Bill, I make custom joiners at rail transitions. I've made both insulated and soldered transitions with joiners. My rail joints aren't as good looking as some (very smooth without kinks, though). Another compromise.
I ordered a bag of the Grandt line tie plates way back when and they are too wide. Otherwise I might have ordered about 10,000 of them (or whatever) and installed them everywhere. Ben Trousdale --- In [email protected], "scale S only" <scalesonly@...> wrote: > > Hi Ben -- > > I know Roger says the the applied (Grandt) tie plates are too thick, but as I > recall (from one that came through our hobby shop window) they are about > 1/2â thick, or about .008â in S. I donât have a big problem with the > extra.002â... However, they are a tad wide. The .010 x .125â > Evergreen strip is actually closer to the correct width. I find the tie > plates are useful when joining two different rail sizes as well. Because > the tops of the ties are all the same after sanding, matching the rail tops > at the joint can be a problem easily fixed by putting a tie plate (or one or > two stacked evergreen strips, whatever is needed) under the smaller rail to > bring it up even with the larger rail. Usually, I will extend the plates > for about 6 ties beyond the joint. I usually also solder these joints to > make sure the tops of the rails remain aligned. > > Have fun! > Bill Winans > --------------------------- > > Bill, > The Evergreen strip is a good tip that I'll probably use when building and > laying turnouts for use with flex track. That way they will look more like > the adjacent trackwork. > Ben Trousdale > ------------------------------------ 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: [email protected] [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/
