My problem is cleaning it because the pavement is coming up with the alcohol. I also thought about trying good enamel paint, but I’m concerned that the cleaning solution will seep under the road along the rails causing damage as well. Edit, since I can't delete I guess I'll update. I just pulled it all out and tossed it. I don't know what I’m going to use yet, but I’m going lay new track with new pavement. I know a lot of you use plastic, but I’ve never had much luck painting it. I need something that is spreadable and also be able to mix the color in so that if it gets scratched it will not show white .
what were you using? I havent got to any street crossings yet. But plaster doesnt seem to be effected by the alcohol, at least it wasnt when i dumped over the bottle all over a freshly plastered section of scenery.
When I pave around street track I try to keep the pavement slightly lower than the top of the rail. (1/32 to 1/16 of an inch) From a few feet away it still looks flush. That way I can lean the rail without touching the pavement.
My wife just mentioned that because we just tiled our bath and have some leftover, but I never heard of anybody using it and thought it might crack. I can’t remember what the name of it is, but its pink then turns white when dried. I had started using drywall compound, but it cracked up and shrunk so that’s when I went with the pink stuff. I'll have to keep that in mind, thanks
Where on the web? Did you use the sanded or non-sanded? We have the sanded kind. I only mixed the stuff and my wife was the one who actually did the grouting, but she thought the sanded would be ok.
Donald Durham Company -- Makers of Durham's Rock Hard Water Putty (tm). Interesting stuff, I'll keep my eyes open for it.
Johnny, I see that what I was going to suggest has been mentioned already. I'm building a OO/HO version of something like Blackpool's street tramway (as well as collecting stock for a US outline N). I lay the track straight on the board, no ballast. Then I stick a grid pattern of matchsticks to the board. With Peco track, the matchsticks are the same height as the sleepers (tie bars in US). On top of that, I glue card. Having bought some stock from advertisers on this forum, I'm using the USPS boxes for some of the card . . . This comes to slightly below railtop height so, for cleaning purposes, it's well clear of the road surface. At normal viewing distances, it looks flush. In N, the same principle would apply. Regards, Pete Davies
This is in use on our H0 layout in San Antonio. I do not recommend it at all. It is rock hard like a diamond! The guys are using twenty dollar chisels to get something hard enough to make a dent in it to remove it from places it should not be. I will say it is permanent. I just think there are better choices. IMHO, the best way is to have the street just a little below the rail head no matter what material you use.
I’m starting to think that this may have been my mistake, because I lowered the inside a little, but made the outside flush. mad:
