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2011-01-30 00:44:27
19 votes, rating 3.4
19 votes, rating 3.4
Model Railway Stuff
I put a forum post up and then thought maybe this might be a better way to do it: I'm looking for some model railway advice, and I'm hoping someone on the site might have a clue. It's to do with smallest possible turn radii in any scale. PM me if you might have a clue :)
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Posted by James_Probert on 2011-01-30 01:00:04
I don't know...
But I'd imagine it's a function of the following:
How long your cars or trucks or whatever you want to call them are.
How fast they'll be going.
How tight you can twist the rails.
The main limiter will be the top one though. I'd be very suprised if you can do a turn tighter than a quater turn (90 degrees) with a chord that is shorter than the longest car.
But I'd imagine it's a function of the following:
How long your cars or trucks or whatever you want to call them are.
How fast they'll be going.
How tight you can twist the rails.
The main limiter will be the top one though. I'd be very suprised if you can do a turn tighter than a quater turn (90 degrees) with a chord that is shorter than the longest car.
Posted by James_Probert on 2011-01-30 01:01:42
Btw, I have no specialist knowledge, that's just taking a wild guess based on classical mechanics and toying around with hornby/my Grandpa's set up.
Posted by Christer on 2011-01-30 08:31:46
Most likely, you're looking for the z-scale, which evidently has a turning diameter of 290 mm (measured from track center to track center).
Posted by Miyuso on 2011-01-31 13:29:19
As Christer has said, Z Scale is the smallest, and I'm a personal fan of Marklin (but I've only got HO scale)