A video has now been uploaded to my Facebook and Youtube pages showing the compact Monaco Themed Scalextric Slot Car Layout that has taken in excess of 300 hours to scratchbuild over the last two years. It sounds a lot; but really it's a bit of time here and there. The layout was a gift for a good friend of mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61Xp7QtRYeQ&feature=youtu.be
The yacht was a rebuild from a wrecked hull and includes matchsticks with two holes drilled through them inserted into cut ice cream tub plastic and both components glued into holes drilled into the decking. The barrier edge is a long piece of picture frame wire that has been unthreaded into a single strand and then pushed through the holes in the matchsticks. Nearly all of the items on the Monaco Themed Scalextric Slot Car layout are scratchbuilt from card. Usually the type of card that you find on the back of writing pads. PVA is the main glue, but there is some contact adhesive to stick down some of the figures. Other figures are magnetic based and these stand on strategically placed metal washers or strips of metal that are glued into position around the layout.
The video was shot by yours truly while the speeding car is driven by wifey
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