Ace ties were great. I built most of my second layout with them. The wood grain and tieplate detail was terrific and the spikes were near scale and were tough. The ties were cast in some tough plastic that took paint well. One could space them any width and angle without having to cut out that nasty spacer that's used on flextrack. The only problem was that code 125 was the smallest size made. They are very hard to find now. I was told that the original mold would only cast 10 at a time!
Roger Nulton ----- Original Message ----- From: ed_loizeaux To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 7:44 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Tie Strip (Was Miller Tie Strip way back in June) > the "spikes" are GODZILLA sized In the olden daze, we used to call them "scale grapefruits". > would such a product do well today? > John Degnan Before traveling down that path, you might wanna take a gander at the ACE ties of days gone bye. These had far more detail and smaller spikes, but were not in a strip. Each one had to be "threaded" with rails one at a time. Almost as fun as ballasting. Cheers...Ed L. [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/
