ezdays 2010 EOY challenge

[nachoman]

Another "glue" that stays flexible is RTV. If you use silicone RTV caulk (the non-paintable bathroom stuff, NOT the paintable latex stuff) and spread a thin layer and do as biL suggests by pressing the ballast into the glue, it may work. Another suggestion is to simply leave it unballasted. Ballast the sides of the roadbed, but under where the movable track goes simply paint the cork a matching color. You can even try to "speckle" different colors of paint to blend better. In N scale, that probably won't be too noticeable if done right. Plenty of people use the same method for their turnouts to avoid gluing them shut. They paint the roadbed underneath and don't place ballast in the area where the points are.