01-01-2011, 09:59 AM
Really, you can put the tape anywhere.
You can use cardstock shims. You can lay the roadbed flat, glue it, and then sand it so that its top surface is offering a cant to the tracks. Theoretically, you could even sand the ties, but it would be a heck of a job.
The nice thing about spline roadbed, and even cookie cutter if you sand it, is that you can do this and then just lay the tracks. The splines can be torsioned slightly by swinging their risers'/piers' bottom ends to one side prior to mounting them on their anchoring points.
Crandell
You can use cardstock shims. You can lay the roadbed flat, glue it, and then sand it so that its top surface is offering a cant to the tracks. Theoretically, you could even sand the ties, but it would be a heck of a job.
The nice thing about spline roadbed, and even cookie cutter if you sand it, is that you can do this and then just lay the tracks. The splines can be torsioned slightly by swinging their risers'/piers' bottom ends to one side prior to mounting them on their anchoring points.
Crandell