 | | Re: 8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide) —Kevin Loch
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| | | (...) Would a simple solution to the turn problem be to just double up on magnets? (stick an extra magnet or two between the cars). KL (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: 8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide) —Mike Poindexter
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| | | | | The problem is that the turns are so sharp that the cars clip the corner by as much as 6-8 studs, depending on the length of the car. An extra magnet or two won't help. I put one straight between the curved sections and although it looks a little (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: 8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide) —John Neal
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| | | | | | (...) lol As I was responding to Kev, you posted:-p Yes, this is a major problem when dealing with passenger cars or locos that are (in my case) 60-80 studs long. One just can't build anything close to turns (This, unfortunately, *includes* the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: 8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide) —John Neal
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| | | | (...) Hmmm. Spacing was never a problem for me. (Perhaps because I do not use the buffers). Mike, is this the problem to which you are referring (decoupling)? Since my passenger cars are so heavy, there seems to be a limit as to how many I can pull (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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