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Re: 1:76 LNER A4 models

"MartinS" <me@my.place> wrote in message
news:BVmJm.7158$Xf2.519@newsfe12.iad...
> "simon" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>> "MartinS" <me@my.place> wrote...
>>> "John Turner" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>> From: "MartinS"
>>>> Subject: Re: 1:76 LNER A4 models
>>>>
>>>>> Some of my older Hornby turnouts have the insulated frog slightly
>>>>> higher than the running rails; as the centre driver passes over the
>>>>> frog, it lifts the other 2 wheels on that side, breaking electrical
>>>>> contact and often causing a derailment.
>>>>
>>>> 1) Don't use Hornby points
>>>>
>>>> 2) Why not just file the frog slightly & reduce it's height.
>>>
>>> 1} Peco don't make the same ones; neither does Hornby anymore.
>>>
>>> 2) I could try that, but then I'd have filed frogs.
>>
>> In my admitedly limited experience pinned track wont stay in same
>> place forever. So you file it now and then it moves and requires
>> further modification or replacement. So recon first glue it as flat as
>> possible then see if filing required.
>>
>> The best action however, is as said, for you to get rid of Hornby
>> points, at the same time move up a radius so more engines can use the
>> fiddle yard. Pin new track, play with it, glue new track, remove pins
>> (if you want to).
>
> Problem is, space is very tight, which is why I used 1st radius points.
> If I changed them, I'd have to completely relay the fiddle yard, maybe
> lose one siding, and they'd be shorter.
>
> --
> Martin S.

Understand, its a balence that only you can decide. Could a 3-way point help
?

Cheers,
Simon

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