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Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 05:09 AM UTC
Hey, I've got this nice idea for a dio, but I don't know how to make rails for 1:35 scale. Any ideas?
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Indiana, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 05:52 AM UTC
I scratch built rail once. I took Plastruct I-beam and glue an additional strip on top of it along the length. Then I sanded the radius on top. It did not have the exact same cross section as a piece of rail but it looked pretty good. Make ties out of bass or balsa wood and the rail retainers out of plastic card stock and you are in business.
I think VLS make sections of track complete with roadbed out of resin if you want buy them.
Shaun
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Milano, Italy
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Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 05:53 AM UTC
You can easily scratchbuild it using Evergreen plasticard strips, channel, ecc...
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Fabio
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Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 06:02 AM UTC
Dragon also makes railway and rail bed....very nice. About $12-13 USD. Try Great Models website or ebay
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Robert
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Kharkiv, Ukraine / Україна
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Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 10:11 AM UTC
I agree with Keenan, Plastruct beam would be the best and cheapest way to go.
A common misconseption, I currently live in US but was born and lived in Ukraine for 12 years
Павел Доценко
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Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 11:31 PM UTC
Evergreen and Plastruct make railroad tracks. Other source is a hobby shop that carries railroad accessories.
Best.
T. Chouman
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