cutting42 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Hi All I have started building my platforms and need some tactile paving for them. Does anyone make some, preferably in plasticard (as I need loads) but etched would work as well. Scale is N gauge! TIA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
66C Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Have you considered planked plasticard sheet? It can be cross-scribed to give a paving pattern. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I decided that as the blobs would be about 0.5mm apart I'd just go with a plastic strip and paint it beige. But then again I'm not a very good modeller... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted November 2, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2009 Have a look at some of the Slaters stuff, particularly some of the slate roofing sheets. This can be used to create a reasonable representation of paving slabs. Your other option would be some for of paper covering. Scale scenes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access/peti/guidanceontheuseoftactilepav6167?page=8#a1024 has the drawings you need if you want to get the tactile surface right. I would suggest printing it. The actual blobs are 5mm high, which in N makes them a whopping 33?µm high. So you could probably get the correct height by simply using thick ink Might be worth pointing Jon at scalescenes at the drawings as he already does platform surfaces, pavement etc Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutting42 Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access/peti/guidanceontheuseoftactilepav6167?page=8#a1024 has the drawings you need if you want to get the tactile surface right. I would suggest printing it. The actual blobs are 5mm high, which in N makes them a whopping 33?µm high. So you could probably get the correct height by simply using thick ink Might be worth pointing Jon at scalescenes at the drawings as he already does platform surfaces, pavement etc Alan Hi Alan Thanks for that, I had that pic already and was considering scalescenes as my platform tests have been made with his printouts, very nice they are to! On a slightly separate subject, do you do an etch of the long drain covers as seen here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 No - and I don't think I've seen that in etched form anywhere either. I'd print that too - put it all together on the PC and save so much aggro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 It should be fairly easy to draw in large scale and reduce to scale for printing. Maybe you could photograph a section of the real thing and print that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I would've thought that suggestion by use of colour would be enough? I see that the guidance says "The surface can be any colour other than red, but should provide a good contrast with the surrounding area to assist partially sighted people." Is it normally a buff that is used though? The drawings also seem to suggest a white line at the platform edge, but I don't know if that's a must. Cheers, 26power Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 The ones I have seen are similar to Gareth's pic of Newark - white line at the edge as usual, tactiles immediately behind the platform edging and sometimes a yellow line behind the tactiles. Distance from the tactiles to the platform edge depends on the size of the edging slabs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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