Light weight alternatives to Plywood?

• Member since
  November 2003
• From: The ROMAN Empire State
• 2,047 posts

Posted by brianel027 on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:23 AM I've had to move in the last year, and will probably have to again since the "Empire State" is rapidly becomming the "Roman Empire State." I have been brainstorming making a lighter more portable layout. My current one was built to be moved, but it is still heavy, even with using lightweight materials (it does have a chipboard base below styrofoam and homosote - oreo cookie design, so I can cut into it for revines, creeks etc). I've used pink styrofoam for mountains with good results, so I am thinking the next layout will be built using 1x3 or 1x4 pine for bracing and with pink styrofoam (pink has the highest density of the blue and white types). If I continue with 027 track, I'll cut wood slabs to fit under the ties, gluing those slabs to the styrofoam and screwing the track into those. If I go with Gargraves, I can just glue that down. Just some of my current thoughts on this topic, which has also been in the back of my mind.

brianel

brianel, Agent 027

"Praise the Lord. I may not have everything I desire, but the Lord has come through for what I need."