John, I use Liguid Nails for Projects. There are two flavors oil- and water-based. Get the water based. I gun it on cork road bed, spread with a putty knife, place and weight and wait. I do the same with wood ties - masking the edges on the cork so the glue doesn't spread everywhere. However with flex track that I might want to reuse I would try to find a mechanical fastening method that is visually acceptable. Ben Trousdale
--- In [email protected], "johnmwalker" <johnmwalker@...> wrote: > > Greetings colleagues, > > Because of heavy seasonal 1:1 scale railroad work commitments, my 1:64 > railroad progress is limited to 2-3 Saturdays per month, sad to say. For my > eight hours of SMF + SAF (figure that acronym out for yourselves) I've just > finished rearranging my modular tables on my layout. It remains 5.44 m wide > (that is 18' plus a few inches). Depth will vary but at no point will I need > to reach beyond 70 cm module width. > > I did all of this at the last moment - i.e., before finalizing my track plan > - because I was unsatisfied with the minimum radii. Until today they were as > tight as 31", which looked a bit toylike. I've now increased minimum radii to > roughly 42" and it is usually 45" (excluding freight yards of course, where > things are tighter).The new modules 'collapse' wherein the gap between the > modular tables disappears when not operating, and I will be able to install > the turntable of my dreams on the southeastern corner (more on that as this > progresses). > > Where I could use some advice is on the foam. I can get extruded polystyrene > panels from my lumber years (the brand is called 'Ursa' as in bear) but no > one around here models with it. The fellow at the depot thinks I am missing a > couple of software upgrades, thanks to the bizarre purchases I've made in > recent weeks, to wit: "do you REALLY want to cut the panels like that? ...do > you REALLY want legs that high? and so on). > > I plan to get foam panels into which I'd carve streams and a river. Atop of > the panels will be Tomalco 60 degree trackbed. The blue and pink foam panel > brand names most of you speak of are unavailable here, hence the Ursa > extruded polystyrene. Am I going the right way with this material composition? > > Any suggestions on affixing roadbed to foam? > > Thanks in advance and best Regards from Hombrechtikon, Switzerland. > John M Walker > > P.S. In case anyone has not yet purchased Tomalco flex track, I can > recommend the brand highly: these products are beautiful out of the box. > ------------------------------------ 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/
