I will probably have extra cork strips after putting them as roadbed. Where to use them after laying down track? I thought about putting them underneath structures. Does that work or does anyone else have ideas? It was kinda silly to order 150' for a 7x12 room, but better more than less. Besides, I wanted to account for errors.
TIA!
Lee
Hi Lee,
Maybe you could use them as a base for small roads, although they're not really the right width unless you add an extra half strip - perhaps small country dirt roads covered with N scale ballast.
Use several of them laid out flat together and glued down as a base for a parking area.
Or use a half strip as a small retaining wall between different levels of landscape.
Perhaps 2 half-strips glued together with the beveled ends up could be used as a stone-wall fence or barrier.
You could use it as an inner lining for a turnable.
Use double roadbed under your mainline to raise it up a little.
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If you have ground throws for your turnouts you can use pieces of it to rest the headblocks on, especially at the main, where the roadbed will be at the same thickness as these pieces. Generally, these areas are either packed soil or packed soil ballasted.
How about using some for raising the ground level around team tracks? Railcars are pretty high up for truck-bed height if the ground isn't raised for the vehicles. Don't be in a hurry to dispose of your excess; it'll be useful somewhere, for sure. Save your scraps to grind up for stony rubble (talus) at the bottom of hills and cliffs.
Have fun... George
How about using the cork to represent gravel to fill in the staging yard up to the level of the tops of the tracks. Cover the ties between the rails, with the beveled side down to allow for wheel flanges. Bob