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Build Journal: Bennett Crossing

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Bossick 5/6/24

Even though the whole job market is not the greatest, I gambled and picked up the train - a Lionel produced S-gauge American Flyer. It was the lowest-priced set, they had. I unboxed it and gave it a run. I felt like a kid again.

I have a bit more track coming - can go 40" on the straights - but I thought I would also take some photos with my son's old Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars for some comparison.

I'm really looking forward to getting the table up and the track built.


I've built 2 tracks before in a 8'x4' space - our hillclimb rally track and our stadium rally cross track. We used boosters and some gravity to try and make it fun. If you checkout my behind the scenes video, it shows you a bit more about them if you're interested. Even the orginal canyon track was only about 9-10' long but only 2ft wide.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttwSZVD-O5c


  • It is never a waste of time to do the things you love doing... Great behind the scenes vid! Thanks for sharing! — Stoopid_Fish_Racing
  • I’ve watched many of your videos, and it is been really interesting to see how you’ve built your track. I didn’t realize how tight of a space you were confined to. Great ideas. Thanks for sharing. — Bossick
  • thanks for posting that, great stuff — dr_dodge

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