Scalextric track supports (hill, banked)

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Whenever you build a Scalextric racetrack, you inevitably find yourself with one or two corners that just aren't safe. No matter what you do, everyone crashes out on them and it really drags the fun out of the game. Or, you build a hill with a cross-over, but then things get too steep and cars get stuck. Not much fun at all. I tried the official Scalextric banking wedges, and they suck. Those modular track supports? Stupid. They fall apart, are fiddly to put in place, and never do quite what you hope. So I made my own. Here is a set of three designs at varying heights, each intended to make track design easier. Two angles of banked supports are provided, one at 6 degrees, the other at 8 degrees. You can easily start a corner out at 6 degrees then increase the bank mid-way, or keep it nice and level. If I get enough requests I'll do a 4 degree bank as well, but 6 should be the sweet spot for most people. Three bridge pieces are included. Part A is the highest, part C the lowest, giving you three easy increments to creat a down-hill (or up-hill) section while maintaining a smooth gradient. The idea here is that you'll want roughly a 4 degree incline, so the supports are slanted at 4 degrees to give better support to the track. If you line these up with the joins in standard straight track segments, you'll use three track segments to complete a full transition. Again, if I get a few requests I can bang out a custom config easily enough on these but as with the banks I reckon these should suffice. Part A is also tall enough to allow cars to pass beneath it so you can great very creative about your layouts here using stacked tracks if you like! If I see enough interest in these, I'll finish up a second set of pieces include barriers, cable-tidies (for the dual power cables that never go under tracks nicely), car storage, etc. These tracks can be crazy expensive things to own, so why not treat yourself to some 3D printed upgrades? A full 90 degree corner should have one bank per join (so five if you are using 45 degree corners), and an up-hill / down-hill will require two of each hill piece (more if you have a raised straight). Fewer pieces will work, but more track support is always better than less.