I bought 48 foam mats from sams club & built a oval track in the living room. 24' x 8' . Im looking for a good retention wall to keep the cars on the track & divide the middle.

Any suggestions on a wall that stays put & is easy to take down & store?

Thanks.

Pool noodles (them long flote'n things you can get at Wal-Mart) work well and are light. You could also use PVC pipe.

Pool noodles????? 1/18 scale soft walls, right. When cars hit soft walls they tend to be dragged into them, PVC allows them to slide along. I think Lowe's and Home Depot have the square PVC tubing (for rain gutter drainage) and they work better than the round, at least for straight sections.

The pool things work well...you "skip" off the! And no body damage..:)

Thanks. Looking for something a bit more scale. What does "da track" use?

At our local races, my rc18T drives right over 3" tall vinyl gutter because the side is not flat I think.

I bought some vinyl downspout. After a bit of practice, the joints for the square down spout look good & are very tight since one was pulled over the other. I slid them in about 3" after heating with heat gun. It should be sturdy & stay put with all of the retaining walls joined together tight.

I have some large radius steel cylinders at work. 8 foot, 4 foot etc. diameter. I will try to heat the down spout , & pull a nice radius corner over them.

Looks good -- Da-Track uses PVC pipe and molding-- I think 1/2 inch.....

A idea always looks good on paper. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/image/s13.gif When I tried to bend it over a radius when it was hot & soft. Its kinked and looked like crap. And I really want a radius corner! I might just have to make relief cuts all along the corner & bend it around using the mat (radius cut) as a flex guide. All strength would be lost though & Id have to glue (http://www.rcuniverse.com/buynow/keywordclick.cfm?bid_id=1509) material over the relief cuts. http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/image/s13.gif Or live with a square track

Do a square track with the tubing and then get some plastic sheet from your local plastic supplier and rivet or screw it to the tubing to form the radiuses.
I think it is a polyethlene or similar plastic that is durable and flexible.

Heres what I came up with. Its .030 pvc pipe wrap one continuous piece. Then notched 3/4", & bent over 90 degrees on the bottom & clamped to the foam with office organizer paper clamps. Its taken a bunch of full throttle hits from the 18T and the clamps held it firm.

Looks nice....

Who sells the RCP(?) foam track and how much? I've searched for a website, but only found a single page and no price.

Is that banked giant scale or is that an illusion

http://www.rcptracks.com/html/buy.html You can learn allot about this track at minizracer.com


Its a flat track but could be banked using a 5x8 piece of plywood on each end. I was thinking about that. But the wife is having a hard enough time with the track as it is.

Its finished now. It took a bit longer than expected, but worth the wait.

Now I dont have to wait til race day to run some laps!

The track looks neat, how long have you been devorcied?

Track looks GREAT! what was the finnal $$$$!!

Dont jinx me Donald! LOL It cost less than $150

It will be stored away "pretty" soon. haha

What a gass!!!

Just curious. What did you use cut the squares at the corners

GiantScale -- what is the brand name of the foam mats? are they textured or smooth? My local sams club don't carry them :(

Its called Util-A-Mat. Its textured on both sides but the black is a bit smoother. 1/18 is ok ,but Miniz's need the smooth mat , which I hear might only be available at kmart wallmart target now. But for more $. I paid 15 for 8 pieces at sams.

squares at the corners? I notched the PVC with tin snips 3/4" deep, every 2". Then bent it over 90 degrees with hand seamers. The trick on the corner strength is to have it one piece & 180 degrees. I struck a radius on each end & cut the mat, clipped the pvc on.

Finally had to tear it down. Took about 20 minutes. Damn! & I was havin so much fun!