Hi All,
Sorry to start a new thread (with grateful thanks to recent contributions on previous thread from members) on this one but I felt that the title needed changing to hopefully get some replies from members who had experience of PIKO flexi track. See my recent post on another thread below:-
Hi
Thank you for your very helpful replies. I did a lot of soul searching and nearly went for the AMS flexi track, but in the end I decided to stick with the Peko track.
The minimum order is 20 1.5 pieces of track, so therefore you get 10 lengths of track at 1.5 per length. In addition to the track I bought the sleepers and the Peko catalogue states that each 1.5 length is made up of 3x 280 length and 2 x 320 length. Each piece of sleeper track is joined by 2 brass clips. This track is not cheap and works out at £17/18 per 1.5 length!
Other than the Piko track catalogue (http://www.gaugemaster.com/piko/Piko-G-Scale-Track.pdf) < Link To http://www.gaugemaster.co...iko-G-Scale-Track.pdf) I cannot find any instructions for using this track. The plastic sleeper tracks are the same as straight sleeper tracks so are not in the sense of the word "flexible".
I borrowed a friend's track bender and did my first 1.5 length. I found it very hard to put the "straight" sleeper plastic track on the rail but got there in the end. I have managed to maintain most of the curve but obviously the plastic part of the track is forcing the brass track to bet back to a straight length. I am wondering if I should take a piece out of each sleeper join and if I do this should it be the inside only, every one or every other one or the outside as well.
I am happy to experiment and "waste" some of the plastic sleeper track (it is £1.79 per 320 or 280 length) but there must be someone out there who has actually used this Peko flexi track.
Any suggestions please?
Kind regards,
Dave
Sorry to start a new thread (with grateful thanks to recent contributions on previous thread from members) on this one but I felt that the title needed changing to hopefully get some replies from members who had experience of PIKO flexi track. See my recent post on another thread below:-
Hi
Thank you for your very helpful replies. I did a lot of soul searching and nearly went for the AMS flexi track, but in the end I decided to stick with the Peko track.
The minimum order is 20 1.5 pieces of track, so therefore you get 10 lengths of track at 1.5 per length. In addition to the track I bought the sleepers and the Peko catalogue states that each 1.5 length is made up of 3x 280 length and 2 x 320 length. Each piece of sleeper track is joined by 2 brass clips. This track is not cheap and works out at £17/18 per 1.5 length!
Other than the Piko track catalogue (http://www.gaugemaster.com/piko/Piko-G-Scale-Track.pdf) < Link To http://www.gaugemaster.co...iko-G-Scale-Track.pdf) I cannot find any instructions for using this track. The plastic sleeper tracks are the same as straight sleeper tracks so are not in the sense of the word "flexible".
I borrowed a friend's track bender and did my first 1.5 length. I found it very hard to put the "straight" sleeper plastic track on the rail but got there in the end. I have managed to maintain most of the curve but obviously the plastic part of the track is forcing the brass track to bet back to a straight length. I am wondering if I should take a piece out of each sleeper join and if I do this should it be the inside only, every one or every other one or the outside as well.
I am happy to experiment and "waste" some of the plastic sleeper track (it is £1.79 per 320 or 280 length) but there must be someone out there who has actually used this Peko flexi track.
Any suggestions please?
Kind regards,
Dave
