Soldering to copper clad strip

[GNRi1959]

I have copper clad strips cut to solder rails at my baseboard joints. The copperclad strip is slightly thinner than the Peco sleepers. Do I pack up my strips or tin the underside if the rails with solder to correct the obvious gap of about 1.5mm.

Edited May 31, 2019 by GNRi1959

[Broithe]

Soldering is generally more successful with as small a gap as possible, you may find the time and trouble to lift the thin sleepers worthwhile in the end, I suspect.

 

And it will 'look' better, too.

[popeye]

Could you glue a 1.5 mm piece of plastic under the sleeper?

[Galteemore]

10 hours ago, GNRi1959 said:

I have copper clad strips cut to solder rails at my baseboard joints. The copperclad strip is slightly thinner than the Peco sleepers. Do I pack up my strips or tin the underside if the rails with solder to correct the obvious gap of about 1.5mm.

Yes, that’s my suggestion too. Shim under the copper strip . Might be hard to create a solder bump of consistent height

Edited May 31, 2019 by Galteemore

[GNRi1959]

I started by sticking plasticard to the underside of the copperclad strips and will then secure these to the baseboard before soldering

[David Holman]

Suggest you use strong glue, like 5 min epoxy to join sleeper assembly to the baseboard.

 The alternative is to use small brass screws, in line with rails and make dummy sleepers to disguise them - three parts: middle and two outers.