RMweb Gold A Murphy Posted January 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2013 (edited) I'm right with Karhedron on this (post 25). Bought a couple of meters of Wayne's track last week to investigate and will move completely to FiNetrax if I can make the points work without too much hassle. In an e-mail, Wayne indicated they were imminent. Can't wait, because I think the results will be well worth it.... Wayne was of the opinion that most contemporary, proprietory N gauge stock should run on code 40, but that older pizza cutter wheeled stock could (changed from would, apologies) be a problem. Alastair M Edited January 31, 2013 by A Murphy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Waiting with bated breath here too. I have another project that I want to start but I will happily wait until this rail and point system is out. Cheers Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted January 31, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2013 I'm sure Wayne is right that any recently launched (last 5 years?) stock will be fine on the Code 40. There may still be a few items out there in the manufacturers catalogues and on shop shelves that were designed longer ago and still have oversize flanges. Even these may prove to be OK - BH is more forgiving than FB because the fixings/chairs don't get in the way so much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Modeller Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 And talking of FB, does anyone know if he intends to do modern flat-bottomed track too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frobisher Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 There may still be a few items out there in the manufacturers catalogues and on shop shelves that were designed longer ago and still have oversize flanges. Not the case with the Farish range - the Bachmann produced stock all went over to finer flanges quite quickly. A couple of the early Dapol models suffered from flangitis, but that also rapidly got fixed with future batches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted February 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2013 We have an informal meeting round at the pub (Fountain, Enmore Green, Shaftesbury) this evening and it was agreed that we should all take a recent acquisition to show to others. Quite a few N gaugers are turning up so it really was time for me to persevere with the parcel of fiNetrax that I received last week. Just made up a 60' length (to scale!) to stand my Engineers Saloon on. I did manage to be a bit quicker than last week but the prospect of 30 metres of the stuff is still quite daunting. I think it will be OK though once I make up an assembly jig. Apart from looking great, the big bonus for me is finding how robust it is once assembled. OK, you can't give it the abuse that you can to Peco, but with reasonable care it should be quite easy to use. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted February 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2013 And, a head-on shot (which is perhaps more significant when looking at track).... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted February 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2013 I've still not got the camera angle quite low enough to show the track, and particularly the rail, to best advantage. But this shot shows more track. I think it looks so much less narrow-gauge than Code 80 or even Code 55/80. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Higgs Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I did manage to be a bit quicker than last week but the prospect of 30 metres of the stuff is still quite daunting. I think it will be OK though once I make up an assembly jig. The 2mm Scale Association sell a jig for the assembly of Easitrac, and it does indeed make it much faster to put the rails in, as well as reducing the chance of breaking the chairs whilst doing so. It would not work directly with Finetrax as the sleeper spacing differs, but I am sure something similar would be possible. CHris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hi Guys,Nice to see people using my fiNetrax. Work on the turnout kits is progressing and I thought I would post some pics of the Nickel Silver Lost Wax Cast Frog that I first had done (sorry about the quality of the pics, the white balance of the camera is completely off):1 in 6 with 0.85mm flangeway...Not easily seen in the images but there is actually representation of bullhead section which matches well with the actual rail.Today I should receive a batch of 20 3D printed frogs to send to the caster, I am hoping he will have no issues burning out the plastic material. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted February 7, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hi Wayne, Thanks for posting those shots. Accurately filing and then soldering together reliably the crossing (frog) was one of my weak areas in 4mm track building. So I definitely like the idea of pre-cast and these look good. My other big problem is tie-bars. Looking forward to seeing your solution to that. Joseph Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted February 7, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hi Wayne Very interesting work. Please keep the updates coming! cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hi Wayne, The nickel silver lost wax cast frogs look great, I am really pleased that the development moves in a positive direction for you. Really looking forward to seeing these turnouts now, as Ben says, please keep us updated. Cheers Lee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted February 7, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2013 My other big problem is tie-bars. Looking forward to seeing your solution to that. I would agree that tie bars are the making or breaking of these points. I have always found making these far more of a pain than the frogs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Really getting excited now, along with the others on this thread. Great development all round. If the points get nailed then this has got to be one the biggest steps forward in N since Dapol and farish stepped their respective games up with the rolling stock improvements, whilst the trackwork was left in the dark ages. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted February 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2013 It certainly is. I think that a lot of people have been put off N over the years by over-large wheel flanges running along "girders". This quality of track could persuade a lot of folk to convert to N and improve the market for Dapol and Farish (and Arnold, of course). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Hi Guys,Just a couple of snaps of a half built diamond crossing showing how the cast frog blends with the nickel silver rail. The alignment into the holes is perfect The top of the cast rails is just slightly under the other rails which will be solved in the next cast. Also, the section of the rail (the head, web and foot) doesn't quite match the rest of the rail so I am also tweaking this. I am pretty happy with the colour match, though. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted February 20, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 20, 2013 That crossing does look very promising. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Strewth as they would say in...... Stunningly good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Super stuff I'd think myself that most modellers would be pretty likely to be wanting to paint their track anyway so that colour match is probably not that important although i suppose you'd still want the rail top to match or be pretty close. Looks like you've achieved that anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Would it be worth/possible to cast the chairs in place, or were these going to slide on after? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Kinney Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Thanks for the comments guys! I could cast the chairs in but they would be nickel finish/colour so opted instead for plastic half chairs to be glued in place (not shown on pic) as this will give a better finish. It is also my aim to have the 'K' crossings of diamond and slip kits pre cast. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealeyMills Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Hi Wayne, Keep up with the good work, these are looking superb. Looking at your latest pics it seems we are not far away from being able to purchase these. Cheers Lee 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted February 21, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2013 Hi Guys, Just a couple of snaps of a half built diamond crossing showing how the cast frog blends with the nickel silver rail. The alignment into the holes is perfect The top of the cast rails is just slightly under the other rails which will be solved in the next cast. Also, the section of the rail (the head, web and foot) doesn't quite match the rest of the rail so I am also tweaking this. I am pretty happy with the colour match, though. Looks stunning. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I could cast the chairs in but they would be nickel finish/colour so opted instead for plastic half chairs to be glued in place (not shown on pic) as this will give a better finish. Wouldn't all these parts need painting (other than the railhead) when the track was weathered anyway? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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