Superb layout. I must admit it makes me want to change from trains to slot cars. No dice. But I am planning on expanding by doing the same sort of thing you have done here (on a bit smaller scale) but using the 1/64 rc cars they sell on ebay. I figured it would be quite challenging without the slot as I am sure it is already WITH IT! Really nice modeling on the scenery as well. This must be in a book somewhere? If not, it should be. NICE!
Been working on my track for about 3 years (some 8000 hours) I taped an ordinary camera to a car. It is a custom made wood track, surface is Multi Density Fiber Board. There is a better video on Discovery Channel here:
h t t p:// w w w.d i s c o v e r y c h a n n e l . c a / a r t i c l e . a s p x ? a i d = 3 0 6 6 9
Fantastic work man. How long it takes build all that, i supposet at many years? How you make that car camera system?, This track is not ordinary Sscalextric, Carrera or somekind those tracks, is it make a wood plate?
Wow James just saw this on the web today, brilliant you lucky guy & yes do agree behind every successful man is a good lady :) Been a Scalextric fan since I was a boy now 56!! used to have 8 when younger. Keep up the good work.
Yes Pit lanes and lane changing are hand made Magnetic soleniod bell crank switches. They are activated by buttons on the shelf in front of driver stations and a duplicate switch on the controllers.
Fastest lap time is around 14.5 seconds
Funny how many people think I don't have a lady... I've got one of the best, beautiful, intelligent and supports my passions. I'm a lucky guy!
Impressive set up. Watching the video I see you have pit lanes and multiple racing lines on some of the corners? I was wondering how you get the cars to switch lanes?
Tremendous! The feeling of achievement in building something tangible is amazing - I'm a model railway man myself - but doing something like this sure beats the hell out of sitting in front of a TV with a console 'racing' round a virtual track!
Congratulations, and to all those knocking it; what have YOU built...?
Congratulations, your video is the top story on yahoo.com. I watched it all and your imagination and hard work has definately paid off. It takes somebody with ambition to create such an amazing toy wonder. I would love to join you and your friends for race nights haha. Rock on Indi race track!
Beautiful. This is poetry, a song, an internet site, a novel, a screenplay. It's a wonderful celebration of life in the free west. Wicked man. I can't even get through the whole video, it's too moving. Excellent work!
absoloutly awesome your a very talented man quite inspiring really i would love to have the time to do something like that instead im refurbishing flats to a high standard i would much prefer getting a dremel multi tool out and fiddling about making skyscrapers and stuff!!! seriously though mate this track should be made for real it fantastic and for those people who dont like the sound of a v10 needs help the only thing you could of done with the sound was mix it in with the car going around!!
Great effort, fantastic result but awful video. You need footage of you and friends racing each other, showing off the track in action. I'd consider contacting ITV1-Formula 1 and showing them your creation, they'd probably used it in one of their broadcasts. Well done!
Great effort, fantastic result but awful video. You need footage of you and friends racing each other, showing off the track in action. I'd consider contacting ITV1-Formula 1 and showing them your creation, they'd probably used it in one of their broadcasts. Well done!
just caught sight of you in the film man ,,,,,,, ive got a grin on my face man , but not a wide as yours ,,, man thats one serious joy toy ,,,, thanks for sharing it with us , respect to you man .. amazing
@jmghf10091 Oh yeah. I had the video on while on MSN so must have missed it.
It's an awesome track. Well done. I've made a large track at my dads flat that goes through most the rooms but it's just track on carpet. Nothing compared to this awesomeness :D
@jmghf10091 You can post links if you separate all letters with a space and then tell the person to delete the spaces eg h t t p : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m / w a t c h ? v = l 3 Y F m p S F J 4 0
Hmm seems some don't like V-10 F1 engines at full song. If you're one of those, instead of complaining, try the mute button. It works wonders for sounds that annoy you.
