Paving around track.

[tramcar trev]

Just playing around with these "setts" but even though they are the right height they are tooooooo large. Ther're real stone though 10mm sq x 6mm thick.... A tiler has 3 boxes left over from a job and asked if I wanted them but my enthusiasm has worn off due to the size....

 

[Tony]

I think they look great and will look better when grouted in

tony

 

[C&S]

I also tend to think their authentic look outweighs their size. Is the track 3ft gauge? If so the blocks are roughly 9 inches square which, while big for setts, is about right for some modern "pavers". Can you minimise the size issue by only laying a single line of setts outside the rails and tarmac the rest?

 

[Madman]

Jumbo Belgium Blocks are roughly 12" x 10" x 4". We use them for curbing, and many others uses. They can be laid flat for paving. So I see no reason why you couldn't use the tiles you have.

 

[jameshilton]

As others have said I think the fact that they're real blocks outweighs the fact they're a touch on the large size. Will you be adding an inside edge/flangeway or just relying on the tiles being laid square?

 

[Philbahn]

They look good to me.

 

[steve parberry]

Looks ok but if you could split some and stager the joints or even stager them legthways along the track might help move the eye line and give a smaller look...

 

[steinz]

They look really good to me - especially with trams !!

 

[Gizzy]

Look fine for narrow gauge?

Nod's idea is a good 'un....

 

[playmofire]

Assuming the trams are rougly 1:20 scale and as Belgian blocks are 12"X10"X4", i.e. 300mm x 200m x 100mm, blocks 10mm x 10mm x 6mm aren't too far out as regards surface area in scale if my maths is right - they would be 200mm x 200mm in real life, I think - if a little thick at 120mm.

Of course, if my maths is wrong, then this is rubbish.

 

[pghewett]

Now, the next question is how do we get hold of a supply of the said blocks...


GH

 

[Tony]

ive not the time to find somewhere in the uk or even aus just now but heres a place in the states... i do know you can get there here
http://www.tinytilemosaics.com/stonetiles.html

Tony

 

[tramcar trev]

As others have said I think the fact that they're real blocks outweighs the fact they're a touch on the large size. Will you be adding an inside edge/flangeway or just relying on the tiles being laid square?

The tiles ( stones) come in sheets 300mm sq there is a pattern, light/dark rows.... My intent was to lay them individually 4 wide between the rails and leave a flangeway and then I could also lay around curves, this would be on a tile adhesive bed. NO GROUT instead I was put onto a product used for real paving which is a dry sand with addidtive. It's swept into the gaps and when a realistic appearance is created then misted with water and it "stabilises" to an elastic sort of thing allowing the warts and all on the mosaics to show....

 

[tramcar trev]

Looks ok but if you could split some and stager the joints or even stager them legthways along the track might help move the eye line and give a smaller look...

Great minds.... yes my thoughts after a sleepless night exactly and removing the pattern rows of light and dark will help. I have a diamond saw I bought at a $2 shop and it "sands" them easily to shape..... This is going to take some time but the effort may be worth the result at the end of the day.

 

[tramcar trev]

ive not the time to find somewhere in the uk or even aus just now but heres a place in the states... i do know you can get there here
http://www.tinytilemosaics.com/stonetiles.html

Tony

Now those are really superb especially the "brick" format ones.....