THE GILBERT HALL American Flyer, Инструкция по эксплуатации и сборке

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face through holes at points where controlled equipment is placed. A good
temporary arrangement for these lead wires is to wind them around a pencil.
When the pencil is removed the coiled wire can be stretched between the two
points to be connected without leaving a lot of slack wire on your layout.
(See Fig. 6.)
BUILDING GRADES
IN
THE LAYOUT
When building a permanent type layout, you may desire to have more than
just the flat table top, and want to incorporate some overhead passes or grades
in the track system. This should be carefully planned as the grades should be
gradual and not too high. Four and one-half
inches should be sufficient
for any overpass and this height should not be reached in less than about
12
feet.
If
grades are steeper, you will find that they are out
of
proportion to the
rest of the equipment and that operation becomes poor. Grades can be built
by making a series of “L” shaped blocks at varying heights, as shown in Fig.
7.
Tack the two pieces of wood together, then mount them to the table top
so that the gradual rise is accomplished; then fasten a strip of plywood across
the top of the uprights; this will be used for the track bed. Screen can then be
tacked from it to the table top, to build up the scenic effects as described on
page 19. The steeper the grade, the greater the tractive power of the locomotive
must be to pull a load up it; if more traction is needed to climb the grade, this
can be accomplished by adding lead strips or weights of some sort into the
locomotive boiler. When adding weight to the locomotive, care must be taken
that no short circuits develop or that the moving parts are not restricted in
any way.
HOW TO SET U P A TRACK LAYOUT
Having decided on the size and type of layout you wish to assemble, lay the
separate pieces of track flat on table and join by inserting the pin of one section
as far as it will go in the opening of the next section. CAUTION: Push together.
Do
not twist, bend or squeeze as this may distort the track and cause the
wheels to bind, and result in uneven operation of the train.
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