Valentin

 

For soldering, I'm not one for making "thingies" to hold parts in position. I rely more on tweezers and cocktail sticks to hold parts, sometimes resorting to fingers if I can stand the heat. Nickel-Silver is much better in this respect. The heat transfer through brass is very quick. Still, fingers cool down if blown upon...

If you burn your fingers, I would suggest touching your earlobe with the burnt fingers. I don't know how, but it acts as a heat-sink. I know this because, like you, I am not a big fan of those "thingies"...

Using PCB for the under-footplate it's a brilliant idea! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for your kind comments!

Don, I forgot to mention that I did check for shorts before starting wiring the rails. And I've found a few shorts, including a common crossing.

That looks super. Did you get your supplies (sleepers, rail & gauges) from the 2mm shop?

Yes, all supplies are coming from the 2mm FS Association shop.

@all: Thank you for your kind comments.

@Jerry: Indeed I am quite pleased about how the track flows. I am very careful during the soldering process and I test the laid track quite often using a converted 5 plank wagon.

Thank you for your comments!

Very nice Valentin. Can you say why you didn't like the Easitrac points please? Would you say they were not suitable for a beginner? Thanks

Definitely I can not say that they are not suitable for a beginner. I've followed the instructions and the result was ok but far from perfect. It's just I like more soldering and I wasn't very happy working with Mek-Pak and Epoxy...

But I'm not quite the right person to say it's easy or not building Easitrac turnouts; after all, I built only one...