Ok. Vacation's over. Back at it. Layout area is surveyed & staked. First & tightest curve is marked. 18 foot outer. Inner will follow outer with 8 inch center to center spacing.
Painted area is the total roadbed dug out to create a canyon.
I also noticed in your photos that the curve isn't consistent all the way through, which I also found to be a problem. I found that sometimes you have to adjust the rail-bender along a curve to make the curve consistent. It has a mind of it's own. I used plywood guides for 20' diameter to measure (although many of my curves are more freeform, so just looking right was more important) and I didn't rely on the rail-bender settings at all.
But after all the pain, it's well worth having stainless! It's really durable and it's great for its lack of oxidation when you have power through the rails.
Ben, when I put 2 sections together it didn't want to bend at the joiners. Not really sure why not.
Also it doesn't have to be to be exactly the same all the way thru the curve.
Started our layout. AML stainless track & Norms bender. Not as easy as I hoped. Knob on bender keeps walking out. I think we are doing it properly. Finally went to store and added a stronger collar to hold slide instead of the knob. So far so good.
Bending
Having trouble with 2 tracks together. Easier one at a time
Sharing what Joe posted in another topic and also what is being sent out in official email from MTH, the Premium version of the App has been released to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store and should be available for update in the next 7 to 10 days.
The app will be released with a new version of DCS so you will need to update your TIU and any existing DCS Remotes to the new version. The new DCS 6.00 will be available starting the week of April 16th.
So what exactly does this mean ? You have to purchase the new TIU to use the premium DCS app ?
MTH has just revealed that the One Gauge Big Boy will ship with a roller base so you can run the engine on static display. Each engine will come with the roller base in the box.
Nice. Did MTH post that info anywhere. Or was is just sent to dealers ?
The Daylight looks great. One thing about MTH that puzzles me. I have attended a few larger shows where MTH was also present and they had no one gauge items displayed. When I asked they would say they didn't have enough room, it was to much trouble because they only had a small display at that particular show. They showed the One Gauge Bigboy and now Daylight in Germany. Do they show it in the U.S. ? I've never see any.
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I always kept HO, O boxes but G-scale need considerably more space.
Save, Sell or Toss.
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