i am doing my first general layout of a Ho scale, i have most of everythign except scenery. i need to know what to use on the tracks to keep them from moving?
gow75 i am doing my first general layout of a Ho scale, i have most of everythign except scenery. i need to know what to use on the tracks to keep them from moving?
I personally use matte medium available at Hobby Lobby and the like. It is like a white glue that doesn't turn brittle. A long time ago I just used white glue but after 15 years it turned brittle and all the track just popped right off.
Many people like to use latex caulk.
Keep them from moving as in fastening it down? You'll probably get as many answers as posts.
I use Woodland Scenics foam roadbed glued down with yellow carpenter's glue, then gray latex adhesive caulk to glue the track to that.
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yes fastin them down. can you super glue, also i dont expect to have this train set up for 15 years.
C'Mon Guys. Laying track on plywood will result in a very noisy layout.
If you can't afford cork road bed you can buy sheet cork and cut it in strips and curves over your layout lines on the plywood. Use latex caulk to attach it firmly to the plywood. I use bricks to weight it down, but soup cans will work on wood strips.
Ater a day or so then but a bead of latex caulk on the center line and spread it out thin with a putty knife. Apply the track immediately. You should also weight it down.
Result, a nice quiet roadbed
Big Rusty
Where do you recommend buying sheet cork?
Thanks, Tom
DingySPWhere do you recommend buying sheet cork?
You can find it in art stores, perhaps office supply stores.
Here is one online source: http://www.dickblick.com/products/natural-cork/
Ready-made model railroad cork roadbed is available from many hobby shops and nearly all online model railroad stores.
- Jeff
You'll have a very hard time getting track nails into plywood, even through cork roadbed. They will also act as a route for sound transmission. The use of latex caulk to hold the cork to the plywood and the track to the cork acts as a better sound insulator.
Bob