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Palomino Layout - 1st turnout done

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Posted by Wazzzy on Monday, September 30, 2019 2:33 PM

Good job. My 1st was a bit rough but functional. 

Looks like your soldier is blobbing up instead of melting into the joint. Suggest cleaning the copper clad cross ties & rail with red scotch pad, apply a small dab of flux, hotter soldering iron, allow the heat to build up between the rail and cross tie before soldering. You will see a dramatic difference in the quality of soldering.

What soldering iron are you unsing? What is the temp of the iron tip? What solder are you using? Practice on a few scraps of rail and you will find a combination of cleaning, flux, heat and solder to give quality joints.

Fast Tracks has plenty of videos on their web site. 

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  • From: Jarrell, Texas
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Palomino Layout - 1st turnout done
Posted by Tom Bryant_MR on Friday, September 27, 2019 11:03 AM

Took two tries. Clean up and ready for layout

Tom

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