Double wide WS risers and inclines

Oman 

Re WS incline side by side to 5 inches 

I should be at that stage this week end. I’ll let you know how it comes out. What is on the top of your risers in picture?  Looks good.  I’m going to try tape on top per     You tube. 

Regards

Steven  thankful for train layout Taylor 

train steve posted:

Oman 

Re WS incline side by side to 5 inches 

I should be at that stage this week end. I’ll let you know how it comes out. What is on the top of your risers in picture?  Looks good.  I’m going to try tape on top per     You tube. 

Regards

Steven  thankful for train layout Taylor 

That's 1/4" plywood or what they call 1/4"; more like 0.200". My youngest son cut all the plywood for me. I'll have to check out the idea of tape.

Tomorrow, I'm expecting a tool to squeeze the adhesive out of the tube. Otherwise, I need gorilla hands. What adhesive are you using?

I use these as well but only use one per track.  That being said I would cut the outer one at several points and space them to match the inner grade, you are covering with the plywood so your roadbed will be solid.

Oman 

Well like everything else on this railroad WS risers didn’t happen on time, if you’re talking about glue for WS risers to board I’m going to try skewer sticks placed inside groves and into foam top, again from YouTube the test I did worked so we’ll see  im not sure if I’ll use one or two risers side by side see advantages to both I have a height difference from bridge deck to riser top one might be easier as less area to “fill”

Good luck stay safe keep building

Steven Taylor

I had hoped my inclines would have arrived Tuesday, but things are slower than usual.  No big deal.  Anyway, I am just doing a single track on my inclines.  The two passing sidings will be flat level, and I have already cut 2x4 risers for them.  I had been thinking about what to put on top and have been planning to put my usual Homasote on top of the inclines.  I think that will work fine.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with on the double track!!

I solved the problem of getting Liquid Nails Fuze-it out of the tube.   tube squeezer   Fuze-it grips well upon contact. I was able to stretch the first 2 ections of the incline, pin them in place and the Fuze-it would hold until cured. The last 4 sections being taller were too rigid to stretch the full length. I just left a gap between sections. The difference in height is negligible.

This is an expensive way to build, but it's fast and accurate.

The layers will be 1/2" ply on top of benchwork/ WS foam/ 1/4" ply/ foam roadbed, Atlas track. Grade is 3%.

Mark Boyce posted:

I had hoped my inclines would have arrived Tuesday, but things are slower than usual.  No big deal.  Anyway, I am just doing a single track on my inclines.  The two passing sidings will be flat level, and I have already cut 2x4 risers for them.  I had been thinking about what to put on top and have been planning to put my usual Homasote on top of the inclines.  I think that will work fine.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with on the double track!!

Mark

I was expecting a box of risers Tuesday. Tracking reported all day long that it should be delivered by 8 pm. We don't have mail delivery beyond the afternoon where I live, so that didn't happen. Now USPS tracking is still referencing April 21. It should be reading "out for delivery", but it's not. All my orders from WS are now shipped USPS. Shipping is expensive because the product is bulky.

Oman  

The outer facing on your turn looks great very fancy, did your son help cut that too? Im envious your son helps on your layout, truly a dream of mine. WS Rises on deck for today. Hopefully pictures.

Mark

I know the feeling about shipping, everything is late or delayed and in one case lost. But still I'm happy with getting supplies to continue building the railroad. It absolutely grinds my gears to pay shipping from Menards and Lowes (which are close) but so it goes.  I plan to lay tape on top of risers (from You Tube idea) so its an even surface then go with pink board insulation on top probably using hot glue gun on low setting. That will  help with height difference.  I am very sick of seeing pink board, maybe that will help speed the progress.

Good luck stay safe keep building

Steven Taylor

train steve posted:

Oman  

The outer facing on your turn looks great very fancy, did your son help cut that too? Im envious your son helps on your layout, truly a dream of mine. WS Rises on deck for today. Hopefully pictures.

 

Good luck stay safe keep building

Steven Taylor

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fascia (part of the benchwork) is  modelrailroadbenchwork  The wood is cabinet grade birch plywood. I don't know why he doesn't get any press on this forum. Everybody talks about Mianne.

I have built my benchwork fairly economically, reusing a lot of wood from a variety of sources.  It's not pretty, but it is solid as a rock.  In years past, I used the cookie cutter method of cutting plywood and putting in risers to raise the cut portions to height.  It works great, but on this layout, I wanted to make modules that I could remove when we leave this house.  I built flat surfaces and put in 2x4 blocks to support the flat.  As I contemplated the grades, I was at a standstill at the thought of actually building the grades.  Now in my mid 60s, carpentry has actually become quite painful.    Also, I was a bit overwhelmed with the idea of getting a smooth transition from level to grade and to level again at the top with basic hand circular saw, saber saw, and sander; all electric hand tools.  Since the layout is only 11x9 feet around three walls with a 30" walkway on the 4th wall and planned lift up bridges to get inside, I decided to order the Woodland Scenics.  Oh well, I took time out Tuesday to mow and uncover the picnic table, etc.  Yesterday was brisk so we worked some on cleaning out the garage which definitely needs done.  I was going to have to take time away from the layout, so waiting longer than expected for the mailman to get the product to me doesn't hurt as much as it could.  

Cookie cutter, with blocks. It is two tracks wide.