06-02-2013, 09:15 PM
I'll go about with willie. I look for about 2 coach lengths -- one each side of the target grade start. If you do it on a straight, take a long piece of roadbed -- Homasote is probably best -- and tack it down flat before the first bit, then tack it down to the grade after the transition and let it form the transition by itself.
I've also considered (but not tried!) taking a sheet of 2" foam insulation and drawing the flat and the grade on it, then joining it with a 60" radius* and cutting it out so that it sits on its side.
* I have a 60" radius template.
Your worst problems will be locomotives and steam locomotives are the worst. On one transition the pilot and the overhang under the cab will touch the rails or the center drivers will be raised up; on the other the loco will sit/rock on the center drivers and all the others will be off te track.
I've also considered (but not tried!) taking a sheet of 2" foam insulation and drawing the flat and the grade on it, then joining it with a 60" radius* and cutting it out so that it sits on its side.
* I have a 60" radius template.
Your worst problems will be locomotives and steam locomotives are the worst. On one transition the pilot and the overhang under the cab will touch the rails or the center drivers will be raised up; on the other the loco will sit/rock on the center drivers and all the others will be off te track.
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.