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Thanks for the track numbers everyone, I will refer to it as L-gauge or LEGO gauge, but it will be nice to have some hard fast number to throw out also. Kit-bash and Scratch are terms I've used with them before, even though we still have different (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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minimum about 27 1/3" Maximum is basically anything its just how big you want to make it that matters. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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curve radius is measureed how? 1) from center of circle to inner rail 2) from center of circle to outer rail 3) from center of circle to middle of both rails (tie) SteveB (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Good question, I don't know how other scales measure their radius. I just get the question a lot at shows. I guess I could just measure all three and that way I'm set either way. I'll do that in the morning, I'm too tired from sorting this evening. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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For some reason I believe it is to the center of the rails. Make a circle and measure screw hole to screw hole/2... I guess that's easy enough. Or take three road plats and measure in studs. Ben Fleskes knows this one off the top of his head. Anyway (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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I am sorry but thats not how ya' do it. The turn radius is basically measuring how wide a half a circle of track is from the outer track across the half circle to the outer track on the opposite side. check out this drawing it will help. (URL) term (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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"kai brodersen" <cbrodersen@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:G5B5E8.FvM@lugnet.com... (...) from the middle of the circle to the track. IIRC the center of the track is used when measuring the radius of train tracks). (...) Sorry for nitpicking, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Ok i am sorry but again this is how it works! The term Radius(in model railroading) originates from the fact that you take a half circle of track and measure it from one outside track to the other outside. The term TURN RADIUS(in model railroading) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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kai brodersen wrote in message ... (...) radius You're still wrong Kai. Nor are you the only model railroader here. Take any issue of Model Railroader and find a track plan. Compare the scale on the plan to the stated minimum RADIUS and you'll see (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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You know what i was tought the way i wrote down, and if you want to argue fine, just come over to my house and see i have a working railroad based on that concept. Maybe there are different ways for finding the turn radius and i relized the fact (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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kai brodersen wrote in message ... (...) There you are then - now we're talking about the same thing! Divide the diameter (edge to edge) by 2 and you get the radius (centre to edge). Kevin (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.trains)
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