05-14-2013, 07:38 AM
Hand laid track "may be" superior in detail over commercial available flextrack but that requires details like seen on this two examples of a German switch for H0pur. That is usually not the case for most hand laid tracks I see on the web.
http://www.h0pur.de/images/weichen2.jpg
http://www.h0pur.de/images/weichen3.jpg
I see the biggest advantage of hand laid tracks and especial switches in a more elegant track plan in tight space with direct attached switches to each other. We have a lot of examples in this forum where hand laid switches permit elegant track plans I can not implement with standard Atlas switches.
But we should never forget, it is a hobby only. The one who builds it must have the fun no one else!
http://www.h0pur.de/images/weichen2.jpg
http://www.h0pur.de/images/weichen3.jpg
I see the biggest advantage of hand laid tracks and especial switches in a more elegant track plan in tight space with direct attached switches to each other. We have a lot of examples in this forum where hand laid switches permit elegant track plans I can not implement with standard Atlas switches.
But we should never forget, it is a hobby only. The one who builds it must have the fun no one else!
Reinhard