Monday, 30 June 2014

Using our OO gauge modern cable troughs

A common sight alongside the modern railway line is the humble concrete cable trough. Although these are already available as plastic kits from other manufacturers, they represent the older ‘Imperial’ dimensions, where modern concrete trunking sections are usually produced in 1 metre lengths.

The Scale-Replicas.com range of cable troughs are 1/76th scale representations of metric concrete trunking, to suit the OO Gauge 'Modern Image' model railway. They are laser cut from 3mm thick MDF and are available as a fret of straight sections and a fret of corner sections.

Scale-Replicas.com OO Gauge cable trough straight sections fret

The straight sections are easily cut from the fret with a sturdy Stanley knife, or similar.

Scale-Replicas.com OO Gauge cable trough corner sections fret
The corner sections are similarly separated from the fret.

Scale-Replicas.com OO Gauge cable trough corner T-junction

Scale-Replicas.com OO Gauge cable trough corner right angle junction
The corner sections can be used to form right angle and T-junctions.

Scale-Replicas.com laser cut OO Gauge cable trough straight section

In the photo above you can see one of our straight sections compared to a plastic representation of the imperial equivalent. The 1m scale sections are much longer than their Imperial counterpart.

Thursday, 26 June 2014

Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Work in progress

The Scale-Replicas.com Mini Bottle Stand being designed in SketchUp

Whilst we are putting the finishing touches to the Scale Replicas online shop, (who knew there would be so many 'I's to dot and 'T's to cross) I can take the opportunity to mention some of the ideas we are working on.

Today, I'm going to introduce you to the 'Mini Bottle Stand' (as seen above). This is a view of it taking shape in SketchUp.

This bottle/tin stand, and it's big brother, are intended to help avoid accidental spillage of paints and glues. The 'Mini' is designed to have a smaller footprint and so take up less space on your workbench.

Unlike the regular bottle stand we offer, the 'Mini' is a stand alone item and is not designed to stack.

At the moment, I have not finalised my choice of materials. The parts will be laser cut, but it may be done in laser grade plywood, or an acrylic. Not sure yet! If you have any thoughts, why not drop me an email to ian@scale-replicas.com