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Doug,
I am with you; I use real rail sleepers and cut down the scale size. If not I use the same timber, generally I piece I have found left outside to weather and harden. As the wood is so hard I have to pre drill with a Dremel and hit spikes in with a hammer!
I use HO planes from http://www.handlaidtrack.com/ on the left hand side click on printable track templates. I just blow the HO plans up to 45mm gauge. They are not perfect when blown up but the give a good guide to where stuff should be.
I am with you; I use real rail sleepers and cut down the scale size. If not I use the same timber, generally I piece I have found left outside to weather and harden. As the wood is so hard I have to pre drill with a Dremel and hit spikes in with a hammer!
I use HO planes from http://www.handlaidtrack.com/ on the left hand side click on printable track templates. I just blow the HO plans up to 45mm gauge. They are not perfect when blown up but the give a good guide to where stuff should be.
