Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
That's really captured the atmosphere of that part of North Wales, Larry.
Especially with no track.... .
Hat, coat, gone................. and chair left spinning
That's really captured the atmosphere of that part of North Wales, Larry.
It's neat PVA, and the best I've found yet. It is applied thickly with a soft 3/4" brush. Track is lowered onto it and straightened with 3' steel ruler, then ballast poured on. It is firmly tamped with the fingers and hand for a while and the track re-checked in case it had moved. Then strips of 3" x 1" timbers placed on the track with heavy books on top.Please Larry, are you using the PVA neat to do this or are you adding something into it to help it percolate upwards?
I have always been happy with the performance and appearance of SMP type J (from Marcway nowadays) and I even married some up to a Peco BH turnout. Might be worth looking at for future projects.
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I used Markway bullhead flexible J in pre-Peco bullhead days.. Because of it's thinner sleepers, I put thinner cork under the Peco Streamline points so the rail heights would match. The Markway flexible track is stronger and much easier to lay perfectly straight.
Available from C&L these days.Larry
Have you ever tried Exactoscale Fast track bases, sleeper thickness 1.6mm. Very easy to lay straight as all webs joined, accepts code 75 bullhead rail
Thanks Hayfield and Captain'. The track bases have come to light too late for the layout now. I was out laying track this morning at 7am before the shed got too hot, and it took an hour to get five feet of double track as straight as possible. After some derailments on bullhead points........ I didn't bother to find out why......... turnouts are now mostly flat bottom.Larry
Have you ever tried Exactoscale Fast track bases, sleeper thickness 1.6mm. Very easy to lay straight as all webs joined, accepts code 75 bullhead rail
There have been reports of the curved part of Peco bullhead turnouts experiencing gauge narrowing. I understand this has been raised with Peco.Thanks Hayfield and Captain'. The track bases have come to light too late for the layout now. I was out laying track this morning at 7am before the shed got too hot, and it took an hour to get five feet of double track as straight as possible. After some derailments on bullhead points........ I didn't bother to find out why......... turnouts are now mostly flat bottom.
Available from C&L these days.