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  1. I've started adding the extra bracing, which is made of lengths of treated pine. I'm almost ready to start the first batch of painting.
  2. Enough people have commented that you're starting to convince me... I think I'll do a combination of putting supports closer together and adding another bit of timber underneath. It's only going to be at knee height or below, so I'm pretty confident in the supports but the warping has me worried. Maybe I should have done it in concrete from the start.
  3. I was thinking of using Ekodeck at one point but couldn't quite figure out an easy way to do the curves. I'm looking forward to seeing how yours develops.
  4. I wasn't planning to put anything underneath. I was guessing that the supports would be close enough together that it wouldn't need anything. But it's just a guess.
  5. A small amount of progress this week. I've attached the first of the PVC "legs" to the track base using Liquid Nails. I'm not certain that Liquid Nails is the right adhesive for the job but it feels strong. I've drilled a hole in a piece of off-cut as a frame to hold it in place.
  6. That's a reasonable concern. Underneath the mulch is grey sand, and it's my feeling that mulch will cause less problems. Woodchips might be better but this mulch was free. The track will be raised slightly above ground level. There is a slight slope so how much it's raised will vary across the layout. I don't want to go any higher than knee level if possible (just because I think it will look better close to ground level). Hopefully this, combined with plywood covers on the track, will mitigate the cleaning problems. Putting some plants around should help to. Steve
  7. I'm planning to try something experimental to support the baseboards, namely to use PVC reticulation pipe. It's free (I have plenty in my garden) and it won't attract termites. I'll paint the exposed part with bitumen paint (same as the wood) to hopefully protect it from going brittle in the sun, and fill it with concrete for extra strength. Then each one will be supported with concrete. The curves in the photo are roughly 60" radius, which I think looks pretty good.
  8. After lots of procrastinating I've started building. Working around other commitments, and the hot weather, progress is slow. I'm going with the name Swan River Railway because we're about 350m away from the Swan River. Seems as good a name as anything else I could come up with. I've started cutting out the track base using 12mm marine ply. Below is a photo of the first few pieces laid out... doing that has definitely helped to visualise how big it's going to be, and this is only the first stage. The plan is to start with not much more than a loop around the tree, and then add more later. As you can see there are few plants to deal with. We had a truck load of free mulch delivered on Friday and I've started spreading it.
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