Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
In between the bouts of tooth misery I have gotten a bit done on the basement drag strip. I still have to plant another 300 trees and mount 50 more street lights. I've got a chain link fence that I need to construct and put up to keep the little plastic people away from the track. There are more outhouses too. After I get all of the holes drilled to mount the trees and lights into, I'll have to flip everything upside down in order to wire things up. I've constructed this setup so it will (hopefully) stay modular. If I can keep it in detachable 8 foot sections I should be able to move it later.
The HEMI UNDER GLASS and MOPAR MISSILE are actually diecast car bodies that were modified to be attached to the slot car chassis's.
Most of the vehicles that I'll have around the track will be diecast that I'll use to fill in the scene. I need to get some haulers and pickups and trailers yet. Not all of the diecast cars were stolen from the farm. Several bins full of them were. I had several more front engine rails out there but they're gone now.
I think I may have to paint the sections of guard rail. They look too 'plastic' the way they are now. - Maybe silver with tan/brown supports?
You might not have noticed but I've printed my own signs and banners. If you look closely you'll even see a banner for MRL Performance on the back of one of the bleachers.
So far - only two outhouses in place. - But the lines are already forming. Must be those chili dogs.
When it's done you should see a line of street lights on both sides of the track. - Each spaced about a foot apart.
Almost all of the vehicles that I'm planning on displaying will be from the muscle car era. I am going to try to reproduce each one of our own cars as well. Some of the ones that I'd already made fell victim to those thieves at the farm so I'll have to replace those.
The background wallpaper was the closest thing I could find that resembled the type of scenery you'd expect to see around Marion, South Dakota. This is not even close to an accurate depiction of what the track looks like but I wanted to pay tribute to that track because of fond personal memories there when I was young.
This animated sign really cracks me up. The little blue lights flash in sequence to the arrow and the billboard portions go on and off as well. To start out I opted to use the rolls of grass paper for the ground. It's OK but a little too pristine. I think that I will add some additional ground cover such as fine wet/dry sandpaper to give the appearance of asphalt and possible try some paint to mimic dirt in areas after I get everything in place.
I realize that the christmas tree is oversized. I don't think that I'll be able to scale it down because it's a special unit tied into the timing tower at the other end. - But I'll probably drill a hole in the center of the track so I can mount it between the lanes.
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In between the bouts of tooth misery I have gotten a bit done on the basement drag strip. I still have to plant another 300 trees and mount 50 more street lights. I've got a chain link fence that I need to construct and put up to keep the little plastic people away from the track. There are more outhouses too. After I get all of the holes drilled to mount the trees and lights into, I'll have to flip everything upside down in order to wire things up. I've constructed this setup so it will (hopefully) stay modular. If I can keep it in detachable 8 foot sections I should be able to move it later.
The HEMI UNDER GLASS and MOPAR MISSILE are actually diecast car bodies that were modified to be attached to the slot car chassis's.
Most of the vehicles that I'll have around the track will be diecast that I'll use to fill in the scene. I need to get some haulers and pickups and trailers yet. Not all of the diecast cars were stolen from the farm. Several bins full of them were. I had several more front engine rails out there but they're gone now.
I think I may have to paint the sections of guard rail. They look too 'plastic' the way they are now. - Maybe silver with tan/brown supports?
You might not have noticed but I've printed my own signs and banners. If you look closely you'll even see a banner for MRL Performance on the back of one of the bleachers.
So far - only two outhouses in place. - But the lines are already forming. Must be those chili dogs.
When it's done you should see a line of street lights on both sides of the track. - Each spaced about a foot apart.
Almost all of the vehicles that I'm planning on displaying will be from the muscle car era. I am going to try to reproduce each one of our own cars as well. Some of the ones that I'd already made fell victim to those thieves at the farm so I'll have to replace those.
The background wallpaper was the closest thing I could find that resembled the type of scenery you'd expect to see around Marion, South Dakota. This is not even close to an accurate depiction of what the track looks like but I wanted to pay tribute to that track because of fond personal memories there when I was young.
This animated sign really cracks me up. The little blue lights flash in sequence to the arrow and the billboard portions go on and off as well. To start out I opted to use the rolls of grass paper for the ground. It's OK but a little too pristine. I think that I will add some additional ground cover such as fine wet/dry sandpaper to give the appearance of asphalt and possible try some paint to mimic dirt in areas after I get everything in place.
I realize that the christmas tree is oversized. I don't think that I'll be able to scale it down because it's a special unit tied into the timing tower at the other end. - But I'll probably drill a hole in the center of the track so I can mount it between the lanes.
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