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Palomino Layout - yard track height vs mainline

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Posted by Tom Bryant_MR on Saturday, January 11, 2020 10:37 AM
I also have some thinner cork!

Tom

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Posted by Tom Bryant_MR on Saturday, January 11, 2020 10:35 AM
Like your idea Brent

Tom

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Thursday, January 9, 2020 3:00 PM

Some modelers use thinner N-scale roadbed for sidings, as well as lower track codes.

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, January 9, 2020 1:49 PM

Bring the track down to the level of the foam. I do this by cutting out the foam to accommodate the cork, lowering it into the foam. I use caulk to stick the cork in the hole as it makes for a good leveller where some errant gouges may have occurred.

Check for level.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, January 9, 2020 1:32 PM

Filling in the areas between the cork roadbed with bits of cork roadbed to form a smooth elevation might do the trick.

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Palomino Layout - yard track height vs mainline
Posted by Tom Bryant_MR on Thursday, January 9, 2020 1:11 PM

I am looking for an idea to make the yard tracks "appear" to be at ground level. Yard is from the wall out to the train sitting on the main. 

I laid some cardboard down at the back as one possible idea. 

Appreciate any of your experiences. 

Tom

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