I've been working on this stub turnout for a few weeks, off and on, along with other projects. This is for my 4 inch gauge "G.I. Joe" mine railroad. 1/6th scale 2 foot gauge. I've been using code 332 brass rail that I bought used from ebay for the track, and I have about 10 or so feet of straight track right now that's put together. I decided I wanted to see if I could build a turnout for the track, this is what I have so far.
The ties are cedar that I cut from a 1x4 cedar board from the lumber store. I've been lucky enough to find almost clear 1x4s to use to cut ties. On the straight track that I have on ties so far, the ties were made of "trex" type deck boards. Due to their recycled plastic content, they don't hold spikes very well, but on the plus side, they may never rot.
I went with cedar for these ties because they're rot resistant, and will probably hold the spikes better.
Baking the frog assembly was an interesting challenge, but it seems to have come out well enough for the purpose I soldered it together with a propane torch after doing all the filing and grinding to get it to fit together. Now I just have to get the approach rails to fit correctly so that everything lines up to the frog. I'll do the stub rails last.
The ties are cedar that I cut from a 1x4 cedar board from the lumber store. I've been lucky enough to find almost clear 1x4s to use to cut ties. On the straight track that I have on ties so far, the ties were made of "trex" type deck boards. Due to their recycled plastic content, they don't hold spikes very well, but on the plus side, they may never rot.
I went with cedar for these ties because they're rot resistant, and will probably hold the spikes better.
Baking the frog assembly was an interesting challenge, but it seems to have come out well enough for the purpose I soldered it together with a propane torch after doing all the filing and grinding to get it to fit together. Now I just have to get the approach rails to fit correctly so that everything lines up to the frog. I'll do the stub rails last.
