Show me your crawler course!!!

[Jarcher21]

1st attempt at construction for garage mini course, or table top for SCX24 and/or TRX4M Found 2 pieces of foam packing for a computer monitor in dumpster, freshly tossed by someone still in monitor box, so very clean. Still need to secure together with something, hot glue or possibly a few adhesive velcro pieces. Velcro would allow reconfiguring layout. Probably do some sort of "mountain" incline with flat at top. Image below is 1 piece of the foam cut and divided. Other piece of foam still intact.

 

[Tunedfrog]

New project on the bench you guys don't get to see it until it's finished.

 

[Tunedfrog]

I'm going to add some flags and lighting.

 

[WickedFog]

I'm going to add some flags and lighting.

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Very cool man.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Very cool man.

Thanks bud, I expect to be bored until at least March.
I need to build guardrails for it because the grandkids will destroy the string.

 

[Jarcher21]

1st obstacle completed. Test run. Need to make some adjustments and work on more obstacles. Probably put this on top a a square box with more foam an box edges to ascend. Need more front weight on scx24, that is for sure.

 

[Tunedfrog]

What adjustments are needed?

 

[Jarcher21]

Smooth out some corners with a hot spoon or shave some edges of with a razor blade. Have enough of this foam i could make 4 or 5 more of these, or just add on. Want to make an incline with some cardboard and some egg carton material or spray foam some texture. Also am working on a twine/popsicle stick suspension bridge that i want to suspend between "mountain" features. Would also like to have all of this in a box for storage that opens up for the track. Attach the features with velcro to the box when opened up and flattened out

 

[Mike4xdriver]

Saw this yesterday and gave me some good ideas. How many cat wheels do you see for cheap cheap or free on marketplace or Craigslist. You could build movable obstacles using velcro and change the course at will

 

[Jarcher21]

Project "MINI CRAWLER COURSE IN A BOX" underway.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Saw this yesterday and gave me some good ideas. How many cat wheels do you see for cheap cheap or free on marketplace or Craigslist. You could build movable obstacles using velcro and change the course at will

I would guess this would quickly get boring.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

Project "MINI CRAWLER COURSE IN A BOX" underway.

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Ooh, fun! I've been looking for a good 1/24 crawler, whatcha got there?

 

[Cranberry Juice]

I would guess this would quickly get boring.

You could swap out parts. I'd think it would work better with a treadmill, if you remove the plastic cover on the front and back so it doesn't hit it.

 

[Jarcher21]

Time to take a break. Need to cut more foam and pool noodle anyway.

Ooh, fun! I've been looking for a good 1/24 crawler, whatcha got there?

Scx24 JLU I bought used. Didnt care for the jeep body so got injora ir60 for it. Switched to injora brushless and added radiolink Rx so I could use Tx I use for grom

 

[Jarcher21]

Disassembled for now. Easy to store and transport. Definitely creating some more obstacles and will use velcro to secure side of box, to make it a box again

 

[Tallbump]

Time to take a break. Need to cut more foam and pool noodle anyway.


Scx24 JLU I bought used. Didnt care for the jeep body so got injora ir60 for it. Switched to injora brushless and added radiolink Rx so I could use Tx I use for grom

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I have been accumulating stuff like this to do a similar course for the SCX30.

 

[Cranberry Juice]

I have been accumulating stuff like this to do a similar course for the SCX30.

THERE'S AN SCX30?! WOULDN'T THAT BE 1/30 SCALE?!

 

[Tallbump]

THERE'S AN SCX30?! WOULDN'T THAT BE 1/30 SCALE?!

Yes sir. They have a Bronco and a Wrangler (Rubicon?) - 4 door Jeep LOL. I got the Jeep for Christmas. It's really cool.
They're only $100


https://www.horizonhobby.com/axial-scx30-rc-crawlers/

 

[Cranberry Juice]

Yes sir. They have a Bronco and a Wrangler (Rubicon?) - 4 door Jeep LOL. I got the Jeep for Christmas. It's really cool.
They're only $100


https://www.horizonhobby.com/axial-scx30-rc-crawlers/

Oh sweet, I've been looking to get a really small-scale crawler.

 

[Jarcher21]

Thread 'xJTORC builds an indoor micro crawler course'

Dec 29, 2025

The desire for an indoor crawler course has always been tucked away deep inside me. After acquiring an SCX30 for Christmas, I knew what had to be done. I quickly turned my office into an episode of Hoarders as I started collecting cardboard and trash to execute my vision.

The plan:
Build a table out of 2x4s and plywood filled with obstacles made of different media and techniques. I've been studying this subject matter at YouTube University for years now. Time to see how much I learned. There will be a lip around the tabletop so I can utilize some real dirt and rocks while keeping...

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