09-30-2010, 07:56 AM
RRManiac Wrote:MasonJar: I like this one because it's made from ties purchased from NS for as little as $1-$2 for each tie, and the concrete was bag concrete from a Lowe's or Wal-Mart. The owner told me that when NS works on the track there, they pile the old ties up next to the track, and then he buys them all and builds stuff with them.
He's covere over holes with them, used them as wheel stops, built retaining walls, all kinds of stuff. All ties.
You could easily replicate this with craft wood (strip wood's inexpensive cousin found at Wal-Mart or other places than hobby shops) and plaster or anchor bolt cement. Anchor bolt cement can be found at the big box home improvment stores - it's a very fine cement powder that works well for casting model parts. Or you could simulate the concrete fill with styrene and appropriate painting/weathering.
Andrew
PS - Don't let biL put too much pressure on you - just have fun.
