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sd80mac
PostPosted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:00 pm 
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Just some code 55 rail, a P:87 tie plate, a scrap piece of PC tie, and a little acid flux, and some solder...

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Airwolf Crazy
PostPosted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:13 am 
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Greetings,

Those ties plates look great. I guess you would need to make every cross tie a PC board?

Christopher
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:11 am 
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Christopher,

Actually no. The P87 tieplates are intended to be used with wooden ties. The tieplates are recommended to be ACC glued to the wood ties and the rails then to be 'flexible glued' (thinned barge, pliobond, goo, etc.)to the ties and tieplates. Some tieplates even have holes for spikes - and scaled spikes are avialable that actually 'grab' the wood and hold - yet have the heads that are as 'delicate' as the etched ones on the tieplates.

The process can be tedious - but the results are extraordinary in fidelity. With practice - you can model track that's reliable and prototypical. It's sorta like assembling a jig saw puzzle.

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sd80mac
PostPosted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:04 am 
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Hi Christopher,

No, just the ones placed in the fixture. I basically wanted to see how it would look, and a must say it looks good. I will be trying a complete turnout using this method, meaning adding the P:87 tie plates on PC tie in the Fast Tracks fixture, and add the remainder of the tie plates, cosmetically, on the Quick Sticks tie strip. Hopefully, it turns out alright...

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Airwolf Crazy (!empty($user->lang['WROTE'])) ? $user->lang['WROTE'] : ucwords(strtolower(str_replace('_', ' ', 'WROTE'))):
Greetings,

Those ties plates look great. I guess you would need to make every cross tie a PC board?

Christopher

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Airwolf Crazy
PostPosted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:37 pm 
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WOW!

I look forward to seeing the results.

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28pitch
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I too would like to see the finished product. Looks great.

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