Woodland scenics incline

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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I just bought for the first time a Woodland Scenics incline.
What is a good way to attach it to foam insulation & what would be a good way to attach cork roadbed & then track on the cork? [banghead]

I’m thinking of using double sided tape?

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

Gordon

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Gordon.
Use a low temp hot glue gun to attach the risers to the foam board. I use hot glue to attach the risers directly to plywood. The glue sets fast so you can move quickly as opposed to white glue.

I use AMI Instant Roadbed insted of cork. It is self adhereing so it requires no gluing. The track also “sticks” to the roadbed, solving two problems at once. Oh yeah, it also holds the ballast. Bonus!! Take a look: http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=127136&ck= Dave

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I used a hot glue gun it sets fairly quick, but not quick enough that you can’t get it down.

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I used white glue. Thought about using a glue gun, but I feared the heat would damage (melt) the foam. I also used white glue to attach the roadbed & track to the roadbed. In fact, if you are laying flex track, then you can use pins to temporarily keep the track in place until the glue dries (or you lay your ballast, which will secure the track).

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Aleene’s Tacky Glue, for everything. It is available in crafts stores and the crafts section at Wal-Mart…

Double sided tape, in particular carpet tape works well, except you have to get it exactly right the first time.

Liquid Nails for projects (foam compatible) is also used by some. It is strong, gives you time to work, and is pernament. The other suggestion are re-workable in the future.

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Use a low tempature glue gun. You can get them at Walmart for about 5 bucks.
And a bag of glue sticks for about $1.50. Work the foam risers as you go and
glue along the edges. If you need to remove them for any reason, just cut along
the edge of the risers with a hobby knife and they come right off. Dave

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Cheap latex caulking can be used to glue the inclines, roadbed, and even track provided you can put bricks or similar weights on it until the caulking sets. I have also used white glue, yellow glue, and double-sided foam tape. Foam tape is the most expensive method, but comes in handy if you are just testing an alignment which you think might need to be moved a couple of times.

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I used white glue on several occasions with them and it worked great. I would also go with the woodland scenic roadbed because of it’s ease of use and may be applied with the same white glue. Use the pins to hold the roadbed in place until it drys.

RMax

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I used Liquid Nails for Projects, it is made for foam. It really holds the foam pieces in place if you have curves to make with the inclines. use canned food for weights to hold while it dries. Once dried I then gave the top a quick sanding where the joints of each piece come together. I then place a 1/8 " strip of cork sheet on top of the incline, again using Liquid Nails for Projects. I use the 1/8" cork strips becuase I don’t like gaps under the road bed. Once dried I glue cork roadbed to the cork using white glue.

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Yeah, I guess you are right - that would work too. But my $1.49 bottle of Elmer’s white glue was already at hand. [;)]

I think the bottom line is to use glue that will not interact with and melt Styrofoam. I think the product itself (WS Incline system) is very useful. It’s a bit pricey, but I think it’s a better value than most of their other overpriced products.

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I used the green contact cement – the non toxic version.

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This is great! I’ve been trying to find someone who had an answer to this question for several months, but none of my modeling friends had actually gotten around to trying the risers. And now I have several good options. I’m a newbie here, but I’ll be around from time to time!