sinncity rr

Hey cool layout.  Perfect size to be on the move.  I also like the painted/inked? ballast on the fast track.

Imperial guard patrolling your city?

Nice clean, colorful layout.

Mike, I have thousands of Impy guard to patrol the city but they have been packed away for some time.  Their makers did some things to affect Aussie buyers I don't agree with so no longer support them.  Plenty of modern US grunts and Aussie Diggers to protect the citizens of Sinn City though.  The layout is on some foam I got from a large hardware chain store.  Wish we could get Homasote down here, the room was plenty loud when trains were running

Sinn;

See if you can find Soundstop or Quietbrace.

They are name brand sound barrier products usually in the big box home stores.

If not, ceiling tiles will work but look for ones without the bevel or flip them upside down. but that will cost more.

Thanks for the info Russell.  Was able to find someone nearby who sells Soundstop.  Seems they come in 4 x 12 sheets, was planning to expand to 6 x 12, now I may consider 2 sheets for an 8 x 12 layout.  Reach may be an issue though.

MikeH, the ballast of the fasttrack was inked straight onto the plastic using vallejo sepia wash.  One bottle did about 15 pieces of track, went through a lot of bottles!  Just need to glue some grass tufts I have from gaming projects and it should look a whole lot better.

The foam was just down as a trial to test sound deadening ability, now it will probably be cut up and used for landscaping material.

Sinn;

Be aware that Soundstop is not very strong structurally, Don't try picking up a sheet by a corner, all you will get is the corner. This is designed as a sound barrier, not structure. I do prefer it though. It will hold a track screw well enough to keep it from moving around under a train but not if you pick straight up on the track. Besides, once you Ballast the track isn't going anywhere.