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Re: Reshaping 4.5v track
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Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:35:51 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Wayne Jackson wrote:
I am wanting to use my old 4.5v tracks for a narrow gauge train that
will be 4 studs wide.

Obviously the straight track is fine, but it is the curve track that is
giving me some bother.  Can anyone suggest a solution?

You might want to check out Ross Neal's 3 stud wide solution...

  http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=28927

please post pictures if you make something work.

Benn



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  Re: Reshaping 4.5v track
 
(...) I have been using 2x4 plates, turntables, and a solid base-brick and a hair-drier with limited success. It would seem the plastic is a bit brittle from years of disuse. (16 years ago, 28-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains)

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  Reshaping 4.5v track
 
I am wanting to use my old 4.5v tracks for a narrow gauge train that will be 4 studs wide. Obviously the straight track is fine, but it is the curve track that is giving me some bother. Can anyone suggest a solution? (16 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.trains)

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