While I have not actually built this track yet, the following are ideas and concepts for building one.
The previous design was to use Foamular, and manually cut everything.
I recently discovered another type of foamboard used to make signs, I could stand on it, and there was minimal damage, yet it had a hard surface, unlike Foamular.
Foamular is a LOT less pricy and easier to acquire though.
I was going to have the wire lines Drawn or Cut by Computer, so I went ahead and designed a concept to be entirely Computer cut.
With it being almost entirely Computer Cut, it can be duplicated easily, as apposed to manually cutting and routing everything...
I just received a partial quote for cutting, not including material costs.
This was not my original intent, however if I was to pack up and ship out the pre-cut sheets in an freight sized shipping package, I could potentially sell kits for about $3,000 to $4,500, plus shipping. Which might be out of budget for most... because this is just the flat materials, the buyer would still have to assemble the track, lay the wire and plates, spackle/fill the wire, add scenery, and paint their track.
Not sure I really want to sell tracks, and I obviously am not going to sell anything until I build it, and see if it even works.
If it does work, I can easily build a simpler design that is flatter which should cost a lot less in materials.
And maybe if I do this, and there is interest, I could eventually take peoples sketches and turn them into similar tracks.
Things I am currently concerned with, are my wire layout, the shrinkage and expanding of this foam board, or other material that I use.
Images of the track can be found here: Might take a while to load on slow connections.
http://www.slotcarrental.com/_MagRacerTrack.html
Please ignore the pit lane, and excessive amount of pit garages, those are mostly just there for scenery. Real tracks often have a LOT more then this, I just wanted more than 6 or 8.
The wires leading into the pit stalls are just conceptual, and are unlikely to actually get placed, unless I use it as a place to start cars and tell people how to drive the track one at a time.
I just designed the space in there, so if in the future, I want to convert to a capacitor driven car, for pit refueling... I have the space to do so.
The cars can pull under the track to the outside of the table for easy access.
The track width on this track is wider then needed, 1:24 cars might even fit, but fit tightly.
I did this because I was thinking about making a chassis that could snap on Mini-Z bodies... which are 1:28 scale.
When you see two wires running close together in a curve... they are at least a half inch apart, since Wes recommended 1/4 I doubled it.
If you have any questions specifically about my track, and not building light tracks in general, please post them to my other thread to keep this one on track.
http://www.magracingforum.com/viewtopic ... 7&start=20