Friday, March 29, 2013

My Sixth Turnout made using the Fast Tracks Jig

 
I am using the Fast Tracks #5 jig.  The only brand of rail that fits these jigs correctly is Micro Engineering rail.  The rail is Code 148 and the type I had on hand was Weathered.  So I built six turnouts and then sold the remaining rail.  In the future I will use only Non-Weathered rail as I had a lot of soldering issues because of the weathering.  In fact Jim and I had to remove the Weathering from the top, bottom, and sides to properly solder the rails to the PC board ties.  Also I used Plibond cement to glue the wood ties to the rails.  It is OK but not the best method.  The first two turnouts were in locations somewhat difficult to reach so the glued ties helped.  Three will be used on our staging yard and they will be easy to reach so I may add spiked to better secure the rail to the ties.  I plan on shortly adding some photos of Warren's scenery.  A lot has been completed since I last posted in photos.  So maybe over the weekend I can take some and post them.

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