some indoor goliath climbing

[jetboat]

The wife was vacuuming so I escaped to the garage for 30 mins of indoor crawling. The course is way too slick, when the weather warms its getting a bedliner/sand recoat

[speedsport22]

Nice. Can you tell me more about your course. We are thinking about making some thing similar.

[TLTCrawlin]

Is that newspaper, with cast material (what people have on broken arms) then you covered it in ____.

Im just making that up, I know how to make TTTT tracks for 1/87 but no idea how to make one strong enough for a TLT!

[jetboat]

I have some build pics someplace just cant find them right now. What I did was to build a general frame work out of 2x4 then built the outlines of the hills with 1/2 plywood. Then came the creative part, the whole thing was covered in chicken wire to give the shape, push and pull on the wire till you get it like you want. Then I covered it in 1 layer of fiberglass mat, I think it was the 8oz stuff. Took about 3 gallons of resin and dont know how much mat. Its strong enough to stand on now, and if I removed some of the framework it would be realy light. I used 1 coat of bedliner to cover it but its slick as snot so I plan to do another coat when the weather warms and cover it with sand/gravel while its wet. And that tall hill at the end is impossible so I will be redoing it.

[lohocla]

I like that jetboat... I have been wondering the best way to approach an indoor climb. I have loads of room to make something huge and even have what could be tunnel leading to another room that is about 3' or 4'' off the ground. I was thinking rocks but this is awesome.. I want to start building my own. If you ever get those build pics put em up. it wold be nice to see how someone else did it so its not a guessing game when I start my own.

[speedsport22]

Thanks. That is cool. Could you put up your build pics?

[TLTCrawlin]

Originally Posted by jetboat

I have some build pics someplace just cant find them right now. What I did was to build a general frame work out of 2x4 then built the outlines of the hills with 1/2 plywood. Then came the creative part, the whole thing was covered in chicken wire to give the shape, push and pull on the wire till you get it like you want. Then I covered it in 1 layer of fiberglass mat, I think it was the 8oz stuff. Took about 3 gallons of resin and dont know how much mat. Its strong enough to stand on now, and if I removed some of the framework it would be realy light. I used 1 coat of bedliner to cover it but its slick as snot so I plan to do another coat when the weather warms and cover it with sand/gravel while its wet. And that tall hill at the end is impossible so I will be redoing it.

Gravel will peel off easil, trying spraying a square, putting alot of Pea Gravel, and spray over that with rhino liner. I did my whole VW baja interior with two cans.

[montereycrawler]

There is also paint designed for climbing walls that may work. It is very textured and durable. If you have a rock climbing gym near you, you might be able to check it out in person before buying.

[Big Mike]

Holy crap - that looks fun, and right out in the garage to boot.
The only thing is - you can't take it apart and re-stack it when you get bored with it. Other than that - I'm jealous!

[jetboat]

some build pics as requested. And the plan is to cut it apart so that its 3 sections so that it can be changed, just havent gotten around to it.

[speedsport22]

That is awesome. What is the LxWxH on that thing. This is very inspiring to me.

[jetboat]

3'w 10'L 18" t at the highest point