Fellow modelers,
Since I found very little about the topic of handlaying concrete ties, I made a little mockup. Thus, I seek your opinion and experiences, if any, about it. I wrote a little article how I made it, you can read it here.
Thanks!
I can see where the word “insanity” came up for the topic.
Very interesting.
Ed
I am a member of a small group of modellers who have built two layouts with handbuilt track - some switches and concrete tie plain track with pandrol clips.
I see that the above layout failed from flimsy framing (ah, alliteration! see: gorilla glue). Too bad, as it looked very nice.
That problem is something that is a constant in Free-mo. Well, for some modules, not all. Modules that are flimsy tend to get sidelined and/or retired and/or rebuilt.
Ed
Well, you did answer my (tongue in cheek) question about where to get 1:80 (close enough) scale Pandrol clips.
However, I’m not even tempted to hand-lay plain-Jane track. And my prototype kept the wood ties under specialwork. So, while I hand-lay the latter, I have sufficient Atlas concrete-tie flex on hand to finish the pertinent work - the final part of which is coloring the white plastic clips with black paint.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Trevor,
Thank you for the link, very nice work. 
The track looks amazing! Great job!
I would suggest using something in addition to CA to secure the rails, though. I’ve had issues with CA letting go if the rails get bumped by a tool, or when soldering on feeders. Personally, I like soldering to PCB ties when handlaying track and turnouts - usually replacing every 5th or 6th tie with PCB.
Thanks!
I was thinking exactly the same; use a different adhesive for longer sections because I am afraid that CA is too brittle and would not be able to deal with expansion and contraction of rail due to temperature changes. The connection might just shear off. I would need to try something more flexible. I guess sneaking in a well-disguised PCB tie could do it.