Below are photos of the prototype I came up with with. My daughter had some black construction paper, which I used for the road. The dashed line I created by cutting up an extra name badge label sticker I had.
The paper was 12" x 9", so I kept the 12" length and cut the road 3" wide which seemed to fit two trucks side-by-side pretty realistically.
The dashed line was a bit more work. I wanted it to scale properly with the trucks, so I did a little research on the internet. Apparently, the standard length of highway dashed lines is 10 feet with 30 feet in between dashes. The length sure seems a lot shorter when we're speeding along the highway, huh?! The standard dashed line width is about 6 inches.
To scale them I then needed the standard length of a big rig cab with trailer and the length of a PEZ truck. The typical length of cab with trailer is 70-80 feet and PEZ trucks are about 4 ¼ inches. Armed with all these numbers I broke out the calculator and figured the dashed lines to be 5/8 inches long, 1/16 inch wide, with 1 and 7/8 inches between each.
Overall, I think the prototype came out pretty well. Of course, the elephant in the room is that most collectors have dozens of trucks and this only supports three. What can I say, except the design is expandable. ;-)
Please let me know what you think in the comments section below and thanks for reading!
This is the first time i read your blog and I have to say that I love it!
ReplyDeleteI got here through the Pez list when you posted about this two lane project.
Can you explain a little more? are they hanging on a wall or did you place them on a flat display?
If they are hanged, how do they stick to it?
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I'm glad you like my blog, thanks!
DeleteRight now the protoype display is very simple and is just placed on a flat surface. My goal is to upgrade the design so that multiple road segments can be joined and hung on the wall. Once I get that completed I'll create a new post with photos.