[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (Robert Stokes @ 2 Sep 2007, 07:28) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Does anyone think that peco points would look better if the plastic check rails were cut off and replaced with a piece of real rail suitably bent? Has anyone done this?

I have seen this done before & it does improve the appearance.

However, IMHO it's about time Peco scrapped the tooling (which is almost certainly past it's use by date now) & produced a better product, more suitable for the 21st century.

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (Gary @ 2 Sep 2007, 10:34) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Discounting all the often repeated arguments about scale appearance of OO track how could model railway track technically be improved to make it 21st centuary?

Happy modelling
Gary

Simple (as far as Peco goes, in my own experience) - to make them reliable & to produce a slow action point motor with decent reliable (again) auxiliary contacts !

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (34C @ 3 Sep 2007, 08:53) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Regarding a motor, the Fulgurex product is most satisfactory.

Cannot agree more - the only motorised Peco points on St.Laurent are Fulgurex operated - the auto fiddle yards are now all Fleischmann Profi !

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (neil_s_wood @ 4 Sep 2007, 00:16) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>How noisy is it?

They are a bit "wirry" if you know what I mean - although a lot depends on the mounting.