thank, you for youre helpful video.👍 im. starting on my second ho-scale model railroad layout. i, have never used cork roadbed before. but now i will be using it for sure.
I like the Dremel deal for the sides. I did it that way years ago but I never sanded it (should have), anyway great tip and I like your progress so far. God Bless Ya Dave
I am ready to start this stage, question do I need any other material to help with noise transfer to the elevated plywood road bed, a extra layer between plywood and the cork ?, thanks
you and I do it pretty much the same. and like you I use a lot of pins. Some people say soak the cork for 24 hours prior to using it, have you ever done that? is it necessary? and no I have never soaked the cork first.
I never have. Some say to do that if your cork dries out and becomes brittle and hard to bend along a curve. I've never experienced that issue myself. The cork should get plenty of water during the ballasting process anyway. :)
I have not. My concern with that would be that it might allow too much movement in the trackwork and cause issues when laying ballast. You won't be able to spike track either if that is your preferred way of attaching it.
I pretty sure folks in the train set hobby have money to burn. Like civilian saltwater sailors. When you started with the Dremel and canned air, I realized corrugated cardboard & a blade will do pretty much the same as the cork and it's free. It'll be covered with aquarium gravel anyway, won't it? Isn't that next? "Ballasting"? That should work for my toy trains, and again, it's free. Thanks! Sometime I'll have to tell you about the Afghan interpreter who tried to frag my fireteam. It's hilarious.
