Does anybody have any segestions on how to make guard /guide rails ? I have some typical western PA roads that run along hillsides in my layout and guard rails are needed. I haveexperimented but have not come up with anything yet. Better yet does someone make and sell these things ?
Guard rails ?
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Hi Johnnie! 
A lot would depend on what era you're modeling, as to what type of gaurd rails would've been used...On rural mountain roads, well into the 1960's & 70's, there was usually no more than a wooden rail, or many times, it would be a heavy steel cable, threaged through heavy wooden posts, sunk in the ground...I wouldn't think either of these would be hard to come up with yourself...If you didn;t want to scratchbuild, some type of commercially available wood rail fence would suffice...If you want the more modern, steel gaurd rails, I'm pretty sure they could be found commercially, or, I was thinking that you could use this stuff made by Evergreen, called "Novelty Siding"...it's a corrugated siding, that is a little large to use as N scale siding, but I bet you could cut the corrugations long-ways, & make strips to use as steel gaurd rails...just a brainstorm...I've never actually tried it...(yet
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Good luck!
Let us know what you come up with!
A lot would depend on what era you're modeling, as to what type of gaurd rails would've been used...On rural mountain roads, well into the 1960's & 70's, there was usually no more than a wooden rail, or many times, it would be a heavy steel cable, threaged through heavy wooden posts, sunk in the ground...I wouldn't think either of these would be hard to come up with yourself...If you didn;t want to scratchbuild, some type of commercially available wood rail fence would suffice...If you want the more modern, steel gaurd rails, I'm pretty sure they could be found commercially, or, I was thinking that you could use this stuff made by Evergreen, called "Novelty Siding"...it's a corrugated siding, that is a little large to use as N scale siding, but I bet you could cut the corrugations long-ways, & make strips to use as steel gaurd rails...just a brainstorm...I've never actually tried it...(yet
)Good luck!
Let us know what you come up with!
Drew1125 said:Hi Johnnie!
A lot would depend on what era you're modeling, as to what type of gaurd rails would've been used...On rural mountain roads, well into the 1960's & 70's, there was usually no more than a wooden rail, or many times, it would be a heavy steel cable, threaged through heavy wooden posts, sunk in the ground...I wouldn't think either of these would be hard to come up with yourself...If you didn;t want to scratchbuild, some type of commercially available wood rail fence would suffice...If you want the more modern, steel gaurd rails, I'm pretty sure they could be found commercially, or, I was thinking that you could use this stuff made by Evergreen, called "Novelty Siding"...it's a corrugated siding, that is a little large to use as N scale siding, but I bet you could cut the corrugations long-ways, & make strips to use as steel gaurd rails...just a brainstorm...I've never actually tried it...(yet
Good luck!
Let us know what you come up with!
Yes I'm going for modern era guard rails . I'll have to look for that stuff you suggested Thanks !!
With the corrugated siding, you could take some aluminum/tin foil and rub it down into the grooves, then cut a couple of bumps worth of it off. Fragile, but probably scale.
Try Pikestuff. They have guardrails. Theya re part of Rixx Prodcuts (http://www.rixproducts.com/ ).
The guardrails can be found at : http://www.rixproducts.com/prod02.htm
Rats I just realized that they maybe HO.
The guardrails can be found at : http://www.rixproducts.com/prod02.htm
Rats I just realized that they maybe HO.