What is the best method of laying sections of superelevated track on curves ?
All I can relate is my limited experience. My EZ-Track superelevated itself with just very slight pressure if I attempted to make it so. Once ballasted, it stayed that way. As for flex-track, I hear that strips of card-stock placed outboard of the outer rails, parallel to those rails, will do a good job. A single layer is really all that is needed. If you overdo it, you could end up with tracking problems, and it will look…“goofy.” Too toy-like.
By all means, superelevate for that cool effect, but keep it in scale. Less is more.
Good luck.
Concur with selector’s card stock recommendation. I used styrene strips probably equal to card stock. I’m a fairly run of the mill modeler but I did it where appropriate on my layout and it does look nice. You can eyeball it at track level to make sure “tilt” is not excessive. Again, I’m no expert but it’s in place and no tracking problems.
Jon
I did it with thin styrene too. I only did it once though, my layout is at eye level and you cant even see the tilt when a train goes around it. Waste of time if your layout is at eye level.
Just to add a question to the mix does superelevating do any good on a model railroad or is it just for show?
bill
Unless you regear your engines to go 50 MPH, its just for show.
I have used stripwood in 2 or 3 foot pieces about 1/16 square glue it down along the outer edge with white glue held in place with a few spikes…When dry pull the spikes and sand out high spots.you can taper the beginning and end of the super elevation for an easy transition . use a sanding block for this. you can control the elevation by moving the strips in or out from under the outer rail to the outer edge of the ties. Of course the size strip wood can change this using narrow stripwood it easy to flex to match the curve.
Using fishing line or Weed Wacker filament would even more flexible than strip wood.