09-12-2010, 10:24 AM
Thanks bIL!
Greg, if you use white glue you'll have no problem scrapping up whatever errors you may make. But you are not likely to make any anyway, if you keep thinks simple. If you are new to handlaying and aren't going to use jigs for turnouts, I suggest buying a BK tunrout kit (assuming they are still made and available) as they make it easier by providing assembled frogs. I believe they include a tie template as well. I made a jig on a piece of 1x4, using stripwood thinner than the ties, at a width I wanted my ties to be spaced at. I glued these to the 1x4 butted up against a stop strip, at a right angle. So I just place ties in and apply a thin strip of masking tape on top, and I have a length of ties ready to glue to the roadbed. Mark your centerlines well and you should have no problems. Ballasting before laying rail is a snap, really.
Greg, if you use white glue you'll have no problem scrapping up whatever errors you may make. But you are not likely to make any anyway, if you keep thinks simple. If you are new to handlaying and aren't going to use jigs for turnouts, I suggest buying a BK tunrout kit (assuming they are still made and available) as they make it easier by providing assembled frogs. I believe they include a tie template as well. I made a jig on a piece of 1x4, using stripwood thinner than the ties, at a width I wanted my ties to be spaced at. I glued these to the 1x4 butted up against a stop strip, at a right angle. So I just place ties in and apply a thin strip of masking tape on top, and I have a length of ties ready to glue to the roadbed. Mark your centerlines well and you should have no problems. Ballasting before laying rail is a snap, really.