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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.

 

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Later,

 

K

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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.

 

flatsidedetail.jpg

 

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?

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