Need Layout Help

[Anonymous]

New to Model Railroading. Starting a 4 x 8 o27 for 7 year old grandson. What type of board, road bed (vinly, cork, other) should I use. Any help for a beginner would be appreciated.

Jimmy Walker

[Anonymous]

Hi Jimmy,

In HO, I am going with the old standby - cork over 1/2 ply on a 1x4 frame with 16" centres. For O27, you may wi***o go with something more substantial. Whatever you do, try to engineer your solution, rather than overbuild it... especially if it is something you might like to move at some point!

Andrew

[snowey]

well, for my N scale layout, I'm using 3" thick foam insulation on 1" plywood. But for O27 you might want to use just the plywood, about 2-3" thick.
The advantages of foam insulation, however, are that it's lightweight (and therefore easily movable) and easy to cut into. There's a good article about it in either the May or June 2004 Model Railroader.
If you do decide to use it, though, DON'T, I repeat DON'T use the white styrofoam that's sold for insulation in basement walls, refrigeraters, freezers & coolers. Just try using it once and you'll quickly find out why!!![:D][:D]