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American Underground Drift r/c

Discussion in 'Drift Cars' started by chaseloc101, Jun 15, 2012.

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    Has anyone seen where to buy scale highway dividers. Would like to keep the track sharp and scale. But might have to settle for cardboard.
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    Would concrete work or do you think it would cause damage to the cars? It would be easy to make some molds and just pour a bunch of dividers. We have used landscape edging before for the same thing also and it worked pretty well
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    Would concrete work or do you think it would cause damage to the cars? It would be easy to make some molds and just pour a bunch of dividers. We have used landscape edging before for the same thing also and it worked pretty well
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    I think concrete would work fine, I dont think they'll be heavy enough to creat bad damage, scrapes if anything. i have landscape boarder along the deck to keep from rolling under the rails, and still have about 5 feet left. i was trying to think how to make some molds, but last time i used concrete for rumble strip, and it broke in pieces, i didnt use any re enforcement wire or any thing and dont think i let fully cure without moving around. hwy dividers would be nice to have the course always changing, hell bricks would work, moving one or two could change the game.
    As far as damage goes, i have a "practice" body, the sti, and a show body (MarkII) if any one else were to come out and drift, i would suggest using a practice body first to master the line. when the rails are up be amazed to see how close u get without touching.
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    Not sure if any of you care. But  wanna change the clan name to Southern Oregon drifterz, or SoOR for short. I like to represent oregon. Theres only a few of u in our clan. Is this an ok change?
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    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Accurate-Armour-1-35-Jersey-Road-Barrier-Set-Large-A110-/270944565318?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f158df846

    Would this be a good. Not sure what the dimensions are just that 1/35 might be to small.
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    Southern Oregon Drifterz sounds good, but wouldn't the acronym be SOD?  Not sure if that sounds cool.

    I really like those Jersey barriers you found.  However $25 for a package of three small sections isn't a good deal for the amount you will probably need.  This looks like something that could be cast with concrete like Highlandcrawler suggested previously.  It would seem that creating a cast, or a few casts, from wood and creating these might be more cost effective.
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    I know, cant wait to see highlands. I seen these were cast and thought maybe i can pour resin in them. My concern is that i dont want it tiny lik 1/2" tall 3" long. Just was checking, im not buying those. .
      And sod could work but i like the So for southern then of course we know what the OR is for. Instead of it being an acronym. Its more of a tag. Or callsign. SoOR (pernounce soar) kinda like NorCal
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    Hey if u guys need i have 2 10lbs bags of concrete that are just sitting in my garage if u guys need them there urs!!
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    Perfect size to drift on your train layout!

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    well isnt that a smaller car than what we have??
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    Yeah 1/32 scale. Tiny. I wouldn't get one but would be fun to see on a city layout with trains or monorails.
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    lol yeah would be pretty cool

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