Platform sides.

[Oldman]

Another mundane question from me.
I am getting ready to think about platforms on Heel Station and was wondering which make of platform side/edge gives the most realistic height?
The track is Peco Code 80.  Platform will be about 7" long including the ramp at one end.
I will be scratch building the surface and underneath. Just need the front face looking right.

[swisstony]

I've used Ratio, I find they fit in perfectly with Kestrel Building kits, if you plan for metcalfe then maybe use Metcalfe platform kits as the buildings are a bigger scale.

Paul

[Oldman]

Cheers ST.
Building  on platform is just a shelter.    Whole thing is going to has a Col. Stephens look about it.

[Newportnobby]

For the size of platform involved, I would probably go for the Peco edges.
It strikes me if you go for Metcalf you'll have a whole lotta stuff left over

[Bikeracer]

Hope you have more luck than me making your platform.

I just can't get mine right,not sure whether it's seven or eight now that have gone in the bin,I've stopped counting anyway.

Allan

[Jack]

Why not look at the Scalescene platform? Buy once - make it as big or as small as you like, for this layout and the next and the next...... 

[EtchedPixels]

Platforms in the UK should be at 3' above rail head. Older ones were sometimes lower (often 2'6").

[Oldman]

Looked at the Scalescenes one,have their medium and small station kits.
Maybe the other solution would be just do the sides with brick paper on card.

[swisstony]

Hi Mike,

Hope this helps, here's a ratio station and a pic with a mk1 in too for space judgement

Paul





Please ignore the Blu Tack it's holding some scratch built lights while they dry and the wonky platform canopy as that is just resting too

[Agrippa]

On the North Highland line at Kildonan there is a wooden box
on the platform to use as a step to board the train, you wait until the
train arrives and drag it along, either that or a step up of about 2 feet!

[edwin_m]

The Peco ones will be too high if you fix both the edging and the track direct to your baseboard.  I think they are assuming everyone will be using their underlay, but there should be no problem with lifting the track on cork or whatever and fixing the edging directly to the board. 

On a light railway of the Stephens type I would expect the height to be a lot less than the modern standard of 3 feet. 

[Oldman]

Cheers for the comments. Like the box idea but what happened if you were getting off the train with a tray of eggs say and someone had nicked the box.

Fresh omlette anyone

[EtchedPixels]

Trick with the Peco ones and track laid to board is to saw off along the inside line of the wide bit at the bottom that'll give you a suitable platform height.

For light railways anything went.

http://www.wcandpr.org.uk/

has some fun examples (if you fancy an intermediate halt and have no room whatsoever look at Clapton Road Halt or Broadstone !)

[Oldman]

Thanks for everyones help.
Have got the Scalescenes download and will try that.

[Karhedron]

Trick with the Peco ones and track laid to board is to saw off along the inside line of the wide bit at the bottom that'll give you a suitable platform height.

I have done this too and it works quite well. I have also used ratio sides and tops with reasonably good results.

Plastic kits cost more a are harder if you need to shape them around a curve but they do have some advantages. They have proper relief, unlike card kits (no matter how good the colour, you can always tell that the surface textures has been printed on with paper/card kits). Also they are not prone to being damaged by damp. You can also paint them match other scenic works (if approrpriate).