Michael and others, Lorrell Joiner of O scale Great Southern fame, who did a Kalmback video on handlaying track 15 or so years ago, advocated just that and his results were pretty convincing.
That said, it still bothered me to use "more ties than necessary" for a prototypical appearance, (especially since I would be "wasting" the extra ties). I made a tie spacing jig on a 1 X 4 about 36" long with mainline and siding/yard tie spacing on one side and switch tie spacing on the other. I think I used 20" tie centers on the mainline and switch spacings and around 28" or 30" centers on the siding/yard side. Billy ----- Original Message ----- From: meldridge2000 To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 11:07 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Ties...... I once read a suggestion that placing the ties a little closer than prototypical made the track length seem longer - sort of a selective compression / forced perspective kind of thing. I handlay all my track, so when I first started I experimented to see what "looked right" to me. I figured there was so much variation dependent on multiple factors in the prototype that anything reasonable would match some prototype practice. -Michael Eldridge -San Jose, CA > > Posted by: "Bob Werre" > It's my understanding that most of the flex track we have has > 'branchline > spacing' of it's ties. I hope I'm correct here in saying that the SHS > code 126 trackage is spaced for the mainline. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
