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Originally Posted by
TomlinAS
I feel like SOME of the material ought to come from here. :) I'm not too terribly worried about sheer beauty.
Well, just thinking out loud here... ... what are the 2x4's used for? If they're from crates they're likely pine... too soft. But if they're from shipping pallets... hmmm, lots of oak and harder woods used in them. Should work.
... still have access to the MPool? Hmmm... brass and or aluminum roughly 1x6" and about 1/32 - 1/16 inch thick or so would make acceptable scale liners... eg, maybe cut from shim stock, or an old radiator tank, or anything else that doesn't rust and is roughly flat and the right size. You could rough cut with tin snips or a hacksaw and then further shape them using a file, bench grinder, sandpaper... whatever is available. You could cut/shape pieces of wood, plastic, metal, stone, colored glass, etc. to fit together like an inlay and epoxy them to the scale liners.
If you allow your imagination to run a little wild you'll find that you're not as limited by the lack of tools and materials as you think. The end result may take you longer to do with hand tools and the materials may be unusual, but in the end you'll make a keepsake you'll cherish forever.