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Aug 21, 2015 20:45:45 GMT
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![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/D777A320-0435-47BB-9F47-E4C849981898_zpsqesoiwel.jpg) ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/8D9C1C60-CE69-4847-9B3A-1F88C43DF21F_zpst1bkmo68.jpg) Oh did I mention the rain? Well this is wet play. I bought jack two Star Wars scalextric speeder bikes for his birthday last week. Obviously I needed to build a track to try them. Mostly ok track it's about 5 sets in one. Lots of my old stuff was going rusty so I've had to spend a lot of time cleaning it!!!
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Aug 21, 2015 20:48:26 GMT
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Aug 21, 2015 20:52:04 GMT
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He still hasn't tried his speeder bikes out on it yet ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) I've just finished building this for my dad. It's taken me most Of the bleeding summer to do it! ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/56A445C3-EFB5-4A2A-A2ED-9D0A123D6849_zpsn38ancng.jpg) ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/5A79717D-1D36-4DF8-9834-85799B31ACA3_zpskxvyaa9l.jpg)
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Aug 21, 2015 20:54:26 GMT
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![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/2C690F29-4501-4A5E-A1E4-98FE6B1E49C8_zpsibcfmrwx.jpg) So there you go.... All upto date (and I'm getting paid whilst I write this;))
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conair
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Aug 24, 2015 16:26:06 GMT
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Just Read this Start to now, Dude absolutey AWESOME, really enjoyed this and hats off to the top work, really enjoyed reading so far, hero sir you are ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Aug 27, 2015 10:49:40 GMT
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Oh did I mention the rain? Well this is wet play. I bought jack two Star Wars scalextric speeder bikes for his birthday last week. Obviously I needed to build a track to try them. Mostly ok track it's about 5 sets in one. Lots of my old stuff was going rusty so I've had to spend a lot of time cleaning it!!! Can I ask what did you use to clean it - have recently picked up 2 cases of vintage track & plan on putting it together when weather is worse ? Thanks
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Aug 27, 2015 15:46:05 GMT
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I bought three sanding blocks off eBay. They're ok but take ages. I couldn't be bothered with that so I used a big sanding sponge the type you'd get in b&q for sanding down. Much quicker!!! Probably not the correct way for the purists! Then I'd finish it properly once the the rust was gone with the proper blocks. Then blow it all off and wipe with methalated spirits. It doesn't smell like it used too!!!
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Sept 5, 2015 21:10:15 GMT
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Sept 5, 2015 21:19:52 GMT
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I'm fed up of moving this last spare panel from the garage. Damn it's heavy. So I've made step out of it. ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-09/D577BA01-DD25-4387-ACC7-A99E2E65C624_zpsvqmvwao7.jpg) I'll probably paint it at some point. ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-09/6CFA38AA-432C-4E4E-BC09-AD72E8BA2C43_zpsyld928qk.jpg) ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/26623E01-F283-48DF-ACA2-BD3F4208426D_zpsrpx2cagm.jpg) Getting there. I've had a box of these waiting for a couple I weeks. £2.95 and £4.95 for the locking ones. Three of each. ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-09/6453239A-0192-41A3-8EAD-68A86B354B28_zpsn85ku6md.jpg) Almost in place! Hopefully it will be the only thing along this wall. I'm not sure about seeing the wheels I think I'll add a skirt around the front edges later. Father in law finished off the trim around the doors and windows. I cut his grass the next day! ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-09/00E7B96C-517A-4A9D-AF1F-ADBD2AC6EBEA_zpsmnpekb4l.jpg)
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Sept 5, 2015 21:28:46 GMT
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Sept 5, 2015 21:30:38 GMT
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![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-08/F646F3CD-A429-4CCF-93A9-3EF92CDE2D5A_zps1psxr9ay.jpg) Still some work to do on this to get it reliable then put the barriers up to finish it off before I can play properly! But it hasn't rained for a week!
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Brilliant progress.
It's I am so far, or else I would have offered some time to help with the paving, more hands.... Light work.
