Of you read the original PECO flexitrack instructions you'd see that they recommend first sliding the rail forward enough away from the sleepers before cutting it, then cutting the chairs off of the end sleeper to allow for the fitting of a fishplate when the rail is slid back into place. This method avoids the massive sleeper gap that appears if one does things the wrong way and removes the sleepers before cutting the rail. The recommended way eliminates the sleeper gap problem. It's the method I've always used with N, 009, TT and HO/OO PECO flexitrack. PECO used to also sell flexitrack in steel rail for inclines so Triang Railways / Triang Hornby / Hornby Railways locos with magnethesion could haul extremely long & heavy trains up inclines. Modern locos don't have such hauling capabilities as the old Magnethesion locos.
DREMEL!, wear EYE PROTECTION AT ALL TIMES, i ended up at the eye hospital last month with a 2mm pice of metal buried in my eyeball , the pain was unbearable i tell ya, WEAR GLASSES!
I would recommend wearing eye protection too - sounds stupid perhaps but with bits of sharp steel flying about everywhere but it might be worth thinking about.
Very good tutorial! I have always been told and heard those bits on the sleeper are called chairs because the rail "sits" in them ;) I think you need to get percy a hi viz vest and hard hat if hes working for network rail lol
Love the videos will if you could please please put more videos on like 2 a week would be lovely please because I wait every day on TH-cam for your videos to cume up that's how much I love them so please can you play videos twice a week thanx
Isn't it easier to use a craft knife or something for taking off the surplus sleepers, since that won't risk cutting through the rail as much as using track cutters?
HELP!!! I try using peco track pins but i can't seem to get them through the sleepers without bending... i tried pushing through with pliers and hammering... no success yet. does anyone have some tips? thanks
I'm a tad off topic here, for which I apologise, but I wonder if I could ask (gently) how things are going with the N gauge project? Many thanks, David
Hello, I came across your video. I am currently working my way through building my own railway. I want to use a mixture of flexi and set track. If I could ask, what fishplate/track joiners do you use? Thanks Tim
are you going to work on the n scale layout? cause I am really curious of what the layout is going to look like and maybe the new trains that is going to transfer some candy back and forth :)
Lovely video Will. I use a lot of Flexitrack on my layout and I've found it stays cleaner longer. BTW if you don't mind me asking why had you deleted this video?
If you cut the tie plates off with a craft knife first the fish plates will fit on without losing the sleepers then you don't have a gap problem in the first place
You should use flexitrack for the whole model railway, set track is for train sets, but maybe your videos are aimed at younger modellers, so set track is a good option for them...
Just a general observation, why mess around with sectional track at all? Why not use a larger section of flex track to fill up the entire original gap? The less joints you have the better the electrical conductivity along the entire "right of way".
Warning on the rail nippers' use: Only use them for nipping rail and not on wire or other metals. Other metals may be hard enough to damage the cutting edge. I found out the hard way and ruined a $17 pair of rail nippers on "just this one little wire". I now have ripple-y nippers.
I have a lot of American viewers - I'm just trying to be polite as well as point out how different names exist for the same thing depending on where you live.
+Peter Irving He is not going to do a layout, he hasn't got the skills. He keeps on calling this a layout, but it is just a train set stuck down with blue tack!
He's been hinting lately that something big is about to happen in his life (maybe something to do with that trip into London to meet with the Hornby people?). So I suspect he's moving and will be selling his house. Thus he can't build a real layout yet.
Luvin' the vids! And your challenge of 'Most Famous Skirting Board in the World'... I think yours might, just might, be beaten by Tom & Jerry's! The home of Jerry the mouse was in all their cartoons. Or it might just be remembered by middle aged people like me! :-)
Thanks will, genuinely something useful that none if the other channels have covered!
The new layout is looking awesome! It will be coming up soon - I have so many vids to make!
Of you read the original PECO flexitrack instructions you'd see that they recommend first sliding the rail forward enough away from the sleepers before cutting it, then cutting the chairs off of the end sleeper to allow for the fitting of a fishplate when the rail is slid back into place. This method avoids the massive sleeper gap that appears if one does things the wrong way and removes the sleepers before cutting the rail. The recommended way eliminates the sleeper gap problem. It's the method I've always used with N, 009, TT and HO/OO PECO flexitrack.
