Road/Tramway cobbles

[boxbrownie]

Saw this while viewing an item in the bargains thread, an interesting time saver for cobbling a roadway.....

https://www.modellbahnunion.com/HO-OO-gauge/Road-Tread-Rollers-Set-Road-Tram-2x.htm?shop=dm-toys-en&SessionId=&a=article&ProdNr=RAILNSCALE-H9531&p=802&rdeocl=1&rdetpl=productpage&rdebox=box3

[Paul H Vigor]

3 hours ago, boxbrownie said:

Saw this while viewing an item in the bargains thread, an interesting time saver for cobbling a roadway.....

https://www.modellbahnunion.com/HO-OO-gauge/Road-Tread-Rollers-Set-Road-Tram-2x.htm?shop=dm-toys-en&SessionId=&a=article&ProdNr=RAILNSCALE-H9531&p=802&rdeocl=1&rdetpl=productpage&rdebox=box3

Are these rollers that impress into a compound like DAS? I've seen similar rollers at UK shows but not tried one.

[boxbrownie]

4 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said:

Are these rollers that impress into a compound like DAS? I've seen similar rollers at UK shows but not tried one.

They certainly look like it......might be easy with something softer than DAS (unless it’s different from 100 years ago when I last used it ).

[Michael Edge]

That looks a good idea but here in Britain setts were not usually laid in this brick bond fashion. I used grey tile grout in this way for the setts on Herculaneum Dock but all I had was a roller made from metal and greased to stop the grout sticking, this is a much better idea.

[boxbrownie]

1 hour ago, Michael Edge said:

That looks a good idea but here in Britain setts were not usually laid in this brick bond fashion. I used grey tile grout in this way for the setts on Herculaneum Dock but all I had was a roller made from metal and greased to stop the grout sticking, this is a much better idea.

Rivets.......

 

Well hopefully it might be of use to somebody who doesn’t have the skill to make their own roller? 

Edited May 21, 2020 by boxbrownie