1/32 scale slot car track for town roadbed

[underworld]

Have you seen the Lionel K-Line RailRoadster set up?

I know it's only 1/48 but might be an idea for constructing something in larger scale for yourself.

underworld

[markperr]

Saw a layout in Ontario, Canada, where the owner had placed a city street diorama at the back of his layout along the fenceline.  What he did with the street traffic was to hook several cars to a motorized conveyor and hid the ends so that the cars appeared to go out of view before going below for the return trip around.  He raised it up slightly to hide the mechanics.

Mark

 

[spodwo]

Carrera makes 1/24 slot cars but as I stated on MLS - you cannot use current Slot car track outdoors - it will warp, crack and go belly up in short order. 

I might also add that the these are not geared for slow prototypical operation either.  In order to get them to "move" you have to give them a fair amount of electricity and the way that they work [the wire "brushes" that touch the conductive slot/rail] aren't exactly conducive to smooth realistic performance. 

As previously mentioned - I have a Carrera 1:24 race track, a couple of Carrera 1/24 scale racers and quite a few 1:32 racers from Scalextric and Carrera. 

 

[markn]

I stand corrected.  I stopped by a hobby shop and looked at the 1/32 slot car sets and there is no way you could  easily rebody them for 1/24 unless you are modelling a retirement community and they were all driving golf carts.  

[markn]

Give it a shot!  You didn't say what scale/era std/narrow gauge etc you are "modelling" but the rivet counters will say the correct scale for standard gauge using gauge 1 (G) track is close to 1/32, you could fairly easily rebody the 1/32 chassis and get them closer to 1/25 if you model narrow gauge (and invoke the 10' rule).  I won't leave the track/electrics out for extented periods.  I would clear and "pave" the roadbed with a "permanent"  road-say 1/2" to 3/4" of mortar mix dyed black (/brown/grey?), or chicken grit, or PT plywood-painted;  put some cars/trucks/people out for static display. Then clear the roadbed, put the track down for some fairweather running with the slot cars and take it in when you are done.

[GearDrivenSteam]

1/32 scales out too small for G scale. ....at least for me to use it and be happy with it, it does.

[devils]

Dan

My slot car track warps indoors so I'd think it would be a nightmare outdoors. How about looking for 1/32 scale RC cars and lorries at the hobby shop?

A lot of the toy vehicles are 1/32 scale and you can slow them down by putting a resistor in series with the motor to get a closer to scale speed.

Paul

[kimbrit]

The main problem with slots is that they fill up with all sorts of flying debri, dust etc and the ants will probably like it as well, don't mention rain! Go for it, try it out and see how it performs, post some pics and keep the feedback coming.

Cheers,

Kim

[Anonymous]

I read that the track is UV resistance and the slot power pickup is stainless steel. Has anyone tried or thought of  using this as a roadbed in a little town GRR?? I can get the cars in this scale, but would like to buy some trucks.

Thought it would look cool to have cars driving around town as the train screams by.....

 

dan