I think I decided that I need to make a roadbed or the layout will look horrible… but i can’t really do that because we built the table a weird way… it has wood trim on the sides, and we put “quick-grass” stuff all over it already. so how am i going to make an extruded foam roadbed over all that?
Thanks in advance!
What exactly is “quick grass stuff”? Can it be scrapped off?
Foam (at least the rigid type) is for sub-roadbed. Midwest Cork or Woodland Scenics Track-Bed is the roadbed that the track will lie on (yes I know homosote is a fan fav, but one needs a wood working shop for that).
You could check into Woodland Scenics Sub-Terrain risers and inclines as well, they just need to be glued down.
Good luck.
Alan
Quick grass is this sheet of scenic grass premade for your track. I looked at my layout plans and found out that it is a layout for a flat track. I will elevate the mountians with extruded foam, but thats it. I guess that means i cannot really make any major rivers or lakes and stuff, but oh well. Thanks for the info!
Homabed by California Roadbed company is the way to go in my O/P secure it down to your extruded foam (YUK!) with clear silicone adhesive caulking. If your track work is already down on top of the quick grass mat things I would suggest cutting it out of the outline of the track the width of the roadbed with a razor knife as the adhesive might hold better to the foam then the fake grass.
I have quite a bit of homasote, bought in 4 by 8 sheets laid on plywood base in yard areas. No woodworking shop. I also use Homabed roadbed from California which is already shaped and ready to lay, again no workshop. I did cut the homasote sheets in the driveway on sawhorses, the roadbed comes out of the box ready to lay.
Bob
This won’t help for hills and mountains, but I’ve been using this rope caulk for roadbed for a few years now and it’s great! Dirt cheap too! (It’s cheaper in the off season.)
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It comes in a roll like this…
And I use a wooden wall paper roller (the kind used to do the edges when hanging the paper) to smooth it and create trasitions in rail height easily.
It’s flexible, and stays that way for many years, so it’s quiet, and it’s very easy to work with.
I can lay dozens of feet of it in just minutes, and since it’s just a little tacky, it stays where I put it with no further adhesive. Ballast and scenery will hold it in place when all is said and done. I pull it apart lengthwise for N scale widths, for HO just use it straight from the package.
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Very cool thanks!
I was just thinking that you could lay this right on top of the work you’ve already done, ballast it, and call it done.
