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Do any of you like using this flexible track from LEGO? I just can't bring myself to try it. I haven't seen it in person, but from the pictures I've seen it appears to me to be more geared towards kids than rivet counters like Larry and Cale... :P (...) (13 years ago, 26-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was thinking of using it with foil tape put on top to make a second, larger radius. But I'm hoping that won't be necessary, soon. My biggest complaint is that the trains run very rough over it... every wheelset jounces at every joints which (...) (13 years ago, 26-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I've never tried it in a layout (I don't have a layout) but I always saw its chief use as being single bits of track here and there to open up the range of shapes in a full layout. Need a tiny bit of straight, use a flex. Need a tiny curve, (...) (13 years ago, 26-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I agree with Tim. I think flex track can be useful for working out some interesting track geometry but beyond that I don't have any use for it. I think the idea of flex track was great and to be honest the LEGO actually came up with a pretty (...) (13 years ago, 27-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Ha ha ha. If I were a rivet counter I wouldn't be building my trains out of LEGO. Cale (13 years ago, 27-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Same here: I do not use plastic track on my combined layout (PF running on 9V track) but even when I did I might not use it, since I stay basically with studs in line with my track. In fact the greatest benefit I see is for kids: in general (...) (13 years ago, 27-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We used it extensively in the recent layout by Byggepladen at LEGO Fan Weekend. I am not that fond of it, but we didn't have any incidents, which could be attributed to flex track. I would prefer that we only used it in sections of one or two (...) (13 years ago, 28-Sep-11, to lugnet.trains)
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