Help Again
What have you used to attach track, o gauge tubular, the old stuff, to pink board?
The thickness will be 1 and 4-5 inch. I have used drywall when the base was plywood but that won't work here.
There will be 3/16 foam roadbeds under track. There will be 90-100 ft
"This figuring out stuff after the fact is getting old"
motto Westfield RR
Replies sorted oldest to newest
should read "drywall screws"
I use #4 1/4 " fh sheet metal screws.
Dry wall screws do hold in pink foam board. That's what I use to secure my FasTrack. A thin layer of latex caulk will work and won't transfer noise.
If you intend to ballast your track, the bonding solution that holds the ballast will also hold the track. You only need to use the screws to hold the track in place prior to ballasting--then they can be removed.
Several years ago an o-gauge friend in East Tennessee was faced with trying to stabilize Gargraves Flextrack curves over 2" extruded foam. With a spade bit we drilled 3/4" dia.x1-1/4" deep holes in the foam,placed and white-glued 3/4" x 1-1/4"pine dowels.
Dowels to receive track screws just long enough to penetrate through tie and cork to catch the dowel and hold the track bend in place. The plan was to remove screws after glue-ballasting in the future. I lost touch when he relocated about 4 years later but I assume it worked well for that period since he never complained.
I didn't use any screws, but I feed the electrical to the bottom of the tracks from holes just under the rales. This, and firmly pressing the track into the foam has held it in place for 5 years now. Just one spot after an s-curve shifted a little, so I put a dot of hot glue under two of the ties and that's all I've had to do.
Tim
Access to this requires an OGR Forum Supporting Membership
