Liquid nails is the best, but make sure that you get the foam friendly kind. White glue will take a long time to dry as it needs air to dry and the foam board really suffocates it. I have ripped out some foam board I laid down a year previously with white glue and still found wet spots near the center! :-O
Thanks for the info everyone! Looks like I will be getting some glue and skewers in the next couple days.
Do you have any photos of the area around tunnel #3 with the tall cantaliver signal? (Torn doen now.) I have a few, but different angles/photos help.
I might. It's been awhile since I looked through them. We have more video than pics, but I'll check. If I recall correctly, there was a Railfan and Railroad Issue that had a whole article about Franklin Canyon. It was our guide for our first trip out there. I can see if we still have that as well.
The Main here will be really banked, and the two tracks on either side of the Main will be on the board without cork. The sidings in this area were much lower then the Main, so that will look just about right.
Here's pretty close to what it is going to look like. The bottom left corner of the board is going to be cut out, and a lower piece glued in. There was a loading ramp in this area, and the track came in on the right up high, and from the left, it was lower. Should get it pretty close here.
I tried to keep all the curves in this area 22"R because I mainly plan to run 89' Piggyback trains. I tested the autoracks through these curves and they worked pretty good. I think overall the effect will be what I am trying for.
Yes, those along with "single ended appetizer toothpicks", (about 3"s long), which are good for quckly "tacking" two pieces in place. Being smaller in diameter they are good for smaller areas.
Jerry: Your use of cardboard lattice and plaster cloth worked so well on your other 'layout in you garage' why did you decide to go with foam for this section? Looking good nevertheless. Al
I attended a clinic with John Sing at a train show showing the different uses of foam, and liked what I saw so I thought I would give it a try.
I got the cork sanded and sometime today after I get some yard work and grocery shopping done, I plan on getting the ATSF Main down and probably some of the sidings. I am also going to cut the corner out too. Will post some pictures later tonight.
Cut and fit the first pieces. Don't have them glued down yet, just wanted to test fit everything. Then tested with a PA1.
This section took the most work, since I wanted the switches closer together then if I just joined them normal size. It turned out really well.
