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Looking SHS Flex Track Advice

Ben All Messages By This Member #174900 So…. I have hundreds of feet of SHS track I plan to use on the main level of my layout. ?In theory I ?love it. ?In practice, well…? ? 1. ?What are best practices to remove the weathering for successful solder joints? ? 2. ?How best to attach to roadbed? ?What glue have been a smashing success? ? ?I anticipate mucho responses. ?Please! Ben Trousdale
David McBrayer All Messages By This Member #174902 开云体育 Ben,? re #1: I have had success removing weathering with a fiberglass scratch brush or a Dremel with a brass wire brush, depending on how much cleanup for soldering was planned.? —Dave McBrayer? Auburn, CA? —————— toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Dec 23, 2024, at 15:21, Ben via groups.io <pickycat95@...> wrote: ? So…. I have hundreds of feet of SHS track I plan to use on the main level of my layout. ?In theory I ?love it. ?In practice, well…? ? 1. ?What are best practices to remove the weathering for successful solder joints? ? 2. ?How best to attach to roadbed? ?What glue have been a smashing success? ? ?I anticipate mucho responses. ?Please! Ben Trousdale -- Dave McBrayer Auburn, CA?
Bob Werre All Messages By This Member #174903 开云体育 I used some of the SHS flex just a few years ago so far everything had been fine.? It equals the Shinorhara and my old Miller as far as being easy to use.? One thing that's better is that it flex's in the hinged middle. if you look at a past posting(back then) I describe the gluing and mounting of the stuff.? To rid the rail of the weathering is just lightly moved a cutoff disc on my Dremel across and in the web of the rail ends--takes just a few seconds per stick. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx toggle quoted message Show quoted text So…. I have hundreds of feet of SHS track I plan to use on the main level of my layout. ?In theory I ?love it. ?In practice, well…? ? 1. ?What are best practices to remove the weathering for successful solder joints? ? 2. ?How best to attach to roadbed? ?What glue have been a smashing success? ? ?I anticipate mucho responses. ?Please! Ben Trousdale
Ed Loizeaux All Messages By This Member #174904 On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 03:21 PM, Ben wrote: ? 2. ?How best to attach to roadbed? ?What glue have been a smashing success? With Shinohara flex track, I use ballast soaked with Elmer's white glue thinned 50% with water.? Holds everything in place strong enough to withstand actual real California earthquakes.? Ed L. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA
Bill Lane All Messages By This Member #174905 开云体育 1.????? What are best practices to remove the weathering for successful solder joints? ? Dremel wire brush ? 2. ?How best to attach to roadbed? ?What glue have been a smashing success? I drill a small hole in the center web and nail it down. ? You need a significant soldering unit to get the code 137 rail hot enough for a good joint. I have a PBL HOTIP just for layout work. ? ? ? Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! ? See my layout progress at: Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join!?? Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL ?
jack kelly All Messages By This Member #174908 I use a pin nailer to secure Flex track to the road bed. It's fast and easy. Mine is pneumatic but you can get battery nailers. The pins are headless and essentially invisible.? If you need to readjust just slip a putty knife under them and pop the rail off. ? ? Credit to Paul Krause for this technique. toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Dec 24, 2024 1:10 AM, Ed Loizeaux <Loizeaux@...> wrote: On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 03:21 PM, Ben wrote: ? 2. ?How best to attach to roadbed? ?What glue have been a smashing success? With Shinohara flex track, I use ballast soaked with Elmer's white glue thinned 50% with water.? Holds everything in place strong enough to withstand actual real California earthquakes.? Ed L. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos, CA
Woody Mitchell All Messages By This Member #174916 If you only have a few to do, and/or don't want to drag out a corded dremel, you can use a fiber or stainless steel scratch brush: does a great job very quickly.?? This is not a wood handled brush but one that looks like a retractable pencil.? These I found quickly but there are others selling at less cost.?? Woody Mitchell Charleston, WV?? On Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at 05:04:16 AM EST, Bill Lane via groups.io <bill@...> wrote: 1.????? What are best practices to remove the weathering for successful solder joints? ? Dremel wire brush ? 2. ?How best to attach to roadbed? ?What glue have been a smashing success? I drill a small hole in the center web and nail it down. ? You need a significant soldering unit to get the code 137 rail hot enough for a good joint. I have a PBL HOTIP just for layout work. ? ? ? Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at: Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! ? See my layout progress at: Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join!?? Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL ?

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