LUKE'57 Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) Some styrofoam, screen wire and paint. I cut the styofoam into long strips and laid it up like stair steps and glued them and a couple of large pieces for the retaing wall on another sheet of styrofoam. I added some plastic rod fence posts and some fibreglas screen for the tire fence and there it is. Edited January 5, 2009 by LUKE'57
cruzn Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Luke that Looks great.. thanks for the quikie how to also.. Great idea.
Hondo Posted January 5, 2009 Posted January 5, 2009 Come on, Man........... You can't fool me. That ain't Darlington......... That place had a lid on it !! (Best headache you could get was sitting there all afternoon on Labor day) Just kiddin' Luke. Nice work on it. What did you use for the track surface ? I like the T-Bird, too ! Hondo
LUKE'57 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Posted January 5, 2009 (edited) Come on, Man........... You can't fool me. That ain't Darlington......... That place had a lid on it !! (Best headache you could get was sitting there all afternoon on Labor day) Just kiddin' Luke. Nice work on it. What did you use for the track surface ? I like the T-Bird, too ! Hondo That echo chamber you call a roof didn't get finished until the late fifties. It was there in '67 when I went to the Southern 500 and if you held your radio up to your ear (no Walkman back then) the noise from those Hemis and Side oilers would vibrate the speaker cone and it sounded like URN was broadcasting from under the hood in Petty's Plymouth! LOL When I first built it I had plans to, and still may, build some sockets that would accept the round roof supports and make the later tin roof as a removable piece so I could use it for '60's through '80's models. I just got sidetracked a Sigma guitar, Kay bass and a former short track trophy queen. I've still got the guitar and the bass and they don't take up as much time as the full set did so I may get around to that roof this summer and maybe the museum too. Unless some other complication comes along. The track surface is just that styrofoam with a coat of grey primer dusted on. I'm working on laying down a new track surface that looks like the shiny ol' sealer Bob Colvin came up with that they used to call "bear grease" that everybody (in the stands. that is) just LOVED. Edited January 5, 2009 by LUKE'57
hemi Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Dude that looks great.At first I thought the second picture was the real thing you were trying to model ,then I saw were someone ask about the track surface and I had to look again,Great job man.
Hondo Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Jerry, you bring back the memories with this stuff. Too bad, a lot of folks never got to enjoy "real racing" back in the day at "The Darlington Raceway". (Not that flipped over one) Great looking track. I've used 400 grit sandpaper for floors and street surfaces. Works pretty good with some flat black and gray mixed over it. I know what you mean about all life's distractions...... Not enough time in the day to be a kid anymore. Hondo
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