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Spanish metre gauge in G scale (on the cheap)
Here's a Chris Beckett moment (lateral thinking with domestic products)!
I am shocked by the ridiculous price of vac-formed plastic and so I am trying out a different material to simulate tiled roofing, on my current build - Montsià station. In the Chinese bargain shops in Spain, they sell by the metre a sort of foam rubber product, which locals use on tiled floors, as non-slip matting, especially in bathrooms. All sorts of patterns are available and have a nice range of 3D textures.
This sample is a tiny bit underscale, but then again I was happy to accept the vac-formed sheets being overscale, and at less than 10% of the price of the former, bathmat will do for me! It has the advantage of having a flat back surface and is easily cut with both blade and scissors. Here I have made the 'lid' for the station, with the roof formed of the usual foamboard and plasticard for structual integrity, then stuck on shapes of mat with lots of UHU. I am not bothered about its ability to withstand wet, and I hope that a couple of layers of masonry/acrylic paint will provide sufficient protection from UV degradation outside. Only one way to find out, isn't there?
I'll post a pic of the final, painted, result when the rest of the station has been made.
I am shocked by the ridiculous price of vac-formed plastic and so I am trying out a different material to simulate tiled roofing, on my current build - Montsià station. In the Chinese bargain shops in Spain, they sell by the metre a sort of foam rubber product, which locals use on tiled floors, as non-slip matting, especially in bathrooms. All sorts of patterns are available and have a nice range of 3D textures.
This sample is a tiny bit underscale, but then again I was happy to accept the vac-formed sheets being overscale, and at less than 10% of the price of the former, bathmat will do for me! It has the advantage of having a flat back surface and is easily cut with both blade and scissors. Here I have made the 'lid' for the station, with the roof formed of the usual foamboard and plasticard for structual integrity, then stuck on shapes of mat with lots of UHU. I am not bothered about its ability to withstand wet, and I hope that a couple of layers of masonry/acrylic paint will provide sufficient protection from UV degradation outside. Only one way to find out, isn't there?
I'll post a pic of the final, painted, result when the rest of the station has been made.
