WOOHOO! Good weather = time to build

[rrinker]

Reinhard, you're correct. I know I've said it a hundred times, but the 2" blue foam is a fantastic medium for the base of a railroad. Want a ditch right there, no problem! Need a creek over there? No problem!

Tetters and 88, thanks for the comments.

Gary, could you do me (and possible some others) a favor and do some photos when you install the next turnout with switch machine on top of/in/under the blue foam? I would like to see how the wire of the switch machine got through the wood, blue foam and finally into the switch. That must be a long way and what size does the hole in the blue foam have? I think some photos taken during installation would be very helpful.

My previous layout was all foam surface, if you look on my web sire under the old stuff there are pictures of ohow I mounted Tortoises in the foam directly under the turnout. On my current layout I am using servos and controllers from Tam Valley and mouting them underneath - on this layotu I have TWO layers of 2" forma on top of 1/4" plywood, and they work FINE from the bottom, through all that. I don't have pictures yet because I haven't permanently mounted any of them. On the old layout I also experimented with using caulk to glue a Tortouse to the bottom of the foam and connect it int he usual manner, just through 2" of foam instead of a layer of say 1/2" plywood, and that also worked just fine - but I tried that after I had all the others in place fromt he top.

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