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Subject:	Re: Did I miss something? What is so intresting about a 1/2-track segment???
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:49:47 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jeroen de Haan wrote:

“Bruce S. Chamberlain” sten@woz.org wrote in message news:EE00913A-B42F-11D7-993B-000393CD703A@woz.org...

James, I just checked the box of my 4512 set and the picture is the same showing 2 half track straight tracks, but my set included 17 curve track, three straight track and a switch. I hope half straight track are coming. Bruce

Why would one want a half straight track?

Jeroen

Hi Jeroen,

as the others told already: you need it to fix geometry problems with odd angles.

And with the straight-curve-straight-curve-straight....-system, you can make up lots of new curve radius’, with half straights.

I would(*) even suggest quarter sections, which offer you even much more possibilities for free layouts.

If I could chose: I would prefer the quarter section (and even the half section) by far in comparison to new track radius.

my Homepage:

(*) in fact I have suggested these years ago and at that time some other AFOLs doubted the sense of these pieces as well.... http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=5232 (have a look at question number 5!)

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		Re: Did I miss something? What is so intresting about a 1/2-track segment???
"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <ben@1000steine.SPAM-block.com> wrote in message news:HI18Iz.1qGs@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) AFOLs (...) Everytime I see a reference to these pages I have to go back and look at Ben's April Fools catalog: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)

		Re: Did I miss something? What is so intresting about a 1/2-track segment???
(...) I know I'm chiming in a bit late in this discussion, but I've recently perfected creating solderless 4 and 8 stud long straights and curves. The secrets are removing the rails before cutting the plastic and conductive aluminum tape placed (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

		Re: Did I miss something? What is so intresting about a 1/2-track segment???
hi! Here is a layout that puzzled me as a child. It took me some time to accept that they seemed to have cheated. (URL) and rebuild this in Track Designer. It won't work. Have a look at the level crossing at the right and the track to the top of the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)

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		Re: Did I miss something? What is so intresting about a 1/2-track segment???
"Bruce S. Chamberlain" <sten@woz.org> wrote in message news:EE00913A-B42F-1...woz.org... (...) Why would one want a half straight track? Jeroen (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains)

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