RMweb Premium Gedward Posted December 22, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2019 Just started laying track after many years absence. What would be the best solution with the tie bars clashing with the other sleepers? Would you cut the tie bar or the sleepers or both? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted December 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2019 Cut the chairs off the sleeper on the plain track and move the freed sleeper under the rail joiners. Then try cutting the web underneath the plain track and respace the sleepers to make as many as possible fit in between the sleepers of the adjacent track. In the last resort shorten the sleepers on the plain track. Carefully removing the knob on the ends of the tie bars improves the look too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted December 22, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2019 27 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: Cut the chairs off the sleeper on the plain track and move the freed sleeper under the rail joiners. Then try cutting the web underneath the plain track and respace the sleepers to make as many as possible fit in between the sleepers of the adjacent track. In the last resort shorten the sleepers on the plain track. Carefully removing the knob on the ends of the tie bars improves the look too. Thanks, will do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted December 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2019 Good luck, take your time and let us all know how you are getting on from time to time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 (edited) If its just theevery end of the tie bar with the point motor peg on it that is causing the problem chopping that off is a lot simpler and will not affect the working of the point; indeed I have seen a number of layouts where all the tie bars have shortened at both ends to make the point look slightly more like the real thing, Edited December 22, 2019 by Butler Henderson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted December 23, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2019 13 hours ago, Butler Henderson said: If its just theevery end of the tie bar with the point motor peg on it that is causing the problem chopping that off is a lot simpler and will not affect the working of the point; indeed I have seen a number of layouts where all the tie bars have shortened at both ends to make the point look slightly more like the real thing, Yes, they do look ungainly as is. Good point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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