Tip - Luf on layout design and how to design corners

It's a good thing nobody's around when I lay out a track...draw it roughly in pencil on the MDF, when you get close to what you want, start drawing in felt pen. A strip of cardboard about 2"x36" makes a great compass...just punch felt pen size holes in it with a screwdriver. But I only draw compass corners, I don't rout them like that anymore. Very few of my corners are constant radii. I use the Lexan strip to rout the entire track, so no two corners are alike.
I like a track where each lane is very different. You will have a best lane, a favorite lane and usually one lane that's tough to win in. It makes it tougher for one guy to win in every lane as you rotate through.

Before you rout, place some cars on the track and imagine how it will drive, if the squeezes make sense, where the passing will happen, etc.

Above all, take advantage of the freedom routing allows...