Hi Chris! Brilliant! Thanks very much for putting this together! It was an incredibly useful video, full of tips and tricks I can certainly put to good use! Cheers, Ian.
Hi Chris. Great video, will be very helpful for people just starting off laying peco track. Your attention to detail is second to none, far better than mine
Your attention to detail with your track laying helps make your videos a joy to watch. Love the videos of the layout. A true masterpiece in the making,
Hi Chris did watch live said hello and hi to 3 others, Love how much detail you put in to laying track that will help loads of people. Happy new year to you and your family. Colin
A very good video and a great start to the year; you clearly know how to teach from experience. There are a lot of tips and tricks here which I shall remember to apply when I (one day in the future) get round to installing a fiddle yard with flexible track.
Greetings Perth and hello Chris 👋 Definitely the gold standard 🏆in advice for laying track, no matter the scale 😇 Your attention to detail 👀 not only provides reliable running 👍 it also looks stunning too 😍 Excellent video 🥂 Very best wishes from the Emerald Isle ☘️
The shots at 18:50 look absolutely amazing! Just curious how reliable and trouble free are your double slip turnouts? I'm running Atlas 55 and it seems they can't even get a standard number 5 to work reliably. My Atlas number 7's and 10's work really good though.
Hi Steve, thanks for your comments, ,i have had no issues with the double slip to date but generally most of the traffic just crosses it like a diamond crossing. Having said that when i do change from that position there has been no issues with derailments or electrical issues. Cheers
@@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932 I am curious about one thing. I keep breaking the frog wires off the unifrogs. Did you have this issue? Any recommended solution? I am debating whether to break them all off and solder my own frog wires.
@@HumancityJunction I have only used 4 unifrog points, all the others are Electrofrog but they are no longer available in med radius. I have had that issue with the ones that i used but i do trim the wire so it is just long enough for me to solder another insulated wire. I think it using the whole length of the wire they come with could make them prone to snapping. Cheers
Great video. One other little trick worth doing on curves is to stagger the joints of the rails, say around 3 or 4 sleepers fom one side to the other. It gives a smoother join.
Yes, that is something i did not mention ,and it is something i should have considered and tested. It makes perfect sense because on long curves or a helix a metre is not long enough to avoid a joint on a curve and staggering would keep one side of track uniform and vice versa resulting in less chance of the joint impacting the smoothness of the curve. . Cheers
Hello Sir, I'm enjoying your videos very much and I'm taking down a lot of notes so I can remember what to do if I get stuck on something. I've never built a layout of any size and scale before. To start with I have no idea what kind of track to use and BTW I'm going to try my hand on N-Scale only because I can get more in such a medium amount of space. I have no idea what anybody is talking about when words like track code is mentioned. What is track code? Do I use one type of code throughout the layout or can I incorporate different types of track codes so a single train can go over all types of tracks? Can a train run on a layout with multiple track codes without derailing? Lastly for now because I'm sure in due time I will have a lot more questions to ask. Is there a difference between USA tracks and tracks used in Europe? Thank you for your time Sincerely Allan
Hi Allan, thanks for your kind words, my layout is code 55 which in profile is more realistic than code 80 however they do interchange but i would stick to one or the other. All N scale loco's will run N gauge track which is 9mm regardless from US Europe etc. Laying flexible track is practice particularly the joints but make the straights straight and the curves smooth. A small file and a dremill type cutting disc tool will help. Always happy to help but there are also great videos to watch. All the best
Like all track laying,care taken will result in better running,I’ve used 55 when I went into N,no problem with it and I’ve built a couple of layouts with it.
Hello Sir, Thank you for responding to my comment. I really appreciate it. Besides the reality of the track code 55 over 80. What is the best type of flex track to use for ease of assembly? Also the best type of turnouts to go with the flex track? Can you mix or match different types of turnouts to use with flex tracks? Thank you for your time Sincerely Allan
Hi Chris! Brilliant! Thanks very much for putting this together! It was an incredibly useful video, full of tips and tricks I can certainly put to good use! Cheers, Ian.
Hi Chris. Great video, will be very helpful for people just starting off laying peco track. Your attention to detail is second to none, far better than mine
Your attention to detail with your track laying helps make your videos a joy to watch.
Love the videos of the layout. A true masterpiece in the making,
Thank you very much Christopher.
Hi Chris did watch live said hello and hi to 3 others, Love how much detail you put in to laying track that will help loads of people. Happy new year to you and your family. Colin
Thanks Col, i'm sure you will be be excellent given how much track you will be laying, cheers and all the best 2024
@@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932 Thank you
A very good video and a great start to the year; you clearly know how to teach from experience. There are a lot of tips and tricks here which I shall remember to apply when I (one day in the future) get round to installing a fiddle yard with flexible track.
