discussion Road for 1:24 cars

[Guest]

My son is absolutely car mad. I'm not just talking ferrari's and hot wheels, he loves cars, super cars to Volvo estates. He has a long list of cars he wants for Christmas and I have found most of them either Welly or Bburago or motormax all 1:24 or 1:32 the biggest is probably the landrover defender 1:24 or Bugatti veyron 1:24. A long with the cars he has asked for a road track. He doesn't want childish colours, even though he is 7, just road that looks like road that he can build in to different road ways each time he plays. I was going to make a large road mat on 5mm ply but not sure my art skills will be up to the job. I have searched the net but can't find any ready made roady looking road for 1:24 cars. Can anyone help please.

 

[Paul Davies]

Field of glory models do bases for displaying 1:24 cars. Dont know of any actual tracks tho. Shouldn't be too hard to make tho.

 

[Guest]

An easy way to do tarmac / asphalt is using wet & dry abrasive paper. The finer grit like 240 works well for either 1/24 or 1/32.


If a smoother looking road is desired, simply rub 2 sheets against each other!


You could glue the sheets to sections of ply or even look for unwanted bits of Scalextric track and use that

 

[eddiesolo]

Are you wanting single or double lane? I would use MDF board cut into equal lengths, then do a jigsaw notch using a jigsaw and the a drill bit so the lengths can be joined together, easier to put away too. Once you have them just paint with a black/grey and then use some masking tape to do the centre lines.


Si

 

[eddiesolo]

An easy way to do tarmac / asphalt is using wet & dry abrasive paper. The finer grit like 240 works well for either 1/24 or 1/32.
If a smoother looking road is desired, simply rub 2 sheets against each other!


You could glue the sheets to sections of ply or even look for unwanted bits of Scalextric track and use that

I was going to mention the sandpaper but figured the road surface may get some heavy usage due to a 7 year old playing on it.

 

[Guest]

I was going to mention the sandpaper but figured the road surface may get some heavy usage due to a 7 year old playing on it.

To say nothing of the heavy usage on your 7 year old's knuckles!

 

[john i am]

Miles of Scalextric track normally going cheap at car boot sales and charity shops etc. You maybe lucky in getting a complete one then there's nothing better than a bit of father son rivalry. I made both my boys cry on numerous occasions . Then there's multiple car choices if he really enjoys it.

 

[eddiesolo]

Miles of Scalextric track normally going cheap at car boot sales and charity shops etc. You maybe lucky in getting a complete one then there's nothing better than a bit of father son rivalry. I made both my boys cry on numerous occasions . Then there's multiple car choices if he really enjoys it.

That is true, but remember that Scalextric is 1/32 scale.

 

[john i am]

That is true, but remember that Scalextric is 1/32 scale.

I'm sure a 7 year old wouldn't notice Si plus have you ever seen a 7 year olds driving fasten your seat belts!!!

 

[eddiesolo]

I'm sure a 7 year old wouldn't notice Si plus have you ever seen a 7 year olds driving fasten your seat belts!!!

LOL, ya never know John...

 

[Gern]

have you ever seen a 7 year olds driving fasten your seat belts!!!

No, but I've seen lots of teenagers on GTA and similar games that I wouldn't trust with a dinky toy (1/43 scale)!

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your replies. I think I will make track, sand paper and jigsaw sound pretty good. The 7 year olds driving is pretty impressive. He chooses to practice reverse parallel parking on his go kart rather than racing round the garden on it. And trust me, he would know the difference in scale as well, it's like actually living with a small James May.

 

[Guest]

Blackboard paint might also be a possibility to consider. It would avoid joints and possibly grazed knuckles and be potentially completely flexible in design.