Spring/Summer Update

...and it's a doozy....

Something's been bugging me for a few months now. Probably ever since I added the grass to the layout. And that is the question of just exactly how sure I am that I want to do a scenery job to my race track.

As you can see if you've been reading this blog, I'm not one to settle on a layout permanently, although I came close with one. But I still am in search of the perfect race track, or something damn great. I can feel it's there, and it just needs to come out.

But how am I supposed to add permanent scenery to a table if I don't have a permanent layout? I just don't see it. And while it's not on my priority list as far as it goes, it is something that my wife expressed a lot of interest in doing, to the point that I was a little nervous to tell her how I feel about it now. I don't think I'll ever have a satisfying layout, and that's okay, so I told my wife that and prepared for the worst. She told me that it wouldn't be smart to do before we insulated the attic, and she was right.

It's also coming around to birthday time, and it's slot car stuff on the menu this year. I have a rule that I don't make purchases of slot car stuff unless it's needed. Otherwise I upgrade my track and cars through gifts from my wife. She asks me for a list of stuff that I'd like, and then she picks the things out of it she likes. It works out well and helps keep her interested in the stuff going on in the attic.
I need straights [10 or so], and have offered up suggestions in the form of cars, a power supply and a controller. So we'll see what happens. She told me to plan on the straights and that there will be more. That's cool.

Also, this coming Saturday I'll be adding my other extension; the one I had planned on not adding right away due to not enough track. Well, that's going to change. I'll have enough with the 10 straights.
The extension will be a 4'x4' twin of the other one. So that'll make it a U-shaped 20'x10'x4'. It'll take me a couple of hours to do the work. I already have the supplies, and some things are already cut.

So I know I keep pushing back doing a racing season, and the Matra has only run one race so far. And there really isn't a clear favorite yet. But there's a strong chance that I'll be adding a car or two to the lineup. Whatever it might be, it would be in the same general classes I'm running now of Classics and Group C.

UPDATE:

It's now Saturday. My wife left for the day with my daughter so I could have time to work on the extension. I cleared out the space needed to do it, and gathered up the wood to start cutting. It was then I realized that I thought I had enough wood but didn't. I don't have the pieces needed for cross bracing, and I don't want to attempt to build it without any support. I skimped on one side as it is on the other extension, and there's a bit of a warp occurring.
I would go get the wood today, but my wife is gone with the van, so I'm stuck here. The wood shop is across town. Bummer. I really wanted to dive into this today. Oh well. We're still in lockdown, so we'll make arrangements to go to the wood shop and maybe I can tackle this again next weekend.