@jmghf10091 I love the sound of racing car engines, but I think what's annoying about them here is the fact that they are too loud for the clip, and that they are poorly recorded or reproduced here - there is shedloads of distortion in the sound recording of them. Watch F1 on TV and you'll hear much better sound quality of the cars racing round the track. My suggestion is to use another source for the sound fx, or if they're clean at source, find out why they've ended up shrill and awful here..
@InARoundaboutWay um they sound just like F1 cars on TV, you can tell they're a bit old but that's about it. The cars aren't all flat out in the sounds, sounds like qualifying or practice footage was used a lot. Some are from the pitlane and the drivers rev the crap out of their engines in there, they're not loaded so they sound kind of harsh or something, there's no smooth acceleration, and there's about a million decibels pounding the microphone. Some in-car noises would have been nice
@fookfocketyfookfook No, the soundtrack to your clip doesn't sound like the cars on TV! As I wrote before, the audio is poorly reproduced here. It is NOT distorted and shrill on TV. And it doesn't matter how many decibels are pounding the mics recording them, as professional mics don't clip the sound easily. The TV people also put the mics further away, and have the sound level of them lower in the mix so that commentators can be heard for instance. Please lower the level of the cars here too!
I'd do that for sure. This was my first video and it isn't great quality. I never expected it to take off as such! I am a bit sad that you don't like the sound of Formula 1 V10 engines screaming away at Indianapolis though. Each to his own I guess. There will be new videos in the future!
I wish I had this much free time... Seeing as my track is only plywood and masonite flavored, I'd love to have this track... In fact, I'm coming to your house and stealing it.
@4countach4 Think about the amount you have spent on consoles, pc's and games over the years. All up his setup cost ~$3500 and a lot of hours but he can show people and say "I made all of this". What can you do? Scratch your balls and brag about how you havent had a red ring of death in a few months.
@4countach4 stop trolling. some people have hobbies and are passionate about it. how would you feel if whatever you "liked" or was passionate about and someone made fun of you for it?
Costs to get track up and running was about $1500 with no scenery. Scenery which is all scratch designed and built was maybe another $2000 in materials.
Its the time that is the hardest. Easily over 6000 hours of effort to this point.
you have inspired me now...Great job on your track. Starting this weekend on my own creation. Thank you for posting, and sharing such great information
You can select on the table in front of you to switch the track to enter the pit. There also is another button to switch lanes. You can also switch lanes by a lever on the back of the controller.
I'm not sure yet on a digital system. I haven't done much research as the track is coming up on its 2 year anniversary and I've been plenty busy with the fabrication and scenic work. Who knows what the future will hold for the Ring.
omg this is one the best racks ever
theheadcamman 2 months ago
Excelente trabajo
slotracingcars 2 months ago
OMG i want this CRAZY THING!!! :D
15AaronMan 3 months ago
digital wood track?
EduSanjuan777 4 months ago
impressive
EduSanjuan777 4 months ago
Legendary!
chan625 4 months ago
my god f1 cars sound sexy
SlashmanG 5 months ago
pedazo de circuito!!! impresionanteeee!!
MrPeasolokura 5 months ago
Superb layout. I must admit it makes me want to change from trains to slot cars. No dice. But I am planning on expanding by doing the same sort of thing you have done here (on a bit smaller scale) but using the 1/64 rc cars they sell on ebay. I figured it would be quite challenging without the slot as I am sure it is already WITH IT! Really nice modeling on the scenery as well. This must be in a book somewhere? If not, it should be. NICE!
ghfakar 6 months ago
Wow ! Congratulations from F1 FAN from Poland :-)
indianapoznan 6 months ago
I hope you have insurance on that thing.
babyboomerforlife 7 months ago
thats realy cool nice track
slotcarfreddy 10 months ago
Absolutely incredible track!!! Can I come over and hang out?
lupowins 11 months ago
Hi Jarmo60
Been working on my track for about 3 years (some 8000 hours) I taped an ordinary camera to a car. It is a custom made wood track, surface is Multi Density Fiber Board. There is a better video on Discovery Channel here:
h t t p:// w w w.d i s c o v e r y c h a n n e l . c a / a r t i c l e . a s p x ? a i d = 3 0 6 6 9
Retype the link with no spaces.
