With the track glued in place I felt that the shoulder (the area to either side of the sleepers) was too narrow for my 1:27.7 scale engines ( I used the three engines from my Yellow Pelican layout as a test). So I mixed up another batch of home-made paper mache/Scuptamould (shredded toilet roll, Plaster of Paris and a touch of PVA glue with a drop of brown paint) and extended the shoulders outwards.
The paper mache takes some time to fully dry and I'm not sure that I added enough paint, but I am pleased with the new wider rail bed.
I think the new rail bed looks better than the earlier narrow one and I'll be painting it up very soon.
The Peco O-16.5 track was laid to a radius of 300mm - 600mm from side to side. I will running 1:27.7 scale models which on the 16.5mm gauge track represents an 18inch gauge narrow gauge railway. Or NG11.
Tony
2 comments:
Looking good :)
Coming along.
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