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Title: LIFE LIKE
Post by: BILLYNMIAMI on December 02, 2007, 10:09:39 AM
DOES LIFE LIKE MAKE A PIER SET
I HAVE TWO LIFE LIKE SETS AND WANT TO RAISE THE TRACK
ANY HELP HERE
THANKS
BILLY  :)
Title: Re: LIFE LIKE
Post by: jayl1 on December 02, 2007, 11:02:48 AM
What scale?  HO or N?

Bachmann makes a riser set that would work with regular HO Lifelike track.

If yopu have Power Lok track, I can't help you.
Title: Re: LIFE LIKE
Post by: WoundedBear on December 02, 2007, 11:39:17 AM
I'm going to assume it's HO...

Try these...

For regular track...
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-8202 (http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-8202)

For unitized track....
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-8214 (http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-8214)


Sid
Title: Re: LIFE LIKE
Post by: Paul M. on December 02, 2007, 06:38:56 PM
BTW, turn off the caps lock.
Title: Re: LIFE LIKE
Post by: SteamGene on December 02, 2007, 07:12:52 PM
You can always make your own.  Track elevated on just risers is as about unrealistic as anything I can think of.  If you are planning and over and under, you need four inches of clearance.  From that you should be able to figure out how tall each riser must be.  As a general rule, a figure eight over and under on a 4x8 has a steep climb.
Gene
Title: Re: LIFE LIKE
Post by: #94 on December 02, 2007, 08:45:30 PM
Unrealistic, but very close to prototypical. Here in Michigan several Interurban lines were forced to cross steam railroads on trestlework instead of at grade. The look like wood set that WoundedBear gave the link to is a very good/ quick start to one of these up and over trestles. Just add some to the underside to represent stringers. A little bit tuffer with the Power Lok track, maybe go with Gene and then hide the risers to look like a fill.