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BTT Roadbed

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BTT Roadbed
Posted by SouthPenn on Saturday, December 3, 2016 12:22 PM

Has anyone used Scenic Express Black Track Tack roadbed? Thoughts?

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Posted by peahrens on Saturday, December 3, 2016 2:45 PM

I'm not familiar with it.  I like the thinner aspect.  If I was doing my HO layout again, I think I would opt for something thinner than the typical HO cork.

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Posted by willy6 on Saturday, December 3, 2016 6:17 PM

That appears to be the roadbed I used on my second layout years ago. It's basically automotive AC insulation tape. I worked in the automotive in those days and bought at the automotive parts stores. It was good and sticky. Be careful when using, it will stick and if you make a goof it may be hard to correct.

Being old is when you didn't loose it, it's that you just can't remember where you put it.
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Posted by BigDaddy on Saturday, December 3, 2016 8:22 PM

willy6
it will stick and if you make a goof it may be hard to correct.

I've not used it so my comments are suspect.  As I lay track I test fit and it looks like it would stick unless I used something like wax paper between the road bed and the track.  That's not the worst thing in the world but the way I do things ballast follows scenicing. 

Having a sticky medium for ground foam, plaster dust, and paint to adhere to before ballast, seems like a major disadvantage to me.

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Posted by rrebell on Sunday, December 4, 2016 11:44 AM

Its been marketed to model railroaders before, tried it but it was expencive and was only a good call at the time because you could elimiinate the scale spikes but now that we tend to caulk down our track, the need has gone.

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Posted by SouthPenn on Sunday, December 4, 2016 4:57 PM

I have an area of my layout where the track makes a horse shoe curve around a town. When I installed the 3 tracks on top of cork roadbed, it looked like there was wall around the town. I finally removed the 3 tracks and roadbed and layed the track directly on plywood. Now it's really loud when a train goes over the track. I am thinking the BTT roadbed might help the noise problem, but not create the wall.

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Posted by zstripe on Sunday, December 4, 2016 5:51 PM

Did You consider 1/8'' sheet cork for the road bed in that area?

Comes in rolls for use on bulletin boards....would be thick enough to deaden sound.

I have used it for asphalt roads in the pic'....tracks are laid directly on 1/2 Homasote.

Take Care! Big Smile

Frank

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