I'm also interested in incorporating the Walthers 130' turntable into a layout that now contains exclusively Bachmann nickle-silver EZ track (with attached roadbed). The consensus here seems to be that it's necessary to use Atlas Code 83, without roadbed, for all tracks connecting to the turntable.
My first question is this: What's the best way to make a transition from the EZ-track down to the Atlas Code 83? For example, does Atlas provide special rail joiners that can make this transition smoothly - e.g., a rail joiner from Code 100 to Code 83?
My second question is this: In order to make a transition from the EZ-track with roadbed down to a track without roadbed, some sort of gradual slope surely has to be installed underneath the track without roadbed. Does anyone have experience with doing this - or at least a good idea as to how to do so? For example, would vinyl spackle or painter's 'mud' (used for filling in gaps in sheet rock) spread carefully with a trowel be suitable - or might these tend to decompose into dust over time?
Thanks in advance for your input!
-Ed
My first question is this: What's the best way to make a transition from the EZ-track down to the Atlas Code 83? For example, does Atlas provide special rail joiners that can make this transition smoothly - e.g., a rail joiner from Code 100 to Code 83?
My second question is this: In order to make a transition from the EZ-track with roadbed down to a track without roadbed, some sort of gradual slope surely has to be installed underneath the track without roadbed. Does anyone have experience with doing this - or at least a good idea as to how to do so? For example, would vinyl spackle or painter's 'mud' (used for filling in gaps in sheet rock) spread carefully with a trowel be suitable - or might these tend to decompose into dust over time?
Thanks in advance for your input!
-Ed