Hi Folks. Sorry of this has been covered here before. I've searched the forum but did not find a specific thread on the matter.
What track ballasting method do folk prefer?
Our current layout was 'temporarily' ballasted with foam underlay 20 years ago and it was always the plan to either re-ballast it later once the track plan was finalised, or alternatively lay ballast right up to the existing edges of the form underlay. Many moons ago on previous layouts I had ballasted using paint and various grades of sand, but the noise was deafening. I've read a lot of posts on other forums and watched a lot of youtube clips espousing the various methods, but just wondering what you guys have found works well. The one thing I want to avoid is transferring loud noise to the baseboard, so I like the idea of some form of sound insulation (e.g. cork, form, etc). At the moment there is virtually no noise transmitted into our baseboard due the foam underlay so the layout is nice and quiet (i.e. better to hear sound chips).
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Hi Folks. Sorry of this has been covered here before. I've searched the forum but did not find a specific thread on the matter.
What track ballasting method do folk prefer?
Our current layout was 'temporarily' ballasted with foam underlay 20 years ago and it was always the plan to either re-ballast it later once the track plan was finalised, or alternatively lay ballast right up to the existing edges of the form underlay. Many moons ago on previous layouts I had ballasted using paint and various grades of sand, but the noise was deafening. I've read a lot of posts on other forums and watched a lot of youtube clips espousing the various methods, but just wondering what you guys have found works well. The one thing I want to avoid is transferring loud noise to the baseboard, so I like the idea of some form of sound insulation (e.g. cork, form, etc). At the moment there is virtually no noise transmitted into our baseboard due the foam underlay so the layout is nice and quiet (i.e. better to hear sound chips).
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