he very large Cuyahoga Valley S Gaugers scale layout was all done with a Kadee spiker. The framewrk was done in Kim Koski's shop. ALL the track and scenery was done in my basement . I did not do it . George Rickets and others did the track. It worked. You should have seen my electric bill for 3 months. Quite a large group worked We had that layout at Madison , Wis.
What is a spiker worth? I have one for Codes 7 & 100, and boxes of spikes. At 90 I'm backing out S except for traction modeling. John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: Billy Click To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 2:20 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Kadee spiker? Dave, Yes I have. I used it extensively when I was building my last layout. When you hold it just right it worked great. The real problem was that it was designed to spike HO track so you have to turn it slightly for the outrigger wings to lay flat. If and when I start to build again I may modify and extend the "wings" slightly so it will stay vertical and in line. I also have the Code 70/83 adapter as I was using Code 83 in yards and sidings. That said the late Lorrell Joiner built the O scale Great Southern with a Kadee spiker and he seemed to make it work just fine and he used Code 125 rail. Billy Click On Jun 22, 2012, at 12:25 PM, ctxmf74 wrote: Hi all, anyone here ever built S scale track with a kadee spiker? I've got lots of code 100 rail and was thinking I might hand lay some of the track on my new layout but it takes a lot of time to hand spike long runs so I was wondering if a spiker would be a good way to go?....DaveBranum __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7242 (20120622) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7242 (20120622) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
