New Track Under Construction at TooBad Motorplex in Fairview (Page 4 of 8)

Keep at it!  Look forward to seeing you a little later today.

Wow, that sounds like a lot of plaster!  Keep at it, the season is coming!

I feel your pain.  When I first did the Autumn Hills track and it was covered in Sculpt-a-mold, I took a picture with the two rally cars - one being the Subaru with the snow effect.  Victoria's comment - "Getting a little sloppy with that stuff aren't you"?  "Uh, no dear, that car comes like that."

It's 2 HOLER!!!!

So does that equate to 75 lbs of plaster on the table?

Saturday morning and it's break time. Tryin' to finish up the last bit of plaster, then a little prep sanding and I'm ready for the final coat of Kilz primer. After the Kilz dries it'll be a little bit of base color on the landscaping, and then the track surface finish work starts. Stayed tuned for paint work.   -----------------Bill

WHOA!  I can see it.  There's a slot car track there after all!

Impressive I must say.

There are a couple more areas where I will probably lay down some more base color......but at this point I am ready to try rolling on the Rustoleum "Magnetic" Paint Primer. After that primer it's time for the track's running surface paint.

This evening I applied the first coat of Rustoleum Magnetic Primer to the track running surface. This stuff ain't cheap ($22.50 per quart), and it is some nasty stuff (no pun intended!). The single quart got me one coat over the entire length of the track, and a second coat on four of the turns. If you use this stuff be sure to have them shake it well on the paint shaker before you take it home to apply. When you're applying it, stir it often! The heavy stuff settles to the bottom of the can quickly. It is REALLY thick and gooey, almost like grease!

   So does it work?......Well, a neo bar type traction magnet sticks to the track where I have two coats fairly well, at least when it is layed directly on the track surface. I'd say the magnet strength is close to what an old stock Aurora HO pancake motor magnet has when placed on a steel surface (so I guess not much really). Where there is only one coat of primer the neo magnet will stick, but just barely. I am going to invest in one more quart of the primer and see what improvement I can make with that.

No, this is the underlying primer, multiple coats. I am going to use the same paint The Professor used on his track in Auburn for the top coat.

Although for a slot car track, I think this magnetic paint would make a nice surface to run on. The texture is similar to the old blackboard texture they used to have in the early days of slot car tracks.