Rhett, I have seen the CV stuff, and played with it, but I have not ever permanemtly laid any of it on a layout.
But don't worry... I have no intention of bringing this or anything similar to market. John Degnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "rhettgraves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:41 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Tie Strip (Was Miller Tie Strip way back in June) > --- In [email protected], "John Degnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But if I ever did have some made, it would be VERY similar to the > Central Valley stuff... with just a very few changes. > > John, > > Have you used any of the Central Valley HO stuff? I put together > about 20 feet of it one day at a friend's house. That's all it took > for me to say "nice detail, but too much work". The little clips that > you bend over the rails didn't do the best job of holding the rail in > place. Several times while handling 3' pieces of assembled track that > the rails would pop out - VERY FRUSTRATING. I tend to think gluing > the rails with Barge cement (the old way of doing it) would make for > better trackwork in the long run. I didn't see enough difference > between Micro Engineering's flextrack and the CV product to warrant > the extra effort. Even though the CV product is 1/3rd the price per > foot of the ME stuff, my friend chose the ME product. > > Tomalco already provides a ME-quality line of flextrack for S scale, > so that's what I'll be using. On the other hand, I've yet to find > even a moderately detailed S scale turnout. As Pieter Roos said, a > CV-style turnout product for S scale would DEFINITELY catch my > attention... > > Rhett > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
