Comments on: Using Tiny Screws on Track Ties https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/07/using-tiny-screws-track-ties.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-tiny-screws-track-ties Model railroads and model trains Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:55:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jay Ross https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/07/using-tiny-screws-track-ties.html#comment-39564 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:55:44 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5706#comment-39564 In reply to Ron Scannell.

Interesting. The surface on my layout is wall board. I don’t even use cork. I tack down my track with small track nails, and then put the ballast on. I don’t glue anything down, so that I can modify it later if I decide too.

]]> By: Derek Cloude https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/07/using-tiny-screws-track-ties.html#comment-39556 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 05:00:59 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5706#comment-39556 Yes I totally agree, I used them on my OO gauge here in the UK. My layout was designed for maximum running with a small percentage of scenery on boards of 10ft x 2ft. Even using track curve setting gauges, tweaking had to be done. The screwing down of the track made that alot more easier. But of course everyone has there own ways to do it.

]]> By: Donald Ripper https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/07/using-tiny-screws-track-ties.html#comment-39550 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 03:49:20 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5706#comment-39550 You can easily buy specially-made track screws on Ebay. They are Phillips head which makes the screwing and unscrewing a lot easier. I use them on N scale and am very happy with the result.

]]> By: Ron Scannell https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/07/using-tiny-screws-track-ties.html#comment-39542 Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:03:23 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5706#comment-39542 I am building on foam and do not glue down the cork or track. I use 1/2″ spikes fro Micro Engineering. The spikes hold the rails and the cork down and make it easy to modify the track plan.

]]> By: Jay Ross https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/07/using-tiny-screws-track-ties.html#comment-39523 Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:41:02 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5706#comment-39523 Well, that all depends upon what gauge you are modeling in, and you didn’t say what scale. A tiny screw is more acceptable in larger scale trains, like 027 or G. If you try that in HO or N, that screw had better be really small. I’d like to know, and maybe see some pictures of your results.

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