Off to help mate Martin swop his girlfriends Ford aka engine she cooked today.
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Sept 11, 2015 7:42:34 GMT
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Cool looking track, solder in some power taps. Take them from the supply and distribute firstly mid way and see if that helps. Try bending the tags on each piece to ensure a good connection too.
If you want to drift buy the modern scalextric run off areas.
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Last Edit: Sept 11, 2015 7:43:35 GMT by simes
Simes
205Mi16 - 262 cams, Jenvey Throttle Bodies, Emerald managment blah blah...... E91 320D MSport Honda NC30 Vespa 300GTS
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Sept 16, 2015 13:00:07 GMT
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Sept 16, 2015 13:07:10 GMT
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I whacker plated the base before laying the bricks then kiln dried sand between them again whacked many times. I will seal it when the weather dries up. Which left me free to finish the path off in front of the games room with the salvaged blocks from over the road. ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/1C9E841F-8164-435F-AB9F-7C2E8B646F24_zpsrkhewmxn.jpg) ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-09/3F0F4448-4151-45CE-873D-C2BC23679D1E_zpscufuh7pm.jpg) It cost me £6.57 to do this! Again I'll seal it when it dries up stop the weeds from taking over!!! Just the small drop down path by the woodstore to finish and I'm going to slab underneath where the waterbutt is then I can have my knees back!
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Sept 16, 2015 17:12:44 GMT
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That is bloody neat mate, well done.
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Oct 20, 2015 22:18:15 GMT
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So back onto day shift and progress slows up. The mornings are getting colder and the car is getting that wet windscreen/ mist problem when you first leave the house. Time to get the daily back in the garage at night! So it's back on with tidying the garage to make room for the beetle and the ibiza when it finally gets back. I sold two cabinets on eBay for £72. Put three outside and more in the extended part. Had a good clear out whilst I was doing it and threw out three bags of rubbish. ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/E81B1DD5-C3DD-4317-850B-A3FA5785125F_zpsauabzuf1.jpg) ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/A958994A-1086-4ADE-A153-5CF45BCC2270_zpsxd1el7qo.jpg) Plenty Of spares I've never used and probably never will! That makes it two small cars long and two wide, ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/F1327DC1-98D0-45E5-8281-469BA412283B_zpssfkfkoto.jpg)
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Oct 20, 2015 22:23:33 GMT
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Oct 20, 2015 22:36:57 GMT
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![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/B3D58B77-A6E7-4DE8-A50C-10F9F30E67A8_zps0npwc5qz.jpg) Just enough room to get down the front. I wasn't happy about the rolling workbench taking up so much room so I've swapped them round. I might take a bit of depth out of the rolling one and I expect the smaller one to go at some point. ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/9CE5A5B3-9926-48A0-8CC7-BB2B27E40ED2_zpsydqwnfjo.jpg) ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/B427AAE6-BF28-4C3D-8715-C03A2FF97A5D_zpsy6k7ibwb.jpg) Happy with the space made
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Oct 20, 2015 22:47:38 GMT
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Now I've tidied it up I think the walls and floor could do with repainting. No great rush to do that! It fits!!! I pushed it most of the way then stuck a battery on it just to see if it would go and blow me away it went! Ran pretty well! ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10/E09E2184-BFA9-414D-AA41-8ACC5F29E2D9_zpsjo8z3qdq.jpg) I have moved it right over and put slim workbench down the middle for the time being until the seat ibiza comes back then I'll re home it. ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10/A3752D10-F5C6-4DF3-B034-239A75BAE1F8_zpsxtcrdnt9.jpg) ![](http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h401/ashley115s/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-10/D90D0E46-5BEC-4020-8004-15E56744779E_zpsy2mqbfvo.jpg) Just enough room! I nearly jacked it up and put it on axle stands but until the seat comes back I'm not sure where I'll want it. The sheets of insulation fell off the back of something so at some point the garage roof will get insulated! That will have he to wait;)
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