I'm sure everyone that used ME spikes has experienced the same thing. I went through a search when my stash ran out. The only thing I don't like about the Walthers spikes is that the head is too long. When I have a few minutes and don't want to get too involved, I sit with a pair of nippers and cut the heads roughly in half. Sometimes I do it when I'm taking a break at work. Very relaxing if you've had a stressful day.
Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine www.SScale.org >________________________________ >From: pickycat95 <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:10 PM >Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Spikes > > > >About a year and a half ago I picked up a new bag of ME spikes. I sent them a >email asking them about the change. Some one wrote back saying they had >changed suppliers and weren't happy with the product either. Maybe not enough >unhappy to fix the product. I'm likely to change to the Walthers spikes after >seeing them at brother Steve's a while ago. >Ben Trousdale > >--- In [email protected], "scale S only" <scalesonly@...> wrote: >> >> Hi Roger -- >> >> I don’t know what happened to ME, but their current spikes are nowhere near >> as good as they were 25 years ago, and that was verified recently when I >> scrapped out a piece of hand lay track from the old SLE&P. The Walthers >> spikes are even better than the old ME spikes, though. >> I had a couple of places (over under-track magnets, trestles) where I >> thought I could use the ME micro spikes, but I don’t have a tool that can >> reliably hold them. I shoot more of them off into space than into the >> ties... They make an interesting bit of scenery if left piled near some >> track supplies, even if they are just a tad too large for true scale. I am >> not sure that one could even see truly scale spikes as more than just a bit >> of fine wire fuzz. And speaking of such things, I salvage the ties from the >> scrapped track as much as possible. They have very realistic looking marks >> left over from the rails -- and spike holes, of course -- more scenery items >> for around the track maintenance area (rails, frogs, spikes, tie plates and >> ties)... And I actually do reuse some of the old ties now and then. >> Have fun! >> Bill Winans >> --------------------------------- >> >> Bill, >> >> You’re right: the Walthers “Code 83/100” spikes are very nice. I bought some >> to play with because when I opened a new bag of Micro Engineering “Small >> Spikes”, I discovered that they have changed from the ones that I have been >> using. The heads are large, misshaped and ugly. They are almost unusable. >> >> In the more visible places, I still prefer the Micro Engineering “Micro >> Spikes”. Not great holding power until the ballast glue is applied, but they >> are close in size to the spikes on the Tomalco flex Track that I use. >> >> Roger Nulton >> > > > > >
