Hello Jeff..... Homasote, by itself, is not strong enough to span a two foot distance without sagging to the point of being useless. I'd suggest 1/2" (or 5/8") thick plywood with many layers for strength with either Homosote or cork on top of the plywood. Homasote straight from the lumberyard is not particularly flat or smooth. Homabed, a machined product, is flat and smooth and will be much better for handlaid trackage. Click here for info:
http://www.homabed.com/ Regarding your trackplans, one comment is that two of the turnouts are awfully close to the edges of the layout. I do not think a 50' box car or 53' flat car will fit onto the tail track there. Thus, you will be restricted to short cars only. Perhaps that is OK if your era is before longer cars were used. Otherwise, you might be disappointed. Regarding your disease, "S"everal of us have it, but I will not mention any names. There is no known cure. "S"incerely...Ed L. 6a. "S"ome questions Posted by: "Jeff Ngowe" [email protected] ngowejeff Date: Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:45 am ((PDT)) All, My Friday Fun has consisted of continuing benchwork on a switching layout I've been planning. However I' have run into a roadblock. Since I have not decided on terrain, and would prefer something that isn't flat. Track will be handlaid I considered using homasote for a layout base, but I am not certain if it will be strong enough. I have considered spline roadbed from homasote, but am not sure with the large number of turnouts involved (8) if this would be feasible. Another possibility would be a cookie cutter type roadbed made from homasote. To keep cost down I am trying to do without subroadbed. Another question is roadbed width? Finally I would appreciate it if judgment was passed on the 3 variation of the layout. http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad248/jfrydom/SwitchingLayoutvariation3.j pg http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad248/jfrydom/SwitchingLayoutvariation2.j pg http://i940.photobucket.com/albums/ad248/jfrydom/SwitchingLayoutvariation1.j pg Also I think I've caught a di"S"ea"S"e I'm starting to put quotation marks around the letter "S". Jeffrey Ngowe ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
