EPIC Scalextric Build - It's even portable...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ค. 2024
- We're professionals at Shadow Foam. That's why we made an epic, portable Scalextric track. We picked up a load of second hand slot cars and Scalextric sets that were going unused and unloved. But we've given them a new life and made an awesome track using Shadow Foam and a bit of creativity.
Stay tuned next week for the Shadow Foam Grand Prix!
00:00 We've been collecting Scalextric Slot Cars!
00:25 We've been collecting Scalextric Track!
01:25 Why make it portable?
03:48 Adding Foam to our portable table
06:18 Building the Foam Structure for our Track
08:32 Laying out the Scalextric Track
09:30 Checking we have a complete circuit
11:02 Cutting the Track into Shadow Foam
12:17 What is Shadow Foam?
12:44 Peeling the foam for our Scalextric Track
13:42 Cutting the remainder of the track and accessories into Shadow Foam
15:15 We Finished the Shadow Foam Scalextric Track!
16:31 End Card
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If you enjoyed that, check out our newest Scalextric project, linked below!
ITS EVEN BIGGER!
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Takes me back to summer holidays in my youth, 1976 to be exact. 6 of us combined our Scalextric gear and built the 4 lane copy of Brands Hatch in Barry's back garden. We were blessed with the heat wave that year so it stayed built for the entire duration of the summer holidays.
I remember the summer of 76 , I think we had around 3 months of continuous sun shine and zero rain fall, with temperatures in the 90’s and a water shortage.
LOA rules
This never happened. Don't embellish. You were born in 1995.
@@yackablejohnson1485 You talking to me?
Idk
Really does bring back great memories. Back in the late 70s, myself and two mates combined all of our track and built a huge layout in in the front garden. We had soooooo much fun!!. Even the other neighbours and passers by stopped to watch. The best summer holiday ever.
Incredible story, rather jealous I didn't have a summer holiday that good! 😅
Dont know what impressed me more, the fantastic track, or the fully loaded tool box in perfect order, lol
thought exactly the same thing.. extremely neat !
This is mega. You are my ultimate hero.
haha thanks man, have you seen my latest scalextric build: th-cam.com/video/363hgOq5iPE/w-d-xo.html
Wow, those outfeed tables are quite the gift!
Certainly come in useful!
I think I had 3 tracks growing up. I built one when I was in my mid 30s that was really cool. There is a guy on you tube that has figured out how to run cars on A/C current and the cars can pass and run on the same slot. If anyone is interested look up Slot Cars of Northline Raceway . His track is absolutely unbelievable. The detail is amazing. He’s been working on it for 40 years And he assist people all over the world to build a track like his
Me and a friend had an HO track back in the 70’s. It was set up on 90 sq ft of table top. Four lanes wide each having its own power pack. The track was fully landscaped with numerous elevation changes and over and underpasses. Can’t recall how many feet of track was used, but it was about 1.7 scale miles around the circuit. The cars being super speedy (about 300 scale mph) completed laps in about 18 seconds.
Can’t tell you how man kids and parents we sucked into the whole experience. They all loved the experience.
I know some prefer train sets, but I preferred the speed and competition and skill required to negotiate the course of slot car tracks. I still got a bunch of cars boxed in the basement along with the extra hop up kits that the Aurora sets offered. Better magnets, better armatures, better gears and the like. So much fun.
Sounds epic! 👍
Do you still have that set?
Sadly no.
I’m the first lock down I went all out with the kids on a build similar to this but shorter. It was the best part of a wierd “2 weeks”.
have you got any pictures?
@@ShadowFoam yes we have! I’ll send it
Hats off. Ingenious and creative way to market foam. Enjoyed it, thank you.
Glad you liked it! More to come each and every week on this channel!
Aww bless, this remindes me of my Race and Chace scalextric back in the 80's . I miss it
Fantastic guys, well done 👍
Looking forward to next week
Used to race slot cars as a kid. We did a race we called The Slow Go...where the last car crossing the finish line won. A rule was if your car stopped for any moment you were immediately disqualified. The race usually was a one or two lap.
Cheers! 👍
What a great idea!
I stumbled on this video. What nobody realises is that this is the way electric cars should work. They would just need enough battery power to go up and down your driveway or to change lanes job done. This is so obvious that there has to be a conspiracy preventing it. We could have had electric cars 100 years ago. Job done.
Great video very inventive I have my own track and plenty of cars it’s always enjoyment when people come by and we get to race
No better way to spend an afternoon is there? 😅
Supernice project 👏🏼😀👍well done ‼️‼️
Thank you 👍 have you checked out our latest scalextric build?
Very effective marketing. Fun, informative. Well done.
Big Thank You and a warm welcome to all the new viewers that have watched our scalextric build! We are thinking of doing another scalextric project in the near future with an even bigger track, would that be something you'd be interested in seeing? Let me know in the replies!
Also, what do you all think of this video we've done: th-cam.com/video/DcRkwm2dBKc/w-d-xo.html
Definitely, getting into Scalextric at the moment, and Shadow Foam now looks like something I would want to buy for it!
