When building piers, wharves, and docks, what do HO modelers usually adapt, for use as pilings? Is there a good size of dowel that I can easily acquire from my hardware store? Boxcab E50
Andy- That's what I had been thinking. I just wanted to hear any ideas. To learn what I'd overlooked. Hmmm. I should have also asked for info on cap timbers, bracing, etc....... I believe there is a place locally where I could get the wood... Wish we had a real hobby shop in this area. Boxcab E50
I order all my dimensional wood. Most hobby dealers don't stock much in the way of scratch building materials. Use the Walthers catalog or website to find the dimensions you need and then order what you need. I typically order the 22" lengths in quantities of 50 each. When ordered through a discount dealer, it usually ends up costing about 1/2 of the cost of those little bags of 12" lengths. David
50 each? You must be doing some serious building! Andy- Thanks- I'll check them out. This is a first venture in HO for me. So dimensional sizes are still a foreign subject. I want to build a small diorama with a wharf. Boxcab E50
Boxcab, The easiest way to convert it is to change the fraction sizes to decimals. You can get a decimal chart probably somewhere on the web or at your lumber yard. 1 inch HO is approx. .011, a foot is appox. .138.
My wife stopped by the hardware store. So while there, she picked me up some 1/8" doweling. 79 cents for a 36" piece. Seems like a decent cost. Nice to know they're easily found. And not all that far from home. Boxcab E50
Ken, You have a hardware store out there??? I thought you were really out there in the wilds of Montana.
Yup. Way out in the wilderness. Rumor has it we'll be getting indoor plumbing by the year 2020. What'll they think of next! Boxcab E50
Is that there store where you all buys walls? Actually, we have all that. Wally's, Borders Books, Costco, Petco, Walden Books, Home Depot, and more. Plus, Lowes is abuilding, etc., etc., etc. Throughly modern suburbia. Boxcab E50
