Tony H, member no.3, has started the project to build a track which is possible to move from the roof to the floor with an "elevator". The job is all done in his garage, and here you can see how it has advanced. The plan was to have a track on an area of approx. 2,5 x 3 meter. Probably a 4-lane track, which should easily move from the "roof position" to the "floor position" The track will have som grass etc in order to look nice, but mainly it will be built to be a fun race track ! Take a look, and why don't you try it yourself? It's actually both easy and cheap. Comments, questions or ideas ? Please send them to MSRC or on telephone +46 736 55 42 15

The "table" is put together, and all measurement are done to fit in between the roof lamps, garage door motor etc. The green carpet will be used as "grass".

A closer look at the construction

Now we need some kind of elevator". The roof has plaster material so we had to add a piece of plank in order to have something to bolt everything on to.

The 4 ropes from the pulleys all meet in one of the corners. That's where we will pull when moving the table.

One of the pulleys. It will hold for the weight!

The total weight is fairly high considering the weight and the friction together. So we need to add a crank with a 3 times transmission

The crank is on its place, and the distance from the wall makes it possible to turn.

With all the ropes connected, the table can now be moved to any position.

The carpet in place. Now it looks like a big green field. Time to build the track.

It's taking form now. We recommend you to be accurate in order to get the best possible result with the track.

A transformator and a throttle is connected all the time. This makes it possible to test all the parts during the mounting of the track. In this way we will have no problems after the job is done.

We need something to protect the cars from falling down to the floor. This net will be just perfect for that.

The net will go all around the table. It's mounted on poles every each 5-6 dm.

This connector will be used for the throttle. There will be a total of 4, spread around the table. This will make it easy to connect your favorite throttle to any track. .

The Scalextric throttle (no break function) is used due to its higher quality compared to the Märklin Sprint 1590/1591 throttle. We just need to replace the connector first (male)

The female connector mounted to the table (yellow arrow).

To avoid that the cars could slip of the track in the inner curves, Tony made some pieces of plywood. Thickness should be 9 mm, but if you use something thinner, it is easy to put some kind of distance under the plywood piece.

Spray some black on the plywood piece and you are done.

The track is now fully tested, and all those who has tried it are agreed : -It's a lot fun. Lot's of track on a small but well used surface. -Sufficient difficulty. If you would like to build yourself a similar track, you could refer to this layout. There is a place on the layout where it looks like the track "hits" itself. This is just a small error in the software used to make the drawings.

If you don't have the 1261's, this is an alternative.

This far the total cost is approximately 150 euro. Material for the table - 25 euro Pulleys (Bauhaus) - 6 x 7 euro Crank - 15 euro Carpet -30 euro Connectors - 4 x 5 euro Net - 7 kr Screws and bolts - 12 euro Plank - 8 euro Plywood and spray - 10 euro