Building a OO-Gauge Model Railway (A How-to for Beginners) Part Two
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- This video covers the use of cork in various forms as an underlay for the track on a baseboard and the most suitable glues required.
Planning out the permanent way using two different track types.
Laying track on the baseboard.
Adding dropper wires to track sections.
Cutting rails.
Notes:
The foam underlay from Hornby and Peco has been mentioned in various railway modellers’ forums as being the least realistic; that it raises the track by about a scale foot and makes it far more difficult to get the track level. It has also been said that over time it degrades into the plastic equivalent of sawdust.
Music:
Flying in a Dream by Grand_Project
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Photos:
Railway by GoranH - Pixabay user_id:3989449
Track by dendoktoor - Pixabay user_id:14802912
Train Station by Music4life - Pixabay user_id:19559
Railway-Tracks by Pixabay - pixabay.com
Droppers - www.tomstrains...
DC Wiring Diagram - www.brian-lamb...
Side of Rail - www.trains.com...
Fishplate by Colin Frew - www.flickr.com...
Dropper Soldering - / @grantwilliams
RailwayCutter www.model-rail...
Track Cutter oldwp.railwaym...
Razor Saw xuron.com/
Other photos by the Author.
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Cork is my favoured underlay, although Barrie Davis' layout demonstrates the attraction of "clickity clack".
You can't have too many droppers...
Hi Stephen, I agree, but mentioning it seems to open up a can or worms for some modellers, mainly those who have already ballasted the track after it has tacked/nailed to a bare baseboard, or have had to tear it all up after the foam insulation they opted to use as a 'sound-muffler' started to deteriorate and sink in some areas. It's easy for beginners to 'get a train set and plug it in', but those who want more than to just run it on the living room carpet, and onto its own baseboard, it takes quite a lot of forward planning. Peter.
I've just watched a chap defending the stance he took by soldering all of the fishplates on his layout into place to make sure the current ran along the track because it was easier than messing with 'unnecessary' dropper wires. I mentioned about expansion and contraction with the changes of temperature throughout the year, but tbh I think he had gone too far with it to take onboard any suggestions, and may well have led to a rip-up and do it again. It's not something I'd ever consider doing, but as long as it works for him... Peter
@@MaboPete Yes, we've all been / still are guilty of the "unbox it and run it" approach.
@@MaboPete Wow. You might get away with that approach if you have a temperature controlled room.
@@stephendavies6949 Quite possibly yes, and I suppose it depends on how much of the shiny weld can be 'lost' in the ballast and rail weathering. I wonder how he got along if he used Flexitrack in any curved sections of the layout. It's interesting to see how people find solutions to things...
Peter. Beginner Neil here again. Quick question, if I cover my 6x4 baseboard with a layer of cork will I need to seal it prior to doing ballasting or scenics (grass etc)? If so, with what? Thanks, Neil.
Hello Neil, If the baseboard is already sealed, I'd strongly advise against sealing the cork. After the track is laid and tested, and after the holes have been drilled through for the dropper wires, the ballast will go down, and this is generally set by a mix of 50-50 pva and water as you know, and the cork will absorb the moisture and help it to set hard. Likewise, when it comes to adding static grass, the thinned out pva will be absorbed by the cork (and will in all circumstances dry clear). As a footnote, some people put down a thin coat of burnt umber acrylic paint (or whatever colour depending on the colour of the ballast you intend to use) just underneath where the track will go, but that's a preference thing. It's just to hide any areas where the ballast may get chipped away over time through track cleaning or natrual disasters like having a cat walking over your layout ;) Peter
@@MaboPete many thanks Peter.
@@neilmacgillivray9892 You're welcome Neil. Any problems give me a shout and I'll try and help.
45 degrees??? I think you meant 90 degrees (= square).
Yes I did... thank you. I was thinking about the filing down of the end rails for the 3rd rail while I was typing it up. Too old now to multi-task, lol.