Benchwork - Roadbed
Helix Construction Method?
Does anyone have an opinion of which is the best way to set the vertical loop spacing in a helix? With threaded rod, or glued in fixed spacers.
Steve Raiford
Been thinking about N Scale roadbed...
I have been thinking about a way to have cork under all of my N Scale track, yet get the sidings lower than the main line....
Has anyone ever used HO Scale cork for the main line and N Scale cork for the secondary tracks?
City of Prineville in Redmond Oregon Free-Mo/Shelf Layout
Hello everybody,
Thought I would say hello and show you what I am working on...
22 Stories Up - Building the Barre Branch in Paper
A continuation to story I began to tell in Modeling 22 Stories Up, this blog is intended to follow my progress of the actual layout's construction.
Baton Rouge Southern Layout Journal Vol. 2 (2010) - Time to make the donuts!
After getting the oil out of my clothes, and finishing a lengthy list of piled Honey-Do's (!) I got back to layout work. I FINALLY got out the benchwork I got off Craigslist last Spring (surplussed by a local On30 modeler who was retiring to his boat), and started re-sawing it for the remaining two benchwork segments:
Adhesives terminology - ACC vs CA
I have some confusion about the use of the term "ACC" when used in a discussion or article about the use of a cyanoacrylate adhesive (CA). Where did the acronym ACC originate? It does not, IMHO, derive from cyanoacrylate. Is/Was it an acronym derived from a manufacturer of a cyanoacrylate product ? Perhaps I have not had the experience in the modeling arenas to have been exposed to this acronym. Is it a gel type formulation of CA ? Is it like the Slow Jet adhesive (as manufactured by Jet Glues ? (Not to be confused with Jet Blue )
Keep on trackin'
"Laminate" vs. "Glue & Screw"
Please excuse my naivete up front but I have to ask this question:
One word in the model railroading vernacular I see thrown around quite a bit is "laminate". I see it used very often when people talk about building spline roadbed, using multiple thin layers of material as load bearing structures on their benchwork etc. and I was curious what if any difference there was between laminating something and the tried and true "glue 'n screw" that I've done for years with basic wood forms.
Nolix Benchwork
I've just about completed the renovation of my 12' x 30' basement RR Room, and guess it's time put some real thought into the layout deck design.
Goal - quieter track
Your input please!
My present layout is using 3/4" plywood as the roadbed with cork attached and the track on top of the cork glued down in some areas and spiked in others. The scenery is cardboard strips attached to the plywood roadbed with hot gue and then covered with plaster cloth that covers the strips and the plywood.
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