Comments on: A Closer Look at Woodland Scenic’s Roadbed

By: Matthew Johnson

Matthew Johnson — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:20:31 +0000

Ive always had an appreciation for real trains and their flattery of miniature reproductions of all kinds and sorts. I can say that if I were to be responsible for building an accurate model of anything I would want it to be right, perhaps the people at woodland scenics wanted the roadbed this way for a reason. I agree that accuracy is necissary which is why we look around and try new things, why not trim it.

By: shaun

shaun — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:20:45 +0000

I like the narrower roadbed you did.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:28:06 +0000

I think you hit the nail on the head when you narrowed the road bed but I also think that the road bed is too high for my liking as well, as far as modelling the protype track in the yard. It might be perfect for the causeway road bed but in the yard, she’s almost ground level.

If you’re also interested in running some back dated DAR equipment we’ve had some great prototype photos added recently to the wiki that are worthy of your consideration.

Check out the old gondolas:
http://www.dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=DAR351091

And we have a section just on the plaster trains as the old school used to call them:
http://www.dardpi.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Gypsum_Trains

This is a very cool layout and I’m just waiting to see how it finishes up!

Steve

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Hi Steve! Thanks for the comments and the links. With regards to the roadbed height, I think this will be considerably easier to change when I apply the ground cover. Thanks again!

By: WillyStylez

WillyStylez — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 05:03:30 +0000

I personally like the narow profile of the trimmed roadbed. the mainlines around my neightborhood seem to have that more narros profile, and the cork I am using has a little too much width for my liking. I think I am going to use this as a tip for my cork that I am in the process of laying down. thanks fo the tip!

By: Kashirigi

Kashirigi — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:47:37 +0000

I’ve noticed that roadbed is very wide, too. It’s much wider than the integrated roadbed on Unitrack, and because I have a mixed layout, I had to trim it as well.

Cutting it bevelled was not particularly easy, but it’s possible if you have a sharp enough knife.

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:11:06 +0000

I liked the result of a narrow roadbed.

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:31:30 +0000

It does give one pause to wonder why WS made the roadbed so wide, I just have not reached that point yet…
Charles

By: Mike G

Mike G — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:41:11 +0000

I think it’s probably up to each person as to what they think is best but as you seem to have the same eye for insignificant details as I do, I completely agree. I have always used Midwest cork roadbed and never found that it was too wide.