106 - Modelling buried track. Four easy ways to make a street with embedded track.
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- In this video I show 4 different products and 3 different materials to make a street with embedded train track. We look at the solutions for standard road, track fillers, turnout fillers, sidewalks and foundations. Hold your hats as there is a lot to talk about and some conclusions might surprise you!
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0:00 Introduction
0:47 Game plan
1:20 Products & Materials
2:50 Painting track no airbrush
3:35 Fitting
5:55 Turnout Filler
7:55 Cobble Stones
9:43 Track Filler
10:54 Using silly wink foam
12:52 Road Arching
14:00 Result
thank you full deep detailed video as very great to watch how doing things from australia
Thanks RL 👍🏻
I could have kept talking for another hour on the topic.
Awesome products. Hope yall make them in N scale. Nice video and thanks for sharing. Dave
Hi Dave, I can report that N scale is on the list to be included.
I like these methods. There was another channel where his whole pavement area was put down with the color changing spackle. Used a card to make sure it wasn't up against the rails. Seemed a lot messier and more of a headache than those presented here! Nice update!
The methods i used were a breeze (apart from the foam in turnout). It just took some time cos of all the complex pieces and various textures I wanted to make.
Looks great! I'm also getting away from the messy wall board filler. 👍
The wiggly cardboard strips are far tighter then any plaster and filler projects I have done in the past. It can be done with plaster, but it requires a lot more time and skill.
The cobblestone sheet is pretty slick. Looks great.
I am also quite pleased. I can't wait to get it painted. Now one can see the side of the vinyl sheet which is stark white. I'm going for cobblestone red.
Great video/testing of materials! Very nice videography as well! Loving your channel!
Thanks. The videography and editing only gets better!
Boomer is an artist, great video. 👍
The road curvature/road arching is called the "crowning" of the road.
Thanks for the addition
Looks like wood filler is a win. Some types of caulk & caulk-tube wood adhesives might work as well. Spackle or plaster coats would likely crack over time.
Rail code is going to be a factor with the templates if you & ABR plan to expand. You use code 83, but 100 is very common and 75 (Peco), 70 (Micro Engineering ) & 55 would also be appropriate for streets.
I think just one HO code 55 for the bendable top pieces would cover all the common manufacturer's rail sizes. Then ABR filler strip heights at certain increments to make other codes - 0.015", 0.02", 0.023" & 0.045"*. This makes the ABR products more cost effective to build and to buy, thus the preferred way to go for customers.
The same applies to the turnouts. One HO code 55 turnout template plus the same exact filler strips for different rail heights.
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- Micro Engineering code 70 would be 0.015" strips plus the code 55 top pieces.
- Peco code 75 would be 0.02" filler strips plus the top pieces.
- Peco and ME code 83 is 0.023" fillers plus the top pieces.
All code 100 is 0.045" fillers plus the top pieces.
Hi Frank, as you list up, there are a lot of variables! The spike heights are also different for the various brands 🙃.
Its all going to boil down to one product. Having a different product per track code will be overkill.
For the turnout we will probably have to go that route though. If you really want to male it tight.
Let me ask in a poll, what codes most people use. I suspect 100, 83 and the 'the rest'. Personally i want to go for code 70. But there isn't much available for that. If I'm not mistaken peco is working on 70 unifrogs.
Thanks for the video DJ, testing a variety of methods for making paved tracks is really helpful. I’ve got something similar to do on my family’s layout so I’ve been watching lots of YT videos. All of the “wet” processes seem too messy and most of the thin cardboard methods tend to warp over time from what I’ve noticed. Be interested to hear if you have any warping with the products you’ve been working on with Chris from ABR.
Agreed, plaster is great for organic shapes like rocks. But for something more static like roads I do not see the bennifit.
The next step is to paint, and then glue everything down. There is some slight warping but thats inevitable with bendable materials like cardboard. I am confident that when everything is glued down it will be tight and flat.
wish i could find those products in 0 scale
If you can reach out to ABR, they will probably be able to make them for you as a one off.
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