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Comment on Site by Mike K

Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 09:48:12: Hi Richard, It looks to me like you'll end up with the best site I've seen on the subject soon. I'm watching your progress with great interest. Good luck with it.

Comment on Site by Bill Brant

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 05:39:29: Richard -- Congratulations on getting started; while it may not always seem like it, it's the hardest part to do. I understand your 'paint in the slot' issues. I had the same issue with my track, hope you did not get that idea from me! In any case, I won't be painting the slots in my next track! I applaude your approach of using the model railroad benchwork. I just had to destroy the track I was building because I needed to move, and the track tables were too large and heavy to move. Good luck! You learn a lot when you first start out, and from your descriptions, you are learning very quickly! -- Bill

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Comment on Site by dust

Saturday, December 30, 2006 at 05:03:57: i built a small vacume table and vacume formed my own bodies if you would like help ill try my best to help you its simple and fun and you get alot better finish then you have the lexan is supper smooth and light i used alot of hot wheels as a mold maker also id gladly sell you my molds i would have to check and see how many i have

Comment on Site by Craig Jones

Saturday, January 06, 2007 at 08:36:48: Hello Richard, just a few ideas on rail that i have come up with. If you email me, i will send some pics. The site looks excellent, well done. Regards - Craig Jones.

Comment on Site by Stephan on 27th Jan, 2007

Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 02:01:59
Hi,, nice site. And nice to see some more peaple working as hard as me to get the job "HO roted track" done. As I am building HO MDF Tracks myself one idea for getting the rails down: I used acrylic stuff (like silicone) do get them fixed. Just pressing it down over night and they stick very nice. But now I am roting the slot for the rails excactly the size i need - I use a 1mm bit in my case for 1mm rail. And I rout those slots after pailting. just the "main" slot is routed before .Then I have just to press them down (without sanding the edges of this rail-slots) and they stick very nice. If you need mor information, just contact me ... Greatings from germany and sorry for my "funny" english Stephan

Comment on Site by Rick on 1st March 2007

Thursday, March 01, 2007 at 10:00:18
Been reading you site with much interest. Waiting for you to continue. What are you using for your power rails? I have tested with round wire and flat wire. I would like to use the flat, but it is very stiff and afraid that I will need to heat it to get it to bend. The round wire I tested had too many "bumps" in it and did not lay flat. May be rolling it would help this. Also, have a hard time holding it in the power slot.
Rick

Comment on Site by Erik von Neumann on 20th Jun, 2007

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 21:19:02
Thanks for all the info.
I am building a 3 lane, 4x8 foot routed "practice" track. I have the slots cut and am about to start the rail slots. I plan on using the 1.57mm black annealed round wire. Any more tips? I figure I will use super glue to tack it into place.
I can post pics if you are interested.
Kind Regards
erik

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