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[quote user="conagher"] <p><font face="comic sans ms,sand">I have built many HO layouts over the years always using Atlas. My issue with Unitrack has always been it's seemingly too tall roadbed. And with great reluctance, my last small layout (4x8) was built using Unitrack because so many of my friends say they love the conductivity and ease of use---so I figured what-the-heck 'cause the stuff does look good.</font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand">To eliminate the preception of the roadbed being too tall, I used a hotwire formed to remove about 1/4" of foam beneath the roadbed...I'm using an extruded foam table top...all the way around the layout where ever the track sits. Once I had the right shape, moving the hotwire through the foam was easy and quick.</font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand">After placing the Unitrack in the newly-formed "trough", I then applied ground cover right up against the Unitrack roadbed. In my opinion, it looks prototypical now....and I love the Unitrack's performance. I'm now a Unitrack fan.</font></p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Bulk up the scenery around the track and literally bury it. Unitrack yard and industry tracks on my road will be buried up to the rails themselves. The mains are allowed some ballast showing with good repair. Lessor tracks will be halfway in between.</p><p>A dallop of scenic material here and there and no problem.</p><p>I buy my track each month as I need them. They are hideously expensive but are so worth it because derailments are easily traced to operator error, train placement errors or out of gauge wheels.</p><p>It's that simple.</p>
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