LIFTING ARM BARRIER 7MM SCALE O GAUGE MODEL RAILWAY BUILDING

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I've created a model of a manually operated lifting arm barrier for my 7mm/ft scale 1/43 scale O gauge model railway. This type of barrier can be found at security points and car parks all over the place. The model is printed as 3 separate parts. Holes are preformed to accept a small piece of wire to act as a pivot pin which allows the barrier to be fully poseable in open or closed positions and anywhere in between. I use 0.8mm copper wire. The barrier is an interference fit over the upright so it stays in position. (It could probably be filed back a little to make a looser fit if you wanted to automate it. I haven't tried - yet!) I have included various barriers representing real world lengths between 3 an 6 metres. The longer barriers have larger counterweights as you would expect.