Kato unitrack

[royds]

Anyone out there using Kato Unitrack?

I've been modeling in N Scale for about 12 years & recently started to aquire Unitrack.
I'm surprised how little info on it there is availabale. I'm planning a 3' x 6.5' layout using unitrack exclusively, but have been unable to find any info on their selectors, controllers and reversing switches. Even have written to KatoUSA twice and received no reply.
Would be interested in hearing from anyone else who has used unitrack.

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royds

[Craig Martyn]

Well, heres my two sense on UNITRACK. I am a painter (as somw of you know) and a lot of space is taken up by equipment in the garage. I do decaling in my own room (I have set up a little work bech/office desk) and needed a place to have a layout so I turned to the sky...or..right above the door way is more like it. I have UNITRACK running the perimeter of the 11' by 11' room. I used it for cost and for reliability. I think unitrack doesn't look very good but on the other hand, it is easy to work with. All the joints on my layout are soldered so it is almost like the trains are running on a continuouse peace of rail. Any way, hope this can shed some light on your experience and GOOD LUCK!! Craig of BLMA

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[ten87]

I have to disagree with Craig on his assessment of how the Unitrack looks. I think it looks better than the cracked ballast I've seen on many layouts. I think the secret is to weather the track. Since it is made of plastic, it doesn't take the India ink washes well. I solved that problem by making a very thin wash of drywall mud over the roadbed and then applying the ink wash. There are some great things being done with Unitrack.

Ed Harrison