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checkout displayfakefoods.com/fake-pizza its a bit pricy but the quality is good. A couple of years ago when i was in Tokyo i remember going to a department store and they were selling platters of fake sushi to bring home. i alway thought that was odd. found out they make silicone molds cast the food items in polyurethane and then spend an insane amount if time airbrushing the food items. each piece was unique. Almost every restaurant had the fake stuff in the window to entice the consumer to come in and order the real stuff.
As for the track roadbed, after you've got this fake pizza, whether it be plaster or some commercial plastic or foam thing, it's going to be a little tedious, but here's what I would try.Glue it down to an underlying base - perhaps a thin plywood circle you cut out with a jigsaw, or if you are really fancy, a round sheet of aluminum, which would keep the whole thing thinner and preserve the illusion of the pizza. (People even sell 1/8" aluminum ready-cut disks that are 18", 24" and other diameters on eBay for about $40). Use a sharpie on a string to mark the circular path where the track has to go, and then use a sharp utility knife to cut out the track pathway, leaving the plywood (or aluminum) underneath. If it's plaster, you could use a Dremel with a steel cutter in it to clear out the "pizza" path. It will be as neat as you are patient, and it doesn't have to be perfect, because you are going to ballast the track later anyway.
because you are going to ballast the track later anyway.
Don't forget the Pizza Saver in the middle! DFF
You can also add a coal car from an anthracite road for all those old-school pizzeria ovens that still burn the stuff.