AlfaZagato Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) I suppose this is a long shot. I was thinking of modelling the Galaxy Express 999 from anime and manga. The franchise portrays a train that travels through space. This is said to be via an invisible 'space bridge' that retains atmosphere enough for an American-style rear observation platform. At least one company (Micro-Ace, I believe) has a set for the train itself. For the space-bridge, I was considering on how to make an 'invisible' track. Has anyone tried cutting grooves in acrylic or plexi to a gauge? That was my line of thinking, grooved plexi with metallic film linings. Has this been done? Edited December 20, 2019 by AlfaZagato Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I once saw a video that might be what you're after, but naturally I can't find it now (it may have been German which doesn't help) Anyway, it was of a ceiling suspended railway, HO I think, it used normal track on top of bookshelves etc, but where it crossed the middle of a room or was otherwise exposed it was 2 pieces of rail fixed to clear plastic to allow a completely uninterrupted view of the trains from below. HTH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 That crossed my mind as well. Shouldn't be to hard to set the gauge with that methodology as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 10 hours ago, AlfaZagato said: That crossed my mind as well. Shouldn't be to hard to set the gauge with that methodology as well. Just need a suitable bonding agent to fix metal to plastic that leaves a clean finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Why not make the train battery powered and radio controlled so there would be no need for a metal elliment to the track its self, there's plenty of links to threads of people who have gone full battery and radio controlled on this forum. As to the grove is there a way it could be routed into the clear sheet it might be possible that once one track is done a simple jig running in one grove guides the router while it cuts the second grove keeping the guage correct. How this would work in practice is unknown as its only speculation but it might be worth exploring further. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Why bother with cutting or adding rails? A battery powered train will run in a tube on its flanges, and a transition back to conventional rails using the 're-railer' devices sold by Peco and doubtless others should be possible. Fun experimentation time... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Has there been success with batteries in N? Especially these narrow Japanese prototypes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Ihave done slotted perspex, using a laser cutter. The smell is awful. Andy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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