G scale paving slabs for edge of station

[joshpaul1]

Hi , I am looking for paving slabs for my station edge , any ideas who sells plasticard in g ?

Kind regards
Josh

 

[JimmyB]

I would have though you could have cut these yourself, just a thought

 

[David1226]

I use 3.0mm plasticard to top my platforms, then scribe the slabs into the surface before painting.









David

 

[maxi-model]

Depending on how much want, how thick you want it and how much you want to pay Garden Railway Specialist carry a good range. Any thickness from 30 - 120 thou Styrene Sheet Blk 54 x 26in x 30 thou (1372*660*0.75mm) | Garden Railway Specialists Tel:01844 345158 Sheet size is great if you want to build an entire multi platform terminus and a building or two ! Otherwise for smaller sheets do a websearch (I would say "Google" but some might not) for styrene plastic card ("Plasticard") any number of suppliers will show up, Ebay is a good source from that lot.

 

[joshpaul1]

I use 3.0mm plasticard to top my platforms, then scribe the slabs into the surface before painting.

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David

Mate that looks the business , talk me through how to scribe please .
Kind regards
Josh

 

[David1226]

Mate that looks the business , talk me through how to scribe please .
Kind regards
Josh

Josh

I start by marking everything out in pencil. I don't necessarily draw in every line, often it is sufficient to just mark the spacing out either side, or end, such that they can be spanned by a twelve inch steel ruler. I line the steel ruler up on the marks and hold it as firmly as I can against the work. I have a small wooden handled triangular file. The tip of the file is squared off into an equilateral triangle about 2mm each side. Plasticard can be easily shaped, I push the tip of the file, gently at first, along the side of the ruler. Depending how deep you need to scribe, depends how many passes you need to make, and how hard you press. You are really carving out a 'V' shaped channel. I occasionally run a fine file across the tip of the triangular file to keep the edges nice and sharp. Given that the slabs are supposed to be stone, I take a scalpel blade to a few of the edges, to represent chips and breaks. The odd slab has a few light scores across to represent cracked slabs. I hope that helps.





David

 

[joshpaul1]

Josh

I start by marking everything out in pencil. I don't necessarily draw in every line, often it is sufficient to just mark the spacing out either side, or end, such that they can be spanned by a twelve inch steel ruler. I line the steel ruler up on the marks and hold it as firmly as I can against the work. I have a small wooden handled triangular file. The tip of the file is squared off into an equilateral triangle about 2mm each side. Plasticard can be easily shaped, I push the tip of the file, gently at first, along the side of the ruler. Depending how deep you need to scribe, depends how many passes you need to make, and how hard you press. You are really carving out a 'V' shaped channel. I occasionally run a fine file across the tip of the triangular file to keep the edges nice and sharp. Given that the slabs are supposed to be stone, I take a scalpel blade to a few of the edges, to represent chips and breaks. The odd slab has a few light scores across to represent cracked slabs. I hope that helps.

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David

Thanks David , They are amazing .

 

[dunnyrail]

I tend to use a scriber for doing what David has done, at my pals he does not have a scriber so I use a long Nail 6 inch with the banging bit sawn off by the top and cleaned off with a file. As ever with model railways, many ways to achieve the same result.