06-04-2015, 08:24 PM
It may vary with the era modelled.
The TTC is now using what looks like regular rail, heavier than usual, with a groove cut in the concrete beside the rail.
For traditional track, the girder rail would be best looking, but it's expensive and needs a special tool to bend it.
In the 60s, one technique was to solder a piece of code 70 sideways into a piece of code 100. Again, it would need to be bent before assembly.
I always fancied using code 100 with a flangeway of L shaped brass, but I never figured out the curves.
Or just painting the edge of the plaster with rail coloured paint.
Whatever you do, you need to match it closely with the wheels; multiple specifications won't work.
The TTC is now using what looks like regular rail, heavier than usual, with a groove cut in the concrete beside the rail.
For traditional track, the girder rail would be best looking, but it's expensive and needs a special tool to bend it.
In the 60s, one technique was to solder a piece of code 70 sideways into a piece of code 100. Again, it would need to be bent before assembly.
I always fancied using code 100 with a flangeway of L shaped brass, but I never figured out the curves.
Or just painting the edge of the plaster with rail coloured paint.
Whatever you do, you need to match it closely with the wheels; multiple specifications won't work.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.