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Quick and Easy Expert Tips for Laying Flex Track | Model Railroad Academy
Most model railroaders’ first layouts utilize sectional track of fixed curves and straight pieces. Modeler Jim Kelly shows how HO model train flex track is easily bendable into virtually any desired radius. The secrets, he points out, are that one section of ties is cast in plastic, while the opposite ties are gapped every second tie. The other tip is trying not to locate rail joints in a curve, because they can easily kink or gap causing derailments.
