06-09-2021, 08:14 PM
Tom:
I managed to make some inclines out of extruded polyplastic insulation board. For HO I used 2" thick. Cut a sliver off the end.
I marked it out with some pieces of stripwood (1/8 x 1) with little holes drilled in them. Put plastic on side and mark the bit to be cut. Pin the stripwood along the line -- check the grain so that it goes the same way both sides. Get the Woodland Scenics hot wire tool and drag it along the stripwood. Drag it so that it doesn't cut into the grain of the wood.
You may have to cut in short pieces -- 12" or 18" depending on the wood you get. Have a bit over the edge.
Oh, don't let the pins get into the line you're cutting.
I managed to make some inclines out of extruded polyplastic insulation board. For HO I used 2" thick. Cut a sliver off the end.
I marked it out with some pieces of stripwood (1/8 x 1) with little holes drilled in them. Put plastic on side and mark the bit to be cut. Pin the stripwood along the line -- check the grain so that it goes the same way both sides. Get the Woodland Scenics hot wire tool and drag it along the stripwood. Drag it so that it doesn't cut into the grain of the wood.
You may have to cut in short pieces -- 12" or 18" depending on the wood you get. Have a bit over the edge.
Oh, don't let the pins get into the line you're cutting.
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.