THE GILBERT HALL American Flyer, Инструкция по эксплуатации и сборке

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The top surface of these boards should be wide for double track
or wide for single track. The material used should be thick, well
seasoned white pine or spruce. When constructing the curved roadbed make
it up of small segments 1/12 of a circle as shown in Fig.
3.
When laying
out curved roadbed for double track operation, be sure to temporarily place your
track so that you can cut your wood segments for the roadbed correctly.
Cover the roadbed with grey slate surfaced roofing paper and you will have
a Tru-Model roadbed. Illustrated on pages
6
and 7 are suggested
3/16”
Scale
track layouts and with each is given the table space required, track and
equipment needed.
For best results the track sections should be fastened down with small
nails or brads using the holes provided in the ties. Do not tighten down on the
nails to the extent that the roadbed is distorted.
USING RUBBER ROADBED
The above-mentioned process of making a realistic-looking roadbed
is
one which takes considerable time and special tools to accomplish. Therefore,
American Flyer engineers have developed a very realistic-looking rubber road-
bed into which the track is nested firmly and gives the appearance of a real
stone roadbed as used by all railroads.
This roadbed not only improves the appearance, but it helps deaden the
noise
so
all you hear is the “clickety-click” of the wheels on the rails. The
rubber roadbed comes in both straight and curved sections, and can be cut to
be used in shorter lengths.
To
cut for use with half-sections, just use a sharp knife and cut the road-
bed in half, then move one
of
the crossties on the track to line up with the hole
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