Login
or
Register
Subscriber & Member Login
Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!
Login
Register
Home
»
Model Railroader
»
Forums
»
Layouts and layout building
»
Question about using Kato Unitrack between modules
Question about using Kato Unitrack between modules
1291 views
1 replies
Order Ascending
Order Descending
helpme
Member since
February 2008
1 posts
Question about using Kato Unitrack between modules
Posted by
helpme
on Thursday, February 14, 2008 2:48 PM
Hi! This is my first post here. I am planning, hoping, wishing to build to around-the-room N-scale layout. I have already purchased my 12 Woodland Scenics module kits. (I have a 12x12 room). I have a ton of Kato N-scale Unitrak. BUT what do I do about the tracks connecting module-to-module. One train store owner suggested that I let the track hang a 10th of an inch off the ends of the modules, and then just push the modules together to get them to snap together. BUT I forgot to ask about how to get them apart when it comes time to separate the modules again. I won't be able to pick up each track and bend it the way the Kato instruction books say to separate them. Does anyone have a suggestion or experience in this? Can I take a screwdriver, place it between two pieces of track and then twist the screwdriver to make the tracks snap apart? Help me!...please! Thanks!
Reply
CSX Robert
Member since
February 2007
From: Christiana, TN
2,134 posts
Posted by
CSX Robert
on Thursday, February 14, 2008 4:04 PM
Since you don't need to rely on the unijoiners to mechanically hold the track together, what I would do is trim the flexile bumps off of the sides of the unijoiner that make the unijoiner snap into place on the track. You would still get the good electrical contact of the unijoiners, but when you take the modules apart, the track would just slide apart. There are four bumps on each unijoiner, two on each side, but you could just trim two off one end of each one so that the unijoiner snaps into one end but just slides in and out of the other end, that way you would not have to worry about losing them when you take the modules apart.
Reply
Subscriber & Member Login
Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!
Login
Register
Users Online
Jackflash
see all »
Search the Community
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Model Railroader Newsletter
See all
Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter
and get model railroad news in your inbox!
Sign up