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Re: 8 wide and bigger (was Re: 8 Wide)
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Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:33:14 GMT
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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 wobbly, it actually is not very bad for the turn.
I would guess that the leaning cars would really show it, but I haven't
gotten the chance to set up a loop to test it out with 8 wide cars. I am
still waiting on the last 12 sets of table legs and don't have my tracks set
up yet.
Mike
Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:FoLq53.D20@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
> > John2,
> >
> > You may not need to get a couple of million bricks for your 8 wide • layout.
> > You can just use mine. It will be built to allow 8 wide trains to run. • I
> > fixed the problems with the turns being too sharp and am going to next • fix
> > the track point geometry. Only real problem I am running into now is • that
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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
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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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