About a year ago I did a bunch of spiking on the NOSS modules. Started with
the ME micro spikes. They are not so much spikes as simply bent metal strips.
Many/most did not have any kind of point at the end which made them difficult
to insert into sugar pine or bass wood ties. Many, many, bent on their way in.
I don't have enough time to pre-drill holes. We eventually switched to
Walthers Code 87 spikes. Strong, pointy and easily inserted. Available at the
local hobby shop for a reasonable price. The heads are largish but after you
paint and weather the rail they match-up pretty well to the "spikes" on the
Shinohara turnouts and flex track. They look large compared to the "spikes" on
ME/Tomalco flex track. I would give them the nod for all but the most proto of
track laying.
Chris Borgmeyer
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