Need to build a ramp for toy cars, where to start?

[VermicularCanister]

Not exactly a home DIY question, but I need to make a ramp for the DCs to race their lego cars down.

The plan so far is to buy a sheet of board (MDF? Hardboard?), fix something along either side to stop the cars falling off, and paint it.

Can anyone who knows their way around a DIY shop (i.e. not me) suggest good materials to use? MDF seems relatively cheap and strong, but is it a hassle to paint? Would we have to buy special MDF primer?

For the barriers along the sides, we could buy some quite cheap wooden beading. Or are there other things out there that would do the job?

And could we glue it together or would it just fall apart?

Any advice/suggestions will be gratefully received!

MDF is easy to paint - no special primer required, any normal one will do.

You'd probably want to glue-and-screw the bits on the underside that make it slope. The sides might be OK with just glue though

I agree with painting mdf... No problem. If you poke around in b&q, you'll find stripwood... 1-2m lengths of softwood about the dimensions of a wooden ruler, or half that width, which would be good for your side rails. And I think I'd put it all together with a staple gun.

Thank you both! Stripwood looks like just what we need for the sides. I'll be off to B&Q tomorrow...