El Schaeferino

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In the Product Guide for the P40 switch Fx Bricks hinted that it may be possible to replace the R64 return curve with two R104 curves. This creates a small gap (1.78mm) that is too great to connect the curves directly to the divergent route, but when you insert two S8 straights they can absorb the gap at the joints with minimal stress to the material. This can even be ballasted and looks nice (see picture). At Holgers website there is a small article about this idea. https://www.holgermatthes.de/bricks/en/fx-bricks.php

My replacement tiebars arrived. I replaced them according to the instructions given in the FxBricks-Blog of November 10th. However, after replacing the tiebars the switch-rails are out of power (only the switch rails are powerless, all non-moveable rails are powered correctly). Perhaps I damaged the thin metal/foil on the underside of the switch rail (it looks slightly deformed), although I proceeded with utmost care. Anybody else experiencing similar problems? EDIT: I found the problem. The foil-thin metal on the underside of the switch rails was bent down (see image, bending indicated with a blue line). After carefuly bending it into an even position it works and both switch rails have power!