Freelance 2014-2

[doctorwayne]

...... That is quite easy on straight track with straight cut styrene.

For curved track, lay a sheet of paper over the track and mark alignment reference points on the layout and on the paper. With the paper taped or held firmly in place, use a pencil laying almost parallel to the surface to rub the paper across and along the inside and outside edges of the rails - these edges will make distinct lines within the general smudge created.
Next, lay the paper atop the sheet of material from which you're making the road, and transfer the reference marks to it, then use a sharp blade to trace along the distinct lines.
Once the lines have been scored onto the road material, the paper can be removed and the cuts completed.
For the road surface between the rails, you'll need to remove additional material to provide flangeways for the trains wheels. I've found it easiest, after cutting the outer portions of pavement from the sheet, to simply set a pair of dividers to the width of the rail plus the width of the desired flangeway, then use them to mark the width of the needed portion onto the piece remaining after having cut away the material to either side. Don't forget that the material to be removed from these centre portions needs to be removed from both sides, not all from the same side.




Wayne