So 'Knuckles' need have no qualms about reproducing his track plan in P4, although I think soldered construction might be a safer bet than using plastic sleepered/chaired track, especially if it involves reduced curve radii. Much to everyone's surprise (and not least mine) it actually worked. The track was built on copper-clad paxolin sleepers and conformed to the P4 track standards. The point of this long-winded preface is that the P4 track had necessarily to follow the geometry of the Peco Streamline track, so as to reproduce exactly the orginal track plan. In 1982, I conceived the crazy idea of converting the layout to P4, and doing it in public, with help of friends in the North London Group, on the Scalefour Society's stand at the last ever MRC Easter Show to be held at Central Hall. This layout was orignally built in '00' with Peco Streamline track, complete with the 2-foot radius turnouts (including the notorious Y-point, which the late Cyril Freezer admitted didn't work even in 00 gauge). Other details with which I understand not:Ĭlosure radius 848mm's (I know what the closure rail is but is this saying THIS is the turnouts minimum radius? I joined a few together on Anyrail next to a 4 foot curve and it matched so I doubt it.)Īlso If I made the points not from Exactoscale and curved them a tad maybe this would help, dunno.ĮDIT: Oh, this is my 150th post, yayness.Īs some members may remember, I used to have a small exhibition layout called "Crichel Down" - long since retired from the exhibition circuit but still in existence, albeit stored and slowly falling to bits.
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The Exactoscale PDF says the switch radius is 1928mm's, well above the recomended 4 foot minimum (1200mm's)
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As said earlier I do want to eventually get Pacific's and other wee beasties around the layout so I understand A5 turnouts are micro small, BUT!. The scenic area's are nearly all B7's and a couple of A7's for the mini Inglenook. As it is in an offstage area visual considerations aren't a worry for me so I was wandering if these would work. Since being a S4 member and reading much on things it seems the radius reccomendations are usually broken down into two main groups that which is minimum for visual believability and that for running qualities. I am however trying to design a kind of fiddle yard and have a couple of questions that would help a grgeat deal.Įxactoscale's baby turnouts 4NT AO5L - 9.57" long A5 turnouts I want to use in the fiddle yard area.
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The top right turnout has been sorted and isn't a problem now - I just shuffled a few things leftwards. Thanks, I don't know if it will be my 1st for as you say, it's a little ambitious. Will possibly have to build these myself as there are no curved turnouts in the range. I do intend doing it at some point.ģ turnouts (in yellow) are 3 points of contention, points, get it!? Eeugh, soooo old. I'm not saying this is nessasaraly going to be my 1st layout becasue as a first P4 layout it's probably too much but I'd like your thoughts on it. This should enable me to build more than one layout (thinking long term) and fit in the same area with the curves being the first link on the next boards (so no transition curves sadly-could be an issue ), also for my film making that I like doing it would provide severel locations. My idea is to build the baseboards so that the top main scenic sections are removable and break down to be stored IN the basebaord, like a racking system. A fair amount of space but not really enough for what I have in mind. I accept it looks a triffle cluttered but that is largly due to me only having a shade over 17 foot x 11 to play with. (Can provide indepth details if requested- none of it is real mind!) All Sudrian fiction but I hope in a realistic way.
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Ok, First up is Knapford Junction before the rebuild and subsequent move to North of the river. I'm still learning Templot slowly but for the time being I can now legitimately use Anyrail with P4 geometry. I have billions I've planned in 00 on Anyrail but I've only reciently seen they have updated it it with Exactoscale P4 track - so I've redone a plan to P4. Thought I'd open another thread, this time for layout plans that I am planning, tweaking and hoping to possibly build some time.