Tramway making
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Henryparrot attempt at producing a tramway
That's coming on very nicely Brian. :doublethumb
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Yup, that is some humungous project!That's the short view Mike! The long view is looking to the left, and the curvature of the earth stops you seeing the other end of the layout!
Brian, if you have any more to do….please consider trying this….I do admire your patience and foresight!
Get hold of some 'twin-core and earth' plastic covered mains 13 amp cable, pull out a length and in turn, strip off a length of the plastic covering from one conductor.
Run it through a greasy/vaseliney hand then slip it over the rail to form a smooth edged cover, which, when the P'filla is dry, will pull out with minimal damage to the filler and leave a flangeway beside the track…….
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For my puposes the string worked fine i have pulled most of it out now you still need to pick and scrape bits out but thats not a major problem.
As its so thick the polyfilla is still not compleely dry so tonight i used a stanley knife blade as a scraper that worked extremely well and will save an immense amount of sanding time i tried a truck in the track and it ran along it fine.
Have started to polyfilla the other side of the mine area now still another 8 ft to do yet.
I have bought a 250ml pot of sand colour acrylic artists paint plus some other colours in the 250ml pots a lot cheaper than buying the little tinlets the plan is the acrylic paint will create a concrete colour plus rust and grime with the other colours
cheers Brian
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As they say over here, "Bon courage, mon brave!"
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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heres a piccy
cheers Brian
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That certainly brings back some wonderful and happy memories for me Brian - climbing the steep steps up onto the tram and standing watching the driver twirl his handles, the hum of the motors and the swaying of the tram………………………..ahhh, those maybe were indeed the days. :roll::roll::roll::roll:
Now all you need is an old Morris 8 with it's front tyres firmly stuck in the tram tracks to complete the picture. Does anyone remember those days when cars with narrow tyres suddenly veered off the road having got the tyres lodged in the tram tracks ?
When you've done the cobbles Brian, it will look just great. thumbs Even on tarmac roads, the area between the tracks was often cobbled to make relaying of tracks easier (I presume :roll:)
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28ft of cobbles were discounted at an early stage if it were a straight track yes cobbles could be done with plasticard but mine is flexitrack with varying radius curves so its not practical to consider using plasticard.
I never saw Trams running i assume they were long gone before i was around
im not sure how long they were around for anyway i know they still have them at Blackpool but i assume they dissapeard from most places around or just after the second world war
cheers Brian
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cheers brian
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But you can buy motor units for them
I do have 1 with a motor in i will probably give it a test on the track tommorow
Another thing i need to think of is a catenary system which i will have to scratchbuild it will only be aeshetic but i think it at leasts needs it
cheers Brian
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Is that perspex behind the tram holding the wall together I see Brian?
cheers Brian
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Looking forward to hearing how that turns out :thumbsI do have 1 with a motor in i will probably give it a test on the track tommorow
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It is a acrylic sheet i had so i cut it to use as a smooth facing against the polystyrene incline sets its glued to the polystyrene the idea is this will become a stone wall all along this face i am hopeing to use some of the scalescenes papers for this because plasticard would be a bit expensive along this length.
On a larger layout unless you are a multi millionaire one has to compromise on some things due to cost so scalescenes will be used for that wall
cheers Brian
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As a backdrop I think it will be fine, the other good thing about their printed sheets, is they are quick to fix, which in turn improves the area very fast.
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Is there to be a tram module at the camborne show? If so i will try to produce this to be shewn there.
reg
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