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Miniatures Adventure => Railway Wargaming => Topic started by: chantyam on 15 September 2009, 12:40:28 PM

Title: Tram lines and Train tracks
Post by: chantyam on 15 September 2009, 12:40:28 PM
Ok say that I whant to represent sets of tram lines runing through a urban street (forget the overhead lines at the moment) what would be the best way of doing it and what scale to use ? Do I use a smaller scale such as 15/20 mm to represent 28mm scale section of tram lines or would it be easlier to take the rails seperate cut apporate "groves" in the street and "lay" them the problem with that maybe trying to bend the rails (if stright).
thanks
Title: Re: Tram lines and Train tracks
Post by: former user on 15 September 2009, 01:12:57 PM
there are plastic street sections with tram lines available from some railway modelist, in HO
you can also buy bendable styrene rails and glue them on
Title: Re: Tram lines and Train tracks
Post by: Luthaaren Von Tegale on 15 September 2009, 01:15:44 PM
I'd use 0 gauge set track - straights, curves and turnouts available.
Stick the track onto your baseboard and then build up the road surface to level with the top of the tracks. This can be touching the outside of the track and leaving a groove on the inside to allow for the wheel flanges.

You could also check out one of the Railway Modelling mags as they frequently have descriptions of how things like this are done.

Hope that helps

vT
Title: Re: Tram lines and Train tracks
Post by: chantyam on 16 September 2009, 12:18:04 PM
So its off to WH Smiths for the latest "Model Railer" or such  :) Wasn't to sure as to how I was going to go about it and in particular the "look" of it as its been ages since I've seen tram tracks in the flesh looks like trying both -maybe one will be more suitable for large(ish) terrain and the other such as bendable rails on some model bases. thanks
Title: Re: Tram lines and Train tracks
Post by: Michi on 24 September 2009, 08:15:39 PM
(http://www.diehl-bernd.de/Tabletop/Adventures/Chlormann/P1010027.JPG)

(http://www.diehl-bernd.de/Tabletop/Adventures/Chlormann/P1010001.JPG)

I made these modular street sections from 1mm polystyrene sheet, glued H0 tracks on them and finally put foam cobblestone pavement on top.
Title: Re: Tram lines and Train tracks
Post by: former user on 24 September 2009, 08:16:54 PM
You are really ingeniously mad Michi  ;)
Title: Re: Tram lines and Train tracks
Post by: chantyam on 28 September 2009, 12:19:29 PM
very nice Michi