The ties glued to the rails with Pilobond seems to be working well. Only two ties came off when peeling off the paper templates.
I still have to paint the rails and the circuit board ties, but I think I'll wait until they are on the module and then I will touch up the ties and weather them...
I got a news paper clipping/page from my mother-in-law about an interesting gentlemen who was an engineer.
I found the web version of it and thought I would share it. Here is a link to it...
It's been a trying past two weeks, but the crisis seems to be subsiding. However I managed to work on the turnouts.
I was going to go with CV or Proto 87 turnouts, but decided against it because I have never seen how wheels travel thru their frogs and didn't want to take the chance. (I'm real...
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the module(s) project will be put on hold. Might even terminate the project and try to get rid of them. Will keep you all posted.
For years I've used a mix of white glue and water for ballasting and recently read that some use acrylic matte medium instead. Is there any advantage to this? Has anyone on this forum used matte medium?
I was looking forward to gluing ties to my turnouts this weekend, but my old Barges cement in the tube is too rubbery to use and I can't find this glue anymore. I read that some modellers use Pilobond, but I can't find that either.
Any recommendations out there for a good adhesive? What about...