attaching rail/roadbed

[karate kid]

I'm brand new into "N" gauge railroading and looking for suggestions on how to mount track on the fixed gray roadbed to a wooden board.  There don't seem to be any nail holes nor raised sections on the bottom of the roadbed that could be attached with a glue gun.

[jward]

when i was in N scale, i used a pin vise and a #61 drill bit to drill holes for track nails. i found that plywood is too hard to drive nails with a pair of pliers, and track often didn't have nail holes where i needed them. drilling the pilot holes worked for me, and might for you too.

[Joe Satnik]

Dear karate kid,

Nigel says:

"Hot melt will work well.  An alternate is Aleene's Tacky Glue available in the crafts section at Wal-mart, craft's stores, and on-line.  Either will hold well, yet is fairly easy to remove without damaging the E-Z track."

I suppose a drop every few inches along the outside edge would work...

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

Joe Satnik

[pipefitter]

If you use a cork or foam layer under the track to deaden mechanical noise, then you don't want to use track nails or screws, but use glue instead. I had a layout with screws through track and cork into a plywood table and the screws transmitted the noise from the rails to the plywood which resonated with it. I redid the layout with the cork glued down and then the track glued to the cork and the reduction in noise was amazing.

Robert