Another Miami Layout

[torikoos]

Ahh... The smell of solder.

I just started soldering the track yesterday and it was alot easier than I had imagined. I had my share of melted ties, but in that area of Miami broken track is probably pretty common. I have all of the turnouts soldered and I just need to solder the flex track sections and the curves and then I will be able to run trains!

Talking about someone with motivation to get things going! You seem to be going at lightening speed :-) Enjoy, but don't rush too much, this hobby is not a speed contest after all (unless you are modeling the french , german or japanese high speed train record breaking attempts (currently held by a french TGV at 574.8 kmh which is about 357mph) :-) Footage here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfDWtbioEM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfDWtbioEM</a><!-- m --> amazing technology.

As for soldering the track, if you don't already, get some solder flux (usually in a pot available from your DIY or plumbing supplier) additional to the flux that's in the core of your solder, add a tiny bit to the track where you want to solder and your solder will flow even easier, requiring less heat and therefore less damage :-)