How to Build a Track?

[suicideneil]

Thats about all there is to it though, moving dirt and removing vegetation. I would say design the track layout with a birds eye view, and a few 3dimensional sketchs, noting jumps and table top locations etc. Once you have that done to some kind of scale, clear a large area of ground for your track, with the driver stand location in mind, and then mark the track layout with some rope or white marking spray paint (the stuff the use for drawing road marking locations with). Once thats down, start building the jumps with dirt, compacting it as you go so that it doesnt just blow away rather quickly. You will need some old railway sleepers or similar to mark the outside of the track with, and some old rope or plastic airducting (6" diameter should be fine) to mark the track layout with, and finally contruct your pit area and drivers stand. I would say just look at some pictures of existing tracks to get an idea of layout, and then look more closely at the materials they used for any special features and such.

[Sower]

I guess that's what I assumed, but you know what they say about assuming. And it always seems to be that something seeming simple is usually more complex when you really get into it. Glad to hear it's not necessarily the case here.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Thats about all there is to it though, moving dirt and removing vegetation. I would say design the track layout with a birds eye view, and a few 3dimensional sketchs, noting jumps and table top locations etc. Once you have that done to some kind of scale, clear a large area of ground for your track, with the driver stand location in mind, and then mark the track layout with some rope or white marking spray paint (the stuff the use for drawing road marking locations with). Once thats down, start building the jumps with dirt, compacting it as you go so that it doesnt just blow away rather quickly. You will need some old railway sleepers or similar to mark the outside of the track with, and some old rope or plastic airducting (6" diameter should be fine) to mark the track layout with, and finally contruct your pit area and drivers stand. I would say just look at some pictures of existing tracks to get an idea of layout, and then look more closely at the materials they used for any special features and such.

Sounds like a simple afternoon job...

Glad to see that we have people here that appreciate Neil's humor. I appoligize in advance for all of the stupidity that I bring...