Cody Grivno described installing a grade crossing in a recent Model Railroader. I did not see what type of adhesive to use to bond the styrene sheet to the foam and or cork. A different type may be needed for the different surfaces.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Bob
If it is sheet materials, I like Walther’s Goo.
I think plain white glue would work for this. It bonds pretty well to foam or cork, and will hold styrene, too. Another choice is Aileen’s Tacky Glue, a craft store item. I like this stuff for mounting figures, or for applying tuft grass. It holds well, but it doesn’t form a completely permanent, hard bond. This lets you remove the figures for relocation without breaking off their feet.
Even rubber cement might work for you. I’ve used that to mount Kadee uncoupler magnets when I wasn’t quite sure of the placement. They come up pretty easily if they have to, but I’ve had some in place for years that I got right the first time.
Re; this article, I was a little surprised to find that Cody had twisted the gates’ masts to be parallel to the track; it was my understanding that DOT specs say the arms are to be oriented perpendicular to the roadway when the track meets it at an angle.
Is this incorrect?
Yeah - I was surprised at that myself. Your understanding is correct, and Cody slipped up here.
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/xings/07010/
Probably in here somewhere; I didn’t take the time to look, though.
Gates aren’t always perpendicular to the road. I’ve seen some where if the track angles so it is closer on the left than the right, the gates parallel the tracks. In one case in Monnett, Ohio, on SR 294, the tracks are angled so that they are closer on the right than on the left. When Norfolk and Western installed lights and gates at the crossing, they turned the signals so that the gates paralleled the tracks.
Kevin