I recently received some additional Micro-Engineering On30 flex track that I ordered from Micro-Mark. I have switched to the non-weathered flex and I am much happier with it. Soldering feeders and soldering pieces together on the corners is much easier. The non-weathered also seems to flex easier and doesn’t seem to bind up as much.

I use a very large gun type soldering iron, probably larger then I need, but I have not had problems melting any ties and it heats the rail to soldering temperature very fast. I do solder the feeders to the bottom of the rail as I do not like seeing them. I solder feeders to every piece of flex.

I mark and drill a couple of holes in the roadbed almost directly underneath the solder points. I lay down a small bead of Liquid Nails adhesive and spread it out using a scrap piece of wood. I then start the wires through the holes, connect the rail joiners, and weight the track down until the adhesive sets.

Here is a finished picture to highlight how unnoticeable the feeders are and an overall shot of progress in the area.

Admittedly, it wasn’t much progress but I now have another 10 feet of track for my Shay to run around on.