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MHinLA
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Yikes !! That's a lot of bits and bytes !!!
Maybe I need to re-read backwards - but WHY do you have foam on plywood and homasote on the foam?
What did I miss?
I put the foam down to be able to create below-grade features if desired, such as a ditch or small stream. The Homasote is because, other than the incline/decline's, the track will be pinned in place, not glued. The "ballast" will consist of gray painted cork. Homasote has excellent holding power for track nails. The cork will be glued down with regular carpenters glue.Maybe I need to re-read backwards - but WHY do you have foam on plywood and homasote on the foam?
What did I miss?
Actually, Patrick, I hadn't thought of that, but it is an excellent point! It's more to hold the track nails than anything. I'm not gluing the track down other than the incline/decline's.I can see why he did it. My foam being not yet built on is showing wear from me leaning on it in places and edges not quite square. It has dimples from be reaching over without proper precautions (such as a piece of plywood to distribute the weight I put on the surface).
I wonder what color you'd come up with if you mixed them all together? Probably a gray or black? Of course it depends on what colors you start with.thanks for the reminder of what to do with all the old half-cans of paint the previous homeowner left behind. I was going to take them to the tox away this weekend.
The structo-lite sounds good. But I hate purchasing a basketball just to sacrifice it on the alter of railroading. Oh well, It's just a sportball. cheaper than rolling stock.
FYI - 10° curves in 1:1 railroads is equivalent to about a 79" radius curve in 1:87, HO scale.On the railroad I'm familiar with, there is no curve that is tighter than 10 degrees.