-James
jmghf10091 11 months ago
Fantastic work man. How long it takes build all that, i supposet at many years? How you make that car camera system?, This track is not ordinary Sscalextric, Carrera or somekind those tracks, is it make a wood plate?
Jarmo60 11 months ago
are all the cars invisible?
unBSD 1 year ago
This is incredible! Really well done, it must be astonishing to see in person
JacklegJack 1 year ago
Really, really nice work!
UTubist512 1 year ago
That's one f!n beatiful layout fabulous work
Very convincing :)= I'm an H.O. Man myself
With H.O. u can mingle in the trains with live
Crossings too. I got more than adozen on
Mine.
brainslks 1 year ago
I was hoping to see smooth video of the actual cars running and hear the actual sound.
Too bad. All of that work and not much to show.
johna166 1 year ago
Yo queiro una igual...!!!
jrtodasmias 1 year ago
haaaa YO quiero una iguaal...!!!
jrtodasmias 1 year ago
Amazing!!! Fantastic job!!! The details are perfect, you knew what you were doing, for sure!!! Congratulations *****
javieryafo1 1 year ago
Some people have said turn the sound effects off but I reckon that adds to it, it's awesome!!!
nye1956 1 year ago
Wow James just saw this on the web today, brilliant you lucky guy & yes do agree behind every successful man is a good lady :) Been a Scalextric fan since I was a boy now 56!! used to have 8 when younger. Keep up the good work.
PhilG0BVD 1 year ago
Yes Pit lanes and lane changing are hand made Magnetic soleniod bell crank switches. They are activated by buttons on the shelf in front of driver stations and a duplicate switch on the controllers.
Fastest lap time is around 14.5 seconds
Funny how many people think I don't have a lady... I've got one of the best, beautiful, intelligent and supports my passions. I'm a lucky guy!
-James
jmghf10091 1 year ago 6
Impressive set up. Watching the video I see you have pit lanes and multiple racing lines on some of the corners? I was wondering how you get the cars to switch lanes?
Heyhobobagginns 1 year ago
Not bad, not bad :D Wau !
alkoholistinelamaa 1 year ago
ok kids it's bedtime.. now please put away all your scalextrix back in the box as quickly as you can!
KelvinFagan 1 year ago
Tremendous! The feeling of achievement in building something tangible is amazing - I'm a model railway man myself - but doing something like this sure beats the hell out of sitting in front of a TV with a console 'racing' round a virtual track!
Congratulations, and to all those knocking it; what have YOU built...?
4beatlefans 1 year ago
not into these cars , but well done must be pleased with what you have made ..looks cool
benjiheads 1 year ago
What's your fastest lap time?
artdunktechno 1 year ago
The audio on this is dreadful!
qwikmedia 1 year ago
Saw this on Yahoo News. Well done. =)
l337z0r 1 year ago
Forget Hermann Tilke, this needs to be made real yesterday.
wurzelmaniac 1 year ago
That must have taken a couple of hours lol Would be cool to see someone actually using it :) I would have loved one of them when I was younger!!
bradburywillis 1 year ago
good way to kill a video - turn the fuckin sound OFF!
MA6IC666 1 year ago
cool!
zodiacza 1 year ago
Congratulations, your video is the top story on yahoo.com. I watched it all and your imagination and hard work has definately paid off. It takes somebody with ambition to create such an amazing toy wonder. I would love to join you and your friends for race nights haha. Rock on Indi race track!
heathey2 1 year ago
Right, now put it all back in the box, your dinner's ready!! :o)
rikmills 1 year ago
u should be proud as fuck thats amazing
laughorcrytv 1 year ago
sick man - good work
BarryScotlandCFC 1 year ago
If you are reading this buddy, hats off to you. Work of art! Looks amazing.
