wickman wickman So are you telling me the track is actually Peco flex track off the shelf and not individually placed wooded ties then single rails spiked down to the ties? Yes, sorry Lynn I should have made myself clearer. It is Peco SL-100, Code 100 flex track straight from the packet. A link to NP2626 Deep Gulch trestle thread..... http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/202778.aspx Cheers, the Bear. Thanks for the link, its a very interesting read, has anyone been able to find Pliobond?
wickman So are you telling me the track is actually Peco flex track off the shelf and not individually placed wooded ties then single rails spiked down to the ties? Yes, sorry Lynn I should have made myself clearer. It is Peco SL-100, Code 100 flex track straight from the packet. A link to NP2626 Deep Gulch trestle thread..... http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/202778.aspx Cheers, the Bear.
wickman So are you telling me the track is actually Peco flex track off the shelf and not individually placed wooded ties then single rails spiked down to the ties?
Cheers, the Bear.
Thanks for the link, its a very interesting read, has anyone been able to find Pliobond?
I've only seen Pliobond available from Micro Engineering. I didn't use Pliobond on my trestle (the one in the article). Instead I used "Zap" and "Zap a Gap" CA.
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wickmanThanks for the link, its a very interesting read, has anyone been able to find Pliobond?
Pliobond
Marlon
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Medina1128 wickman Thanks for the link, its a very interesting read, has anyone been able to find Pliobond? Pliobond
wickman Thanks for the link, its a very interesting read, has anyone been able to find Pliobond?
Thanks
Lynn
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Thanks np2626 for the info.
Guys can you s tell me what length of spikes I would need for hand laying the rails into wooden ties?
I use Atlas flex track for trestles, simply by cutting out the spacers and pushing the ties closer together. I find it works better if I pull the ties all the way off, because otherwise I nick the underside of the rails and it's hard to slide the ties.
This one is Code 83:
This is Code 100:
This is Code 100 on a bridge:
At one point, I was looking for rail to put on my car float in place of the plastic rail that came with the kit. My LHS guy said the best thing to do was just buy Atlas flex track and remove the ties. Of course, that was before the price of flex track went up after the Great Track Shortage.
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wickman Thanks np2626 for the info. Guys can you s tell me what length of spikes I would need for hand laying the rails into wooden ties? Thanks Lynn
If your using Code 100, I would use spikes for Code 100.
NP2626 wickman Thanks np2626 for the info. Guys can you s tell me what length of spikes I would need for hand laying the rails into wooden ties? Thanks Lynn If your using Code 100, I would use spikes for Code 100.
And what length would I be asking for when I order over the phone?
wickman NP2626 wickman Thanks np2626 for the info. Guys can you s tell me what length of spikes I would need for hand laying the rails into wooden ties? Thanks Lynn If your using Code 100, I would use spikes for Code 100. And what length would I be asking for when I order over the phone?
I have only seen spikes for Code 100 and Code 70, so I don't think there would be much confusion. Tell them Code 100 and that should do it.
Wickman,
1/4 inch spikes should be fine....they do have longer.
Take Care!
Frank
One way to get flex track with bridge ties (longer, and of larger cross-section, than ordinary ties) might be to purchase Code 100 On30 track and compress the ties as Mr Beasley did. It's easier to cut off a long tie than it is to stretch a short one.
Looking at a prototype photo of my prototype, the guard rails look like mine car rails, possibly code 40 for code 100 running rails - and they're only spiked every fifth tie! More usual American practice would use code 70 or code 83 rails for guard rails.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Thanks Mister Beasley for the pics, they look great.
Thanks Chuck
I got the ME 83 bridge flex track ordered as well as the spikes so I can go either way.
wickman Medina1128 I hand made a trestle that spanned about 25". Micro Engineering makes flex-track especially made for bridges. Micro Engineering bridge flex-track Thanks Marlon I looked through your photo album but couldn't find it.I see they have code 83 where as I'm using 100.
Medina1128 I hand made a trestle that spanned about 25". Micro Engineering makes flex-track especially made for bridges. Micro Engineering bridge flex-track
I hand made a trestle that spanned about 25". Micro Engineering makes flex-track especially made for bridges.
Micro Engineering bridge flex-track
Thanks Marlon I looked through your photo album but couldn't find it.I see they have code 83 where as I'm using 100.
Wickman, I was in the process of redoing the guardrails when I submitted to your thread. Here are the before and after pics.
Before
After
Thanks Marlon for the pics, I could be wrong but I thought the guard rails go down the very centre and connect in a V at there ends?
I’ve blown up this photo as it shows Peco Code 100 flex track laid straight on to a scratch built trestle by my late friend Hans Hubner. It may be hard to see but he used track nails on about every 11th sleeper but I’m not sure if he used any adhesive as well. BTW, this trestle curve would be about an eighteen inch radius. Cheers, the Bear.
Ok I have a question before I mess up this trestle build. You can see in Jabears trestle how it is curved , now would the out side rail of the trestle at the bents have a wider gap then the inside rail bent end? Think of it like a pie sliced up how the outside edge of a piece of pie is wide and the very inside is narrow. Hoppe this makes scence.So as the bents are being glued down to the stringers and you get into the sharpness of the curve would the outside edge gap between bents be wider than the inside gap?
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NP2626What is PPT?
I had to look it up; a Microsoft acronym for Power Point Presentation.
Thanks Jabear I worked nites last nite so didn't get a chance to view the ppt until now. Although I'm not a prototypical modeler the ppt does give me a much better birds eye view.
I wish i would have seen these pictures a long time ago, Mr. Beasley. ingenious solution, much easier than bridge track and as you show, it works on curves. I'll be sharing these pictures with my club soon. Thanks again! Joe Baldwin