Really Cheap Baseboard

[bodmin65]

Hi everyone,

 

The inspiration for this came about whilst replenishing the shelf stock for a customer in work. the frame is actually the packing piece in the centre of the pallet. It just so happens that it is the exact same size of one of the slates, so i simply came up with the idea of gluing a slate onto the top of the frame to create a baseboard. ( grand cost £0.75 ). the size of the said baseboard is 600mm x 300mm.

 

Playing around in AnyRail I've come up with this couple of simple oo gauge shunting plan's, the fiddle yard would be off to my right (your left ). I was thinking something along the lines of Coal maybe?

 

What are others thoughts?

Edited December 20, 2018 by bodmin65

[Steven B]

Slate? As in roofing slate?

 

Drilling holes for track feeds, point motors is going to be interesting. You'll need something more suited to stone than PVA when it comes to glueing things to the baseboard.

[bodmin65]

Slate? As in roofing slate?

 

Drilling holes for track feeds, point motors is going to be interesting. You'll need something more suited to stone than PVA when it comes to glueing things to the baseboard.

 

This is not a real slate, it's man made apoparently so no problem's drilling hole's etc. 

[Hesperus]

Surely you need to build something based in North Wales, preferably 2' gauge on a slate baseboard.

[bodmin65]

looking at using some corex for sound deadening purposes.