Thursday, May 19, 2022

Super Bench Foamboard

 06 May 22:

We used 3 layers of Owens Corning Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) Foamboard on top of the benchtop, you can use more or less depending on if you want to have valleys and streams incorporated into your layout. Elmer's Carpenters Glue keeps the foamboard from moving around. I tried a brush at first, but what ended up working the best was a foam roller. 


And just like that you can run trains, figure out if your track plan works, make adjustments, etc...Check for any hills or valleys on the benchwork and take care of adjustments now. We had to shim a few legs to get the top of the foam flat. Another option is to unscrew a leg and adjust that, but we are going to give everything a week or two to settle and see how things look.

Super Bench.

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