Hello all,
After reading Pelle Søeborg’s article in the April, 2016, issue of Model Railroader; pg. 28-35, How To Model Realistic Track And Roadbed, he showed how to make a turnout “slightly” flex by cutting specific tie beds.
On my pike I use sectional track for ease of installation. There are two transitions that don’t quite fit no matter how I cut the sectional track. I had considered purchasing a section of flex track and cut it to down fit these sections.
After reading Pelle’s article; pg. 32, I decided to make my own flex track by cutting out all the tie bed sections on one rail of a 9-inch piece of track.
After performing this “surgery” I bent the track to fit the curve, checked it with my track gauge and VIOLA! Homemade flex track without having to shell out anymore money and time to drive the hour and a half to my LHS. À la Pelle Søeborg.
Next I’m going to try to “flex-ate” some curved sectional track to fit some problem areas.
Hope this helps.