deltic9014 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Evening all, I'm trying to find a cheap way of making cosmetic point rodding for my OO gauge layout. Most people seem to use the Wills or MSE kits, which, while realistic, are a bit expensive for my budget-conscious modelling style. I thought of scratchbuilding from plastic, but discovered that it would work out almost as expensive as the Wills kits. Has anyone seen other methods used successfully that would wok out cheaper? Thanks in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2017 Modelu make 3D printed rollers for use with square wire. Haven't tried it yet but I'm going to experiment with it when I've designed my rodding run. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/114943-modelu-figures-components-october-2017/page-5&do=findComment&comment=2769349 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted November 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) Evening all, I'm trying to find a cheap way of making cosmetic point rodding for my OO gauge layout. Most people seem to use the Wills or MSE kits, which, while realistic, are a bit expensive for my budget-conscious modelling style. I thought of scratchbuilding from plastic, but discovered that it would work out almost as expensive as the Wills kits. Has anyone seen other methods used successfully that would wok out cheaper? Thanks in advance If you use Slater's 20 or 30 thou square microstrip a packet should go quite a long way further than the dedicated stuff for a lot less cash. Evergreen, whilst more expensive, is better for anything that needs to be 100% consistent, but Microstrip should be plenty good enough for this. John Edited November 7, 2017 by Dunsignalling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted November 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2017 Have a look at Andy P's approach http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/120051-kings-moreton-wr-through-oxfordshire/page-71&do=findComment&comment=2835722 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltic9014 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Have a look at Andy P's approach http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/120051-kings-moreton-wr-through-oxfordshire/page-71&do=findComment&comment=2835722 Brilliant, thank you. I think I have all the necessary materials; plenty of track pins going spare, and some solid core wire that I bought by mistake which will do for the rodding. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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