I don't know if I qualify as an old head, but I had used Miller when I was building my first scale-like layout in high school. And like Billy I saved the stuff and it is now on my current layout. I use the current wheel sets and have no problem with the gauge except on curves less than my 36", so I have replaced it on one curve with SHS track. I might do a second. When I recently added a yard to a staging area, I got out a few bundles and had a rail knitting session. Billy is right regarding the quiet operations and the general ease of laying goes without saying.
I have been told by another old head that Miller did make a version of #100 for use on his flex track by making the base as wide as the #126 stuff. However, as much as I love the Miller stuff, I don't see much reason to duplicate SHS's attempt at flex track. Their stuff is superb in the #126 size. I might be wrong here but most of the ties on our flex track is branchline length and spacing if your fussy. The SHS stuff is mainline specs. I would suspect that they could make a code 100 version quite easily if there was demand. Bob Werre > John, > > Older S heads than I could wade in here but here is my take: > > The old original Miller strip, (not the stuff that Don Heimburger > later did), was a great product. The only drawback was, as you pointed > out, is the size of the spike heads and the lack of detail on the > ties. It is very easy to thread the rail into the strip, (and take it > out if necessary), and you can make a lot of track in a hurry. It was > made for code 125 rail which made the later NASG standards gauge a > little tight. It works out almost dead on for code 100. Danny and I > have used it extensively for quickly laying out trackwork, especially > temporary trackwork. It is easy to curve, putting a few spikes along > the webs, and reuse if you have to move. Danny and I have reused some > of ours several times. His is using quite a bit of it on his new layout. > > > > Billy > > On Oct 21, 2008, at 8:48 PM, John Degnan wrote: > > > Speaking of Tie Strips... > > > > I finally got a small piece of this Miller Tie Strip and have had > > time to > > review it. Having been in S for only a few years, I had never seen any > > before. My thoughts... not bad at all for something of that age! Not > > great by any means, but not bad. I took the code 100 rail from a > > piece of > > Atlas HO snap-track and slid them into the strip and the gauge came > > out > > almost right, but just a little on the tight side. That, and the > > fact that > > the "spikes" are GODZILLA sized are the only real problems I could > > find > > with it... oh, and the lack of detail on the ties. The perfect > > spacing and > > arrangement of the ties could be an issue for some, but that can be > > overcome by using the strip primarily on well-maintained mainlines. > > > > Now, I have a question... would such a product do well today? If > > someone > > were to offer tie strip today... a tie strip that is far superior to > > the > > Miller strip, would there be a market for it? > > > > John Degnan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:Scaler164%40comcast.net> > > The Unites States is NOT a country whose citizens have a right to > > RECEIVE, > > It is a country whose citizens have a right to ACHIEVE. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Robert Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:user141771%40netscape.com>> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 9:35 PM > > > Subject: {S-Scale List} Miller Tie Strip > > > > > > Does anyone have any of the old Robert L. Miller tie strip they'd > > > like to divest themselves of, or even the "S"cenery Unlimited > > > reproduction stuff? > > > > > > Let me know what you want for it, and I'll decide if I can afford > > > it. > > > Bob Nicholson > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [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/
