Grade CROSSING

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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i need to find out how to build a grade crossing for a ho 22 degree radius curve.

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Here’re my pictures for street crossings, with turnouts and curves…

Wolfgang

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Much depends on your era and the nature of the road.

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Here’s some of mine made from thin styrene “for sale” signs.( 10"x 12") The smaller signs tend to be thinner than the larger ones.

The last one is on a 26"radius curve. Sorry the pics suck.

Terry

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Have you tried these? I have several on my layout and they look great.

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/184-127

They also come in 15", 18", 24", 30" and 36" radius flavors.

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I make my asphalt roads from Durhams Water Putty, a hardware store product.

I build a ramp up to the track level, and put the putty on top of that, just to the top of the railheads on either side. For the part between the rails, I cut a strip of thin styrene and shim it up so it’s level with the track. I use cheap gray acrylic paint for the putty road and the styrene center. I use a bit of weathering powder between the rails, too.

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Road made with foam-core board… Putty upto the rails & thin bass wood carved into boards.

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OK THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE INFO AND THE PHOTOS