DIY $75 Large 18x9 Foam Oval Track
 

DIY $75 Large 18x9 Foam Oval Track

Foam Tiles:
Cost Co which is like Sams Wholesale, has a pack of Six with edges for $10.99 http://www.costco.com/

Use the edges and glue them vertical and cover with VINYL J MOLD(like drywall corner mold from Home Depot or Lowes).
VINYL J MOLD $1.19 for like 12 feet
It slips right over the extra foam edges you get with the tile packs
http://www.tamlyn.com/pvc/jmold.html

Or Do not cover the barriers and just make foam rails. But foam rails stop the cars too much, but they do keep them from getting scratched up.


This is my first RC track.... may be some redesigns later.

another picture
 

another picture

Billboards
 

Notice the track barrier bolts in upside down. I am experimenting with adding billboards and track signs, using the bolts.

Finish Line
 

Finish line is spray painted right on the foam tiles.
Time will tell how well it holds up.

One last picture
 

It is really alot bigger that it looks in the pictures.
18 feet long and 9 feet wide.
With 4 foot wide lanes.

It was alot of hard work, but me and my son had a blast building it.

I love it! Very nicely done and great tips.

good job:)
how many x-mods do you think could race in one race?

That looks really good... http://www.tinyrc.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif

Well, a Xmod is not as wide as one checkered pattern on the finish line... so, I guess 8 or 9. Turn one could be a pile up. lol

Re: DIY $75 Large 18x9 Foam Oval Track
 

I'm coming up empty (when doing a search on Costco) on the Foam Tiles.

Can you provide a more specific link?

Re: Re: DIY $75 Large 18x9 Foam Oval Track
 

We actually have a Costco here in the city I live in, its a lot like Sams Wholesale Club. I bought the tiles from there store, and I too noticed I could not find them through there website. I posted the link in hopes that there would be a Costco near who ever wanted to buy those tiles. Check the warehouse locator on their website and see if there is one close. They are in like almost 40 states.
It maybe a in store item only. :(
Good luck.

would 2 foot lanes be wide enough to race 2 xmods maybe 3 ? heres what i was thinking:

2 foot lanes X 5 feet straight aways , as far as the corners i have no idea. any suggestions? basically i was going to buy 12 tiles.

**BTW Wal-Mart Has these they are in the sporting goods department. :D

It would work but the corners will be a little tight for the turning radius of the Xmods. You could always use some tape, and tape out a outline of the track you want to build.... run your car and see if it works OK.

did you custom cut those 2 1' sections? so it would puzzle up with a full tile? or what?

Custom Cut
 

Yes.

With a good hobby knife and a hot glue gun you can custom cut tiles any size or shape. I just cut one tile in half and hot glued a border flat side against the cut side of tile. Hot glue on these foam tiles holds like steel. You have to tear the tile at the glue spots to ever get them apart. That is why glueing the borders vetical for barriers works so well. The reason for the custom size tile, was to give the center of the oval a nice gap to race around, as well as make the track as wide as that side of the basement.