GNRi1959 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) Can anyone help with a small piece of Wils paving approx 90mm x 50mm. I've run out completely and don't want to buy a full pack. The photo will show what I need. This is the only piece of platform left in the layout.Please. Edited February 17, 2017 by TonyMcGartland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GNRi1959 Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 PS. Does anyone know the internal sizes of the brick arches in Wills SS55 kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 popeye Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 How about using a piece of plasticard and scribe the paving lines into it, Then paint it grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jhb171achill Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Often, the very ends of platforms were gravelled, and later tarmacked. This can still be seen at Cobh. Maybe a bit of cardboard with lightish grey grit as gravel? And weather this plus the tiled surface to match? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GNRi1959 Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 I'll hold out, if a bit doesn't turn up I may ask Peco if they have any samples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rialto Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 You could shorten the platform to suit the material that you do have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GNRi1959 Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Its worked out fine, I need a pack to deck another small section of platform that I over-looked and this will be fine now. As for 'shortening a section of platform' I just wouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 The Derry Road Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Tony let me check out my materials box, I "maybe" able to help you out with surplus that I might have. TDR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GNRi1959 Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 TDR, I managed to pick up a pack on eBay - less than the normal price. Thanks for your kind offer anyway.There is a small platform section within the good yard shed that needs modelled with platform and I would need it for this anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Paddy Mac Namara Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Tony, hi there, i like the look of that platform kit, is it OO do you know wills part number? cheers paddy mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GNRi1959 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) Paddy, tyhis platform is part-commercial part scratch built. I used the Peco stone faced platform edging strips (LK -62), faced with Wills course stone SSMP200 (cut into 15mm strips) and glued direct to the Peco platform edging. When I am happy with the clearances and shape of the edging I stuck it down with UHU glue. When dry, I decked it with Will Victorian paving SSMP221, carefully scribed to fit. It works! Don't forget to throw away those awful printed stone stickers that come with the Peco platform edging. Edited February 21, 2017 by TonyMcGartland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Paddy Mac Namara Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 cheers tony, any photo on forum of the full platform. its 50 mm wide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GNRi1959 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Paddy, it can be as wide as you wish, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jhb171achill Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 On the subject of platforms, in my early model days with an oval of Triang track, an 0.4.0 outline, two trucks and a guard's van, I noticed something in my first Triang Hornby catalogue. It was that most, or at least many, model platforms seem to have tapered ends. I'm not sure why - maybe for flexibility given layout curves in general. They regularly crop up on layouts. It is worth pointing out that both here and in Britain, such things were the exception rather than the rule, even when converging tracks were just off the end of the platform. That at the Loop Platform in Downpatrick (the original BCDR one) is one of the few examples I can think of. Generally, platforms are better having ends the same width as the rest of it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Broithe Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 On the subject of platforms, in my early model days with an oval of Triang track, an 0.4.0 outline, two trucks and a guard's van, I noticed something in my first Triang Hornby catalogue. It was that most, or at least many, model platforms seem to have tapered ends. I'm not sure why - maybe for flexibility given layout curves in general. They regularly crop up on layouts. It is worth pointing out that both here and in Britain, such things were the exception rather than the rule, even when converging tracks were just off the end of the platform. That at the Loop Platform in Downpatrick (the original BCDR one) is one of the few examples I can think of. Generally, platforms are better having ends the same width as the rest of it..... The loop platform at Ballybrophy has a slight taper on the outside of the ramps at each end, but it's only following the taper of the platform itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 jhb171achill Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 You do indeed get the odd one, Broithe..... mostly, though, straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Paddy Mac Namara Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I like tapered platforms...they look neat and tidy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GNRi1959 Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 Do you mean the tapered ends? I think it is essential with some rolling stock that simple need a little extra clearance when entering the station or bays. With Omagh, their were no tapers, the platforms just got narrower in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Can anyone help with a small piece of Wils paving approx 90mm x 50mm. I've run out completely and don't want to buy a full pack. The photo will show what I need. This is the only piece of platform left in the layout.Please.
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