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!
Frank
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.
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.
willy6it 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.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
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.
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.
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
Has anyone used Scenic Express Black Track Tack roadbed? Thoughts?