What do you use to seal up the Homasote in order to resist moisture?
Ed Kenny (Someday) modeling the DL&W in S scale circa 9/29/54 --- In [email protected], "Edward Loizeaux" <loize...@...> wrote: > > 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" chocolatte...@... 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/
