Has anyone used Scenic Express Black Track Tack roadbed? Thoughts?
I’m not familiar with it. I like the thinner aspect. If I was doing my HO layout again, I think I would opt for something thinner than the typical HO cork.
That appears to be the roadbed I used on my second layout years ago. It’s basically automotive AC insulation tape. I worked in the automotive in those days and bought at the automotive parts stores. It was good and sticky. Be careful when using, it will stick and if you make a goof it may be hard to correct.
I’ve not used it so my comments are suspect. As I lay track I test fit and it looks like it would stick unless I used something like wax paper between the road bed and the track. That’s not the worst thing in the world but the way I do things ballast follows scenicing.
Having a sticky medium for ground foam, plaster dust, and paint to adhere to before ballast, seems like a major disadvantage to me.
Its been marketed to model railroaders before, tried it but it was expencive and was only a good call at the time because you could elimiinate the scale spikes but now that we tend to caulk down our track, the need has gone.
I have an area of my layout where the track makes a horse shoe curve around a town. When I installed the 3 tracks on top of cork roadbed, it looked like there was wall around the town. I finally removed the 3 tracks and roadbed and layed the track directly on plywood. Now it’s really loud when a train goes over the track. I am thinking the BTT roadbed might help the noise problem, but not create the wall.
Did You consider 1/8’’ sheet cork for the road bed in that area?
Comes in rolls for use on bulletin boards…would be thick enough to deaden sound.
I have used it for asphalt roads in the pic’…tracks are laid directly on 1/2 Homasote.
Take Care! [:D]
Frank
