Comments on: Hiding Joins Between Track Modules https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/06/hiding-joins-track-modules.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hiding-joins-track-modules Model railroads and model trains Thu, 02 Jul 2020 23:44:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Timothy Morlok https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/06/hiding-joins-track-modules.html#comment-38957 Thu, 02 Jul 2020 23:44:51 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5662#comment-38957 In a video I saw a modeler who used a wooden crosswalk that overhung the joint between modules where it was perpendicular under the tracks and then used shrubs and a wooden fence to hide the seam beyond the tracks. If you have a paved road that crosses the joint, just make it a crack or seam in the pavement.

]]> By: Dale Arends https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/06/hiding-joins-track-modules.html#comment-38808 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 17:47:20 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5662#comment-38808 Expanding on David’s idea of a hedge, you can hide a joint by making a narrow row of shrubs along both sides of the joint bushy enough that when the sections are together it just looks like a regular row of bushes.

]]> By: Morgan Bilbo https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/06/hiding-joins-track-modules.html#comment-38802 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 14:21:04 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5662#comment-38802 I agree with J E WIlson. Simple scenery does the job. One thing I did when starting my 24′ shelf layout/which is 3 8′ sections. Was to be careful about where I laid turnouts, etc. So that at the joints, all that is there is straight track. Similar to what you see in Free-Mo. So that should I ever have to dismantle my layout, all I have to do is use a Dremel tool to cut rails and a putty knife to separate the boards. Boards are 2″ foam and held together with caulk. So, if I ever have to move, it won’t be a total disaster.

]]> By: David Stokes https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/06/hiding-joins-track-modules.html#comment-38798 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:39:44 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5662#comment-38798 Hiding joints between sections of a permanent layout is not a problem – just complete your landscaping ignoring the joints.

However, if your layout is going to shows, or you move around a lot then hiding them takes thought. If the joins run square, and away from the viewer try making it look like a drainage ditch, a services trench, place a fence along it, make it one side of a road against the kerb or a work site with machinery to confuse the eye.

If the joint runs parallel to the viewer it is easier, hide it behind a hedge, a bund, the front kerb of a road, a hedge row or shrubbery.

]]> By: J E Wilson https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/06/hiding-joins-track-modules.html#comment-38794 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 05:50:47 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5662#comment-38794 On my joints between modules, since I do not expect to move them very often, I have put a thin layer of plaster and painted as the other earth. I moved it once after doing this just to see how it would work and it came apart very well and went together the same and another ‘thin’ layer of plaster and paint made it perfect. On my 2 lift out sections I used scenery to hode, as they get used many more times. Hope this helps. Happy modeling and running your railroad.

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