I built one about 20 years ago. The lap record was 1 min 14 secs. It was huge. We displayed it at the Autosport show at the NEC Birmingham. UK. Thanks to Hornby the owners of Scaelectric. They sent us all the track and cars.
Would love to see that Gerard, sounds EPIC!
I am so impressed. Skill, innovation, and a cool ScaleX race track. I love it. Not sure what’s going on in the background, but what a great shop as well.
Great track!! 👏👏 Well done!
I got my son one for Xmas and he loves it
Perfect gift for all ages
For sure to be fair we all use it lol👍
I remember the monster 8 lane tracks up town we used to play on with our home made slot cars. Great looking track you have there mate.
Awesome product
Thanks Richard!
I wish i knew of this foam several years ago when building my 3mx2m portable scalextric track. Now me and friends are about to tear it apart to reuse the tables for alternative projects
Thought about using the foam to make that track portable in a case?
@@ShadowFoam thinking about it... it's a lot of coin for such a project.
Nice work have fun now got see you guys race on it love it
That is an epic layout!
Sick foam work!! I'm getting ideas to build and this is great for my Model Motoring Cars track. USA
Those tables can definitely be put to good use in model railroading.
bro i just had flash back to 2002 when my dad bought me one from usa and he took it to mexico, cant believe this just popped up in my recommendations
what set was it? Do you remember?
When I was a kid in the sixties I had one of the earliest sets. We made a table then I soldered the tracks together and glued them to the table. That was the only way to make it work reliably.
Шикарная игра, правда занимает много места, всегда мечтал о такой трассе, и железной дороге , хорошо бы её смонтировать на стены комнаты , поставить видеокамеры......
Might be on to our next build there 👀
This reminds me of the only cool thing my step dad ever did. (He beat us when mother wasn't around so I hardly look fondly back on my childhood). One Christmas him and mother got us some kind of slot car track, and he took it into our garage, as we had a massive garage that he built, and he along with a friend over a weekend custom made a table for it. Decorated it and everything to make it look like an actual track, and mounted the table to a hinge they put on the wall so it could fold up and out of the way when more space was needed to do something while in the garage. We spent countless hours in the garage playing on it.
Ever thought of making your own? Scalextric tracks can be bought at a reasonable price nowadays 👍
This form is incredible.. great job
Nice job.
Cheers Rick 👍
This stuff would be great for a model railway layout too
Completely agree, look out for it in a future video 👀
Impressed and inspired
Yeah I've put together a few tracks in my day ;) Fun video!
I like the idea of counter sinking the track into the surface... very cool.
Awesome!!!
I built one slightly larger in my attic circa 1980. I attached plywood to the rafters making a huge table. I put a whole in the middle and I would control from there.
Hmmm... might have to consider that for an upcoming project
🤔 I know that I would get dizzy trying to race from the middle!
awesome.God bless.
I had the 4 lane version for Christmas and I used it as a two lane set up , but because of the length of the track electrical resistance limited the length that I could use
Awesome.....I guess the boss is on vacation/holiday....and mice will play.....😁
😅 I am the boss and it was my idea
Very cool
8 hours? Would’ve taken me at least 8 days! Great video 👍🏼
I reckon you could do it in 8 hours!
They tables are sick
I bet they would be very expensive to buy, getting them for free makes it all worth doing.
Thanks Nurgal, we've got a lot of uses out of them!
This scale has such great detail. Love how these cars look on the track. I'm an HO guy but sure do enjoy watching. Thanks brother. Subbed
like the neat tool racks etc
Thanks Atlanta!
The cars scattered around gives an ‘infield car park’ look - think Oulton Park!
Exactly what we were going for! 👊✊️
Ive been doing exactly the same for 3 months and my track is amazing
Would love to see some pictures Alex!
@@ShadowFoam too late im afraid ive dismantled the entire thing. It was 117ft long!
Loved the way you built the scalextric track. Also been looking for this particular foam to organise my too box at work will be in contact.
Hi gary, hello@shadowfoam.com is the best place to get in touch!
Very impressive! I wish I had the room to do this with my tracks!
That's why we put it on the portable tables, this track setup can be folded away to save space!
@@ShadowFoam I definitely need to design an ideal spot to be able to make it fit in the space I have. 👍
Very Impressive, nice job, defiantly gives food for thought on non permanent tracks.
Fantastic, now I feel like I have to get a track now. It’s been many years since I played with one.
Come round and play ours Mark, you're always more than welcome!
I had one I built back in 1975 I did have super8 film and photos, but my ex burned them. It was 4 feet wide 16 feet long. I made it so when done it could be taken apart and stored on the back porch. Had a big track bridge's and so on, and to one side I had a drag strip I sold it in 1980 before boot camp. Was a lot of fun friends would bring their cars and we would race. I like the set up you made here looks good have fun.
I would have loved to see your setup mate, sounds incredible 👍
I’m loving this
What's your favourite part?
wow awsome im going to be doing simular soon, now i know your there i will be getting the foam from you, ps very creative designe , regards mike.
Cars and track are cool but the music about drove me nuts!!
