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Thanks for the suggestions, guys!  Expected equipment to chock will include military vehicles, construction equipment, and various other loads such as equipment and supplies.   

John, question on 45 degree cut, since I will need many chocks, is there a method that you would suggest to achieve the desired angle to ensure all chocks look basically the same?

I practiced a bit with the 1/4 stock in the X-acto miter with hobby saw, super glued onto deck and applied tung oil.   It does blend well, but on my next attempt I want to dremel drum sand to contour a nice curve to the wheel shape.   The $9 miter box is key !!  This may be hard to see but you get the idea.

 

Wheel Chock Practice

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Gene, I have had good results with the x-acto mitre box.

I also picked up an x-acto razor saw that works well with it. It came with a general purpose type of blade, and I added a fine tooth blade that makes nice finished cuts. I use it a lot for wood and sometimes for plastics.

Have fun making your chocks - I am sure they will look and work fine.

I used a Dremel and it worked GREAT.  Plus it added burn marks as I went a little slow to make sure the cut was good.... and that just adds to the realistic look!  Dremel has the original small cut off wheels, but I also found LARGE (maybe 2 inch) "Quick Change" wheels specifically made for Plastic, Metal, and Thin Cut (what I used for chocks).    The Quick Change wheels are much stronger than the old cut off wheels and last a good while if used correctly. 

Ironhorseman posted:

From what I remember, it seems railroads used old ties to makes chocks, is that correct? 

Generally no, as the old crested ties would have been pretty difficult to cut/saw, plus would be all split, i.e. if they were still good enough for ties, they wouldn't have been removed.

I suspect it would also be prototypical to use any lumber lying around that was big enough.  Thx.

Not really. The wood selected for heavy duty chocks was/is generally heavy hard wood, like oak blocking.

 

I was looking for the chocks used by MTH on their military loads, see picture. below.  I tried looking up the part number but MTH doesn't have them listed, anyway, no one is answering at MTH's parts.  I now plan to make them out of wood as described in this thread ( i need about 100.)

Just one question does anyone sell thin plastic diamond cut sheets?

FrankRazz

I checked the Scenery Source List and couldn't find anything, so decided to post an inquiry to see if any of you had some ideas as to where I might find some of these items.

Thanks,

I used some stripwood to make rough-cut wheel chocks and then stained them using a furniture touch-up pen from the hardware store.

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