Mirpuria 1 year ago
must've been hard work. i take it you memorised the entire track? including minor details?
OrbitalEnterprise 1 year ago
You need to get a girlfriend.
orrbag1515 1 year ago
Beautiful. This is poetry, a song, an internet site, a novel, a screenplay. It's a wonderful celebration of life in the free west. Wicked man. I can't even get through the whole video, it's too moving. Excellent work!
Fencemaster 1 year ago
I just love it ,when you see the compasion that humans have for detail, i find it oddly beautifull, te he he , does that make me geek' ish....
ZutexS 1 year ago
wow
midlandspotters 1 year ago
if they were to build a real life circuit then he would be an architect of it and he would be rich
SilentmanX3 1 year ago
Great video, thanks for sharing!
nye1956 1 year ago
absoloutly awesome your a very talented man quite inspiring really i would love to have the time to do something like that instead im refurbishing flats to a high standard i would much prefer getting a dremel multi tool out and fiddling about making skyscrapers and stuff!!! seriously though mate this track should be made for real it fantastic and for those people who dont like the sound of a v10 needs help the only thing you could of done with the sound was mix it in with the car going around!!
123Bowzee 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Great effort, fantastic result but awful video. You need footage of you and friends racing each other, showing off the track in action. I'd consider contacting ITV1-Formula 1 and showing them your creation, they'd probably used it in one of their broadcasts. Well done!
MagiciansLondon 1 year ago
Great effort, fantastic result but awful video. You need footage of you and friends racing each other, showing off the track in action. I'd consider contacting ITV1-Formula 1 and showing them your creation, they'd probably used it in one of their broadcasts. Well done!
MagiciansLondon 1 year ago
just caught sight of you in the film man ,,,,,,, ive got a grin on my face man , but not a wide as yours ,,, man thats one serious joy toy ,,,, thanks for sharing it with us , respect to you man .. amazing
LORDwilliamsDJ 1 year ago
this is awesome! well done!
GTAjedi 1 year ago
fantastic great diarama, a lot of hard work but I bet it's awesome to play v. jealous in a good way
10bobnote 1 year ago
Jedi.\m/
SteveBrownOfficial 1 year ago
This is a bit special.
justin26UK 1 year ago
Excellent job !!!!
waghlerism 1 year ago
Very impressive!!
WELL DONE &)
VIP7ANGEL 1 year ago
Must be a bitch taking it apart every night and setting it up again next day. Well done mate ! .
evsynator 1 year ago
@evsynator Well, you're intelligent.
sweet518 1 year ago
absolutely awesome!
drplbiftin 1 year ago
Well done getting featured on the front of Yahoo UK, this is an amazing track you've built here!
HordeFTL 1 year ago 2
That is a bit awesome!
paranoidpfanclub 1 year ago
great efforf man must of took ages
MrChris0123 1 year ago
Wow, this is truly remarkable, I'd love a blast on this, awesome work my friend ;)
TheRislar 1 year ago
What do you do if the car comes off the track? Unless you've got super long arms to pick them up and put the cars back on.
coasterollie 1 year ago
@coasterollie
There are 3 marshall holes in the track that you can retrieve the cars from.
Also I use grabber arms that extend your reach about 3 feet if needed.
Check this video to see people in the marshall holes:
Look for the AC2car WLF1 Ring video here on YouTube and you can see guys siiting in the marshall areas.
I guess we can't post links in comments??
jmghf10091 1 year ago
@jmghf10091 Oh yeah. I had the video on while on MSN so must have missed it.
It's an awesome track. Well done. I've made a large track at my dads flat that goes through most the rooms but it's just track on carpet. Nothing compared to this awesomeness :D
coasterollie 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
@jmghf10091 You can post links if you separate all letters with a space and then tell the person to delete the spaces eg h t t p : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m / w a t c h ? v = l 3 Y F m p S F J 4 0
u2mixer 1 year ago
Really impressive... But one critical detail missing... Pit Babes!!!
StNige 1 year ago
Take the friggin' sound effects OFF.
cgbp85 1 year ago
@cgbp85
Hmm seems some don't like V-10 F1 engines at full song. If you're one of those, instead of complaining, try the mute button. It works wonders for sounds that annoy you.
-James
jmghf10091 1 year ago 29
@jmghf10091 I love the sound of racing car engines, but I think what's annoying about them here is the fact that they are too loud for the clip, and that they are poorly recorded or reproduced here - there is shedloads of distortion in the sound recording of them. Watch F1 on TV and you'll hear much better sound quality of the cars racing round the track. My suggestion is to use another source for the sound fx, or if they're clean at source, find out why they've ended up shrill and awful here..
InARoundaboutWay 1 year ago
@InARoundaboutWay um they sound just like F1 cars on TV, you can tell they're a bit old but that's about it. The cars aren't all flat out in the sounds, sounds like qualifying or practice footage was used a lot. Some are from the pitlane and the drivers rev the crap out of their engines in there, they're not loaded so they sound kind of harsh or something, there's no smooth acceleration, and there's about a million decibels pounding the microphone. Some in-car noises would have been nice
fookfocketyfookfook 1 year ago
@fookfocketyfookfook No, the soundtrack to your clip doesn't sound like the cars on TV! As I wrote before, the audio is poorly reproduced here. It is NOT distorted and shrill on TV. And it doesn't matter how many decibels are pounding the mics recording them, as professional mics don't clip the sound easily. The TV people also put the mics further away, and have the sound level of them lower in the mix so that commentators can be heard for instance. Please lower the level of the cars here too!
InARoundaboutWay 1 year ago
@InARoundaboutWay Not my clip
fookfocketyfookfook 1 year ago
@cgbp85 least its not some crappy rock music track
pmc40 1 year ago
DO WANT!
gregarious24 1 year ago
Nice video. However, it has probably the MOST annoying soundtrack of ANY youtube video. Ever.
staticenz 1 year ago
Sad to think that someone could actually give enough of a fuck about this brainless "sport"... time, energy and most of all MONEY well wasted.
lin2log 1 year ago
@lin2log if creating something with your own hands is a waste of time, energy and money, then sign me up.
bearwoodheights 1 year ago
WOW, most most most impressive.
Give tours??
If ya do, sign me UP!
Buzzramjet 1 year ago
I'd do that for sure. This was my first video and it isn't great quality. I never expected it to take off as such! I am a bit sad that you don't like the sound of Formula 1 V10 engines screaming away at Indianapolis though. Each to his own I guess. There will be new videos in the future!
-James
jmghf10091 1 year ago
@jmghf10091 Great sound, great track, but where are the cars?
cmcausey 1 year ago
@jmghf10091
This is the most amazing video I've ever watched on the Tube. You should be proud of yourself. Excellent layout, production, video, sound, etc...
You're my new hero!!
Blockpastit 1 year ago
@jmghf10091 Thats what your dad said.
OhYeWithLittleFaith 1 year ago
Great video, and amazing track, but the audio in this is just annoying. I'd rather hear you talking about the track and building it.
Kev50027 1 year ago
This is super epic! Absolutely fantastic piece of monumental efforts on your part I'm sure! Kudos!!
Seramics 1 year ago
You are hired. When can I fly you down to Austin?!?
warrenpeck1 1 year ago
Great Job !!
