heirflick Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) was over at Lough Owel yesterday evening and visiting a spot where i spent many a day dossing as a nipper. never knew level crossings had letter boxes...... then saw this either side of the crossing... the pyramid shapes are made of hard rubber - am i right in assuming that they are to keep animals or is it us humans from entering the area? and for you brainey lads out there...how would you model a mat like that? finally a clip of a railcar on the way to sligo.... bring back the noisy diesels...very hard to hear these comming - would scare the crap out of you Edited March 29, 2014 by heirflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Seamus your video is marked as private and can't be viewed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Try walking on the pyramids and you'll find out how awkward it is, whether you have human feet or hooves - they used to use triangular bits of wood in the old days.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Seamus your video is marked as private and can't be viewed try it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 Try walking on the pyramids and you'll find out how awkward it is, whether you have human feet or hooves - they used to use triangular bits of wood in the old days.. i did step on it...purely for research purposes - and it does the job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 i did step on it...purely for research purposes - and it does the job! They use a concrete version over here to stop people straying sideways off pedestrian road crossings - can catch you nicely if you stray onto it in the dark... https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=stafford&ll=52.802474,-2.113224&spn=0.001425,0.002411&hnear=Stafford,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=52.802474,-2.113224&panoid=dmJ6T7-8fVA_zkaGc9K10w&cbp=12,325.59,,1,15.62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 These are the old triangular wooden type.. ..they used these where the gates didn't close off the track completely when they were opened for the road traffic.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted March 29, 2014 Author Share Posted March 29, 2014 they have concrete versions at some crossings here aswell - real awkward buggers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 try it now Thats it now Seamus. Nice bit of camera work with the sunset at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 These are the old triangular wooden type.. [ATTACH=CONFIG]12604[/ATTACH] ..they used these where the gates didn't close off the track completely when they were opened for the road traffic.. Do Wills or anyone do these triangular type. Something I've always been meaning to get for my layout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I've never seen it specifically for this application, but Evergreen do an angle strip - http://www.evergreenscalemodels.com/Shapes.htm - although the smallest is still a bit big at 1.5mm a side for 00 gauge - but, the 0.75mm quadrant, lying on it's back, might be about right..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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