A regular question we get asked during the Warley show is how to make baseboards for model railways, luckily I've managed to spend a lot of time with club member Ian Carter and he shared a few tips.
Use good quality Birch Plywood purchased and cut by a timber merchant, this enables you to build strong square baseboards.
Pin and glue the ply together using butt joints, but hammer the pins in on an angle almost like dovetails, this reduces the risk of the pins pulling out.
I've used these L shaped brackets to strengthen the corners, screwed in on angle, the large hole was drilled out to enable nuts and bolts to join the baseboards together.
For baseboard alignment I used these metal dowels from Station Road Baseboards, however DCC Concepts now sell alignment dowels that can be used to carry power from board to board. This is something we would consider for future projects.
So what did we use
9mm Birch Plywood frames
4mm Birch Plywood tops
6mm Birch Plywood trackbed
No More Nails Glue
L shaped angle brackets
Station Road Baseboards Alignment Dowels
We will add further build images as we get on with this new layout