Visiting Day at the Track

I had a buddy come by today to visit with his family, and he is showing an interest in picking up a Carrera set. So I took him to the attic so he could see some possibilities. Needless to say we had a fun time.

As we were racing around, I had the outside lane, which I almost never use because there are no borders, so there's way more chance of a car going off. It was consistently going off in the sweeper, which has been getting progressively more angled as time has gone by.

Under the big curve lies that flat piece of dark wood as well as a series of small supports under it, lifting that section up about 3 inches. It had gotten a little out-of-hand lately, though.

The 2/30 curves are great, but they don't respond to subtle banking like the 1/60 curves do. The 2/30's have a tendency to fold at the joint, which makes you go through a series of flat pieces awkwardly cramming into a faux-bank. I think once they're put together with an under-track support, I'll have a bit more flexibility with them. Also, they're new. They haven't gone through the elements in my attic yet. So until then I'm doing away with all the support, and laying the sweeper primarily flat [except for a slight banking going in to the curve, which is the biggest problem].

I also need to shore up some sections regarding stopping flying slot cars. A few made it all the way off the table today. I attribute that to my overall laziness to approach the issue. Until I have the next step done, I'll be using rolled up T-shirts. I have a solution for the two ends, and I'm looking forward to trying it. It doesn't involve T-shirts.

It's either that or go slower, and I don't want to go slower.