i stand.

More pictures and maybe a video tomorrow :) will be there from 8am till around 3pm so should have it all spread. But for now im le tired

adam_u 03-03-2012 12:47 PM

I must say I think you're doing a great job of this and it's clear to see a lot of hard work has gone into it, nice one! :thumbsup:

Karting 03-03-2012 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by adam_u (Post 627901)
I must say I think you're doing a great job of this and it's clear to see a lot of hard work has gone into it, nice one! :thumbsup:

Thank you for your kind words. Hopefully enough people attend to make it worth while.

Got down there today and got all the clay shifted

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...w/2cb67a52.jpg

Then i started to mock out the layout for the jumps. The jumps will be bigger its just so i can figure it all out for now

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...w/8ca06894.jpg

TARTMAN 03-03-2012 07:41 PM

coooooool
 
Looking good mate. I might get myself a mini 8 just for this tack.... there the right thing i take it?

Snowey 03-03-2012 08:10 PM

Good Work, well done!:thumbsup:

jim76 03-03-2012 08:33 PM

enjoying this thread. The track is only 15 minutes from me so i will definitely be checking it out when it's done.

keep up the top work

Karting 04-03-2012 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TARTMAN (Post 628036)
Looking good mate. I might get myself a mini 8 just for this tack.... there the right thing i take it?

Your choice would be a Losi mini 8ight, a Carisma GT14b or a LRP Shark all work really well and i personally have a LRP.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowey (Post 628051)
Good Work, well done!:thumbsup:

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by jim76 (Post 628059)
enjoying this thread. The track is only 15 minutes from me so i will definitely be checking it out when it's done.

keep up the top work

Thanks, ill look forward to seeing you there :)

Si2008 04-03-2012 03:24 PM

Is there anyway you can put this place on wheels and make it mobile. Move it towards, Oh, I dunno, the Northants area just for example.

Looks like it's going to be an awesome little venue. Great work.

martgifford 05-03-2012 03:40 AM

These give me inspiration to build my own track. Looks great fun

Karting 06-03-2012 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Si2008 (Post 628358)
Is there anyway you can put this place on wheels and make it mobile. Move it towards, Oh, I dunno, the Northants area just for example.

Looks like it's going to be an awesome little venue. Great work.

Sadly i cant move it :/ thanks for the comment

Quote:

Originally Posted by martgifford (Post 628572)
These give me inspiration to build my own track. Looks great fun

Dont do it, it will melt your brain.

Started compacting the clay last night and boy is that going to take longer to do than i predicted (however the big 'feature jump' work well with my 1/16th and 1/10th). I will however get down there weds night to go again

Teddy truman 07-03-2012 12:11 PM

This brings back memories :)

TARTMAN 07-03-2012 05:51 PM

well
 
I have just got my self a new losi mini8ight just with this track in mind. sooooo
hope you dont race on a tuesday/thursday as running the shrccc then....

but other night i will be coming down, looking forwad to it...

budgio 07-03-2012 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Teddy truman (Post 629487)
This brings back memories :)

Doesn't it just :)

It's looking good guys. Good work !


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