Owen Meschter
R104 Ballasting techniques
Just wanted to quickly share how I manually ballasted my BrickTrax R104 curves that I received in the switch set. If you plan on ballasting your BrickTrax switch set, you will have to do most of it by hand... however this isn't as bad as it seems.
For example, the R104 switch turn-in curve is slightly different than a normal R104, and one pro is that you can fit 1x2 plates in between the gaps on the narrow end, creating a very flush look. The other side is less clean and has to be gapped, but this is completely forgivable.
Ballasting a normal R104 is different though. Gaps between ties on the narrow end do not permit 1x2 plates, only 1x1 plates (1x1 plates with a vertical clip do fit however, and fill a little more space and have a little more texture.) The best thing to do for these is to buy some R104 ballast plates from trixbrix.eu . I have not tested this to prove the two brands fit together, but I assume they do.
Hope this was helpful!
R104 Ballasting techniques
Just wanted to quickly share how I manually ballasted my BrickTrax R104 curves that I received in the switch set. If you plan on ballasting your BrickTrax switch set, you will have to do most of it by hand... however this isn't as bad as it seems.
For example, the R104 switch turn-in curve is slightly different than a normal R104, and one pro is that you can fit 1x2 plates in between the gaps on the narrow end, creating a very flush look. The other side is less clean and has to be gapped, but this is completely forgivable.
Ballasting a normal R104 is different though. Gaps between ties on the narrow end do not permit 1x2 plates, only 1x1 plates (1x1 plates with a vertical clip do fit however, and fill a little more space and have a little more texture.) The best thing to do for these is to buy some R104 ballast plates from trixbrix.eu . I have not tested this to prove the two brands fit together, but I assume they do.
Hope this was helpful!