I am ready to re-do my layout and one of the changes will be to add AF original roadbed. I have a question about what to put under switches to raise them so they line up with the roadbed. What have some of you used for this?
Thanks in advance
DCE
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I am ready to re-do my layout and one of the changes will be to add AF original roadbed. I have a question about what to put under switches to raise them so they line up with the roadbed. What have some of you used for this?
Thanks in advance
DCE
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You can slide some heavy paper shims under the switch. Maybe from a cereal or cracker box.
DCE,
I did not put anything under my AF switches, the road bed portion that goes under the ties is very thin, no need to add a thing. You don't have to fasten the switches to your table, just fasten the track that is attached to the switch.
Ray
Roadbed makes a traditional layout look great. I refuse to cut up a piece of good road bed so get a pile of scraps..........johnson reproduction roadbed works great.
Jackie
@Rayin"S" posted:DCE,
I did not put anything under my AF switches, the road bed portion that goes under the ties is very thin, no need to add a thing. You don't have to fasten the switches to your table, just fasten the track that is attached to the switch.
Ray
Ray,
How about a link to your fabulous layout to show off your roadbed?
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
Tom,
Fabulous? I don't think so but I am pretty happy with it, it does run pretty well.
You can click on the YouTube link at the bottom of my posting, or if you are visiting S Fest my layout is part of the tour.
@Rayin"S" posted:Tom,
Fabulous? I don't think so but I am pretty happy with it, it does run pretty well.
You can click on the YouTube link at the bottom of my posting, or if you are visiting S Fest my layout is part of the tour.
Thanks Ray, I think your layout is pretty awesome. The opening scene of your video is really cool and then the layout is big – at least by my standards. While I am not a fan of Flyer track and switches, the way you use them sort of disguises them… they don’t jump right out at me. I thought it would fit in with this thread.
Tom Stoltz
in Maine
Back in the seventies and early eighties, when I had my Flyer layout, I never put anything under my switches. All my trains ran just fine. Then in 1983 I converted my S Gauge layout to "O" Gauge and once again nothing under the switches. I keep hoping that Menards will make rubber roadbed and switches for their track.
I found that I did not need anything under my switches.
I did, however, trim a piece of roadbed to put along the edge of the switch so that it lines up with the track with the roadbed.
I use the rubber roadbed exactly as John does including the trim piece on the edge of the turnout base. Never fasten down the turnouts , it may lead to derailments. Fasten the adjacent track sections and let the turnouts float when using rubber roadbed. The turnout bases can be shimmed but it is not necessary..
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