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Re: First Third Party product for the LEGO(r) Trains market?
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 28 Apr 2003 23:54:51 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Calum Tsang writes:
> > [...]
> > Second, the cost/benefit ratio of doing it by hand and doing it by this
> > cleaner isn't clear. For $104 USD, or roughly $150 Canadian, I could pay
> > some high school student minimum wage to clean track for 21 hours straight.
> > Does someone here seriously believe this is a good deal?
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> Aw, man, but it's all about the coolness factor! Why do something by hand
> that can be done by a machine? Even if it's more work or costs more money.
> :)
<snicker>
;)
<snip>
> The only thing I didn't like about it is that it leaves a slippery, oily
> residue on the track. So the cleaned rails feel kind of creepy. But on
> the bright side, the cleaner does have a yummy artificial lemon/citrus scent.
If it were me, I don't think I'd use Goo Gone.. while the Centerline site
claims it doesn't leave a residue, I've read on an indie model railroader's
site that it does. I might just stick with isopropyl alcohol.. cheap and easy
to get and worked just fine on my Nscale layout - er.. by hand heheh. Maybe a
second pass with a dry pad would be in order, thus taking care of the residue
issue right there.
Thinking about it, I'd probably make three passes. One with a cleaner, one dry
to get it and the softened grunge off, and a third with Cramoline or something
similar, to 'dress' the track surface - improving contact and stretching the
time between cleanings.
Just theory though.
Kevin.
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