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Making Real Lumber for an HO-Scale Scratchbuilt Culvert

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 9:38 PM

That photo upload didn't work either.

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Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 9:35 PM
Working to fix the photo issue. My first time on this forum.
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Posted by mlehman on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 9:27 PM

Be safe, is all I can say, if you plan tp use a table saqw. I was cutting wood yesterday to build a 1:20.3 turntable and was pretty glad I still have all my fingers when I was done. The problem with cutting sticckwood for modeling is that small wood means there is very little clearance around the blade. If it's smaller than G scale, I leave the cutting to experts.

Mike Lehman

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Posted by mbinsewi on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 9:17 PM

I did the copy/paste thing earlier, just had to take a look.

So, your going to use a hollowed out log, for the culvert?  Or am completely off base, and your going to make "planks" out of the drift wood for the headwalls, on each side?  Or am I comletely lost.  It's happened before.  Laugh  being completely lost.

Just wondering.

Mike.

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Posted by 7j43k on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 8:57 PM

I did a cut/paste and took a look.  I'll try making it live:

 

 

 

 

 

Are you planning on milling lumber from the driftwood?  That, alone, sounds interesting and fun.

The wood might well scale down.  Rocks might or might not.  The exposed rocks on my layout are made from molds taken off of chunks of coal.  And they look good, I think.

 

Ed

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Posted by cowman on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 8:44 PM

Welcome to the forums.

At the moment I can't see your photos, hope someone comes along and makes it a clickable link.  (Beyond my computer knowledge.)

Sounds interesting, hope to see it soon.

Good luck,

Richard

 

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Making Real Lumber for an HO-Scale Scratchbuilt Culvert
Posted by OldSchoolScratchbuilder on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 12:26 PM

My planned layout, now in progress, will use natural building/landscaping materials from field trips in my province of Nova Scotia, Canada. These materials include rocks and minerals from quarries, mines, and beaches within/near my real layout area in the province, and wood products from ocean driftwood found on our beaches. Here is a recent example of driftwood I gathered to build a culvert.

 

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