I have purchased several Micro Engineering Code 70 weathered flex track. I am wondering as to how make it flex into a curve? It is not like Atlas’s flex track that I have used in the past.
Thanks
Michael Osweiler
Waseca, MN
Lay it flat and bend a bit at a time. You will have to exert more pressure as the spikeheads are tighter than atlas. The weathering also makes it stiffer.
Gently.
Their track is rather stiff compared to Atlas, but once formed, tends to retain the shape.
Probably best to start in the middle and work your way out. Don’t try to do it all at once, just form the curve slowly. If you need two pieces to form the curve, solder them together before forming, so you get a nice smooth curve.
Even their rail joiners are fun to install. I find chamfering the rail end with a file helps there.
I have some too. I prefer the springy Atlas flex to the stiff hard to work with types. That said, the ME code 70 looks great so you just have to grit your teeth and gently bend it to the shape you need.
I used Railcraft/Micro Engineering Code 83 in my bygone HO Scale days; when I bolted to N Scale twenty-five years ago I continued to purchase Railcraft/Micro Engineering only I did my layouts in Code 55 from the get-go and it is all I have ever used. I will admit to it being just a little bit on the stiff side but I thought that that was an inherent characteristic of flex track.