After the trouble I ran into with the magnet band I decided to go back to a method I had much more experience with. The OEM Faller car system wire. (Note; I have heard good things about the magnet band that is produced for the car systems. I was using a cheaper, generic magnet band which could have been the problem.) I cut my groves using a Dremel tool (I suggest any model builder should have) with a grout cutting attachment and the smallest diamond bit I could find. All available at home depot for a reasonable price.
Once the groves were laid out I cut them, starting with the long straight sections first. It is important to use smooth, graduated radius for any turning if possible because the vehicles will not look right traveling along and making abrupt staggering movements. I used small pieces of masking tape to hold the wire in the groves then used superglue to hold the wire in.
With one module done (in the background) I applied the Faller road surface or "strassenbaumasse." I found I liked this better then the woodland scenics smooth it road surface but seemed to be a very similar product. In the foreground you can see some "stop-stelle" or stop points installed. There is a few ways to home make these but since I had some OEM Faller units laying around l just used them. In my opinion they work the best but are just a little more expensive. Here is the wire and road surface materials I used.
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