Rowan Colliery 4mm/00

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The assembly of the Grainge & Hodder base-boards for ‘Rowan Colliery’ has commenced. Today.

I had intended to make a start ‘during the Christmas holiday’, so I am a little late. There are to be three base-boards:



The sizes chosen are designed to minimise the number of tracks (ideally just one) crossing the joints between the different boards. However, I think there will have to be two tracks across the join between the two ‘front’ (scenic) boards — the main circuit and a head-shunt. Otherwise the head-shunt will be very short and severely limit train length in/out of the sidings on the main scenic board.

As this is a learning experience for me, I have started with the small board:



The main structure is complete.

I have also ordered some more of the track I will need. I will start track laying though with the FY board, the assembly of which is not yet begun.

 

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Neil,

Having read articles by Norman Solomon in which he used a firm foam rubber, I tried something similar, but found it difficult to glue.

Presumably your mat is not expanded polythene / polyethylene?

Do you know what kind of polymer it is, and what kind of glue do you use, please?

cheers
Simon

Late to the party... Yes, I also tried the firm foam as underlay but had a hell of a job getting it to stay flat. I also found that even the firm foam was a bit too squishy. I also didn't find it was any quieter than cork. In the end I removed it all and went back to cork.