Who makes the lowest profile 3 rail track? I bought a great scratch built car shop off of ebay but the door is a little bit too short for my cars to be put in there. I was thinking if I used a really low profile track they might fit.
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The lowest profile track is MTH's scaletrax. You also raise the shop by adding a small foundation.
You could also just raise the area surrounding your track with foam core. Set the car shop on top of your raised surface. This would have the effect of lowering your track without actually having to change it. One layer of foam core will be about even with your ties. You could even add an additional layer inside your shop, making the floor level with the rails. Paint it concrete and you're could to go!
The lowest profile would be no track or even rail at all. Cut grooves or leave gaps where the flooring is for flangeways, and simulate rail with thin L-shaped plastic on the outside edges of the "floor". [ The floor has to be as thick as the largest flange on the cars going into the shop, of course.] This assumes your car shop bldg is 'off limits' to locomotives -- you reach in using other cars. No 3rd rail also allows a center pit if desired [ though that's not that common in a car shop as compared to a loco shop ].
Just an "outside the shop" thought.
Good luck, SZ
John S suggests using Superstreets, so do I. It will look great. I'm about to build an intermodal area, and I'll be using Superstreets or EZ Street as it is now called, to provide a flat surface, so my intermodal crane and RC fork lifts can run around without obstruction.
Originally Posted by Dave Allen:
John S suggests using Superstreets, so do I. It will look great. I'm about to build an intermodal area, and I'll be using Superstreets or EZ Street as it is now called, to provide a flat surface, so my intermodal crane and RC fork lifts can run around without obstruction.
I think super streets is the way to go. I will purchase some and try it out.