Great attention to details and the track it´s very good. Best that some the current tracks of real formula one.
fdesiderio 1 year ago
OMG thats awesome and its in his house
woolensheep192 1 year ago
Very impressive, great job - love the attention to detail.
mziegele 1 year ago
Seriously this is soo amazing! I am an MA architecture student and this is a ultimate model! Bravo!
architeckture 1 year ago
I wish I had this much free time... Seeing as my track is only plywood and masonite flavored, I'd love to have this track... In fact, I'm coming to your house and stealing it.
iluvmyveedub 1 year ago
Pleeeeeeeeease add video of a car just rippin' it through the track (1st person view). I'd love to see that. It would feel soo intense!
shizank 1 year ago
@shizank
Search for "AC2Car WLF1Ring" on YouTube
hockeytowndet19 1 year ago
That is amazing, All I have is a figure 8 track :( and only one car works lol
legomaniacman 1 year ago
what waste of money lol u need to get a gf lol
4countach4 1 year ago
No sure I'd call it a waste of money. It's a hobby he truly enjoys. BTW, he had a fine looking wife!
hockeytowndet19 1 year ago
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hockeytowndet19 1 year ago
@4countach4 Think about the amount you have spent on consoles, pc's and games over the years. All up his setup cost ~$3500 and a lot of hours but he can show people and say "I made all of this". What can you do? Scratch your balls and brag about how you havent had a red ring of death in a few months.
blaflaggin 1 year ago 22
@blaflaggin Few years actually ;)
TheGeanMachine 1 year ago
@4countach4 stop trolling. some people have hobbies and are passionate about it. how would you feel if whatever you "liked" or was passionate about and someone made fun of you for it?
devianaut 1 year ago
recording sounds like early 90s cars. i hear traction control though but i hear manual throttle blipping on change down too.
plasticspastic201 1 year ago
Absolutely Amazing! F1 please fire Tilke and his bore-o-drome designs and hire this guy!
setarcos4131 1 year ago
This is incredible! Very inspirational
resomer 1 year ago
What more can a F1 fans ask for? This is ..........well, you got all the good words in English and Chinese from me. Stunning~
devilambrose 1 year ago
Awesome track, please post some more videos with cars racing around the track!
Avantime 1 year ago
Lots of pics and descriptions at my blog too:
wlf1ring.blogspot.com
Enjoy!
jmghf10091 1 year ago 2
@jmghf10091 AWESOME!!!!!
duker453 1 year ago
Thanks for the nice comments everyone.
Costs to get track up and running was about $1500 with no scenery. Scenery which is all scratch designed and built was maybe another $2000 in materials.
Its the time that is the hardest. Easily over 6000 hours of effort to this point.
I started in December 2007.
jmghf10091 1 year ago
@jmghf10091
Its all worth it
You have done a wonderful job
just AMAZING wow
ilordvader 1 year ago
Man epic epic epic epic how much is it to build that and how long did it to take to build the track
hwubes1 1 year ago
Congratulations from Brazil!
You can be VERY proud of this lovely track. The details, the layout, everything is simply AMAZING
Some details inspired me to change a couple of things in my (much simpler) track.
Thank You for sharing this! (and your family, if your life is similar to mine...)
regismotta 1 year ago
great track
ferrariman11 1 year ago
you have inspired me now...Great job on your track. Starting this weekend on my own creation. Thank you for posting, and sharing such great information
adamagent2002 2 years ago
Congratulation from spain. Your video is amazing. GRAND PRIX F1 1968 SCALEXTRIC. and Slot Cars Bill's Speedway
ivantrejo41 2 years ago
The greatest Slot Car track I have ever seen.
Firemantrk 2 years ago
Magnifique ! Félicitations !
Thierrym08 2 years ago
Awesome!!!
How does the pitlane work?
SlotraceDK 2 years ago
You can select on the table in front of you to switch the track to enter the pit. There also is another button to switch lanes. You can also switch lanes by a lever on the back of the controller.
hockeytowndet19 1 year ago
wow!!!!!!
thamsiri 2 years ago
it's huge and gorgeous.
great attention to detail
would you ever consider a "scorpious" or "oxigen" type of digital upgrade?
5 stars
LondonScalextric 2 years ago 2
I'm not sure yet on a digital system. I haven't done much research as the track is coming up on its 2 year anniversary and I've been plenty busy with the fabrication and scenic work. Who knows what the future will hold for the Ring.
jmghf10091 2 years ago
Ace track and Scenery work...top job
PSRRFH 2 years ago