PECO used to also sell flexitrack in steel rail for inclines so Triang Railways / Triang Hornby / Hornby Railways locos with magnethesion could haul extremely long & heavy trains up inclines. Modern locos don't have such hauling capabilities as the old Magnethesion locos.
Nice and Useful video. great vid. I did a flexitrack video and I had to stand right back to fit it in shot. each piece is 1 Yard long
Excellent description and video for the beginner.
@ 17:13 I've seen real loose ones up close on an old disused siding. I call them plates and clamps.
You forgot the bluetack. Very good young man. Very interesting and informative. All the best.
DREMEL!, wear EYE PROTECTION AT ALL TIMES, i ended up at the eye hospital last month with a 2mm pice of metal buried in my eyeball , the pain was unbearable i tell ya, WEAR GLASSES!
Woah! Are you ok? Also, thanks for the advice! Sounded painful!
I would recommend wearing eye protection too - sounds stupid perhaps but with bits of sharp steel flying about everywhere but it might be worth thinking about.
MisterHampshire true
MisterHampshire I know what an eye injury feels like
Great vid Will as always....enjoyed every minute! Cheers, John.
Great!, saving this video.
Very clear explanation very good
It'll be coming up!
I would recommend the use of track-setta.
Great video, as usual!
great video, really interesting
Do you have any plans to do a unboxing video on the Railfreight liveried 37 seen in this video?
Great video by the way.
Very good tutorial! I have always been told and heard those bits on the sleeper are called chairs because the rail "sits" in them ;) I think you need to get percy a hi viz vest and hard hat if hes working for network rail lol
Great video as usual Will, that reminds me that I really need to get a pair of those track cutters :)
What's the best flexible track to use, Hornby or peco? What did you use?
Just been cutting flex track today that's the way I do it.
Love the videos will if you could please please put more videos on like 2 a week would be lovely please because I wait every day on TH-cam for your videos to cume up that's how much I love them so please can you play videos twice a week thanx
Isn't it easier to use a craft knife or something for taking off the surplus sleepers, since that won't risk cutting through the rail as much as using track cutters?
HELP!!! I try using peco track pins but i can't seem to get them through the sleepers without bending... i tried pushing through with pliers and hammering... no success yet. does anyone have some tips?
thanks
Are you going to do a review of the bachmann class 37 in series 4?
Did you ever start the new layout?
Awesome video! Very helpful.
What about designing a railway series?
Great thank yo so much needed this to do my proper layout hope yours is going well
TC
Could you please show us you "upstairs layout?"
We'll really like to see it.
lol thanks, I'm glad you like them so much!
good video keep up the work
Will wire cutters or other cutters work?
I'm a tad off topic here, for which I apologise, but I wonder if I could ask (gently) how things are going with the N gauge project? Many thanks, David
Hello, I came across your video. I am currently working my way through building my own railway. I want to use a mixture of flexi and set track. If I could ask, what fishplate/track joiners do you use? Thanks Tim
How easy or hard is it to permanenty bend Flex-track to simulate old lines?
Absolutly beautiful. Hows the n gauge desk layout coming along? Hauling any m&m 's yet?
Great video well done.
true! Tho a room would have to get quite hot for that to happen I think.
can you do a southeastern train review by bachmann?
and also a premium eurostar train?
Hi, can u tell me the name of those track cutters? I need a pair so much!
you could do Ho points you could cut small groves in the lego track to run the ho track through the groves in the lego track it can be acheved
oh yes definitely! They are essential!
are you going to work on the n scale layout? cause I am really curious of what the layout is going to look like and maybe the new trains that is going to transfer some candy back and forth :)
I am having trouble fitting fishplate to my wren oo gauge flexi track
Old video, I know...but why not put the lego loop on the outside?
thanks for the comment!
Why would you want your track to have gaps that wide? I always fit the track pieces as close as possible to avoid derailments
What would happen if hornby and other brands used bull headed rails. Just a random question from thin air.
