Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
Being new to the outdoor railway arena I have a few questions - apologies if some of them have been asked before but I think that the answers all in one place might be useful to other members who are planning on treading the same path.
I plan to have good old DC to keep things relatively simple (I hope)
I plan to have good old DC to keep things relatively simple (I hope)
- Do you use fish plates? - I am thinking of the peco type at this point as opposed to the rather nice but costly cast brass ones from Exactoscale or drilled brass strip.
- How do you fasten the track down? - I have a quantity of brass panel type pins and a discussion with Graham suggested that If I use them I might want to pin the ends of the sleepers rather than the centres as is done traditionally in the smaller scales. What alternatives are there?
- What do you use for wiring - type of wire and connectors?
- Do you have a bus and connect to the tack at multiple points to maintain the electrical continuity?
- How do you get the wiring from the track to the bus - over the side of the track bed (like Simon has) or through it?
- Do you use sections as you would with an indoor DC layout and if so what type of switches do you use? How do you weatherproof them?