That's great Graham, i think it's how we all learn and TH-cam is great for that, cheers
Greetings Perth and hello Chris 👋 Definitely the gold standard 🏆in advice for laying track, no matter the scale 😇 Your attention to detail 👀 not only provides reliable running 👍 it also looks stunning too 😍 Excellent video 🥂 Very best wishes from the Emerald Isle ☘️
Hi Paul, happy new year, we all have strengths and weaknesses and track may be my strength mainly due to past failures when I was a kid.
Excellent Chris - loads of tips for anyone starting out.
Some of yours in there Euan
Hi Chris, great video with lots of good tips! Your track work attention to detail is exceptional! Cheers Gary
Thanks Gary, like all us we pick things up here and there, all the best for 2024
Hi Chris, your attention to detail when laying track is exceptional which makes it look nice and neat. All the best for 2024!
The shots at 18:50 look absolutely amazing! Just curious how reliable and trouble free are your double slip turnouts? I'm running Atlas 55 and it seems they can't even get a standard number 5 to work reliably. My Atlas number 7's and 10's work really good though.
Hi Steve, thanks for your comments, ,i have had no issues with the double slip to date but generally most of the traffic just crosses it like a diamond crossing. Having said that when i do change from that position there has been no issues with derailments or electrical issues. Cheers
This is fantastic like your ingenuity.
thank you for the feedback
Hello, nice video
Fantastic video attention to detail amazing!!
Thank you much appreciated
Very good overview and I picked up some tips. I am about to start laying my Peco Code 55 track this weekend.
Oh great, glad the video may help, all the best
@@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932 I am curious about one thing. I keep breaking the frog wires off the unifrogs.
Did you have this issue? Any recommended solution?
I am debating whether to break them all off and solder my own frog wires.
@@HumancityJunction I have only used 4 unifrog points, all the others are Electrofrog but they are no longer available in med radius. I have had that issue with the ones that i used but i do trim the wire so it is just long enough for me to solder another insulated wire. I think it using the whole length of the wire they come with could make them prone to snapping. Cheers
Great video. One other little trick worth doing on curves is to stagger the joints of the rails, say around 3 or 4 sleepers fom one side to the other. It gives a smoother join.
Yes, that is something i did not mention ,and it is something i should have considered and tested. It makes perfect sense because on long curves or a helix a metre is not long enough to avoid a joint on a curve and staggering would keep one side of track uniform and vice versa resulting in less chance of the joint impacting the smoothness of the curve. . Cheers
Hello Sir,
I'm enjoying your videos very much and I'm taking down a lot of notes so I can remember what to do if I get stuck on something. I've never built a layout of any size and scale before. To start with I have no idea what kind of track to use and BTW I'm going to try my hand on N-Scale only because I can get more in such a medium amount of space.
I have no idea what anybody is talking about when words like track code is mentioned. What is track code? Do I use one type of code throughout the layout or can I incorporate different types of track codes so a single train can go over all types of tracks? Can a train run on a layout with multiple track codes without derailing?
Lastly for now because I'm sure in due time I will have a lot more questions to ask. Is there a difference between USA tracks and tracks used in Europe?
Thank you for your time
Sincerely
Allan
Hi Allan, thanks for your kind words, my layout is code 55 which in profile is more realistic than code 80 however they do interchange but i would stick to one or the other. All N scale loco's will run N gauge track which is 9mm regardless from US Europe etc. Laying flexible track is practice particularly the joints but make the straights straight and the curves smooth. A small file and a dremill type cutting disc tool will help. Always happy to help but there are also great videos to watch. All the best
Great video, pretty similar to how I've done mine just I didn't use any underlay. Sometimes wish I had to get get more of a ballast shoulder
yes i think with more modern trains there seems to be thicker ballast and even more of a shoulder. cheers
Like all track laying,care taken will result in better running,I’ve used 55 when I went into N,no problem with it and I’ve built a couple of layouts with it.
Totally agree
Nice interesting video 🛤👍👍👍.
Greetings Gert
thanks Gert
Hello Sir,
Thank you for responding to my comment. I really appreciate it. Besides the reality of the track code 55 over 80. What is the best type of flex track to use for ease of assembly? Also the best type of turnouts to go with the flex track?
Can you mix or match different types of turnouts to use with flex tracks?
Thank you for your time
Sincerely
Allan
I use Peco electro / unifrog, best to use one brand. Others use Kato set track but can be very expensive.