NMRA British Region Forum

I've read about the different adhesives to stick track down with, none of which seem to be easily available here. Up until now I've spiked track down.
Today I wanted to make a test bit of track for experimenting with staining my sand based ballast, what to stick it with?
I always have a tube of no-nails type adhesive (I use the cheaper store branded ones) in a cartridge gun, so I tried it. Putting a very thin layer on some hardboard and pressing the track in, it held straight away. I put ballast and thinned PVA on half an hour later, track stayed put.
I've some track laying on a module to do soon, I'll use this method again. The adhesive lasts for ages so long as a cap is put on the nozzle, I use it for scenery, filling, foam and some wood joins, so another use is a bonus.
I normally use PVA for the trackbed, I'm now thinking this adhesive would be a lot faster.

It IS a lot faster, I've used it for my modules too. And so far all seems good. However I think using some PC ties etc at module ends is still a good idea.

Koos

I always have the rails soldered to PC ties or brass screws at all baseboard joins. I prefer screws as they are a lot stronger, but harder to disguise. On my logging layout I bent Z shapes from nickel silver sheet, the rails were soldered to the top of the Z (only the width of the rail base) and the bottom was a lot longer with a screw hole drilled for fixing to the baseboard. This is almost invisible once ballasted.
I also make the track bed under the end from solid pine strip to further strengthen the fixing.