Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Roadbed

Cork roadbed is complete. I glued it down with carpenter's glue and used staples to hold it in place while the glue dried. Once the glue dried, I removed all of the staples and gave the cork a good sanding. I simply laid the cork across the layout section joints, though prior to doing that I did cover the joints with tape to keep glue from getting into them. My goal is to build a layout that could be disassembled should we move, so it doesn't need to be engineered to be easily and repeatedly disassembled and reassembled. This 4x6 section might be small enough to be moved in one piece anyway.



Next up: tracklaying. For now I plan to keep the layout on the floor so I can easily move it around as necessary for access. Once the track is down, I will put it up on the legs again.