DualRailTrail Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Havent had any luck searching and wondered if anyone had a source for some grooved wood sheet for g scale decking like this..Im not sure i have to patience for scribing hundreds of lines in flat sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Strong Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Not balsa, but Midwest Products sells sheets of basswood that are scribed. The thickest I've seen them is 1/16", which might be too thin for prototypical flat car decking, but if it's just the look you're going after, it will work. Most folks just use appropriately-scaled sticks, and glue them down. Coffee stir sticks are a popular low-cost (free?) option. So are popsicle sticks. It sounds tedious laying a bunch of planks across a flat car, but it actually goes very quickly. Later, K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DualRailTrail Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share Posted January 2, 2015 Not balsa, but Midwest Products sells sheets of basswood that are scribed. The thickest I've seen them is 1/16", which might be too thin for prototypical flat car decking, but if it's just the look you're going after, it will work. Most folks just use appropriately-scaled sticks, and glue them down. Coffee stir sticks are a popular low-cost (free?) option. So are popsicle sticks. It sounds tedious laying a bunch of planks across a flat car, but it actually goes very quickly. Later, K Thank you Kevin. Thats a great help. I considered using individual pcs, if there was no other alternative. Yes the 1/16 looks a bit more HO scale. I guess ill have to get some stirring sticks. That pic you posted looks great. Perfect scale. is that coffee stir sticks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Strong Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 No, that's 3/32" by 5/16" I think. (Close to a scale rough-cut 2 x 6, whatever that works out to in 1:20.3 to the nearest size I can get at the hobby shop.) Later, K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enginear joe Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Wow Kevin, I have to try that one. I like that look!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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