Been reading all the ideas about holding track down with hot glue, chalk and screws. If i were going to use screws in tinplate track, what pattern do you use, screws in every tie on both sides that has the hole already there? Or stagger holes, or screw down every other piece of track. I`m using foam track bed this time, my old layout was screwed down here and there on a piece of plywood because i was on the road a lot, never enough time to do anything else, that one is history. If i use chalk, will that hold the track to the foam? Seems like using screws would take a lot of time, chalk would be a lot quicker if it would hold. I`m putting a lot of track and switches down this time.
My tinplate track is in like new condition, and i have a lot of it, can`t justify buying buying all new track.
