Hi Danny,

Yes, it's styrene and actually it's not a bad kit at all.
There are some very obvious sinkmarks on 1 side of the actual rail, but that can be fixed easy. The sleepers and rail are very detailed.
The trackbase / ballastbed is not that great; I would advise you not to use it and make a trackbase yourself by using little stones. This will give a much more realistic look.

Paul

Hi guys, I'm planning to do a dio based on rail tracks.

I was searching the net and stumbled upon this kit from Trumpeter. Is it any good?

http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=TP00213

I assume it's made of styrene right? Pardon me, but i'm a real fool to dioramas

Hi Danny! I´ve made a couple of railway dioramas. And these tracks from Trumpeter is on 2 of them mine was left overs from the Lepold kit, on the third I used the tracks that comes with a flatbed car from DML. Both are exellent, but as usual it needs a little work to get them right. If you choose only to use the tracks, you could always pour some plaster over it and while it´s hardening - pour a lot of gravel or sand from an fishtank over the plaster, and when all is dry you could paint it or decorate it further.
In all - i really recommend these tracks...
regards
/Thomas

hi
i too have this kit, still to use but it looks great. you get alot more track than the old dragon track kit and its cheaper.

neil

Thanks guys, for the feedback.

I've already ordered the kit from luckymodel. Hope to do a dio with it real soon

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How do you do it Paul???!!!

Not a bad idea, but railroad modelers will actually just lay the ballast down, and then spray it with a mixture of white glue, water, and dishsoap several times. This way you can work the ballast into exactly the shape you want first, and don't have to worry about plaster setting up on you too fast. The dishsoap is a "wetting" agent. It helps reduce surface tension in the water/glue mix so that it will run into the crevices and not just form little domes.

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Hi Danny,

Nice thing about the ties is they're joined which keeps them evenly spaced, but the spacers are also notched in spots which allows them to be curved.
As Paul said they have a fair amount of ejector pin marks on one side; if you don't feel like filling and sanding you can always have that side facing in. With the rolling stock on the rails and perhaps some strategically-placed ballast you shouldn't see the marks too much.
If you plan to incorporate some DML tracks, as I recall there's a slight variation in the width between the two but not significant enough to prevent using them.

Barry