Roadbed?

I find myself torn, T-Girder or put down a plywood deck. I have my framework now complete. I am resonably sure I will use cookie cutter type, for the base of the roadbed, but should I deck the whole thing or raise it on T-girder?
Bill Jackson

 

Thanks for the reply. I am probably going to deck part and then make cutouts for bridges and streams. My layout is only 9 by 9 so I can not get the grade to go up quick and look good anyway. Cutouts will have to do.
Bill Jackson

 

I posted a thread in the S scale section regarding Custom Trax products. It really looks good on their site. They manufacture their track and turnouts in several scales including HO and S. It appears to be a huge improvement over the Tru-Scale Ready Track which I used in the late 60s and into the 70s.

The late Bill McClanahan used Tru-Scale on his HO Texas & Rio Grande Western in Dallas. He wrote the Kalmbach scenery "bible" for model railroading back in the 60s.

Visit the Custom Trax site at www.custmtrax.com for a look of their product line.

Joe Toth

 

I don´t have any older Walthers catalogs showing Tru-Scale HO sacle Ready Track from the 1970s but the 2 ft. straight nickle silver rail sections were not cheap for their time either.

Times have changed and prices continue to rise. Gone are the $1 build a car articals in Model Railroader too!

I converted from Lionel O27 to HO on a shoestring budget with wages drawn from throwing the evening paper in Tampa, Florida, in 1962. Try that today.

Joe Toth

 

In Florida, do not throw anything. They might shoot back at you.
Bill Jackson
Titusville, Florida

 

I didn´t really "throw" the Tampa Times but folded them and placed them on the doorsteps of my customers.

Got good tips too!

Regarding the question of track. England´s Peco, www.peco-uk.com, has had their "83 Line" track products on the market for several years now. It is modeled after North American track standards and they continue to expand the line. They also offer track with concrete ties in HO scale as well.

Joe Toth