04-07-2011, 09:38 PM
I find laying track by hand and building turnouts when I get to them, and build them to whatever frog number it turns out to be to go where I want it to go to be a therapeutic endeavor ... I quite enjoy it ... it gives me great feelings of satisfaction when I watch a few cars snake smoothly through my turnout!
Sure, it takes a little longer than using track nails to bed a section of flex-track, but to me, I'm having more hobby fun for my buck, if you compare money spent vs. time spent.
And, I just like the way it looks!
![[Image: Close-up-HandLaidDisplayTrack.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Lehigh%20Susquehanna%20and%20Western/Hand%20Laying%20Track/Close-up-HandLaidDisplayTrack.jpg)
![[Image: Detail-HandLaidDisplayTrack.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Lehigh%20Susquehanna%20and%20Western/Hand%20Laying%20Track/Detail-HandLaidDisplayTrack.jpg)
So, if you like doing it, and it looks good and works well ... then, by all means, keep doing it!
Sure, it takes a little longer than using track nails to bed a section of flex-track, but to me, I'm having more hobby fun for my buck, if you compare money spent vs. time spent.
And, I just like the way it looks!
![[Image: Close-up-HandLaidDisplayTrack.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Lehigh%20Susquehanna%20and%20Western/Hand%20Laying%20Track/Close-up-HandLaidDisplayTrack.jpg)
![[Image: Detail-HandLaidDisplayTrack.jpg]](http://i1022.photobucket.com/albums/af349/wwmarsland/Lehigh%20Susquehanna%20and%20Western/Hand%20Laying%20Track/Detail-HandLaidDisplayTrack.jpg)
So, if you like doing it, and it looks good and works well ... then, by all means, keep doing it!
biL
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln
