Hacking Kato Unitrack - New Topic for This Blog

 Hello. 

As I am trying to get going on my shelf layout in my office, I finding opportunities to look at Kato Unitrack (N Gauge version) as something of a raw material to modify. So as I find opportunities to "hack" Unitrack, I'll try to share lessons learned here.

Kato Unitrack lends itself well to modifications. The moudled ballast is plast and easy to cut or reshaped. 

For example, there are good tutorials on cutting Kato Unitrack to custom lengths or adjusting the track curves. Here's an example:

AlohaMilton - Kato Unitrack custom length modification
https://youtu.be/jCXYc7o_v-g?si=UHw-GzeoForaLzK8

Elsewhere a web post shows how to replace the Coe 80 rails with Code 55 rails. I like the idea but, for reliability, I will stick with the stock Code 80 rails.

Hacking Unitrack: Code 55!
https://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/hacking-unitrack-code-55.25477/

Photo by bryan9 on TrainBoard

I hope soon to post original videos or phots of some of my own Kato Untirack Hacks.

Cheers,
J.D. Abolins