The Viaduct
Posted
Full Member
but I have read so many ideas about "Ballasting". The question is which ever way you choose to lay your track, how do you lay track on a Model Viaduct? Passed Driver
Staying on the thread Kevin.
Posted
Site staff
Kevin, on my viaduct, using Peco flex track, I pinned it to the cardboard that makes up the viaduct with Peco SL14 track pins, then ballast in the "normal" manner using watery PVA - of course the entire viaduct was sprayed first with matt varnish to protect the paper & card from moisture.but I have read so many ideas about "Ballasting". The question is which ever way you choose to lay your track, how do you lay track on a Model Viaduct? Passed Driver
I guess I could have glued the track down with a few dobs of contact cement/PVA, etc but pinning it allowed me to ballast straight away.
Ron
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
Posted
Inactive Member
Well done !!thumbsthumbs
:cheers Gormo
"Anyone who claims to have never made a mistake, never made anything!!"
https://sites.google.com/site/greatchesterfordmodelrailway/home
https://sites.google.com/site/greatchesterfordmodelrailway/home
Posted
Full Member
Looking at your track bed, is that the "kit" width - 65mm - or did you reduce it to fit your site ?
Also, are the stones around the arches a part of the kit ? If so, it's given me an idea for the Wills version………….. :hmm
'Petermac
Posted
Site staff
And the "stones" around the arches are part of the kit.
Ron
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
Posted
Full Member
When you say it should have been wider, do you mean for train clearance from the parapet walls or because the kit is designed to be wider ?
I know the kit comes in at 65mm wide for single track but ideally, I'd like mine to be a bit narrower and wondered if that would foul up the build.
'Petermac
Posted
Site staff
Ron
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
Posted
Full Member
Why would making the track bed 4mm too narrow prevent you adding the designed double thickness buttresses - aren't they on the outside of the viaduct and so it wouldn't matter what width it was ? :hmm
Unless ………………………is the deck (trackbed) supposed to be wider than the piers and arches ? That could mean it is designed to sit on top of the double thickness buttresses rather than on top of the actual walls ………… :roll:
'Petermac
Posted
Site staff
Ron
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
Posted
Full Member
It certainly looks better than alright Sol.
I'll buy it and read the instructions to see why the bed width is so critical. Other than having to cut down the piers and undersides of the arches, I don't see why one can't reduce the width by a few millimetres ……………………………..
'Petermac
1 guest and 0 members have just viewed this.