Neil AP Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Hi Team,I have my layout on a large piece of insulation Board. For various reasons I'm having to re lay my track. Some of the track isn't now completley flat so I need to pin it down. Because I am using Insulating board, the normal track pins aren't really doing the job of holding the track down so my question is... Is there a longer pin that I can use or an alternative idea on the solution for this. I don't want to glue my track down.Big thanksAny ideas gratefully recievedNeil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I assume you are using Hornby track pins, use Peco ones they are twice as long, but very thin. My layout runs on insulation board, I use very thin screws to hold down the points. Peters Spares or EBay do the screws, in the case of EBay probably from China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil AP Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Thanks Colin, so you can screw directly into the the Insulation Boards and it stays in place ?thanks for the Peco pin tip, didn't realise they were longer, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Do you intend to ballast as that will hold the track down if held in place with weights as you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Yes, I am pretty sure I used the screws from Peters Spares, they are very thin and quite long. Most of my track has a about 1/16" cork underlay, but they stay in that and the insulation board. You normally have to drill holes in the point to take them, obviously they are not going to be that strong as they are going into a pretty soft material but they seem to work ok. I found that track pins on points didn't work very well at all because really you need to put them about every 5 sleepers of flexitrack, which you cannot really do on a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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