Benchwork - Roadbed

espeelark's picture

Helix Sub-Roadbed Thickness (and material)

I'm finishing off the last piece of my track-plan - that being "The Helix".....

I've been perusing the numerous articles/posts on MRH on this topic and have pretty much decided to go the route of using trapezoidal sections to build it.

At this point my helix will be ovular, single-tracked, 32" radius with a 12" straight section. This yields an approximate grade of 1.85%.

If you care to add in the "helix compensation factor", in my case that adds another 1% effective grade for a total of 2.85%.

Drop bridges for your layout

Poplar for benchwork?

I am building a series of 30" x 4 ft boxes for a new empty basement. Considering having Home Depot cut poplar to size (since it sells by the lf),  Any thoughts on poplar instead of pine? Ripping plywood not really in the picture.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

trainmaster247's picture

Theoretical benchwork design store a 10.5"x10' layout in only 7"x20" (wall of text warning still only in brainstorming phase)

Intro thing

       After sharing my other benchwork design while brainstorming I have come up with that should, in theory, allow me to store a 10' long layout in a very compact space excluding buildings which would have to be removable and stored elsewhere which is an issue I can accept. 

Design Theory

Rollout Section ever attempted?

Hi There

A friend on mine is planning a 4 deck layout in a relativly small space of 17ft x 17ft (5m x 5m). To access the layout, a removable section will be needed. Is there anybody out there, who build a kind of roll-out-section with multiple decks and can tell us something about the "does & don'ts"?

Currently the plan is to use aluminium profiles to build a regid roll-out.section as a kind of trolley...

Links, pictures, comments are welcome!

Greets from Switzerland,

Axel

hoffertg's picture

Digitrax DS64

I purchased a Digitrax DS64 with the idea of controlling my Tortoise switch machines either by push button switches or from my throttle. My concern is that the Tortoise switch machine is only rated up to 12VDC, whereas the output voltage on the Digitrax DS64 is 13.8VDC. will this harm my Tortoises or do I need to alter the output voltage?

Thanks.

track, for a disply, roadbed.

looking for ho scale (standard gauge, code? does not rally mater) with built on grade, in 3 foot sections, not flex track.

this is for a display on the wall. thinking maybe have ballast under the track.

was thinking using flex, but making it plumb right on straight, might not work for a display,

maybe, if possible a factory built??

maybe that cut wood road bed, then add ballast?

seen in up to 8 in sections. but need longer, just something i just never looked for before tonight.

any know of a source..is any out there?

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Building a Proto-Freelance 0 scale switching layout: "Vernon, California"

Hi all,

Let me introduce myself; Ronald, born in the Netherlands Europe, 54, married to Wanda with 2 kids (24 and 27) and 1 granddaughter of 7 who lives with us. I'm a modeller as long as I remember, trains where always part of my life. My father started with Fleischmann H0 which later went to me. I expanded with European stuff like Roco and somewhere end of the nineties the American bug really bite me. '98 I bought my first 2 US Atlas H0 locos and from that point on I was hooked to American trains.


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