daifly Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 You can also see a typical misspelling of 'nickel' in the same place! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossygobbin Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 This mythical item was first discussed (from memory) about Feb 2013 so has now had its 2nd birthday as a topic but is yet to be born as a product. Why not contact Peco? You could have learned to build your own turnouts and completed a layout while waiting for them to produce anything! Dave i probably will at york. i have no interest in building my own points. i have seen the images, thats why i asked if there was any new news since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 has anybody any more news on these points ? whats funny ? What's funny? I think Dave has summed up the situation quite well, and I find it all very amusing as that's exactly what I have done! This mythical item was first discussed (from memory) about Feb 2013 so has now had its 2nd birthday as a topic but is yet to be born as a product. Why not contact Peco? You could have learned to build your own turnouts and completed a layout while waiting for them to produce anything! Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 There's no 'black art' or anything to fear from building your own points. If anything it's easier in 7mm than the smaller scales, & the standard 32mm gauge has a lot of 'slack' in it, or as I prefer to call it, 'tolerance', so things don't have to be watch-maker-precise either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
81A Oldoak Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 There's no 'black art' or anything to fear from building your own points. If anything it's easier in 7mm than the smaller scales, & the standard 32mm gauge has a lot of 'slack' in it, or as I prefer to call it, 'tolerance', so things don't have to be watch-maker-precise either. Agree completely. I enjoy building points and it is not a difficult process. I also like being able to tailor points to fit a situation rather than vice versa, a bit like real railways. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2015 (edited) I talked to a chap who works in the design office at Peco and he said the design is done and now joining the queue for the tool room which is very long. Probably best to expect next year was his estimate purely down to the amount of work for the tool room. Plenty of time to plan If you need points quicker try places like Marcway who build in copperclad. They go down to 48in radius only slightly larger. http://www.marcway.net/list2.php?col=head&name=Marcway+O+Gauge+Pointwork Edited April 25, 2015 by PaulRhB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I'm looking forward to the O gauge set track points for some table-top layouts. Literally, I will put them on the dining table and run them like they did in the Hornby O gauge days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted April 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 25, 2015 Peck supply individulay milled point blades & crossing fees which simplify point building with either plastic or PCB sleepers Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I have scratch built points before, but sometimes it is just nice to have ones which I can plonk onto the layout.A bit strange, as I'm not normally a "plonker." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 You must have a wide table...................... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2015 A bit strange, as I'm not normally a "plonker." Again a bonus to those with limited time to build who can plonk on track and stock and spend time on the detailing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushType4 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Again a bonus to those with limited time to build who can plonk on track and stock and spend time on the detailing. But not detailing the track presumably? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2015 But not detailing the track presumably? I thought I said plonk the track and spend time on detailing, which includes the track Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossygobbin Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I talked to a chap who works in the design office at Peco and he said the design is done and now joining the queue for the tool room which is very long. Probably best to expect next year was his estimate purely down to the amount of work for the tool room. Plenty of time to plan If you need points quicker try places like Marcway who build in copperclad. They go down to 48in radius only slightly larger. http://www.marcway.net/list2.php?col=head&name=Marcway+O+Gauge+Pointwork i talked to the peco guys at york and saw the mock up.they told me the same sometime next year. i couldnt be bothered posting on here at the time because of all the silly comments i was getting when i asked if anybody had any updated info. i dont really like the look of the marcway points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted April 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2015 Well I think it's a good idea, and I've handbuilt O gauge points in the past which to be honest I find tedious filing blades and crossings. To each their own but there seems to be a mixture of elitism from some and impatience from others that frankly doesn't encourage people into the gauge. I've been there done that and went into other scales. Now I'm dabbling again thanks to the rtr offerings which might mean other manufacturers offering products that those putting these down actually find useful It's not like Peco don't offer a lot for O gauge modellers and some of the most renowned modellers used their track. Just for the record I had 3 Underhlill and etched steam locos plus 2 RJH diesels, an atlas switcher and a scratchbuilt sentinel I built for myself along with various other steam and diesel kits I built for others, (including a commission for EMD). So I am capable of modelling but just don't see the point (ha) in scratchbuilding track unless I need to I know some damn good modellers, one who does work for masterpiece, and they don't show this scorn for rtr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 You must have a wide table...................... Best, Pete. 6'6" x 2'6" So it won't be a continuous loop layout, but I'd like to be setting up an industrial shunting layout, as I have quite a few industrial and light-railway locomotives either already on my roster or ear-marked for purchase in the next 6-12 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertc Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 In the interim you could make your own set track if it is sorely needed. I did just that for a test track some years ago. I made it from code 100 and pc sleepers. A rail joiner was soldered on at each end. I made a template for the 3' radius sections ,which was nothing more than a curve drawn on a plank and some pins for guidance. It allowed me to test various coupler options and other ideas if I had to work in a restricted area. One thing I do remember from the exercise was not needing any gauge widening on those tight curves. regards Bob Comerford 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Bob You remind me that I built some industrial set track in 16mm scale some 20 years or so ago. Very good stamped brass sleepers, (originals were steel, Pechot?) three to a length of track, cast white metal crossing & check rails common for all point geometries (left, right & wye), all very prototypical. Not ideal for two rail operation... Great for scratch built plasticard Rustons with a pair of AA cells,Slaters wagon wheels (coarse scale), and a Mabuchi motor. Some skips from Colin Binnie - hours of fun, on a card table! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted May 4, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 4, 2015 Would be interesting to see any photos, Simons, though may predate digital era? Did you cast the crossings? Sounds similar to the Brian Clarke kits Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Dava, thanks for the reminder - Brian Clarke - that's the name. Is he still going? I'm sure he provided the whitemetal castings of the crossings, and possibly the blades as well. no, sadly, no photos, and it all got sold, years ago. The Rustons (one plasticard, one brass) were sold in December last along with my 16mm Prince and a Baldwin GM from Wrightscale - to fund a Lionheart mogul... best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadnought05 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 One of each would be nice, however I think that a medium or large is more likely and would be part of their Streamline range. I can't see a 3 way as part of their new setrack, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I'd imagine it being different radii in different directions. But I'd also imagine that holding your breath might not be advisable. (And do check out the Lenz set track) Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 If Peco ever released a medium radius 3-way point there would be one on every layout I would build. Heck, I would probably build new layouts just because there was a three-way available! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMR CHRIS Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 If Peco ever released a medium radius 3-way point there would be one on every layout I would build. Heck, I would probably build new layouts just because there was a three-way available! Marty you have to build your. " first one " of your " own " first Yes you are right a 3 way RTR by Peco would be a winner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hartleymartin Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) I did build a small shunting layout, but it only got as far as track-on-boards with DC wiring before I dismantled it. No photos exist, unfortunately. From memory, it was a basic 3-siding Inglenook with an added kick-back siding. I dismantled it at the time because I only had my 19 class for motive power and it was really too big for such a tiny layout. If I had the Hudswell Clarke and Manning Wardle back then it would have been a different matter. Edited May 15, 2015 by hartleymartin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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