11.2.2 Trackwork Tools

Modeling Information

Laying out the track

  • Ribbon Rail gauges,
  • NMRA Standards Gauge
  • Track Gauges
  • Curve Radius Gauge 
  • Parallel Gauge
  • Appropriate roadbed templates 
  • Track Pins

Track Work Tool Box 

  • Hobby Knife
  • Metal Files
  • Phillips Screwdriver - Small
  • Flat Head Screwdriver – Small
  • Pin Vise and Drill Bit
  • Spike Holder
  • Rail Joiner Holder
  • Rail nippers
  • Xuron Track Cutter – for track only
  • Xuron Spiking Pliers
  • Xuron Needle Nose Pliers

Adhering the track to the subroadbed

  • Adhesive
  • Caulking Gun
  • Adhesive Putty Knife
  • Rag
  • Straight edges of various lengths (1 to 3 feet long) - wood yard sticks are good
  • Construction weight - I'm using surplus bricks that have a felt pad glued to one face
  • Track Pins
  • Rail Joiners
  • Gap gauge
  • Modified Tie Strips
  • Razor Saw

Soldering Track feeders
  • Safety Glasses
  • Soldering iron of choice (Pencil / Gun / Resistance Unit)
  • Motor tool with cut off disk and brass wire brush
  • Flux
  • Small Paint Brush
  • Heat Sinks
  • Scratch Brush 
  • Solder – Standard
  • Solder – Silver
  • Sand Paper
  • Wire Strippers

 Tie and Track Painting

  • Bottle of Alcohol
  • Abrasive Track Cleaner Block
  • Shop Rag
  • Painters Tape 
  • Hobby Knife
  • Mixing Palette
  • Brush for applying washes
  • Mineral Spirits in a small jar
  • Acrylic and/or Oil Based Artist's Paint
Track Ballasting
  • Ballast spreader
  • Wet water and adhesive bottles - I use food-grade squeeze bottles
  • Syringe


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