Duck tape for railroad crossing

[Anonymous]

In the past, I've used all different kinds of methods and materials in making railroad crossings. I discovered the easiest and fastest way of doing this is by using a piece of duck tape. As crude and as redneck as this may sound, it has proven to work very well.

What I do is stretch a piece of duck tape across the rails and then press the ends down on the board. I then take a very sharp exacto blade and cut the tape along the outside of the rails. I then pull the area of tape between the two cuts off.. I then lay a skinny piece between the rails and trim the ends to match the width of the tape I first layed. I then spray paint the tape with a can of dark gray vinyl spray paint. Any other type of paint will flake off of the duck tape.I then mix some acrylic water base paint to match the color of the spray paint and paint the rest of the existing road.

When it's all dry, where the ends of the duck tape meet the road becomes virtually invisible. The paint that is on the rails, comes off easily with a track erasor. I then use 1/8 in yellow striping tape to simulate the center lines in the road. The end result looks very real. I did this 3 months ago and the duck tape has never come up.

[Anonymous]

Do you have pics?? If not please and try to get few!! This would be nice to see..

[MAbruce]

Further proof that Duck Tape is indeed the ultimate tool. [:D]

I would like to see some pictures too.

[Anonymous]

Please post some pics. I'd like to see the results if you can

[Anonymous]

I'll be posting some pics in about a month or so as soon as this layout is done. A friend of mine who is also into model railroading came over a while back and asked how I made my crossings. I told him. He couldn't believe it, so I took a piece and layed it across a section of track that was under construction and showed him step by step how I did it. Then I let him try it. He has since made crossings on his layout using this same method.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the update bro..Keep posting..lol

[cwclark]

if you can't fix it...duct it!...

[MACKINACMAC]

"Duct tape.... the handy man's secret weapon! If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." Red Green.

Sounds like an idea worth trying! Thanks

[Anonymous]

When on the computer or working on the layout..I find thats Ducktape helps hold the kids down..lmao