Mount Racemore pre-build journal questions

your best bet is probably gonna be layered switchbacks, unfortunately

mount racemore, love the concept

for the heads, bobble heads?  (you could make a stand that holds them, and hide the bodies with your mt terrain

If the mountain is not against a wall, it would be 360° viewable, you could wrap around the mt(s)

something like this



start  with 3 "post like" supports, and go around, and in between the posts
Launch built into the side of the highest mt, and finish runnout on the floor

just brainstorming, good luck!! 

I am thinking this will be a Diorama-heavy track kind of like 3d's DRC, I am focusing on that part too. I am not ready to build the track yet, but I am brainstorming before spending a whole lot of money.

I think a 3d mountain could be very dramatic looking,

People could stand around the whole thing and see cars coming in and out of the mountain

interesting concept

Exciting! That is still plenty of space for something interesting. For comparison, the Pacific Rim Speedway by Monster Motorsports has a 4'x8' footprint. Basically a single sheet of plywood.

If you are planning on hosting mail-in races, I strongly suggest you test your track with cars of all weights and speeds before adding a permanent diorama. There have been tracks in the past where the host would spend an enormous amount of time and energy into making an awesome diorama, only to find out that the track does not perform well with modified cars other than the stock ones they owned.

Best of luck to you and have fun with the process! :)

Again, I am open to any ideas and track layouts. I want this to be a crowd-idea-like project so any ideas are appreciated.

Take a look at my track.   This is just under 8ft x 2.6ft using Crash Racers and HW track.  I 3d printed some parts but it's not required as you can see in the early photos.   The 45s are the hardest but it can be done.

https://www.redlinederby.com/topic/build-journal-shark-track/5282

The easiest way to do the heads may be to desaturate (black and white) a close up head photo and print it out.  You could glue them onto cardboard and angle them standing up for a little depth affect.  If you're  handy with photoshop you could give them a stone look.  The more difficult option may be to build a round head shape with cardboard and glue, then sculpt airdry clay on top of that, but a clay that doesnt shrink when dried.

I think the heads being real drivers is a great idea.

Shark track and Pacific Rim Speedway are my two main inspirations for this track because of their relatively small footprints. My track will maybe be a mashup of the two not sure yet, but I am still open to any ideas ;)

I was just playing around with SR2 dual lane track layout for a 8'x4' space last night. I think the key is to make the turns as interesting as possible because you just don't have space for long straight aways. How tall can your track be? I happy to help with the design process if it is helpful to you. 

As far as getting actual 3D faces, you'd need to find a model of the face somewhere. Maybe someone has something online. If you have a toy or bust or something of those people, you could try to use photogrammetry to make a 3D model then have it 3D printed to put into a wall. 

Happy to help where I can, Russ

Russ, my track can be 5' and up to 5' 8", and if you could help me with the design that would be so helpful. BTW my ideas for the track will change a little bit acording to the ideas of the people here on the forum. I am still open for ideas.

Does it need to go against a wall?
Does it need to be disassembled and reassembled?

I was on google maps, doing street views of the actual Mt rushmore area,

it is almost a very good track layout

tunnels, splits, rock faces at corners, all kinds of stuff

inspiration, if nothing less

example: