Jump to content

I need help with a personal project


Edy

Custom or Replica?  

18 members have voted

  1. 1. Should i build a custom or a replica track?



Recommended Posts

Ok. Here goes nothing. So for one of my school projects (Physics Class), since we are seeing all this electricity things, i need to make a electric circuit, one of the examples of my teacher was making a replica of your house and representing how like the cables conect and that stuff, so in that moment and idea popped to my mind "WHY NOT MAKE A MONSTER TRUCK TRACK?!", and so i told my teacher and he said "Yeah, go ahead". 

So now, here's where it get's tricky, i didn't want to make a stadium, because it would way more dificult to make a replica stadium (Roof, screen, and all that sh*t), so i removed arenas & stadiums, so the only options i have left are well fairgrounds, speedways & that stuff, so i say, well this would work.

I started making some stuff and well i made some blueprints on: a grandstand, a portableligth & a stop ligth, pretty neat, ha?

Also i don't if this important or not, BUT, i'm using this Hot Wheels Monster Jam "Speed Demons" toys (Dimensions are: Long= 4.5cm [1.77in]; Wide= 4cm [1.57in]; High= 4cm [1.57in]) I really don't know the scale so, if you know it. I would really love to hear tt.

Ok now after that backstory, i would like to see if you could help me with this, i want to find a replica track, with those specs, a track that has a grandstand, that when monster trucks are ran there, they use portableligths, i don't care about the stop ligth i'll put anyways on whatever track. I don't care if it's and indepent/FELD track. Also i'm not 100% sure of making a replica, so i'm thinking about the idea of making a custom track too (There's a poll up there so you can vote) if you are kind enough post your opinions & help.
 

TL;DR: I want to make monster truck for a electricity project, help me see if i choose a replica (and tell me which venue to use) or either to make a custom track

Thanks so much!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Define "portable lights" because I can probably find a few speedways that use them if you give me an example. I'm certain the Dirt Track at Charlotte uses them but I know there's no way you can do an over/under track like that. 

You could try my home track of Dixie Speedway since AFAIK fulfills all the requirements:
 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, Charlie H. said:

Define "portable lights" because I can probably find a few speedways that use them if you give me an example. I'm certain the Dirt Track at Charlotte uses them but I know there's no way you can do an over/under track like that. 

You could try my home track of Dixie Speedway since AFAIK fulfills all the requirements:
 

 

Portable-Light-Tower.jpg

Hey chad goes there!

Also i was looking for track that had a grandstand with a roof on top of it like the one on salinas or the jamboores

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Charlie H. said:

Try some Monster Truck Throwdown events, Monroe Michigan would be perfect:
 

 

This is perfect, i'll do some testing with the leds and then update you guys

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, Charlie H. said:

Any way you can get a hold of some Micro Machines? If you can smash those up a bit

Hell no, i ain't sacrifing my micro machines collection for this lol or paying an elevated price for them on ebay for me to destroy them, i'll see if i can get some bootleg mexican poo

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Get some play doo and kinda just square them  up with a little raised square roof? I cant really think of anything else you could get thats small enough

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...