Mark Laidlay Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Are there any slider chairs available in 3mm scale? These are the chairs under the stock rail adjacent to the blades. Mark in Melbourne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) Mark I googled the 3mm Society and they do do plastic chairs for track building https://sites.google.com/site/3mmpublic/getting-started-in-3mm-scale/what-track-is-available Society also supplies plastic chairs for Code 60 rail, mainly for constructing finescale pointwork in any gauge. The chairs are designed to be glued to either ply timbers and sleepers (provided by the Society), or plastic ones cut from Plastruct or Evergreen strip. You could also use these chairs to construct plain Fine track in 12mm gauge, or indeed other gauges such as Irish 15.75mm gauge, for which bases don't yet exist. You could even use them to construct track to Intermediate standards in 12mm scale (of finer appearance than the Code 80 rail and Ratio bases), but only if you use the Society's modern Intermediate standard wheels; older Intermediate wheels have flanges which are too deep. No idea what they are like, cost or availability Edited November 28, 2017 by hayfield Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper John Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Mary I googled the 3mm Society and they do do plastic chairs for track building https://sites.google.com/site/3mmpublic/getting-started-in-3mm-scale/what-track-is-available You been on the sauce already John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted November 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) Mark The price list can be downloaded from: https://sites.google.com/site/3mmpublic/products/price-list Track is on page 22. The chair sprues each contain 10 standard chairs, plus one slide chair and one check-rail chair. These are for code 60 bullhead rail. Nigel Edited November 28, 2017 by NCB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted November 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) Here's a pic of one of the chair sprues: Here's a point being constructed, with plastruct 1mm thick strip used for the point timbers: Here's the bit of track, with plastic plain track bases used for the plain track, under test: Edited November 28, 2017 by NCB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Laidlay Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Thanks for the help, I've decided to get them cast in whitemetal in Australia. this is because: . I am using FB rail so don't need standard chairs; . I want soldered construction; . I am actually working in 3.5mm scale. So it looks more practical to get them made here. Mark in Melbourne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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