Tunnel liner question?

[trainsteve2435]

Hello everyone, i know this has been asked before, but how is the easiest and cheapest way to create a tunnel liner? The section i need one is pretty big and i cant see makeing those plaster liners. It would take me a month just to cast enough of them. Has anyone out there made theirs a different way? Thanks!
steve:cry:

 

[LongIslandTom]

Do you mean the insides of a tunnel?

That's easy.. Take a section of PVC pipe (available at your local Home Depot) of the proper diameter, cut it to the length of the tunnel, then make a single cut lengthwise so you can spread it apart to seat alongside the roadbed. Voila!

 

[trainsteve2435]

Hey Tom, thanks and yes, the inside. That would work, but my tunnel is in a big curve. Thanks for the great idea!

 

[Russ Bellinis]

Unless you are running a camera on your train, you don't really need to model the whole tunnel liner, just the part that you can see from the outside of the portal.

 

[jflessne]

I could be wrong but I don't see a reason to put liners all the way thru your tunnel. I've seen maybe the first 6 inches of either end and that's it. Unless you have a cut out to grab those derailed trains.

I hear the woodland scenic liners are really easy to use.

 

[Gil Finn]

I just spray the inside with flat black paint.

 

[MilesWestern]

I have a good, cheap technique! Looks suprisingly good too!

Here! http://www.davidrholsinger.com/trains18.htm

 

[jflessne]

Great Idea. Also checked out your site. I'm a fellow train watcher. Not really fond of operations.

 

[MilesWestern]

Oh, that's not my site, That's David Holsinger's site. ops: IT's a great site with a nice layout! :thumb: