ctclibby
Well-Known Member
Jacob: What do you mean 'set track between...'? As to the sleepers missing - no big deal there as you can cut, paint/weather and install them before you ballast. I have yet to not have ties missing between flex track joints; don't thing the planets align proper for that. You have plywood with 1" foam sandwiched together with roadbed and track in a stack. Your 'T' pins should be long enough to go through everything and stick in the plywood so any lateral movement should be kept in check. Do you solder said joiners on all curves? That will keep the rails aligned, and also help with the lateral movement. There are 'track tools' that you can use to keep the ends aligned while you solder as sometimes joiners by themselves just do not do the trick. You can always cut expansion joints in the straight sections after everything is ..um.. nailed down. Latex caulk does give a little, some of it even after it dries. That may or may not be an issue though.
Let us know what you come up with.
L8r
Let us know what you come up with.
L8r