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Re: Did I miss something? What is so intresting about a 1/2-track segment???
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 13 Jul 2003 17:13:50 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jeroen de Haan wrote:
> All very well, but I don't see the pro's of half a track; bigger radius and
> better switches, yes.
> Well, it is very personal. My "set-up" is very modest (I can't even place my
> second engine-shed :-( ) and half a straight wouldn't enhance things.
You're alright so long as you always build corners that turn right-angles every
time. When you start skewing tracks using curves, or laying tracks through
cityscapes at various odd angles, you sometimes end up short by a little bit.
Half-straights may not always be the geometrically perfect piece to fit, but
they'd be pretty helpful nonetheless.
And let's be honest about large radius curves - for right angles, all you need
do is stick a straight on each end of a regular curve. Large radii look neater,
but one major reason they're a common request is because people are building
longer and longer trains that just can't get round normal corners.
Jason R
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