01-22-2012, 04:12 PM
"I have had the opposite experience but I'm in N scale and maybe the heavier locos in the bigger scales cause a different effect? "
Both my N scale and my Z scale layouts have 2" of foam over plywood.The foam is a mixture of Green,Blue,& Pink.I was quite surprized to find out on both layouts the different noise levels from the different colours of foam.The noise is not loud and in a busy show you don't here any noise at all.I've gotton so used to the sounds I can tell exactly where my train is on the Z layout at home without even looking at the layout.
One tip I learned qiute a few years ago is if you use just the foam with slats placed every so often for support is to glue rouighly a 2" square by what ever length diagonally across the foam on the bottom it seems to cancel out any train caused vibrations that produce noise,By the way my N scale layout is much larger than that little beauty of Mike's.
Both my N scale and my Z scale layouts have 2" of foam over plywood.The foam is a mixture of Green,Blue,& Pink.I was quite surprized to find out on both layouts the different noise levels from the different colours of foam.The noise is not loud and in a busy show you don't here any noise at all.I've gotton so used to the sounds I can tell exactly where my train is on the Z layout at home without even looking at the layout.
One tip I learned qiute a few years ago is if you use just the foam with slats placed every so often for support is to glue rouighly a 2" square by what ever length diagonally across the foam on the bottom it seems to cancel out any train caused vibrations that produce noise,By the way my N scale layout is much larger than that little beauty of Mike's.
Johnathan (Catt) Edwards
"The Ol Furrball"
"I'm old school,I still believe in respect"
"The Ol Furrball"
"I'm old school,I still believe in respect"