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> > | ![]() Bevel the end of a rail and solder the first crossing rail to the ties and to mainline railThe rail heads should touch each other, to achive this I remove about 1 mm from the base of the crossing rail. Solder second crossing rail to the ties and to mainline rail, use N track gauge to ensure the right distance between the rails.![]() ![]() Cut and bevel a rail to the length between the two mainline guardrailsUse a straight edge to guide the rail and solder the rail to the ties. Finish the crossing railsBend the outer guard rails for the narrow gauge line with a needle nose pliersBevel the ends and solder the rails to the PCB ties. Insert the inner guard rails for the narrow gauge line.Cut the mainline rails and the guard rails for the HOn30 flangeways with a cutting disc moto tool.![]() Put the crossing in warm soapy water and remove the crossing from the PCBCut the isolating gaps with the fretsaw trough the rails and the ties.![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
How To Convert an Atlas N Code 55 Turnout to HOn30Commercial available HOn30/H0e/009 turnouts from Peco, Tillig, Technomodell, and Roco have too heavy rails (Code 80/83) and too wide angles (15 °, less than #4). You can build the turnouts from scratch, but for me it is difficult and to time-consuming to build the heel of the switch (especially the hinge) and the frog. The N code 55 turnouts from Atlas are available with frog numbers #5 and #7 (for details see http://www.atlasrr.com/Trackmisc/ncode55.htm![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> > | Print out a templatee.g. from Fast Tracks " target="_blank">http://www.handlaidtrack.com/]]![]() ![]() Remove the rails from the plastic tiesRemove the pins from the frog and the guard rails.Glue the crossties to the templateSolder the straight stock rail to the tiesUse a straight edge as a guide.![]() Solder the frog to the tiesUse a NMRA N gauge to check the distance between the stock rail an the frog. The lead (distance between toe of point and frog point) is 75 mm.Solder the second stock rail to the tiesCheck the gauge between the stock rails and between the stock rail and the frog.Solder the two rails to the frog heel (frog point rail) and to the frog toe (closure rails)Use a N track gauges to ensure the right distance between the rails. Solder the two guard rails to the rails.![]() Solder the switch tabs to the heel of the pointMake sure that the rails are in line.Cut gaps into the copper foil ties![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PCB crossties are 13-1/2 scale feet long by 7 scale inches wide (.080"), and are available in 1/16" and 1/32" thickness. I cut my ties from a 1.6 x 100 x 160 mm printed circuit board PCB (in Switzerland it is available from Distrelec, Partnumber 450335, for 2.50 CHF that's about $2). I prefer FR-2 PCBs, because the FR-4 (glass/epoxy) makes your sawing blades dull. I saw about 2.3 mm stripes from the PCB with a fretsaw and cut the ties to length (20 mm) with a wire cutting pliers. I choose 8 mm center-to-center distance for my pike. | ||||||||
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FR-2 is composite material made of paper impregnated with a plasticized phenol formaldehyde resin (Synthetic Resin Bonded Paper (SRBP), Bakelite, Lamitex, Paxoline, Pertinax) FR-4 is a composite of a resin epoxy reinforced with a woven fiberglass mat (epoxy resin bonded glass fabric (ERBGF), Veroboard) printed circuit board (PCB) | ||||||||
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> > | ![]() Tie PlatesTie plates were not always used for narrow gauge tracks. But normally they were found at least on turnouts and in curves. They are 5" to 10" wide and about 1/2" (HO 0.15 mm) thick. Tie plates for HO are too small and too difficult to build for me. I omit tie plates on my tracks.TipsTools needed
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How To Scratch Build a Narrow Gauge Standard Gauge CrossingAs far as I know there is no commercial narrow gauge standard gauge crossing available. It takes me about 4 h to build a "diamond" from scratch. You need only only some code 70 rails and PCB cross ties. Step by step instructions to build a crossing from scratch: Print out a template, e.g. from Fast Tracks http://www.handlaidtrack.com/![]() How To Convert an Atlas N Code 55 Turnout to HOn30Commercial available HOn30/H0e/009 turnouts from Peco, Tillig, Technomodell, and Roco have too heavy rails (Code 80/83) and too wide angles (15 °, less than #4). You can build the turnouts from scratch, but for me it is difficult and to time-consuming to build the heel of the switch (especially the hinge) and the frog. The N code 55 turnouts from Atlas are available with frog numbers #5 and #7 (for details see http://www.atlasrr.com/Trackmisc/ncode55.htm![]() ![]() | |||||||
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