QUOTE: Originally posted by Robert Knapp QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell The ME is the best, but it can be tricky to work with because it bends and then stays that way, so get it right the first time. If you need to straighten ME track, press it between 2 straight pieces of wood etc. To check stand on edge on flat surface, work out any small kinks. Easier done w/ the bridge track, standard 83 flex is a bit more difficult though. Bob K.
QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell The ME is the best, but it can be tricky to work with because it bends and then stays that way, so get it right the first time.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
QUOTE: Originally posted by jacon12 QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell Jarrell, Here's a brige shoe; http://matrix.vtrc.virginia.edu/DATA/460/photos_11-03-99/Abutment%20bearing.jpg It sits on top of the bridge abutment and the actual bridge sits on top of the shoe. It allows the bridge to move and expand and contract with heat and cold. In the picture the stone abutment is undernieth the shoe and the big metal beam in the pic on top of the shoe is the actual girder span of the bridge. Clear as mud, huh? Ahhh, looks like a little rocking chair! Just kinda moves back and forth. And now I know! Thanks, Jarrell
QUOTE: Originally posted by pcarrell Jarrell, Here's a brige shoe; http://matrix.vtrc.virginia.edu/DATA/460/photos_11-03-99/Abutment%20bearing.jpg It sits on top of the bridge abutment and the actual bridge sits on top of the shoe. It allows the bridge to move and expand and contract with heat and cold. In the picture the stone abutment is undernieth the shoe and the big metal beam in the pic on top of the shoe is the actual girder span of the bridge. Clear as mud, huh?
QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Jarrell--Sinohara makes a code 100 bridge-track that will work quite well, so you don't have to worry about shimming or sanding. You can get it through the Walther's HO catalogue--it comes in 39" lengths and runs about $12 or so. I use it on my bridges and it's good stuff. Tom
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Robert Knapp Jarrell, I have had the best luck w/ Micro Engineering bridge flex track. The 36" section of track comes with the code 70 guard rails, sections of guard timbers and 3 fire barrels w/ platforms. The rail is not weathered but the ties are brown.
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