Paul Boyd
Member
- Location
- Loughborough, UK
Good evening!
A few days ago the rail chairs I ordered from the 3mm Society arrived which means I can embark on the bullhead sections of my layout. I intend using, and have already bought, Evergreen 0.060" x 0.125" strips for timbers. So far, so good!
I was just reading Peter Thompson's account of his "Norwich Central" central layout in the current (May 2021) Railway Modeller where I was pleased to see he'd used plasticard sleepers (along with a mention of Templot). Pleased, that is, until I got to a later paragraph where he says that in the two years between building and running the solvent he used made the sleepers shrink and reduce the gauge.
Does anyone have any longer term experience of using this method of track construction, with details of any solvents to avoid? Could sleepers really shrink in length? My solvent of choice is butanone but maybe something a bit milder might be safer, both for me and the track!
Cheers,
Paul
A few days ago the rail chairs I ordered from the 3mm Society arrived which means I can embark on the bullhead sections of my layout. I intend using, and have already bought, Evergreen 0.060" x 0.125" strips for timbers. So far, so good!
I was just reading Peter Thompson's account of his "Norwich Central" central layout in the current (May 2021) Railway Modeller where I was pleased to see he'd used plasticard sleepers (along with a mention of Templot). Pleased, that is, until I got to a later paragraph where he says that in the two years between building and running the solvent he used made the sleepers shrink and reduce the gauge.
Does anyone have any longer term experience of using this method of track construction, with details of any solvents to avoid? Could sleepers really shrink in length? My solvent of choice is butanone but maybe something a bit milder might be safer, both for me and the track!
Cheers,
Paul
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