My First Track
 

Hey guys, I'm making a hill climb rally course out of Sturdy Board as a base, thin cardboard and masking tape to actually make the track. I have one question though: Should a make an uphill then downhill track, or just have go uphill the whole way? Here is my 1/3 finished picture, when I finish the actual trck, I will sparypaint the track and cover the roads with sandpaper or something else dirt like. Give me some sugestions and comments to what I should do to the track (this is my first track ever). I know its pretty ugly now, but I need some feedback. Thanx guys.

Arg, picture won't work, lemme try again. Here

coo coo... heh, i know it's a hell of a lot easier said than done... but a couple pointers..

1. make it convoluted as hell... like twisty and stuff... kinda like a natural track-ish thing... do you play GT3? a VERY cool track would be tahiti maze...
2. bigger is better. :D
3. hmm well it depends on what kind bit you are running, but slopes, bumps, hills, and short (but more or less extreme) piles of dirt would help with the realism... the only thing that you have to be sure of is that you are running a bit/clone that can take hills and stuff... i suggest rally racers... or shens...
4. try... well, if u have a lot of playdough from when u were a kid, try that :D
oh, and check out p-walks track.. or the admiral's snowy track.. that thing looks....so....real...

Pie, I'm using a second piece of sturdy board (its bigger than it looks in the picture)and, as I said, I still have to FINISH it, PAINT it and DETAIL it.

lol kk... =D

heh, i was just suggesting a little more of a natural, unrefined look to the track... gl!

So........anyone but Pie have an opinion or comment or question? Anyone? This is my first track, I need suggestions!

make it very small and twisty to be a challenge for SOLO ONLY (use 1.0 or 2.2 motors). Or make it laaaaarge and available for multiple car racing.

Personally i would prefer a "lap tracker" system, with a technical and twisty track so it would a True TO Scale Raly course. Consider adding some trees or other scenery for realism isues.

Then definately buy the Mitsu Rally EVo body set, then youll have a rally track :D . Then get a blue soobahroo (subaru) and put decals on it to be a WRC subaru!!! Then get a Peugot body set....and....and..and!! :D :eek: :D Sorry i get carried away with all this WRC (world rally championship, just started new season!!!) stuff. As you can tell i love rally, so MAKE A GOOD TRACK!!! :D Then take pics!

edit: hope it turns out good! good luck!

Great looking beginning, keep up the good work.

The sandpaper idea is great for road surface, it gives a natural look with great traction. Buy some at your local dollar store and save money.
Also I use Cinnamon, yes you heard that right, to simulate dirt. Another dollar store bargain I picked up.

Bigger is better, but you have to have plenty of turns on it.
Also I would like to recommend you build a course you can race both uphill and down. As many of you know when you run a course backwards it's an entirely different race.

Thx Pie for the reference, I will be posting my courses finished pics this week so stay tuned.

UGH if you have any more questions I'll be happy to help ya out.

I may build a rally track out of mud. I wish there was a dollar store in my area. THat happening is a true snowflake in hell.

Make sure your bit can make it up the hill, lol. But it looks awsome so far. Like PWalk said, make it able to be a downhill coarse, cause that is fun to. I like to set out a blanket with pellows underneath it to vary the terrain and have mini-ralley. I like to make drops and stuff. what-ever you do have FUN with it.


...F is for Fire that burns down the city!
...U is Uranium...BOMBS!
...N is for... Oh wait, wrong song, sorry:D

Yeah, when I'm done with the actual track, I'll get some Playdough and make the edges and guard rails more organic by making them look like rocks. Whew, I have so much work to do! I need to get started.

P.S.-I've already used my MS on the track, and they can make it up the slope no problem.

BTW: Squishy-it's F is for fire that burns down the WHOLE TOWN not the "city".:D

Don't use play Doh, it'll crack when it drys, I used Model Magic by Crayola... a lil more expensive but it doesn't crack.

I'm almost done (building)
 

Here's an updated pic (sorry, it's quite blurry), I'm almost done with just the building. I got some sandpaper and some Model Magic today, so I'm ready to make "organic" when I'm ready. What do you think?

P.S.-I know you guys want me to make it techinical, but all I'm doing now is making switchbacks. The one "not switchback" turn took FOREVER to make, and I still want to be able to live my life without working on this track 24/7.

That looks sweet, it looks like the guys a bgp.(bit grand prix guys in Japan)

Thanks man! I've never got a compliment like that before! I'm actually just a little thirteen-year-old boy messing around in his basement! Anyway, I would have probably would have finshed the building part today, but I had to do my paper route and I had a lot of homework. But hopefully over the weekend I will be able to finish the building part and start making the walls look like rocks instead of cardboard.

sweet!:eek:

I think yours actually looks better than bgp(no offence to bcg), because thiers kinda looks slapped together in a hurry, and yours looks planned out. not that i dont think bgp's track dont look frikk'n sweet!

Bulding Complete!
 

Yeah! I finished the bulding stage today! I'm ready now to paint and detail. I got a sage-like green today for paint, is that a good color? Suggestions and comments please! Heres a few new pics:

Heres the "car cam" from the top of the track

Heres the upper parking area. I know I kinda ripped off bgp by making one, but I think it is a cool idea, so I made one. Here it is:

And Squishy, that's pretty funny how you said "and yours looks planned out" because I did no planning whatsoever! I just started taping some cardboard together and I got a track.

So.........what do you guys think about my finished-but-not-yet-painted-or-detailed track? I know I sound like a brat and impatient and everything, but I want feedback!

Hey Ugh, that track is looking pretty darn good.

Also, be careful using sandpaper or cinnamon as these micro RC cars don't like dirt and I've heard that sandpaper will eat up tires fast.

I LOVE IT! You need to plaster that now. That way it lasts. Or use that foam spray. Then sand and paint. Not that it doesn't look great now. It could just look that much better.

Organic?
 

Does this look organic to all of you? I'm trying to make the edges more curvey, like rocks. I used model magic, what do you think of the effect?

Now that I see that I think you should go with a Great Wall of China theme. Castle block the sides and tops and it would be smoking. Think of all the mod'ers from China coming here to see it. :D

I'm done with plastering the walls, I just have to let it dry and then I can paint! What do you think?

Heres a detailed pic

is the track just downhill or do the cars go to the top and then just fall off the edge?lol nice work though it looks pretty chalenging i wish i had a track "awwww"

i used to have areally crappy one, i made it with my friend, it was wood and we glued plastic dominoes peices for the walls, the good part of it was the ground of it we painted it blackish and before the paint dried we put a ton of sand on it and spread it around, when it dried it had some crazy traction, u should try it out!

Have u seen this track?

http://www16t.sakura.ne.jp/%7Eryo907...e/bcgp1507.jpg

Yup, that gave me a little bit of inspiration. It is the BCG GP track for GP 15. And auditt, I'm using sandpaper for traction.

P.S.- I have started painting (spary paint) and I suck at painting. The coat is not even at all, but oh well. I bet I'll be able to make it work tho.:)

Its Done!
 

I finished my track! It is painted and sandpapered now! Woho! I love it! Here are some pics:

Here's the start line

The second turn

The third turn

The final turn!

Heres the lower parking lot

Heres the upper lot

Good jod bud, looks like it would be alot of fun to run on. I take it you liked that sandpaper idea. Keep up the good work, and don't stop there build another one!

Sweeet track! Did you just use cardboard from a cereal box or something like that? And, do the cars just race up the hill and go right off the edge?