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Cork underlay

Ok.

2*1 timbers - 6mm ply and cork over the top to stop the noise. A fold up against the wall 8 * 4 plus extension into another room "trainset" (a couple of steps up from trakmat - 2 loops controlled from different ends of the layout to stop arguments; all points at the front to enable them to reach derailments; the inner loop raised to allow scenery and decorations (he's made 2 Wills kits :-)) to be left down (and not knocked off by enthusiastic 5yr old fingers)

But do you

1 "cork" the whole board 2 put chunks of cork roughly where the track is going to go, paint it and trim it up after precisely laying the track or 3 Cut out strips of painted cork and try and lay track/cork strips at the same time?

I wasn't planning on ballasting for a while at least.

Ken

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Ken Wilson
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Keith J Patrick

Cork Floor tiles from B&Q, cut to fit where the track is going to go, profile edges and ballast after the track is down.

Regards Jeff

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Jeff

Thanks.

That was what i was afraid of because it means I have decide on the precise positioning of the track before laying the cork.

A supplementary Q? The two levels are going to be joined by a long curved ply ramp. Do I need to caulk xxxxxx ( just been down my boat replacing one of the wooden planks :-) cork the ramp and the upper loop? I'm envisaging a Wills viaduct holding up part of it; railway arches holding up the far side; a station under the front with some walls around the upper level and then fill in the rest with chicken wire type cliffs.

Ken

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Ken Wilson

My experience with cork is that it makes very little difference.

If I was starting a brand new layout now, I would strongly consider laminate flooring underlay. It's think, (4/5mm ish but that doesn't matter if everwhere is the same. It's good soundproofing and and cheap by the packet.

Dave

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David Smith

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