{"id":1582,"date":"2017-04-04T18:41:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T16:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boki.com.hr\/elpeso\/?p=1582"},"modified":"2017-04-23T11:36:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T09:36:47","slug":"roadbed-starts-to-get-its-final-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boki.com.hr\/elpeso\/progress\/roadbed-starts-to-get-its-final-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork roadbed starts to get its final shape"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we started placing and marking final position for turnouts, we were able to mark all the centerlines\u00a0for cork roadbed. It is always good\u00a0 to mark everything using actual tracks and turnouts. It is possible to have some errors on drawn plan (depending on the templates and software you use). There were no major errors, actually only one which was easily corrected by curving one straight piece in very gentle curve.<\/p>\n

Cork is glued on one of the loops (double tracked, more complex one) and interlocking module. Those two are the complex and risky one and because of that by tracing all the lines and\u00a0gluing cork on them\u00a0we hit another big milestone. We used regular white wood glue (PVA) and pins to hold cork in place while the glue sets. We cut the cork\u00a0into 2cm wide strips and glued along both sides of centerline. That way is much easier to bend cork and have naturally flowing curves.
\nAfter the glue has dried we cut out all the non-necessary part of sub roadbed plywood. Modules are now mostly very shallow plywood frame and as a result\u00a0they are very light.<\/p>\n

At the end of the day we started gluing cork on second loop (single tracked).<\/p>\n

Furthermore, we\u00a0screw small wood screws\u00a0into tops of the module end plates (two on each end). Rails will be soldered to those screws to keep them firmly positioned on module ends.<\/p>\n