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Re: Getting diagonal track to line up properly?
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:18:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Brian Kendig writes:
> Are there any web pages which have a study of how to line up Lego train
> layouts with diagonal track?
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> That is, I want a little more freedom in my layout than forcing it to
> always use ninety-degree curves and parallel/perpendicular tracks, but
> I've found that if I try to be *too* freeform, nothing lines up and I
> end up with two-inch gaps between the pieces I'm trying to connect.
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> If someone else has already done the math for how to make curves using
> one, two, or three pieces of standard 22.5-degree curved track and then
> get the track to line up properly and snap together firmly without
> having to rely on any 'wiggle room,' that would be a great help to me!
> Thanks!
It's pretty much impossible actually. I'd like to be able to just side-step
a track in by one straight's length (16 studs) for a layout, but the only
way to do it with correct geometry is to branch it in with a point and leave
the straight-on dead-end as a siding.
The only other geometries are approximate. Try putting one or two straights
part way round a curve to tweak the run-out from a curve if you need a small
adjustment, but it's never going to fit perfectly.
Jason J Railton
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