I was thinking of adding a construction site to my planned layout. Can anyone suggest what size Evergreen Styrene H Columns I should use for, say, an 8 story "skyscraper" framework? Thanks for any help.
https://www.modeladvisor.com/how-to-calculate-size-of-a-girder/ super helpful link, found while trying to maintain realism in the airport I have to build. Of course, after studying all this and doing the math, I still bought what I thought would look best regardless HAHAHA
No idea, but just wanted to say this is a great idea! You’ll get a structure for your layout pretty cheaply I bet, especially at the back of the layout. Some evergreen for beams, some sort of privacy fence around the construction site, maybe a truck or crane visible around the site. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
No idea, but just wanted to say this is a great idea! You’ll get a structure for your layout pretty cheaply I bet, especially at the back of the layout. Some evergreen for beams, some sort of privacy fence around the construction site, maybe a truck or crane visible around the site. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
There are so many variables, and it has been a long time since I studied this, but I can make a suggestion. I assume that you are just providing the lowest level of columns since you didn't mention beam size. I suggest that you use the #284 H-column at 0.125"x0.116" and don't tell anyone how tall the building will be. Don't make them more than two stories tall; mount them on a "concrete" footing to represent the top of the piling. If you want to include framing, you'll have to find someone who has been to school more recently.
I see this is a more complicated topic that I thought. Maybe I'll use the H-columns as flat/gondola loads LOL.
My go to for all these years has been the .060, .080, and .100 both in H columns and in I beams. And Plastruct has girders in both HO and N scale. https://www.plastruct.com/ And use these in N scale for the floor supports. https://www.amazon.com/Plastruct-OWTS-12-Open-Web-Truss/dp/B0000WS8XE
There is a structure under construction available by a dealer that does not advertise with Trainboard. This product is by manufacturer Custom Model Railroad. Stock #N-103. Not cheap... but ready to be built.
That's a nice looking building . . . but. They have a tendency to use square structural members instead of W- or H- beams. It really costs too much to have to replace the verticals with Evergreen structural members. Their N scale vertical lift bridge is even more glaring. Perhaps as background models . . .
