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have seen a few fences on slot tracks and I believe that they add a bit
of realism as well as some safety for the cars. I am not the fist person
to put some gutter guard on a track and I am sure I will not be the
last. I just thought that it was a little harder on a banked turn as not
having anything to attach the fence to so a how to was in order. This
fence has saved many a car from the concrete canyon in the short time it
has been in place.
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start with is the fence material. It must have some degree of realism to
it. I found Frost king Plastic mesh Gutter guard $2.59 at a local hardware
store. But I am sure you can most likely find it at home depot or
Lowe's. Next was something to attach the fence to. 1/8 inch brass rod
from K&S filled the job and can be found at hobby shops or hardware
stores.
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- The problem with the Carrera Banked turn
is where and how to attach the rods to the turn and be strong enough to hold
the cars coming at them full force. To solve this I reinforce the underside
of the bank or in my case the bank border. For this I used 1/4 PVC plate .
This can be found at Norva plastic
or
Norva on ebay . If he doesn't have it on Ebay, just give him a call.
This is the same material that I used to make the grandstand. . I cut the
PVC into pieces about 2" x 3/4 " and then glued two per border section to
the underside shown in the picture with PVC/ABS cement. I them prepared the
brass rod by flattening 3/4 " on one end with a vice all though other ways
would work. Then drill two 3/32 holes in the flat part as shown. I now
painted the rods and the fence with a silver/chrome paint.
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- When attaching the rod to the underside of
the border , drill one 1/16 pilot hole in the pvc, making sure not to go all
the way through. If you put a piece of tape around the drill bit at 1/4"
this will act as a mark to stop at. attach the rod with # 2x1/4 self tapping
screws or if you don't have any, you could use fly body mounting screws.
Then drill the other hole and attach the same way. Now for the last step,
attaching the painted fence to the rods. for this I used some plain single
stand wire looped around the fence to the back of the rod and the twisted
the two ends together and cut off all of the twist but a small amount.
- Finish off by touching up the paint on the
wire ties.
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GENE
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