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.
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.
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
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