I fly First Person View ('FPV') racing drones, using the live feed goggles, and I've spent ages racing Scalextric the same way. It's so much fun!! You should try it too!
How would I set that up? Very interested!
Groin grabbingly good
happy this video made you feel that way
I wish my tool box looked that organized
With Shadow Foam and the right amount of time it can! 👌
i had a scalextric track in my mum and dad's house in the loft when i was young where did it ever go to this set was massive.
he bought it !
Great!
thank you!
Love this . . . One of my Lotto win must haves . . Nice one guys,crackin job 😆😆👅👍
Cheers Garry, fingers crossed for your next scratchcard!
Super nice looking track. As you were setting up I was frightened at how steep the ramps were from lower to upper levels but it appears you reduced them in final layout. As you did, I've bought all second-hand tracks, 256 pieces, but I took 2 nights to polish and straighten the rails both the length and the gap of the slot. My plan is to build a 5' X16' table for a layout that like yours will have 2 levels. It took me forever to come up with a layout that actually aligned completely. About how much were you paying per car if/when bought alone?
Never mind the jump…..
@@112chapters3 ??? What jump?
This guy just got paid to work an entire day to "play" with slot cars. Love it!!!
Perks of being the boss 😎
I remember AFX tracks and cars form back in the 70s.
Love the vid guys !!!!
Cheers David!
I literally LOL’d when he built the thing backwards and didn’t just turn the power source around. And wasn’t it “amazing” how the track had a circuit the first time? That “never happens”.
Luckily we caught it on camera 👀👌
Thinking about doing a bigger scakextric project down the line, hoe it goes as smoothly as this one!
That tool box at 2:52
You like?
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Old video I know but new viewer. Great video, but I think I heard every permutation of the brand except the correct one!
Scalextrix
Scalectric
Scalectrix
If you do another one, try and say Scalextric! It comes from the original brand Scalex, where they basically electrified it and so it became Scalextric.
Tell you what Graham, when we do our next one, I'll make a point of saying it correctly! Bit of a mouthful!
That’s awesome,been a lifelong scalextric fan.be great for a promotional tool for your business
Hit the nail on the head there mate!
Pimping the foam.
Do you blame us? 🤣
Reverse the polarity on the track power cable and the cars will go the other direction
That looks really good but where they put the logos into the foam the could of made a pit stop area to store all of the cars
Might do that next time, great idea!
Always surprises me that slot car racing is it way more popular than it is. I don’t think it’s ever exceeded its popularity that it had in the 60s
Real underground fanbase isn't it? It's a timeless activity though, very easy to continue to pass down to new generations!
Sweet video. Hello from V&b speed a new rc community channel ✌ #New Lab # V
Is there anything this guy hasn’t got in his warehouse 😁
Hahaha we haven't even scratched the surface yet!
How does your Scalextric track hold up to ours??
Is Shadow Foam the same product as Fastcap kaizen foam in the USA or 5s from Uline?? Nice track set up.
Nope! We develop our own unique product
GO YOU 'R's!!!
Oh stop it already
Its awesome 😎
We will never stop!
Very nice 👍 work - but you have to make a racing !!!
We did in fact, check it out here: studio.th-cam.com/users/videoTMwdyKV4jvo/edit
I have played once or twice never had my own set on to do list
I LOVE SLOT CAR RACING IM GOING FOR A RACE ON FRIDAY
I never had a Scalextric growing up we had the brilliant TCR by ideal toys with lane changing and zig zag jam cars I was going to make a full race track in a bedroom I collected 5 full boxes and then I met my ex sold everything off wish I hadn't but if you fance doing a TCR layout would be awesome to see
Sorry to hear you sold them, but we're happy to add that to our ideas list! 💡 👍
These TCR sets, Train people love it still, for HO tainsets.
Not for kids, 2 AMP, shocks !
I feel like you've got your knives and forks, pots and pans, boxers and socks all in foam...
How have you seen my life outside of when the cameras are roling? 😂
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I have some of these
Which ones do you have?
i used to have a john players f1 car with tape round the back wheels so it would spin all ova 🤣🤣🤣
Perhaps you could reproduce the shape of all the F1 tracks as we go through the season, starting in bahrain in march, then jeddah, and so on, i dont think its ever been done.
Quite the commitment there, would anyone else like to see that?
It's cool when you got space and money
Carrea go is still here and there both epic i grew up with a garrera go
Build it from plywood. It would be larger to move, but you could make it modular
You should have incorporated Scalextric Digital with up to six cars on track at one time with lane changing...
One day we will do a digital scalextric build!
When your Boss gets ... no work done
Getting the best laptime on scalextric is work 😅
I got some track. Are you Canadian? Albertan to be specific.
Liked your video and watched some advertisements for you.
Thanks Gearz, much appreciated!
I'm sorry to judge but the way he just poured the slot cars out of a storage bin like Legos onto the table, it was cringe to me. lol Yes, I'm anal, I'm used to babying all my slot cars. That's just me.
But that did not take away the enjoyment I received watching this, I'm really impressed and inspired! First time I've heard of Shadow Foam, what a great product.
great layout shame about the crisscross track section :(