Argos, the following is a email exchange I had with Terry at Fast Tracks:
Me--Is there any possibility of frog and point filing jigs being made for UK type bullhead rail in the future? I'm in the US, but modeling early period UK railways. I've used your US items before, in HOn30 and N, and from what I have read, they are far superior to anything offered in the UK for track building.
Terry--Sorry, we don't recommend using our tools with bullheadrail and we don't have plans to offer them any time soon.
Me--Not what I was hoping to hear, but thank you for the reply. I had mentioned your items on a thread, and today, after I sent you my question, someone asked "why couldn't you file frogs and points from flat bottom rail, and just mate those parts to bullhead rail?". Does that sound plausible to you?
Terry--Not being totally familiar with bullhead rail I wonder about the difference in height between it and flat-bottom rail. If you have a solution for that the I think it will work. You didn't mention it and probably don't intend to do so but bullhead rail cannot be used in our assembly fixtures.
As Martin's were a custom order, it just might be possible to have something in bullhead rail done, as a custom order. I haven't asked him yet, as I'm still exploring the whole scale/gauge thing, but you might want to drop hima line and see.
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Argos, the following is a email exchange I had with Terry at Fast Tracks:
Me--Is there any possibility of frog and point filing jigs being
made for UK type bullhead rail in the future? I'm in the US, but modeling
early period UK railways. I've used your US items before, in HOn30 and N,
and from what I have read, they are far superior to anything offered in the
UK for track building.
Terry--Sorry, we don't recommend using our tools with bullhead rail and we don't have plans to offer them any time soon.
Me--Not what I was hoping to hear, but thank you for the reply. I had mentioned your items on a thread, and today, after I sent you my question, someone asked "why couldn't you file frogs and points from flat bottom rail, and just mate those parts to bullhead rail?". Does that sound plausible to you?
Terry--Not being totally familiar with bullhead rail I wonder about the difference in height between it and flat-bottom rail. If you have a solution for that the I think it will work. You didn't mention it and probably don't intend to do so but bullhead rail cannot be used in our assembly fixtures.
As Martin's were a custom order, it just might be possible to have something in bullhead rail done, as a custom order. I haven't asked him yet, as I'm still exploring the whole scale/gauge thing, but you might want to drop hima line and see.
Jim F