Building the Pit Lane





These are pictures of the track for the pit lane painted

pit track pit track

Now for my first attempt at scratch building
Because there was no way I was going to pay upwards of
$50 plus for pit lane buildings
The materials I used only cost me about ten bucks for 4 garages instead of $200
For 90% of the structure I used 1/8" foam board ($2.00 a sheet at Walmart)
I used 3/32" dowls for the railings and cardboard for the steps
The most expensive items were the acrylic paints and Quick Hold craft adhesive

Getting the scale right was probably the hardest part
After that it's just time and ideas

Here are pictures in progression of the garage being built

garage garage

A picture showing notching the foam for the interrior walls and outside corners

garage garage

Now for some painting

I used painting tape to make all the lines and acrylics for the paint

garage garage

The stairs are made from cardboard folded like an accordian
Then used pieces of left over foam and glued underneath for the support of the risers

stairs

stairs back of garage

Here are a couple pics with the tower and catwalk finished

Catwalk Tower

I have just added some sponser decals


w/decals w/decals


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