Designing a course and choosing pieces....

[1964Track]

I would like to build a track replicating the original 1950 Silverstone track where the first Formula 1 race was held. How would I go about determining which pieces to purchase, please? 

[Andy P.]

Firstly: Unless you have an Olympic pool sized room at your disposal you probably will not get the track absolutely scale-accurate.

Secondly: Do a google search, more than likely someone has done it already.

Thirdly: Try out a track layout planner. Popular choices are AnyRail, RaiulMaster and Ultimate racer. While they usually don`t let you save in the free version you can at least plan the whole thing out and make adjustments. Tip: "Print" the final layout on as a PDF. I have also opened up multiple windows of the software and then saved sections of the track using the maximum number of pieces allowed.

Fourthly: Here are the radii and their measurements: https://slot32.de/overview_radius_scalextric_curves,pid,9494,rid,937,produktdetail.html

Fifthly: Don`t be afraid of buying used track. This time of year people are selling off the stuff they got for Christmas. That means track from layouts will be available for cheap. There are 90° R2 curves (like maybe for Copse, Becketts and Stowe) and super long straights that are slight more than a straight and half that will make building the track go faster and also reduce the number of connections you have.

Just giving it a rough eye ball I would reckon you are using a lot of R2s (as mentioned above) and R3. Maybe an R4 or two for Woodcote.

Good luck!