Bill Paddy Andy

Great work Fergal ! Have seen this work in reality (last year!!) amazing detail! I’m nearly there with mine ! 

18 minutes ago, murphaph said:

The "received wisdom" says don't tack (except to hold during gluing), glue. The reason behind that is noise transmission prevention. The more decoupled the track is from the baseboards, the less "rumble" you should have.

In fact some people have even moved on from cork to other materials to better insulate the track from the baseboards.

OK thanks ! when I say tack I mean I’ve temporarily put track in layout plan so I can decide where to drill slots for motors, I will be finally pinning the track to the board, and then ballasting, I’ll live with the sound fallout, but just wondering the benefit of glueing the cork to the ply! 

Hi Everyone 

Great to join the community! Currently well into the layout (thanks to lockdown!) have the track in position (tacked) with all cork(1.5) cut and in place! So I’m ready to drill slots for point motors! So to this beginner I don’t see the absolute reason to glue the cork to the ply. I’ll be pinning the track to the board then the ballast will be glued !! So I’d appreciate your experienced answers ! Thanks in advance! BPA !