Olie
Active Member
Well, today wasn't as exciting as I'd hoped. I tried gluing down the JTT grass mat. It's paper backing. It wrinkles and shrinks. It sucks for long runs. ended up pulling up the 24" square at the end. Should have stuck to my gut and plastered the foam then painted and used turf instead.
Then, I figured I'd hook together some track and just tack it down so I could see the train on this table. I know I will need one loop so I staggered the sliding rail and then soldered three sections together while pinned to a straight edge. Put the loop down at an 11" radius. Loco derails as it begins the turn. No matter how I manipulate the loop, derail at the beginning. Kato even states 11" radius for flat and 15" radius for viaduct track. I had to stop as the frustration was getting the best of me.
Any suggestions on the track issue? I cut out an 22" circle and used that to give me my track bend. Hell, I'm even bringing the inner ties against the template which means 11.5" at track center. I tried pushing it out to 12" and it still derails.
Then, I figured I'd hook together some track and just tack it down so I could see the train on this table. I know I will need one loop so I staggered the sliding rail and then soldered three sections together while pinned to a straight edge. Put the loop down at an 11" radius. Loco derails as it begins the turn. No matter how I manipulate the loop, derail at the beginning. Kato even states 11" radius for flat and 15" radius for viaduct track. I had to stop as the frustration was getting the best of me.
Any suggestions on the track issue? I cut out an 22" circle and used that to give me my track bend. Hell, I'm even bringing the inner ties against the template which means 11.5" at track center. I tried pushing it out to 12" and it still derails.