Extremely cheap,easy coroplast track

[trickstar]

Here is my new track. I'm a newbie, but pretty resourceful. Since it's a few weeks past election time, I gathered several 4x8 coroplast election signs. I cut a pair into 4x4 panels. Used rubberizing spray paint in a can, normally used for painting handles on tools to give a rubberized texture.

Used gaffers tape, or bookbinding tape, to put down the test guardrails made of coroplast. During testing, realized that the rails weren't quite high enough, so I mounted each rail on several 1"x1" squares of coroplast. Painted some of the rail areas with OHSA orange paint. Made one fold in the center of the 8 foot long track.

I'm using Nakamichi cars in the turbo mode, and they're responding really great. I just decided that I didn't want to spend a fortune on getting 2 Char-g cars up to a the Nakamichi speed, and then having one faster than the other. My two Nakamichi racers are exactly the same speed level and quality, so it will be more of a test of skill than who's spent more on the cars.

I forgot, but I'll go back and put some small "stepping stones" for when the track is inside of the house, and people want to walk through.

For a table, I'm using plastic nesting garbage cans, as you can see in the pictures. I can also easily just put this on the floor of the living room.

I tried ramps, but the short jumping capability, combined with the high antennae, make for a difficult course, especially when the charge is running low.

I have more pictures with better details at:
http://www.mysticolor.com/racetrack1.jpg
http://www.mysticolor.com/racetrack2.jpg
http://www.mysticolor.com/racetrack3.jpg
http://www.mysticolor.com/racetrack4.jpg

And for broadband users, I have Windows Media Video file of racing and folding at:
http://www.mysticolor.com/racetrack.wmv

Comments and questions welcome!

JF

[d00kie]

Nice, track!!!

I think I should try to build me a track

[Namuna]

Welcome to the Forums trickstar.

Nice, track. How are you liking that rubberized surface for racing?

[trickstar]

Thanks!The rubberized coating is all good. It's very cold in my garage right now, so it might not be grabbing as well as it could... at this point it just seems like a regular latex applied with a spray gun. I guess the video showed it pretty sticky with the car.

I made sure not to get any rubberized coating on the siderails. I wanted those to be pure coroplast, without any grip.

Also forgot to mention, I used dabs of E6000 to set the rails in the final installation, not the gaffers tape.

If I have problems with the rails coming up, I might have to remove the rubber paint before fastening the pads and rails.

I wish that I had used some different colored coroplast for the corners instead of painting them orange. But, I really like PuttPutt courses, and I'm planning on adding some green infield on the "stepping stones".

Thanks for the welcome,
JF