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Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 8:31 pm
by Ferg
Ahead of Spaz I've been getting track layout stickers sorted, not everyones cup of tea I know but something I like. Its generally difficult to get stickers that look related across the vast array of tracks out there so I set out to use google maps and track update pictures (as google maps is very out of date at some tracks) and get a set of track layouts at the same scale.
I've been to Knockhill countless times over the years and had always thought it very small by comparison to the rest of the UK, and europe. While the picture below shows it's still small, it's not as completely diminutive as maybe I expected when sitting along side other tracks. Anyway, I've done these ones so far....
Key: The used Johnny that is Hethel in the middle, then clockwise, Spa,Cadwell Park, Zolder, Snetterton, Oulton Park and then Knockhill, but you knew the last one...
Re: Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 6:01 pm
by flyingscot68
Used johnny, lol
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Re: Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 9:04 pm
by r10crw
Just done the same, put all them on the front bonnet and see similar although not guaranteeing they are to scale.
I just need to get a donkey punch sticker for the back end and Im happy.
Re: Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 9:12 pm
by GregR
Re: Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 8:23 am
by Corranga
Higher res here:
http://dailyautofix.com/wp-content/uplo ... ale-01.jpg
Looks like there is the Top Gear Test Track but no Knockhill..
For some reason, I thought Mount Panorama / Bathurst was bigger than that (bottom right)..
Chris
Re: Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 1:43 pm
by Ferg
Awesome!! Not seen that before....
..is that the Isle of Man TT track round the outside!!!?
Re: Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 2:07 pm
by Dominic
Ferg wrote:
..is that the Isle of Man TT track round the outside!!!?
Yup!
Great find
Re: Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 3:13 pm
by flyingscot68
Avus looks interesting
Re: Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 3:56 pm
by Dominic
flyingscot68 wrote:Avus looks interesting
Must be popular with the "straight-line heros"
Re: Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 4:14 pm
by Shug
Dominic wrote:flyingscot68 wrote:Avus looks interesting
Must be popular with the "straight-line heros"
At the risk of being a boring old anorak, or teaching granny to suck eggs...
Avus was a pre-war track that was there to prove the quality of German Autobahns (it was a stretch of closed public road) and the reliability of German cars. It was from a time when Grands Prix were tests of endurance as much as they were about handling or skill. It was ideal as a track that favoured the massive horsepower of the Auto Unions and Mercedes, when the likes of Alfa didn't have an answer. At one stage, at the height of Nazi-ism, they created a brick banked section at one end that had no guardrail. It was almost vertical at the top and must have been a scary old place to try and keep the foot in...
Re: Knockhill. Not as small as I previously imagined
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 4:30 pm
by Dominic
Shug, your avatar seems so fitting on so many levels to your post.
Thanks for the history lesson