Why not build a bridge over the Lego layout so you can put the sidings inside it?
Could you use another tool such as wire cutters to cut track?
SeaboardRailroader nope tried this does not work it crushes the track not cut
the joys of Flexitrack :-D
can flexi track bend from side to side to get a really gentle curve?
TheCornishTrainspotter yes but you would need to trim the track as one side be longer than the other
Chris Adams ok, thanks bud ☺
Hello Will hope you dont mind me asking but will you make part 2 near the end of 2018 or sometime in 2019?
put some tape on the cutters over the jaw on the waste side and it will catch the cut off piece saves taking granny out or standing on it .
Lovely video Will. I use a lot of Flexitrack on my layout and I've found it stays cleaner longer.
BTW if you don't mind me asking why had you deleted this video?
If you cut the tie plates off with a craft knife first the fish plates will fit on without losing the sleepers then you don't have a gap problem in the first place
You should use flexitrack for the whole model railway, set track is for train sets, but maybe your videos are aimed at younger modellers, so set track is a good option for them...
that's asinine.
I must get some of them track cutters
Just a general observation, why mess around with sectional track at all? Why not use a larger section of flex track to fill up the entire original gap? The less joints you have the better the electrical conductivity along the entire "right of way".
ah okay good luck with all future videos :)
Don't necessarily need to waste a flex track piece. Can cut any piece.
and the reason you can't cut down a longer bit of hornby/peco track is ?..............................
Yeah I heard that too but they have about 10 names - seriously lol and with my videos being seen around the World, I have to know what they all are!
make a bridge over the lego layout
I've found it easier to gradually clip down on the rail before the final cut, then it won't fly away.
Warning on the rail nippers' use: Only use them for nipping rail and not on wire or other metals. Other metals may be hard enough to damage the cutting edge. I found out the hard way and ruined a $17 pair of rail nippers on "just this one little wire". I now have ripple-y nippers.
I have a lot of American viewers - I'm just trying to be polite as well as point out how different names exist for the same thing depending on where you live.
You'll see!
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LAYOUT 'UPSTAIRS' CANT YOU SHOW US YET???
+Peter Irving He is not going to do a layout, he hasn't got the skills. He keeps on calling this a layout, but it is just a train set stuck down with blue tack!
+heelfan1234 I doubt its that. I'm sure he has a perfectly good reason.
He's been hinting lately that something big is about to happen in his life (maybe something to do with that trip into London to meet with the Hornby people?).
So I suspect he's moving and will be selling his house.
Thus he can't build a real layout yet.
This is a track attack, this is a track attack, this is track attack!
haha that sounds great!
Xuron 2175B Track Cutter. Around £12. Most model and craft shops will do them. :-)
I use flexitrack all the time
Luvin' the vids!
And your challenge of 'Most Famous Skirting Board in the World'... I think yours might, just might, be beaten by Tom & Jerry's! The home of Jerry the mouse was in all their cartoons.
Or it might just be remembered by middle aged people like me! :-)
thanks :)
I saw this first at 12.00 last night
Why not just cut down the short straight ?
Will, Get on with it!!! lawls
btw i live in Crewe aswell
you could have just lifted up the lego track to go over the Hornby loop
my loco throws its self off with the slightest gap inbetween the lines
lol cheers for the comment matey
Can't you just slip the railroad ties into the track
lol yes it is pretty long stuff!
can get a similar make from ebay for about £4 just as good
Can you tell me a good model railway website
Why not just cut the standard straight you showed us first, the one that was about 1cm too long!
haha lol true! I did!
i looked on wikipedia there is no yet worlds most famous peice of skirting board
10/10
Zeuron.
Its famous for being famous
How is he supposed to interview a train? :S
When your entire layout is flexitrack...
EMERLD NIGHT I UNLOCKED THAT TRAIN ON LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER & I GET 2 TO DRIVE IT
Oh yeah? Well the model is WAY better in real life.
I use that to cut my guitar strings
Why is his skirting board so famos
Seventh comment! Wow! I was quick!
Plez