05-04-2015, 02:41 PM
There are a few ways that the modular club near me does it:
Don't ballast. Just use a joiner track on top the cork roadbed.
Ballast only the sides (slopes) of the roadbed up to the edge of the modules, and use a joiner track.
Same as above, but with a thin piece of styrene glued to the bottom of the joiner track to hold the ballast between the ties.
Create a full joiner piece with the track, ballast and roadbed all glued together and drop it in as a single piece.
Ballast across the joint as normal, and then cut through rails, ballast, and roadbed with a dremel. This can be good if you're building modules just so you can move them later. If they are being moved regularly, then extra care must be taken to keep the rails in alignment and undamaged.
Hope that helps,
Andrew
Don't ballast. Just use a joiner track on top the cork roadbed.
Ballast only the sides (slopes) of the roadbed up to the edge of the modules, and use a joiner track.
Same as above, but with a thin piece of styrene glued to the bottom of the joiner track to hold the ballast between the ties.
Create a full joiner piece with the track, ballast and roadbed all glued together and drop it in as a single piece.
Ballast across the joint as normal, and then cut through rails, ballast, and roadbed with a dremel. This can be good if you're building modules just so you can move them later. If they are being moved regularly, then extra care must be taken to keep the rails in alignment and undamaged.
Hope that helps,
Andrew