barnmichael
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 | | 09/06/2008 11:55 PM |
| I want to set up an indoor streetcar line. Just a simple single track running along the wall with a reversing unit so it just goes from one end to the other, waits a while, then goes back. It will go around three walls and have two corners. I was thinking just some 3/4 x 4 boards on shelf brackets and mounting the track on that. It will be 7-8 feet high, so the roadbed won't be seen. My question is, should I run the board right against the wall, or have it an inch or so away from the wall? I was thinking of using six inch shelf brackets, then mounting the boards at the ends of the shelf brackets, giving them about an inch and a half from the wall. Then I would mount the track with the ends of the ties aligned to the outer edge of the boards.
Does that sound reasonable?
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rgolding
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| | 09/07/2008 5:59 AM |
| | Sure it does. It will stick out quite a bit on the radius of the corners. | |
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Stan Cedarleaf
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barnmichael
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| | 09/07/2008 1:34 PM |
| | Thanks for the tip, Stan. I hadn't thought too much about that. Maybe use some 1 inch blue Styrofoam insulation for a roadbed? Cut it at an angle on the sides and paint or otherwise coat the edge to a dark color. Should work okay. | |
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kormsen
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| | 09/08/2008 3:56 AM |
| i would like to suggest an additional inch of width from the wall.
just in case that you one day might think about a "background" of housefronts and half trees and the like. | |
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stanman
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| | 09/08/2008 3:37 PM |
| Yes! I'm really glad I left an extra inch or so of space next to the wall. It's allowed me to add several facades - such as this one:
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Bill4373
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| | 09/18/2008 7:10 PM |
| | sound deading, you could use homosote, comes in 1/2" and is gray (made of old newspapers) | |
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| | 09/19/2008 9:19 AM |
| When I had my short lived ceiling layout, I simply used felt or foam rubber, about 1/4" thick under the track. Your biggest noise though will be from the metal wheels rolling on metal track.
I also agree, keep it away from the wall, I used no less than a 1x8 shelf so like Stan, I could place facades along the way. | |
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